Metro Vancouver events on April 18, 2020

Birding Walks

Join a local naturalist and see diverse birds of Surrey. You'll see Surrey’s diverse habitats and get to know your local parks

Surrey | Redwood 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

Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia

Featuring over 300 works, Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in British Columbia examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion and jewellery that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century

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

Make It! - Vancouver's Handmade Market

Over 220 of your favourite Makies (and some brand new ones, too!) are bringing their beautiful handmade goodies back to the PNE Forum for our fabulous spring show!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 10:00 am to 6:00 pm | Market

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

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

Lumionous Garden

Luminous Garden, the third art exhibition organized and presented by Lam Wong during his year-long artist residency at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Vancouver | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Exhibition

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

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival. Sakura Days Japan Fair

Sakura Days Japan Fair is a family-friendly event showcasing Japanese culture, food, products and businesses to visitors from throughout the Lower Mainland

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family | Free

Surrey District Heritage Fair - Public Fair Day

The Fair is open to the general public. Family-friendly activities are scheduled throughout the day. The day ends with Closing Awards Ceremony attended by special VIP guests

Surrey | Surrey Museum | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Fair | Free

Art Vancouver 2020

Art Vancouver brings together both rapidly growing creative talent and renowned international artists under one roof. Western Canada's largest contemporary art fair attracts over 10,000 art lovers annually to the Vancouver Convention Centre

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre East | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Althea Thauberger: Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya

This spring the Contemporary Art Gallery will present Pagal Pagal Pagal Pagal Filmy Dunya, a major new experimental film by Althea Thauberger

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

Exhibitions: Madiha Aijaz

Alvin Balkind Gallery and off-site at Yaletown-Roundhouse Station

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

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

Westminster Savings Family Day - April

Looking for a fun, free, and engaging way to spend time with your family? Join us for a family-friendly tour of our current exhibition and take part in a fun art-making activity!

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | Family | Free

Taste Vancouver North Van Shipyards Tour

While enjoying some great food and magnificent scenery learn all about Vancouver’s historic shipyard district that began with its discovery in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver

North Vancouver | Lonsdale Quay | 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Food / Wine

Karen Flamenco Dance Company - Teatro Intimo Del Flamenco

The one-hour production welcomes audiences of all ages with live traditional flamenco music, dance, storylines, puppetry and magic

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dance

Hyperspace Music Festival Night 2: Unleash The Archers with Silver Talon, VIATHYN, & more

Canada's premier melodic/power metal festival returns to The Rickshaw!

Vancouver | Rickshaw Theatre | 6:30 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

Ayla Nereo with guest Yaima

Ayla Nereo - a folk artist from San Francisco. Join us for a magnificent evening with Ayla Nereo on her 2020 Spring Tour

Vancouver | Venue Nightclub | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

An Evening with the Residents

The Residents are an American art collective best known for their avant-garde music and multimedia works

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in Concert

Get ready to embark on the penultimate leg of Harry’s journey as Warner Bros. and CineConcerts bring to the screen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™, Part 1

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

~ Buffy Prom 1999 ~

BUFFY PROM 1999! In conjunction with Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewatch podcast, Buffering the Vampire Slayer, it’s time for Prom!

Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Party

Celine Dion: Courage World Tour

Vocal powerhouse Celine Dion is one of the most immediately recognized, widely respected and successful performers in pop music history

Vancouver | Rogers Arena | 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Lions Gate Sinfonia - The Best of Beethoven

The Best of Beethoven - Lions Gate Sinfonia 2019/20 Season with founding Conductor and Music Director, Clyde Mitchell

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:20 pm | Music

Briefs Factory Presented with Zee Zee Theatre: Briefs

A glittery bomb of circus, cabaret, and boylesque!

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

Vancouver Cantata Singers Amir Haghighi - The Peaceable Kingdom: Songs of Earth

The Peaceable Kingdom: Songs of Earth is an opportunity to explore our interconnectedness and what actions we can take to support each other on this planet

Vancouver | Blusson Spinal Cord Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Royal City Musical Theatre presents Crazy for You

A zany rich-boy-meets-hometown-girl romantic comedy, Crazy for You® tells the story of young New York banker Bobby Child, who is sent to Deadrock, Nevada, to foreclose on a rundown theatre

New Westminster | Massey Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Royal Canadian Theatre Company: Screwball Comedy By Norm Foster

We are proud to bring you the Western Canadian Premiere of this affectionate and hilarious spoof featuring outrageous characters with the added spice of a mystery!

Coquitlam | Evergreen Cultural Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

George Thorogood & The Destroyers Good To Be Bad Tour - 45 Years Of Rock

George Thorogood & The Destroyers are bringing their Good To Be Bad Tour – 45 Years Of Rock to the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver for two shows

Coquitlam | Hard Rock Casino Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Kalabanté: Afrique en Cirque

Combining theatre, dance, music, and some utterly astonishing physical feats, Afrique en Cirque is a high-flying, audaciously athletic feast for the senses

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Matt Corby

Description Matthew John Corby is an Australian singer-songwriter. He achieved his commercial breakthrough with his fourth EP, Into the Flame, which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and by April 2012, was certified 6× Platinum by ARIA

Vancouver | Commodore Ballroom | 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Music

White Noise

A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means to live in Canada from two different paradigms

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

From Alaska By Sébastien Harrisson

Canadian Drama. Two heartbroken souls healed by an unlikely connection

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

TRITONAL -Long Way Home- Tour

Tritonal returns to #Vancouver on their “Long Way Home” Tour Saturday, April 18th at the Harbour Event Centre

Vancouver | Harbour Event Centre | 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Show