District Local | Vancouver Events and Lifestyle
Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Born in Seoul and raised in Queens, Min Jin Lee is the preeminent author of the Korean diaspora. A masterful storyteller who illuminates the complexities of identity, migration, and belonging with great empathy, her novels have been recognized with some of the highest honours in the literary world. Lee made
Discover how an invasive plant can be transformed into handmade paper! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll use freshly harvested reed canary grass to make paper pulp from scratch. Learn about the ecology of introduced grasses and how to identify them while exploring the process of cutting, blending, and boiling plant
Delhi 2 Dublin’s 20th anniversary world tour brings a new age of musical and cultural fusion through Subcontinental Pop, where sounds from across cultures meet in a unified, energizing mix that unites dance floors worldwide.
Step into a world of ‘spectacle and unease’ with Play On Words Productions’ gritty reimagining of Stephen Schwartz’ Pippin, February 26th-March 7th at the Jericho Arts Centre Set inside a decaying nightclub suspended between life and death, Pippin is the story of one young man’s search for the secret to
Celebrate 30 years of the Eastside Culture Crawl at the 2026 Preview Exhibition, P.A.R.T.Y. – Pushing Art diRectly To You, from November 5–28, 2026 at the Eastside Arts Society (716 E. Hastings St). For the first time, 75 juried artists come together under one roof at the Society's own space,
Discover the incredible engineering hidden in the animal kingdom at The Robot Zoo, presented by White Spot Restaurants. Get up close with eight larger-than-life robotic animals and uncover how nature inspires extraordinary mechanical designs. From a swimming platypus to a squid hunting its prey, explore the science of movement, adaptation,
Press start and journey through the evolution of video games at Game Changers, presented by TD Bank Group. From the simple graphics and sounds of PONG to today’s photorealistic and immersive experiences, explore how gaming has transformed through creativity, storytelling, coding, and technology. Discover more than 140 iconic video games,
Come wander among the pots. This November, the Burnaby Potters’ Guild opens its shelves for our annual Holiday Ceramic Sale, a weekend filled with things made slowly, thoughtfully, and by hand. Come find wobbly little creatures, beautiful vessels, curious forms, favourite mugs, one-of-a-kind treasures, and all the wonderful surprises that
It's the perfect way to beat the winter blues! Step inside downtown’s iconic heritage buildings and hear the tales of intrigue, jealousy, and murder that hide behind their walls. Stroll through the heart of Vancouver and finish with a private viewing inside the Marine Building, all while enjoying a selection
Presented by The Cultch Produced by Tentacle Tribe (Montreal) Transcending the boundaries between street and contemporary dance in a unique signature, DIRT is a striking piece for five virtuoso performers. Through its raw expression, this creation is a critique of humanity’s conquering relationship with the planet. The quintet mixes puppets
The Shoe Project is back in Vancouver, sharing the written and spoken voices of immigrant and refugee women. Through a pair of shoes, participants tell personal stories of migration, identity, courage and belonging. Through live storytelling, audiences are invited to listen, connect and experience these powerful stories of life in
In collaboration with Netflix, Secret City presents a one-of-a-kind Murder Mystery Dinner experience. Set in the captivating and thrilling universe of the "Knives Out" film series, this immersive event will have you on the edge of your seats as you and your team work to uncover the truth.