Metro Vancouver events on April 5, 2020

CARHA Hockey World Cup

The CARHA Hockey World Cup is organized every four years in a select Canadian city, and is an event that attracts participants from all across Canada, the United States, Asia and Europe

Richmond | Richmond Olympic Oval | 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | Sports | Free

International Cheerleading Championships 2020

Be A Part Of The Biggest International Cheer & Dance Experience Outside Of The Usa!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Birding for Beginners

​Join us to learn birdwatching basics and strategies for identifying birds. Enjoy an outdoor walk to get to know the birds at the park

Port Coquitlam | Colony Farm Regional Park | 9:00 am to 11:00 am | Nature / Animals | Free

Window Gallery: Curious?

An exhibition space where artists explore links between community and creativity

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Emily Carr

This installation in the Gallery’s 1st Floor Rotunda reflects Emily Carr’s direct engagement with and great affection for British Columbia’s landscape—for her, a site of artistic and spiritual inquiry

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. The Tin Man Was A Dreamer: Allegories, Poetics And Performances Of Power

The exhibition title refers to the Tin Man, a character from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz who earnestly sets out in search of a heart, only to discover that he has had compassion all along

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

International Make-up Artist Trade Show Vancouver 2020

In Hollywood North, anything is possible. And at IMATS Vancouver, you can network with industry leaders and get inspired by the make-up stars of tomorrow

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Workshop

Exhibition: lineages and land bases

The artworks in lineages and land bases address differing understandings of the self and personhood in relation to nature as artists seek to represent their relationships to the world around them

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

VSO Day of Music 2020

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is committed to making music and music education accessible and affordable to all and invites the community to take part in its second annual Day of Music on April 5, 2020

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm | Music | Free

Next: Matilda Aslizadeh - Moly And Kassandra

NEXT: Matilda Aslizadeh is part of Capture Photography Festival’s 2020 Selected Exhibition Program

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds

This exhibition brings together a selection of drawings created by the Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona over the past two decades

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Beekeeping for Beginners

Join BC bee expert Brian Campbell for this two-part introduction to honeybees and how to keep a hive of honeybees in an urban environment

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 12:30 am | Workshop

Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market

The Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market runs every Sunday from 10am-2pm on the PNE Fairgrounds

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 2:00 pm | Market

Exhibition - Brad McMurray: Pedestrian

Brad McMurray: Pedestrian presents works focusing on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment

Burnaby | Burnaby Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries

Drawn primarily from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s collection, Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries focuses on artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by women artists based in British Columbia

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

CAChurch: Town Centre

Weekly church services and Sunday School classes by Coquitlam Alliance Church

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 12:00 am | Active Life / Health

Jazz in the Mews

Enjoy Jazz in the Foyer with a full slate of local musicians

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 10:30 am to 12:30 am | Music | Free

Exhibition: When the Smoke Clears

When the Smoke Clears, “Interpretations on Normal” is a visual art exploration of Surrey from 4 unique artistic perspectives

Surrey | Beecher Place | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

What We Bring With Us

The works of seven emerging Indigenous artists will be exploring the questions: What does it mean to be a guest in this territory in relation to Indigeneity?

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition: Out of Concealment

Out of Concealment will be a solo exhibition featuring the work of Haida artist, performer, activist, and lawyer Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

The Franchise Expo 2020

Come to Western Canada's Largest - Own Your Own Business Event!

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Cherry Blossom Festival at Richmond

Join us for the 3rd Annual Richmond Cherry Blossom Festival

Richmond | Garry Point Park | 11:00 am to 4:00 pm | Festival

Exhibition: Works by Jenny Hawkins and Mat Holmstrom

This event is free and open to the public!

Vancouver | The Cultch | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Exhibition: The Artist's Studio is Her Bedroom

Steven Brekelmans, Justine A. Chambers, Brady Cranfield, Maura Doyle, Claire Greenshaw, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Annie Macdonell, Erica Stocking, Damla Tamer

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

A CTYP Production in association with Presentation House Theatre: The House at Pooh Corner

Take a magical trip into the Hundred Acre Wood and discover the wonderful world of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends

North Vancouver | Presentation House Theatre | 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Theatre

BC Native Tree ID Walk

Develop your plant ID skills outside in VanDusen’s tree collections. Garden staff Samantha Sivertz will cover identification, ecology, history and cultural significance of some common trees native to British Columbia

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Cookies 'n Cream Collective presents: Consensual

Written in 2015, Evan Placey’s Consensual revolves around a British secondary school’s teacher and Head of Year 11 Diane, and a mistake she made seven years earlier: she got too close to one of her unhappy 15-year-old pupils

Vancouver | Performance Works | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Performing Arts

Neworld Theatre: The Boy in the Moon

Written by Emil Sher, and based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family raising a child with a severe disability

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Theatre

Bach, Janáček, Haydn and Dominic Woo plays Wieniawski

Bujar Llapaj, conductor; Dominic Woo, violin; WVYB Symphonic Strings, side-by-side players

West Vancouver | Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts | 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

Early Music Vancouver: Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn: EMV 50th Anniversary Gala Celebration

To celebrate both the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, as well as to mark the 50th anniversary of EMV, and the 30th anniversary of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

An Artistic Fraud production: Between Breaths by Robert Chafe

Well known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man, Dr. Jon Lien during the course of his work pioneered techniques for rescuing whales entrapped in fishing nets saving the lives of over 500 animals

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Vancouver Recital Society: Pablo Ferrández, cello and Sara Ferrández, viola

Brother and sister Pablo and Sara Ferrández were born into a musical family in Madrid. Both are award-winning artists known for their musicality and charisma, and both are forging their own paths in the music world

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Singers' Choice

Enjoy our favourite pieces from over the years as well as more recent finds. Includes songs by Morten Lauridsen, René Clausen, Eric Whitacre, Stephen Hatfield and Stephen Chatman, and some surprise works

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music

Studio 58 presents FourPlay 2020

FourPlay: New Work by Excited Writers continues a Studio 58 tradition

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Musical

Cadillac Cathedral - Chor Leoni

with narrator Bill Richardson, arranged by Cameron Wilson

West Vancouver | West Vancouver United Church | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Music

April Student Concert at the Place des Arts

Place des Arts’ music students are provided performance opportunities through our student concerts, held throughout the season. All student concerts are free and open to the public

Coquitlam | Place des Arts | 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music | Free

Monster Theatre We Now Know: The Complete History of Science

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Show

Iliza Shlesinger

Writer, producer, comedian, and queen of the Netflix special Iliza Shlesinger comes to Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Sunday 5th April 2020 on her brand new Forever Tour!

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show