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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Bring your little ghosts, princesses and ghouls to Willowbrook for a free afternoon of Halloween fun. Start at the Concierge Desk to pick up a Willowbrook treat tote (while supplies last), then follow the festive balloons to participating retailers to collect treats. The first 1,000 children who come in costume
The Metro Vancouver Croissant Crawl is a self-guided tour of limited-edition croissants from participating bakeries and cafés across Metro Vancouver. Pick a route and support small businesses located in your neighbourhood, city, and around Greater Vancouver. Participating vendors will offer their limited-edition flavours November 1 - 16, 2025. Invite your
Crisp air, cozy finds, and local love—our November Fall Pop-Up is lighting up @heritagehallvancouver! Shop 50+ local makers for handmade goods, art, candles, skincare, baked treats, and gift-worthy pieces for the season. Bring your tote and your crew—sweater weather shopping awaits. As always, admission is free, the vibes are high,
Let’s keep the spooky season alive with this spectacular magic show, featuring some of Vancouver’s most talented and creative magicians. This cabaret-style performance will showcase four of Vancouver’s best magicians: Travis Bernhardt, Rob Teszka, Nayana Fielkov, and Ben Bisaillon. A treat for the whole family! Don’t miss out—book your tickets
Las Mujeronas brings together a collective of Flamenco Latinas in Vancouver to explore the impact of immigration on identity, memory, and cultural expression. Performed in both Spanish and English, with select texts translated for accessibility, the work seamlessly fuses flamenco dance, poetry, song, and storytelling to reflect the complex and
Join an immersive workshop exploring the ancestral knowledge and spiritual significance of corn (maize). Across generations and Indigenous cultures, corn has been revered not only as a vital food source but also as a teacher, guide, and symbol of life. Host Rodrigo Galvan: "I am a nomad at heart. My
“The envelope please!” The Jessie Award are back! After a brief hiatus, Vancouver’s most prestigious celebration of professional theatre is back. The 40th Annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards will take place this fall on Monday, November 3rd. The event will be returning to its roots at the Granville Island Stage,
Urban Ink’s TRANSFORM Festival returns, in collaboration with The Cultch, for its sixth year with its biggest and boldest lineup yet, on stage from November 6-8 and 14 & 15, 2025 at the Vancouver Playhouse. The cabaret-style festival features Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists spanning live music, drag, dance, circus, and
Yes Shef, Vancouver’s most anticipated culinary event returns for its 5th anniversary. This one-night tasting, hosted at the Fairmont Pacific Rim’s opulent Star Sapphire Ballroom, brings together many of British Columbia’s top women chefs and their culinary mentees. Guests are invited to explore 15+ stations of unforgettable food and drink,
In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn the basics of screen printing, no experience required, just curiosity (and maybe an old shirt that needs a glow-up). We’ll bring the screens and all the gear, featuring Unchai’s designs (5+ designs to chose from). You just bring something you’d love to print on:
Is it love or just chemical? A dark, razor-sharp thriller by Emmy-winning writer of Succession, Lucy Prebble. The Effect dives into the chemical nature of love through the lens of a clinical drug trial. Connie and Tristan enter a study for a new dopamine-regulating antidepressant. They fall in love. Or do
Let Chinese-language music fill the entire island! 2025 Jade Music Fest is "taking over” Granville Island's four indoor stages and seven outdoor street performance venues on Nov 8th, from 11 AM to 11 PM! This marks not only a significant step toward Vancouver becoming a major hub for Chinese-language music