Metro Vancouver events on February 29, 2024

Father Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure By Herbie Barnes

A New Spin On A Timeless Comedy

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 1:30 am to 10:00 pm | Comedy

Heritage Week: Layer by Layer Treasure Hunt

Launched for Heritage Week and continuing to the end of spring break, we invite all ages to get out and experience local culture, layer by layer. Follow the clues along the North Shore Spirit Trail, explore the layered heritage of this place and have fun!

North Vancouver | North Van Arts | 8:00 am to 8:00 pm | Active Life / Health | Free

Welcome to the Robson Square Ice Rink!

This winter, renew a classic Vancouver tradition and enjoy some old-fashioned fun. Robson Square’s outdoor skating rink is open, so celebrate winter in style with skating in the heart of downtown Vancouver

Vancouver | Robson Square Ice Rink | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Monsters of the Abyss at the Vancouver Aquarium

Discover Monsters of the Abyss, an all-new interactive exhibit where today's most famous and feared aquatic predators clash with their prehistoric ancestors!

Vancouver | Vancouver Aquarium | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Ice Skating to the North Vancouver’s Shipyards Rink

North Vancouver’s impressive 12,000 square foot skating rink in The Shipyards is set to open again this December and it’s free for all

North Vancouver | The Shipyards | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Family | Free

Firehall Arts Centre. Chelsea Hotel: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen

A crowd favourite when it first opened at the Firehall in 2012 and went on to tour Canada, Chelsea Hotel is back

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Musical

Every Brilliant Thing By Duncan Macmillan With Jonny Donahoe

Finding Joy In Life’s Intricacies

Vancouver | Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 1:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Song From The Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904): explorer, nomad, journalist, novelist, Sufi. A passionate romantic and one of the most adventurous women of her era or any other, Isabelle Eberhardt was unique

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

Made in Italy

A hilarious, coming-of-age musical!

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 2:00 pm to 4:26 pm | Performing Arts

VIMFF 2024 | Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) returns to the Rio Theatre from February 26 – March 3

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Film

2024 Vancouver International Wine Festival

Canada’s premier wine show will mark its 45th edition of pairing wine, food and the performing arts from February 24-March 3, 2024.

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Food / Wine

Vancouver International Wine Festival

The 2024 festival will take place February 24-March 3 at the Vancouver Convention Centre and other venues in Vancouve

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF): Ferenc Fehér - DISCO BOYS

Two guys from the future, back from Planet PZ, just to reminisce a little about the old days: the disco, the partying, the flirting, the success. They’d like to explode again

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | Dance

Footloose – Youth Edition

A musical about a young boy from Chicago who has moved to a small town.

Richmond | Gateway Theatre | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Musical

Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF): FakeKnot - whip

whip is a 60-minute duet performed entirely in leather hoods, leaving performers blind for the duration of the performance

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Dance

Vancouver International Wine Festival: International Festival Tasting – Thursday Evening

If you attend only one of the festival’s events, make it an International Festival Tasting

Vancouver | Vancouver Convention Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival

Noises Off - Fundraiser for Rotary Club of Lionsgate

Celebrating laughter and mayhem for charity! Written by Michael Frayn, it is considered to be the best comedy farce in the last 100 years

North Vancouver | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt

Music by Missy Mazzoli, Libretto by Royce Vavrek and Missy Mazzoli

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF): Catherine Gaudet - Se dissoudre

Delicately, the dancer Marie-Philippe Santerre follows an unknown trajectory, finely chiseled, composed of contrasts and modulations, repetitions and pulsations

Vancouver | Orpheum Annex | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

Vancouver International Dance Festival: Compagnie Virginie Brunelle - Les corps avalés

Springing from an extraordinary union between classical music, performed live by the Molinari Quartet, and contemporary dance, Les corps avalés is a moving human odyssey

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Dance