BC Events

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival launches its 29th Season with a lineup of four exciting play productions and a range of entertaining special events, in the spectacular waterfront setting of Vanier Park. Tickets for all performances and special events, scheduled from June 6th through September 28th, are now on sale. Macbeth – June 6...

Unearth Steveston’s dark and muddy past as you travel back in time with Steveston Museum’s guided one hour walking tours most Saturdays in August and September. Visitors of all ages can enjoy Steveston Stories departing at 1 p.m. and visitors fifteen and older can join Murder, Mayhem and Morality in Old Steveston tour at 3...

Anna Wong is a significant Chinese-Canadian artist born and raised in Vancouver’s Chinatown, whose international career spanned seven decades.

Vancouver TheatreSports (VTS) honours the beginning of fall with a special improv show dedicated to school days. Back to School TheatreSports takes classic TheatreSports short form improv ‘games’ and adapts them to parody classroom clichés and cliques (some things never change). Instead of the traditional TheatreSports referee, the action will be overseen by a very...

The Dream Lottery grand prize winner can choose one of two homes located in South Surrey, a combined luxury home package located in Mount Pleasant and Sorrento East by Pinnacle, a home in Predator Ridge, and a luxury residence in Vancouver Island, or $2.2 million tax-free cash.

About the Exhibition Napi is a character from traditional stories of the Siksika (Blackfoot) nation. Often referred to as the “Old Man” who came from the sun, Napi alongside the “Old Woman” are known as quasi-creators in these stories. Naked Napi presents Adrian Stimson’s new site specific installation and is Stimson’s first solo exhibition since...

The CKNW Original Series Where We Live features our reporters as they explore neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver. From September 10th-30th presented by BC Care Providers Association

During the Trail Appliances Anniversary Sale, part of the proceeds from every sale will be donated to the CKNW Kids’ Fund. The goal is to raise $10,000 during the sale, which runs from Thursday, October 11th through to Sunday, October 28th.

From September 18 -23, 2018, the Interior Design Show will return to the Vancouver ConventionCentre for its 14th year. The Interior Design Show Vancouver is the Pacificplatform for all things design and is the premier showcase of new products andfurniture, superstar designers and avant-garde concepts from North America andbeyond. Learn more about the exciting programming...

When Don Portelance, long time artist and Fort Gallery member, started working on his new show at the Fort Gallery, he soon realized he would need every bit of space on the gallery walls. Always interested in exploring a wide range of subjects with a variety of approaches, he saw his work moving in two...

Join Gallery 7 Theatre for a week of boundary-stretching, risk-taking theatrical experiences featuring an eclectic mix of entertaining and thought-provoking short plays and presented by exciting actors, directors and designers from across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Six engaging shows are scheduled, including four Canadian plays, two of which are written by local playwrights...

The Snowbird RV Show is back at the Tradex September 20 - 23!

Backpack Buddies is hosting it’s 5th annual fundraiser, FOOD4THOUGHT, to raise much needed funds to provide backpacks of food for the weekend to children in metro Vancouver. The evening will showcase live music and an exceptional collaborative meal by Vancouver’s top chefs: Juno Kim, Kris Barnholden, David Robertson, Josh Gale and Kate Horsman. Thursday, September...

City Opera Vancouver presents the astonishing and macabre operatic thriller, Nigredo Hotel, on September 20 – 22, 2018 at 8pm at The Cultch Historic Theatre. The one-act chamber opera directed by Alan Corbishley, with music by Nic Gotham and libretto by distinguished Canadian author and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, tells the tale of an encounter between...

Doors 7pm Show 9:30pm Pay-What-You-Can A collective of vital and current parts of the Vancouver music scene come together for a catharsis of dynamic and mind blowing sonic energy. Muse and the Abstract Truth performs music from seminal artists such as Prince, Chaka Khan, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and many others. A night that is...

The VR/AR Global Summit will bring together the most intriguing and innovative leaders in VR/AR/MR. Hardware developers, content creators, big brands, manufacturers and designers will gather to learn, share and discuss advancements in the industry. Collaboration spaces, hands on workshops, real conversations, Keynotes, presentations, marketplace and events will bring everyone together to shape the future....

The VR/AR Global Summit will bring together the most intriguing and innovative leaders in VR/AR/MR. Hardware developers, content creators, big brands, manufacturers and designers will gather to learn, share and discuss advancements in the industry. Collaboration spaces, hands on workshops, real conversations, Keynotes, presentations, marketplace and events will bring everyone together to shape the future....

CurliQue Beauty Boutique, the retail extension of Blanche Macdonald Centre, is celebrating the launch of cult lash brand, House of Lashes in Canada, by hosting a two-day event in their downtown Vancouver location on 410 Robson Street. The two-day event take place between September 21st and 22nd. On Friday September 21st at 4pm, CurliQue and...

A comedic, powerful, and redemptive story about a young man (Kahlil Ashanti) who joins the US Air Force to escape a violently abusive childhood. Less than 24 hours before departing for boot camp, Kahlil’s mother reveals a family secret that forces him to question everything he has become, and everything he is running away from....

The 8th Annual West Fine Art Show is happening in its new home at the Glass House Estate Winery in South Langley, the weekend of September 21 to 23 in support of the Langley Hospice Society, This annual art show and sale offers the perfect weekend adventure. Featuring seventeen exceptional artists in a three-day exhibition,...

Music Friends (www.mymusicfriends.com) is thrilled to welcome esteemed pianist Libby Yu – Piano to our series with two solo performances at UBC and Richmond! This will be an unforgettable opportunity to hear one of Canada’s most acclaimed artists in a casual and intimate setting! [NOTE: The same program will be offered on two dates in...

A man like no man, the internationally infamous, award-winning, festival favourite with the world’s finest collection of comedy variety classic hits! Be wowed by incredible acts like plastic bag juggling, interpretive high heel dancing, interactive origami extravaganzas, and climbing inside a giant balloon—with original music from Egg of Japan. Following 10 world tours from the...

Doors 7pm Show 10pm Pay-What-You-Can Camaro 67 brings together classic Afrobeat influences (Fela Kuti, Tony Allen), and modern Afrofunk/Groove sounds (Antibalas, Budos Band, The Herbaliser) to produce a propulsive, high-energy, made-in-Vancouver funk experience. This explosive 10-piece instrumental group debuted in the fall of 2015, picking up from where Miami Device (BC’s premier Afrobeat orchestra since...

Discover the Vancouver Art Gallery’s rich permanent collection through an exhibition of nearly ninety highlights including paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures in A Curator’s View: Ian Thom Selects, on view September 22, 2018 to March 17, 2019. Considered one of the most comprehensive resources for visual culture in British Columbia, the Gallery’s collection comprises of...