Metro Vancouver events on October 2, 2025

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this season at Maan Farms! Stroll through Canada’s first-of-its-kind Forest Pumpkin Patch featuring our NEW Pumpkin House and 15 more photo ops, meet our furry friends, and enjoy 11 exciting attractions in Barnyard Adventureland

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Culture Days - Yuanji Dancing - Try-it - 55+

Experience a guided mixture of choreographed dance, meditation and qigong originating from Taiwan. Registration required

Richmond | Seniors Centre - Minoru Centre for Active Living | Dance | Free

Exhibition Abbas Akhavan: One Hundred Years.

Taking up notions of suspended time, Abbas Akhavan’s exhibition One Hundred Years contends with temporal halting and how time is represented in narrativized spaces

Vancouver | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery UBC | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. NDN Giver

This exhibition marks the solo curatorial debut of BRG’s Assistant Curator, Amelia Rea (Haida)

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Exhibition. Otani Workshop: Monsters in My Head

Monsters in My Head is the first solo presentation in North America of work by Japanese artist Otani Workshop

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

Culture Days Workshop: Silent Writing Workshops

Join NVRC Artist Resident, Erin MacNair, and other North Shore writers for a silent write-in at the Delbrook Art Studio room, Thursdays 10:00am –1:30pm.

North Vancouver | Delbrook Community Recreation Centre | Workshop | Free

VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival 2025

Join Us in Celebrating Our 44th Festival

Vancouver | different places | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Bill Reid Gallery: Exhibition. Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist

This exhibition is the first major solo exhibition of Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Culture Days: Richmond Arts Coalition's "From Fray to Feather - Part 1" Youth Art Exhibition

From Fray to Feather - Part 1 is an exhibition of collaborative art in progress - created by students in Richmond working with local printmaking artist Mika Imada

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Exit Burnaby Halloween Special

This Halloween season, step beyond the veil and into four bone-chilling escape experiences where horror lurks in every shadow and jump scares are guaranteed.

Burnaby | Exit Burnaby | 12:00 am to 11:00 pm | Party

Exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

Top (L-R): Jazmine Andrew, Riannon Wesley, Robyn Adams. Bottom (L-R): Koyah Morgan-Banke, Brittney Townrow, Kineena Kang

Vancouver | Hatch Art Gallery, Floor 2, AMS Nest | 12:00 am to 4:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan

This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Theatre

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Tea & Trumpets present Gershwin & Friends

From the rousing “Strike up the Band” to his iconic “Summertime” from the opera, Porgy and Bess, the music of George Gershwin never fails to touch audiences worldwide

Vancouver | The Orpheum | Music

Live at Studio 58 – The Time Machine

Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701

Vancouver | Studio 58, Langara College | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch Presents Wolf

Circus with fangs. WOLF. A gasp-inducing acrobatic thrill ride

Vancouver | York Theatre | 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm | Performing Arts

Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience

Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown.

New Westminster | Hidden Wonders Showroom | 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Show

Mystic Market at Roedde House Museum

It’s almost time for our much anticipated Annual Halloween Market hosted in our 1893 Victorian house museum!

Vancouver | Roedde House Museum | Market

D. M. Bradford: Reading & Launch By SFU Department of English

Meet poet & translator D. M. Bradford, SFU English's 2025 writer-in-residence. Enjoy readings & a reception on Oct. 2 at SFU Harbour Centre

Vancouver | Room 1400-1430 Joseph & Rosalie Segal Centre, Harbour Centre | 6:15 pm to 9:30 pm | Books | Free

Rock 101 Presents: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon. Shows at the Space Centre

Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon — Official 50th Anniversary Immersive Experience

Vancouver | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Culture Days. Richmond Improv Presents: Try it out!

Come join us for our Try Improv Series, where we will be hosting beginner improv workshops.

Richmond | Thompson Community Centre Annex | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Workshop

The Improv Centre: Blockbuster

Have you ever thought you could write a movie better than the actual writer could? Get your chance!

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts