Metro Vancouver events on October 18, 2026

Langley: Aldor Acres Family Farm

A 3 generation REAL 80 acre working farm offering hands on educational farm experiences

Langley | Aldor Acres Family Farm | 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Family

39th annual Vancouver Writers Fest

The 39th annual Vancouver Writers Fest takes place from October 18–25, 2026, featuring a scintillating lineup of 150+ local and international authors in over 90 events

Vancouver | different places | 9:00 am to 10:30 pm | Festival

Fall At The Farm At Maan Farms In Abbotsford

Make Magical Memories this Fall at Maan Farms! Wander through our expanded Forest Pumpkin Patch, now with even more pumpkins, photo ops, and new magical worlds to explore

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm | Family

Exhibition - S F Ho: Triple Burner Flower Field

Trace connections between land, nature, and language through S F Ho’s sculptures and prints that reference traditional Chinese medicine and early written characters of Chinese oracle bone script

Surrey | Surrey Art Gallery | 9:00 am to 9:00 am | Exhibition | Free

Langley Township: Loft Country Farms Pumpkin Patch 2026!

Visit the farm animals including clydesdales and other horses, pigs, emus, goats, and more

Langley | Loft Country Farms | 9:30 am to 5:00 pm | Family

Magic of Fall at Taves Family Farm

As the pumpkin fields awaken, we welcome you into the next chapter of our signature storybook experience

Abbotsford | Taves Family Farm | 9:30 am to 6:00 pm | Family

Halloween Hunt in City of Lougheed

Join the Halloween Hunt at The City of Lougheed! Friendly ghosts, magical moonlight, sweet treats, and mischievous mummies have taken over the Centre!

Burnaby | The City of Lougheed | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Kids

Halloweeks at The Amazing Brentwood

From October 5 to 31, families can drop in for a month of Halloween fun, from festive décor and outdoor movies to storytelling, trick-or-treating and a Haunted Hunt scavenger adventure

Burnaby | The Amazing Brentwood | 10:00 am to 7:00 pm | Family

Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Harvest Days brings the best of the fall season to VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver | VanDusen Botanical Garden | 10:00 am to 4:30 pm | Nature / Animals

Art Exhibition: RESIST!

RESIST! brings together works by Rawan Hassan روان حسن, Gord Hill, Laurence Hyde and Elizabeth MacKenzie, artists who have used their work to educate and to inspire significant social change

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

Exhibition: Fiona Huang - Free in the Chaos

Bringing together paintings and mixed-media works by teenage artist Fiona Huang, Free in the Chaos celebrates experimentation, play, and the freedom to follow intuition in art making

Richmond | Richmond Cultural Centre | 10:00 am to 9:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

Vancouver Fall Home Show 2026

The Vancouver Fall Home Show is a vibrant marketplace where you can shop in-person with REAL people for home-related products and services, experience stunning displays to help inspire your next home project

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

Chilliwack: Greendale Acres

At Greendale Acres in Chilliwack offers a corn maze, u-pick pumpkin patch, cozy fires, pumpkin spice coffees, warm mini donuts, pumpkin displays, farm attractions and beautiful countryside views

Chilliwack | Greendale Acres | 10:00 am to 8:00 pm | Family

Abbotsford: Willow View Farm

The farm market is stocked with pre-picked apples, apple cider, frozen pies, and a variety of jams, honey, and other seasonal products

Abbotsford | Willow View Farm | 10:00 am to 5:30 pm | Family

Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival 2026

The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival returns October 14–18, bringing audiences, filmmakers, and industry professionals together for five unforgettable days of premieres, filmmaker Q&As, industry events, and the very best in independent horror cinema

Vancouver | Cineplex Cinemas International Village | 11:00 am to 10:00 pm | Film

Metro-Con

Get your costume ready. Metro-Con returns to Burnaby from October 16 to 18, 2026, bringing three days of horror, Halloween, cosplay, gaming, anime and pop culture to SFU’s Convocation Mall

Burnaby | Convocation Mall, Simon Fraser University | 11:00 am to 9:00 pm | Show

Secrets of the Haunted Bog at Guildford Town Centre

The original is back! Secrets of the Haunted Bog has returned to Guildford Town Centre in a vacant unit, with all-new frights and surprises

Surrey | Guildford Town Centre | 12:00 am to 9:00 pm | Family | Free

Studio 58 at Langara: The Birds

Interlaced with poetic songs and witty dialogue, The Birds explores the realities of colonialism and reconciliation

Vancouver | Studio 58 at Langara | 1:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Small File Media Festival 2026

The Small File Media Festival features small-file ecomedia, movies compressed at a rate of 1.44 MB per minute each, showing that great cinema doesn’t have to mean great big files

Vancouver | The Cinematheque | 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Festival

Locality Brewing presents Reflections on the Lagoon with Samuel J and Sarah Conner

An evening of astounding live music from international touring artists Samuel J and Sarah Conner set in the serene beauty of Langley BC

Langley | Locality Brewing | Music

Firehall Theatre: Red Demon by Hideki Noda

Hideki Noda's Red Demon explores themes of xenophobic fears of immigration and society's struggle with intolerance by telling the story of a creature who washes up on the shore of a small beach town where no one understands him

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

The Arts Club Presents: Heist By Arun Lakra

The Heart-racing Crime Caper

Vancouver | Stanley BFL CANADA Stage | 1:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

The Cultch: The Effect By Lucy Prebble

A razor-sharp play by Succession writer Lucy Prebble, that explores the chemical nature of love through the lens of a clinical drug trial

Vancouver | The Cultch | 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Theatre

A Touchstone Theatre: Vascular Necrosis - a Queer Zombie Love Story

A dark comedy by Flying Start Playwright-in-Residence Jordyn Wood

Vancouver | The NEST on Granville Island | 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm

An Arts Club Theatre Company Production - Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey

The Hilarious Holiday Hit

Surrey | Surrey Arts Centre | 2:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Ballet BC Annex

The Ballet BC Annex is a junior contemporary dance company led by Ballet BC, Canada’s leading contemporary dance organization. It acts as both an educational program and a touring performance group

Burnaby | Shadbolt Centre for the Arts | 3:00 pm to 4:20 pm | Dance

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

Fright Nights 2026 to Playland

Something nightmarish is lurking in the dark, and it’s coming back to Playland

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

At Maan Farms In Abbotsford: Frightfully Fun Forest Pumpkin Patch

Thank you for joining us at the Frightfully Fun Forest Pumpkin Patch! We’ve loved sharing this cozy, glowing autumn adventure with you and your family

Abbotsford | Maan Farms | 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Family

A Night of Grief & Mystery. Trembling, Still/Caldera Tour 2026

A tender, raucous, troubling, provocative, achieved evening at the intersection of the work of author/activist Stephen Jenkinson and Canadian recording artist Gregory Hoskins

Vancouver | York Theatre | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

The Parallel Project 2026

Founded in 2020, The Parallel Project, produced by Momentum 180 Theatre Collective in partnership with The Cultch and with support from the City of Vancouver and Playwrights Theatre Centre, is a monologue writing intensive for emerging IBPOC playwrights.

Vancouver | The Cultch | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Performing Arts

The Agency Singers: A Very Jazz Affair

For two nights only, the Peninsula Studio Theatre will transform into an intimate, high-energy jazz lounge for an unforgettable evening of music, style, and nostalgia

White Rock | Peninsula Studio Theatre | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Vancouver Writers Fest: Barbara Kingsolver in Conversation

Barbara Kingsolver opens the 39th annual Vancouver Writers Fest with her new instant classic, Partita, in conversation with award-winning journalist and author Marsha Lederman

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Books

Melody Mangler Presents: Dreadful Delights

A Nightmarish Cabaret to Tingle One's Spine!

Vancouver | The Rio Theatre | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Show