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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Arts Umbrella’s Splash Art Auction returns for its 44th year on October 3, bringing together art, culture and philanthropy for one of Canada’s most anticipated charitable art auction events. Presented by Nicola Wealth and co-chaired by Christie Garofalo and Bruce Munro Wright, OBC, Splash – one of Canada’s highest-profile fundraising
Vancouver comedy gets Dark & Dirty! Join host Yumi Nagashima at Little Mountain Gallery for The Dark & Dirty Show — an uncensored stand-up comedy showcase featuring some of Vancouver’s funniest comedians at their rawest. Comics perform the material they can’t do at corporate events, on TV, or in front
On October 4th, lace up your shoes and join the Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure! For one powerful day, Vancouver residents are invited to come together to change what the future looks like for someone facing breast cancer and take part in a 1km or 5km walk
Celebrate National Taco Day at TacoTime on Tuesday, October 6! Guests can enjoy TacoTime’s signature Taco Tuesday offer of $2.25 tacos while helping more kids get in the game. For every taco sold on National Taco Day, TacoTime will donate $0.10 to the Hockey Canada Foundation’s Assist Fund, which helps
Join us for an opening talk on Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form with curator Paul Gravett. Explore the diversity of comics in Asia by delving behind the scenes of Asian Comics. In this talk, comics historian, journalist, and guest curator Paul Gravett will present an overview of the
When a child with disabilities turns 18, families face a sudden and confusing shift in supports, healthcare, and decision-making. Sponsored by Renaud Law Group (RLG), this free seminar is designed to help caregivers understand these changes, what steps to take, and how to avoid gaps in care and funding. We
The Firehall Arts Centre presents Hideki Noda’s Red Demon, October 8–18, 2026, directed by Mayumi Yoshida and produced by rice & beans theatre and Gokko Creative Society. This darkly funny, thought-provoking play follows a mysterious outsider who washes ashore and is feared by a community unable to understand him. With
Join us for an essential conversation with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor as they discuss their forthcoming book, END TIMES FASCISM – And the Fight for the Living World. Across politics, technology, and culture, a powerful narrative is taking hold: that ecological collapse, social breakdown, and mass instability are inevitable.
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,
Step inside Secrets of the Haunted Bog, a fright-fully fun, FREE family-friendly Halloween experience at Guildford Town Centre! Make your way through an immersive haunted bog filled with eerie scenes, spooky surprises, low-light moments, haunted haze, animatronics, and mysterious creatures lurking around every corner. Give back: Guests are encouraged to
Site 248 is a 45-minute horror maze set up in the corn section out at Meadows Family Farm. 40+ live actors in the dark, waiting for you. Trails are nicely covered in wood chips, so your shoes are actually safe; your nerves might not be.
This unforgettable production celebrates the remarkable collaboration between the late composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and visionary director Denis Villeneuve. This special performance, Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Cinematic Suites – The Denis Villeneuve Scores, brings to life the evocative musical landscapes of three acclaimed films: Prisoners, Sicario, and Arrival. In addition to those scores,