Metro Vancouver events on November 5, 2025

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

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

We are thrilled to announce the 22nd Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, October 31 to November 8, 2025!

Vancouver | different places | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Festival

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival: Shelter

This original community-engaged art show features high-impact and striking visuals reflecting on housing and homelessness

Vancouver | 8:00 am to 10:00 pm | Exhibition

Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Satellite Exhibition with Connection Salon

The Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival showcases the work of visual artists outside of mainstream art institutions

Vancouver | The Gathering Place Community Centre | 9:00 am to 7:45 pm | Exhibition

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

JADE MUSIC FEST

Jade Music Fest is an annual music event which aims to create visible stages and bridges for underrepresented Chinese-language artists who have a desire to perform and write songs in the languages connected with their heritage

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

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

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

A Savage Society & NAC Indigenous Theatre Production: You Used to Call Me Marie

A love story, a historical epic and a celebration of Métis song and dance, You Used To Call Me Marie… paints the story of Marie Callihoo through generations and time

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Poshmark Presents: Aura After Hours Vancouver

Join us in Vancouver for Aura After Hours, a magical and colourful evening of secondhand fashion, connection, sips and light bites, and more!

Vancouver | The Permanent | 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Market | Free

Beyond Siloed Stories: ‘The Nest’ screening & Talkback with Julietta Singh

Join UBC in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada & Doc Northwest for a screening of Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt’s documentary The Nest, voted a Top 20 Audience film at the 2025 Hot Docs International Film Festival

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | Film | Free

Felting Nature: Turkey Tail Mushrooms

Do you find yourself admiring the beautiful and ornate mushrooms emerging during the fall season? Join us for a beginner-friendly needle-felting workshop to create colourful turkey tail mushrooms — perfect as a gift, ornament, toy, or decoration!

Vancouver | Nature House | 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | Nature / Animals

Making History: A Night of Community, Culture & Celebration - Signature Fundraiser

Join us in Making History on November 5 for our first annual cocktail-style fundraiser

North Vancouver | Museum of North Vancouver | 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Jade Music Fest: Indigenous Opening Concert

Every JMF artist is on a journey to reclaim or reconnect with their mother tongue and heritage. The festival recognises the importance of this work by actively connecting musicians and audiences through shared cultural experiences

Vancouver | Performance Works | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Festival | Free

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. To Mum with Love XO: A theatrical triple bill

Join us for three shows where mums are the focus! With performances by Jonathon Paterson, Jim Sands, and Jacques La Londe

Vancouver | Russian Hall | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts

The Improv Centre: Twist of Fate

The only thing you can expect is spontaneous scenes, clever quips, and unpredictable comedy at every turn!

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