Metro Vancouver events on October 3, 2025

Culture Days: Air Dry Clay Ghosts

Join us for a two-part craft program this Halloween season and make air dry clay ghosts!

Delta | Ladner Pioneer Library | 3:15 am to 4:15 am | Workshop | Free

Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Fall Food Fest — Vancouver’s Coziest Food Crawl!

Vancouver | 6:00 am to 11:50 pm | Food / Wine

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

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: The Halloween Hunt

Get ready for a spooktacular adventure the whole family can enjoy! This free, family-friendly Halloween experience invites children and their caregivers to explore the shopping centre on a thrilling hunt for seasonal surprises

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed Shopping Centre | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family | 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

The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm: Cranberry Bog Tours and The Cranberry Plunge Experience

Our 2025 cranberry harvest is looking to be as stunning as ever! We hope you have the chance to make it out to our working family farm this year

Langley | The Bog at Riverside Cranberry Farm | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

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

Signals Creative Tech Expo presented by VIFF and DigiBC

Vancouver’s premiere creative tech expo returns as an essential destination for storytelling with immersive and interactive technology

Vancouver | DigiBC Creative Tech Studio | 10:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

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

The Nightmare Bar - Vancouver

The Nightmare Bar Comes to Vancouver! We are an immersive event platform that transforms the darkly whimsical into an unforgettable nightlife experience

Vancouver | Alibi Room | 1:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Party

The Black Spaces Summit & Symposium Vancouver 2025

The Black Spaces Symposium is an annual gathering dedicated to empowering African Descent communities by creating inclusive platforms for dialogue, artistry, and action

Vancouver | 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Festival

Metro Theatre: Lend Me a Tenor

Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor is a fast-paced farce of love, lies, and high notes gone wildly wrong

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

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

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

Bill Reid Gallery: Community Access Day. Exhibition

First Friday of the month Community Access Day

Vancouver | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

Culture Days: Needle Felted Mushrooms

Learn simple needle felting techniques and make your own needle felted fungi inspired by one of our local mushroom species. All supplies will be provided for this workshop

North Vancouver | Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre | 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | Workshop | Free

Fright Nights in Vancouver

Don’t you DARE miss Vancouver’s scariest Halloween experience – The Largest Haunt in Western Canada We’ve been waiting for you. Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Party

Harvest Haus 2025

Vancouver’s Oktoberfest

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Festival

Harvest Haus 2025

The Official Weekend Of Non-stop Bier-drinking, Bratwurst-eating, Lederhosen-wearing And Good Times Is Back!

Vancouver | PNE/Playland | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Food / Wine

Halloween Fright Festival

Maan Farms' Scariest Corn Maze in Canada returns with reimagined haunts, new scares, and an elevated midway experience

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Family

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

Pumpkins After Dark 2025 - Burnaby

Pumpkins After Dark is Canada’s award-winning outdoor Halloween event. Featuring over 10,000+ hand-carved pumpkins, this one-of-a-kind walk-through experience is the must-see event of the fall season

Burnaby | Swangard Stadium & Central Park | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

The Improv Centre: I Know What You Did Last Weekend

Prepare to be launched into a laugh-out-loud world of secrets, betrayals, and melodrama inspired by ’90s teen slasher films.

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

The Improv Centre: Theatresports™

Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast-paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more

Vancouver | The Improv Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy

Latin Expressions 2025 Opening Night

We're thrilled to launch Latin Expressions 2025 with a night that brings our community together to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month

Vancouver | St. James Community Square | 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Party

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops presents the Music of Phil Collins & Genesis

Conductor Stewart Chafetz leads the VSO in this rocking tribute concert

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

sugarush: Taylor Swift 'The Life of a Showgirl' Release Party

Taylor Is Back! Taylor’s Brand-new Album The Life Of A Showgirl Is Just Weeks Away! Be Some Of The First To Experience The Record In The Club At Our Album Release Party

Burnaby | The Rec Room | 8:00 pm to 1:00 am | Party

Burnaby Halloween Festival 2025: Celebrity Karaoke Night

Get ready to sing your heart out with celebrity guests at Great Bear Pub!

Burnaby | Great Bear Pub | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Party