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Unleash your inner artist this spooky season with an evening of watercolour painting and craft brews. Join local watercolour artist Tara Pople at Strange Fellows Brewery for a creative 2-hour Halloween workshop! Whether you are a seasoned painter or picking up a brush for the very first time, Tara will
Celebrate Halloween with a colourful glow-in-the-dark splatter painting experience at Color Rave Studio in Richmond! Step into our UV Glow Splatter Room, choose your colours and create your own one-of-a-kind artwork while having fun with friends and family. Protective gear is provided, and no painting experience is required. The experience
Science World After Dark turns sinister for our most spine-tingling night of the year. Adults 19+ are invited to explore a haunted dome filled with a bewitching brew, unsettling spectacles, and shock-worthy science. This ain't no kids' Halloween party. Come geek out at the gore and discover the science behind
Science World After Dark turns sinister for our most spine-tingling night of the year. Adults 19+ are invited to explore a haunted dome filled with a bewitching brew, unsettling spectacles, and shock-worthy science. This ain't no kids' Halloween party. Come geek out at the gore and discover the science behind
Get ready for an epic Halloween night filled with live music, costumes, drinks and community fun! Presented by Rock the Block Society in partnership with Mechanics of Music, the Epic Halloween Sip N’ Strum is an interactive, band-led sing-along featuring Halloween favourites and crowd-pleasing classics. Bring an instrument and play
Kick off Halloween weekend with BOOM! Pro Wrestling at the Commercial Drive Legion! Cremator Von Slasher comes to BOOM! for one night only, with costumes, surprises and live professional wrestling in a loud, welcoming atmosphere. Dress up and bring your friends for an unforgettable Friday night in East Vancouver. Friday,
Costumes on, treat bags ready! Bring your little ghosts, superheroes and favourite characters to Willowbrook Shopping Centre for Halloween trick-or-treating on Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 2 to 4 p.m. Start at the Concierge Desk, where the first 1,000 children in costume will receive a complimentary loot bag. Then follow
Spend Halloween with BOOM! Pro Wrestling! We Want Candy! brings costumes, candy and live professional wrestling to East Vancouver. Wear a costume and cheer on a night of big personalities and hard-hitting action, headlined by Amira vs. Brady Malibu & Slamela Anderson in a 2-on-1 handicap match for the Malibu
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,
BC Achievement Foundation will celebrate the recipients of the 18th annual Indigenous Business Award at the Indigenous Business Award Gala, on November 4, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. This year's theme, Looking Forward, celebrates the vision and determination of Indigenous business leaders building a better future for generations to
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
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