Metro Vancouver events on November 19, 2025

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

Sam Carter Applied Art + Design Polygon First Nations Art Exhibition

Mark your calendars for a captivating art exhibition featuring works by recipients of The Polygon Award in First Nations Art and the Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design!

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 9:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

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

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

Wednesday Noon Hours: From Baroque Passion to Schubert’s Song: The Oeuvre of the Masters

Special guests include countertenor Nicholas Burns, pianist David Fung and more!

Vancouver | Roy Barnett Recital Hall | 12:00 am to 1:00 pm | Music

The Dance Centre Presents: Katria Phothong-McKinnon. Impetus

Impetus is an interdisciplinary installation that explores identity, digital existence and cultural preservation through the meeting points of classical Thai dance, Voguing, w*acking and new media

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 12:00 am to 9:00 pm | Dance | Free

Writing Consultations with Selina Boan

This fall, Writer in Residence Selina Boan offers accessible one-on-one consultations to local writers in person and online with the Central Library

Vancouver | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library | 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Workshop | Free

Firehall Theatre: Between Breaths

Inspired by a true story from Newfoundland, Between Breaths is a profound play that sails through Dr. Jon Lien’s life’s work saving whales trapped in fishing nets

Vancouver | Firehall Arts Centre | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Western Gold Theatre: Gertrude and Alice

By Anna Chatterton, Evalyn Parry and Karin Randoja

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

Theatre Replacement's East Van Panto: West Van Story Presented by the Cultch

A West Van crew. An East Van gang. One wild holiday romance in the middle of a dance battle and a housing crisis. It’s East Van Panto: West Van Story – where love gets weird and the rent’s still too darn high!

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

Glitch Theatre: Faye's Room by Alex K. Masse

Faye’s Room is a moving exploration of neurodivergent solidarity, intergenerational bonds, and internalized ableism

Vancouver | Vancity Culture Lab | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

Bear Creek Lights

Celebrate nature at night by exploring stunning light displays set along nature trails at Bear Creek Park each fall

Surrey | Bear Creek Park | 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Harry Potter Forbidden Forest Experience in Vancouver

Harry Potter™: A Forbidden Forest Experience invites you to walk into the depths of a dark woodland and discover fantastic beasts and iconic wizarding world moments illuminated like never before

Vancouver | Stanley Park | 4:45 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

2025 Polygon Award in First Nations Art - Dinner & Award Presentation

Join us and celebrate the 2025 recipients of the Polygon Award in First Nations Art

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Fair

POMO Museum: AGM

Public, free event

Port Moody | POMO Museum | Party | Free

UBC Theatre - Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn

Blending dark comedy, music, and theatrical experimentation, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play is a uniquely imaginative exploration of pop culture, storytelling, and what endures

Vancouver | Frederic Wood Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

UBC Bands: Sky to Stone

Concert Winds, Meijun Chen conductor; Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Cheng Xin Ip conductor

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

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