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Things to Do in Vancouver this Weekend

Published by todocanada On April 15, 2018 4 Responses

A digest of What’s On in and around Vancouver during this weekend including free fun family activities, live music, performing arts & theatre, festivals and sports events –  April 19 to 22, 2018

Contents: 

  • Family Activities
  • Live Music/ Concerts & Music festivals
  • Live Theatre & Theatre Festivals
  • Sports
  • All Other Events

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I. Family & Kids Activities this Weekend 

BrickCan LEGO Exhibit

BrickCan-Canada’s largest Public LEGO Exhibition-returns to the River Rock in Richmond, with all new amazing creations and things to see! Choose your preferred viewing day and time-morning, mid-day, or afternoon, and plan to spend a few hours.
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April 21 & 22, 2018

River Rock Casino Resort — 8811 River Rd., Richmond

$15

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Spirit Horse

This powerful production follows the adventures of two First Nations children whose family is caught between traditional ways and urban culture. Angelina and Jesse’s lives are changed forever when their grandfather, who lives by the old ways on a prairies reserve, brings them a horse that has mysteriously appeared to him. The children feel an incredible bond to this majestic animal which links the girls and their dad to their Stoney Nation heritage.

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April 21 to 29, 2018

Waterfront Theatre – 1412 Cartwright St, Vancouver

$18 to $35

Vaisakhi Day Parade

Everyone is welcome at the annual Vaisakhi Day Parade, featuring cultural floats, community performers and live music. To pay tribute to the harvest celebration roots of the parade, attendees are given free food and drink from hundreds of local residents and businesses. The parade, which features a variety of floats, community groups, live music and dancers and performers.  More Details

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Begins at the Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar Temple, 12885 85th Avenue in Surrey. Travels along 124th Street, turns left onto 75th Avenue, continues on 76th Avenue, onto 128th Street, then back to the Temple.

Free

A British Invasion – St. George’s Day Weekend

The English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Manx and Cornish will be celebrating their history, customs and heritage at the Roundhouse. Enjoy British foods, merchandise and entertainment from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man and Cornwall. There will be an English Food Fayre with favourites such as steak & kidney pie, London pub pie, Scotch pie, Melton Mowbray, Cornish pasty, classic sausage roll, currant squares, Bakewell tarts, and Empire biscuits. Entertainment includes the Royal Society Scottish Dancers. More Details

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Roundhouse Community Center, 181 Roundhouse Mews · Vancouver

FREE

Earth Day Celebration

Join friends and neighbours of Everett Crowley Park to celebrate Earth Day! Plant native plants, spread mushrooms, and enjoy interpretive walks and free refreshments! Come dressed for the weather! More Details

Saturday, April 21, 2018 |  11 AM  – 3 PM

Everett Crowley Park
8200 Kerr St, Vancouver

FREE

Earth Day Parade & Celebration

Since 2011, Vancouverites have flocked to Commercial Drive each April for the Annual Earth Day Celebration, parade and festival. Join Windermere Secondary School’s Youth for Climate Justice now as we carry on this welcoming and awesome tradition by coming together to celebrate the planet. This fun and family-friendly event will include music, speakers, food, a kids’ zone and much, much more.More Details

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 01:00 PM – 03:00 PM

Commercial Drive, Vancouver

FREE

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival is Vancouver’s signature springtime event, waking the city up from winter hibernation to an explosion of some 41,000 blossoming cherry trees.
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April 3 to 29, 2018

Various Venues, Vancouver

Free and ticketed events.

More Family Activities

1. Vancouver Public Library holds plenty of fun events throughout the year! Have fun times for free!

2. Moms & Tots Workshops:  Each workshop includes dance, yoga and making a nutritional snack with Dance Instructor and Holistic Registered Nutritionist Carla Budd! The classes are designed for children aged 0-5, along with their mom, dad or caregiver.

3.The Science Of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Prepare for an incredible journey through the curious collections of Mr. Ripley, the explorer extraordinaire who traveled the world collecting artifacts and stories from the remarkable people and places he encountered.  @ TELUS World of Science through April 22, 2018

4. Free Teen Art & Theatre Classes: Spend afternoons with us drawing, painting, and acting. Arts Umbrella is an inspiring space where you can create, make art, and share your ideas alongside other artists like you. On Tuesdays and Thursdays , January 23 to May 31, 2018 | 5:30pm – 7:30pm @ Arts Umbrella Surrey Centre. Details

5. See a movie at the theatre!

Cineplex Family Favourites: Visit participating Cineplex theatres near you on Saturdays at 11:00 AM and watch a family favourite film each week for only $2.99.

II. Live Music & Concerts

Weekday Events/EDM Concerts & Concert Tours

Concert Tours in Vancouver – 2018 

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Verses Festival of Words

Whether you’re a budding poet yourself, an established poet in the scene, or someone who just loves to support grassroots, indie, performance art, join us! More Details

April 19 – 29, 2018

Various Venues, Vancouver

 Free and ticketed events

Record Store Day

Record Store Day is a day that celebrates independent record stores all over the world with parties, in-store performances and special releases. It’s a day that spans genres and unites music lovers of all ages. Details

April 21, 2018 | Store Hours.

Various Record Stores

Free

Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver Chamber Choir Michael Zaugg, conductor Originally from Switzerland, Michael Zaugg is conductor/music director of Alberta’s Pro Coro Canada and long-time friend and collaborator with the Vancouver Chamber Choir. Intriguing choral works by Rautavaara, Rheinberger, Soderqvist, Whitacre, Archer, Saint-Saens, Elgar, Kuula, Knudson, Joby Talbot. More Details

Friday, April 20, 2018 | 8:00 PM

Dunbar Ryerson United Church — 2205 W. 45th Ave., Vancouver

$33

Motown Meltdown

Attend this unique night of nostalgia and great music – one listen and you’ll be hooked! Dance to the feel-good sounds of music from Motown to Memphis, New York and beyond and be part of an amazing dance party that has been filling the Commodore Ballroom for 15 fantastic years. If you like this music genre, you will LOVE this event! More Details

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 7:00 PM

Commodore Ballroom — 868 Granville St., Vancouver

 $32.75

Mozart, with Anderson & Roe

Billboard chart-topping piano duo Anderson & Roe tackle Mozart’s magnificent Concerto for two pianos, in a concert that also includes the thrilling Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams, and Tchaikovsky’s orchestral masterpiece, Symphony No. 4. More Details

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Sunday, Apr 22, 2018 | 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Orpheum Theatre, 601 Smithe St, Vancouver

$18.75 to $65

EnChor’s Encores!

This will be a concert produced by one of Vancouver’s premier choirs, EnChor, under the artistic direction of Gerald van Wick. The repertoire will be drawn from the choir’s April 14th performance in Vernon, BC, as part of the North Okanagan Community Concert Series.  More Details

Friday, April 20, 2018 | 7:30 PM

St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church
1490 Nanton Avenue, Vancouver

$25; Under 18 – Free

Third Coast Percussion

This breathtaking program includes internationally-acclaimed composer Augusta Read Thomas Resounding Earth. Written specially for Third Coast Percussion, Resounding Earth brings together over 125 bells from around the world to create a beautiful and completely unprecedented sound world. Also on the program is Steve Reich’s Mallet Quartet, as well as a movement of Wild Sound, a work composed for Third Coast Percussion by composer and percussionist Glenn Kotche, from the iconic Chicago rock band Wilco.
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Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 8:00 PM

The Annex – second floor
823 Seymour Street, Vancouver

$12 to $29

Rafal Blechacz

At the 15th Warsaw International Chopin Competition in 2005, Rafal Blechacz walked off with not only the gold medal, but also prizes for the best performance of a mazurka, polonaise, concerto and sonata, as well as the audience award. Since that red-letter day, Blechacz is now recognized as one of the most outstanding pianists and musicians of his generation. In January of 2014, Blechacz received the Gilmore Artist Award, referred to within musical circles as the Nobel Prize of the piano world, for his musical and artistic achievements. More Details

Sunday, April 22, 2018 | 3:00 PM

Vancouver Playhouse

$15 & up

Sacred Sexual Music Festival

The Sacred Sexual Music Festival offers LIVE sensuous and celebratory music, informational talks, workshops, Wheel of Consent education, belly dancing, yoga, massage, qi gong, body painting, face painting,  a chill space and much more! More Details

Sunday, April 22, 2018 | 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Venables Hall, 1739 Venables Street, Vancouver

$20 – $150

Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Haunted by memories of his tumultuous love life, a Writer checks into New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel desperate to find the words and inspiration for his next song. Wading through past relationships, he reluctantly comes face to face with the love of the present, a love he wishes he could not only forget, but erase from memory. More Details

March 17 to April 21, 2018

Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova Street, Vancouver

$20 to $40

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III. Live Theatre

Elektra by Richard Strauss

Based on the Greek myth of the cursed family of legend, Elektra tells the story of a quest for vengeance that consumes her life, and ends with tragedy and death.Hailed as “the first Freudian opera”, Elektra is as dramatic as it is controversial. A story of violence, murder, and endless vengeance tearing apart a family, Strauss opera is one of his darkest and bloodiest tales. Join Heroic Opera and our multi-award-winning cast in this semi-staged production of Richard Strauss’ epic. More Details

April 19 & 20, 2018 | 07:30 PM

Orpheum Annex
823 Seymour St., Vancouver

$26 to $32

You’ve Got Male

Dave is trying online dating. As he says… online dating makes sense, in theory. Look for someone you have things in common with, and who you like the look of… should be good, right?  More Details

April 12 to 21, 2018

PAL Studio Theatre
581 Cardero Street, Vancouver

$15 to $25

Shakespeare in HOLLYWOOD

What happens when two savvy playwrights from very different centuries collaborate? In the case of skilled modern farceur Ken Ludwig & Renaissance wonder William Shakespeare; the result is the madcap comedy Shakespeare in HOLLYWOOD.  More Details

April 14  –  May 12, 2018

Metro Theatre
1370 S.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver

$15 to $25

Me and You

From childhood until old age, Liz and Lou are sisters who go through life mostly as friends, but sometimes as foes. Liz is a steady-minded biologist while Lou is a free-spirited painter, and their personalities clash over everything from hair dye to cheating partners to rebellious children. See their stories come alive across the decades through the acclaimed mask work of Melody Anderson in a comedy that gives a unique face to sisterhood.  More Details

April 12 – May 6, 2018

BMO Theatre Centre, 162 West 1st Avenue Vancouver

$29 & up

Misery

Successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued from a car crash by his “Number One Fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up in her secluded home in the mountains of Colorado. While Annie nurses him back to health, Paul soon realizes that he is not her guest, but her captive. Angered that he has killed off her favourite character, Annie forces Paul to resurrect her in a new book—and Paul soon finds himself writing for his freedom…and his life.  More Details

April 5 – May 5, 2018

Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston Street
Vancouver

 $29 – $79

World Without Us

Ontroerend Goed, creators of Fight Night, bring us a new piece about the end of humanity and what comes after. We could hardly imagine it: no mortgages, no knitted scarves, no swimming pools, no butterfly strokes, and no honey kept in glass jars. Animals would no longer be stuffed, skyscrapers no longer built. There would be no more suicide and no more mathematics. No more talk about the old days, about what’s possible. There would be no more memories, no more words. More Details

April 17 to 29, 2018

Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables St, Vancouver

$22 to $39

The Humans

When three generations of the Blake clan descend on a rundown lower Manhattan duplex for Thanksgiving dinner, much more is simmering than the gravy. As the holiday gaiety subsides, the pressures weighing on the family members reach a boiling point. Both bitingly funny and poignant, this 2016 Tony Award winner is a richly detailed, compassionate portrait of an ordinary family at odds, with itself and with the uncertainties of life, amidst a changing America. More Details

March 22 – April 22, 2018

Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 2750 Granville Street, Vancouver

$29 & up

Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play

After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory. Seven years later, this and other snippets of pop culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles, and pop songs) have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto its past.  More Details

April 3 to 21, 2018

Studio 1398, 1398 Cartwright Street, Vancouver

$29 to $34

The Explanation

Every Saturday morning, John dresses up as a woman and takes transit out of cozy Burnaby to go to the Central Library in downtown Vancouver. He’s straight. He frequents the literature DVD shelves. That’s where he bumped into Dick. Who’s also straight. Dick thinks John’s a woman… I think. And now they’ve started to rendezvous there every Saturday morning. What on earth is going on? Whatever it is, they both have a lot of explaining to do. More Details

April 17 – 29, 2018

Vancity Culture Lab, 1895 Venables St, Vancouver

$27

IV. Sports

Vancouver Sun Run

2.5 K/10K. The 10K course starts at Georgia and Burrard and will be lined with
water stations and live musical performers. For the safety
of the 40,000+ participants, various road closures will be in effect between 5:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Details

 Sunday, April 22 | 9:00 AM

Georgia and Burrard, Vancouver

$22 to $70

V. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events

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Make It Vancouver’s Handmade Revolution

Make It is a fun, upbeat shopping experience that showcases artists, crafters, and makers from all over Canada. Over 175 talented exhibitors (Makies) will be selling gorgeous handcrafted items made with love and intention. When you buy handmade, you’ll feel awesome knowing you’re supporting someone’s dream. We also have a beer garden, good music, and food trucks for a fun vibe!! More Details

April 20 to 22nd, 2018

PNE Forum
2901 E Hastings St., Vancouver

$3 to $6

Vancouver Tattoo and Culture Show

Over 150 artists on location. More Details

April 20 to 22, 2018

Vancouver Convention Centre

$20

After Hours at Vancouver Aquarium

Calling all trivia lovers! Test your aquatic knowledge at Vancouver Aquarium’s second annual trivia night at After Hours. Grab a beer or glass of wine and a snack and enjoy exploring the Aquarium after dark in a fun and social adults-only atmosphere.  More Details

Friday, April 20, 2018 | 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park, Vancouver

$27 – $35

Vancouver Greek Food Festival

Happening on an annual basis, the festival is a true representation of the Greek community and heritage as Greeks. With the overwhelmingly delicious homemade food and intricate traditional Greek dancing, you’ll surely have an amazing time. More Details

 April 20 to 23, 2018

Hellenic Community of Vancouver
4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver

Free

The Price Is Right Live

The Price Is Right Live™ is the hit interactive stage show that gives audience members the chance to “Come On Down” and play classic games from television’s longest running and most popular game show. Contestants can win prizes including cash, vacation packages and possibly even a new car by playing favourites like Plinko™, Cliffhangers™, The Big Wheel™, and the fabulous Showcase. The Price is Right™ is the longest running game show in television history and loved by generations of viewers. This on-stage travelling version gives fans the chance to experience the excitement up close and in-person. More Details

 April 20 to 22, 2018

Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, Coquitlam

$39.50 & up

Rotary International Food Festival

Come to the 6th annual evening of our festival and experience the foods from the Caribbean, India, Japan, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Ukraine, and Africa!!  Culinary delights are prepared in partnership with members of the Rotary Club of Burnaby and students of the Youth Train in Trades program. More Details

 April 21, 2018 | 5:30 PM – 8:00PM

Burnaby Central Secondary School, 6011 Deer Lake Pkwy, Burnaby

$25-$40

Vancouver Web Fest & Conference

The Vancouver Web Fest & Conference (VWF) is the premier festival focused on the world’s digital storytelling industry.VWF has created a top festival, conference and marketplace for independent and studio-produced scripted and non-scripted episodic series made for the new digital landscape. VWF attracts a local and international attendance by showcasing the best content as well as recruiting the highest caliber speakers, panelists and workshop leaders to provide our delegates with the tools, information and relationships they need to succeed. More Details

Thursday, April 19, 2018 | 9:30AM – 11:00PM
Friday, April 20, 2018 | 9:30AM – 11:00PM
Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 9:30AM – 11:00PM

Vancouver Convention Centre, West Building
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Art Battle

Art Battle® is live competitive painting. Painters create the best work they can in 20 minutes. As they work, patrons move around the easels, closely watching the creative process. The medium is acrylic paint and the tools allowed are brushes, palette knives or any non-mechanical implements. At the end of the round, the audience votes democratically for their favourite painting and bids in silent auction to take the work home.   More Details

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 6:30 PM

Red Room Ultra Bar – 398 Richards St, Vancouver

$15.00 – $20.00

Sakura Night

Sakura Night celebrates seven of Vancouver’s top local restaurants through an exquisite evening of Asian-fusion flavours. You will be greeted with a sparkling welcome followed by an extraordinary culinary experience.
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Sunday, April 22, 2018 | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Stanley Park Pavilion – 610 Pipeline Road, Vancouver

$160

Eastside Flea  Two Year Anniversary Market

Local artisan goods, vintage clothing & collectables, quality handcrafted items, household goods, rarities & memorabilia, paper goods & art, small furniture, handcrafted & vintage jewelry, vinyl records, custom chainstitching, succulents & plants, natural locally-made body care, local small businesses, your friends & neighbours selling their treasures! More Details

April 20-22, 2018

Ellis Building – 1024 Main Street, Vancouver

$3 to $5

2018 Kpu Fashion Show

This Spring, emerging apparel designers prepare to graduate from the Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and showcase their innovative, thought-provoking and incredibly stylish collections at B.C.’s biggest student fashion show. 2018 The Show, presented by Tamoda Apparel Inc., highlights the work of Fashion Design and Technology students who have come to KPU from across the province and beyond.  More Details

April 19 & 20, 2018

Wilson School of Design at KPU, 5600 Kwantlen Street, Richmond

$20

Art! Vancouver

Art! Vancouver presents over 100 galleries and artists from around the world. Exhibitors present some of the most dynamic recent works and continue to bring to light what is happening now in the contemporary and modern art scenes. Art! Vancouver provides opportunities for curators, collectors, interior designers and art patrons to survey the best in contemporary and modern art.  More Details

April 19 to 22, 2018

Vancouver Convention Centre – East, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver

$15 to $100

Abbotsford Tulip Festival

Pack a tasty picnic basket, or visit one of our convenient food trucks on-site and enjoy a fun filled day with family and friends. Besides a covered picnic area, Bloom is also home to photo cut out boards and a children’s play area. That’s on top of acres upon acres of rainbow-coloured fields that are every bit as impressive as they are decorative.  More Details

April 9 – Early May | 9am – Dusk

36737 North Parallel Road
Abbotsford

$5 to $30

Capture Photography Festival

Each April, photography is presented at dozens of galleries and community spaces throughout Greater Vancouver as part of the Festival’s Selected and Open Exhibition Programs, alongside an extensive Public Art Program and an Events Program that spans tours, films, artist talks, and community events. Capture Photography Festival is devoted to exhibiting challenging and thought-provoking photography from local and international artists..  More Details

April 3–30 2018

Various Venues, Vancouver

Varies

Chilliwack Tulip Festival

Get to enjoy a leisurely stroll outdoors, surrounded by the lush green of the Fraser Valley and the amazing views of Mt Cheam and other spectacular snow-capped mountain vistas that surround Chilliwack, and of course there’s the star of our festival, the vibrant tulip! Enveloped by 20 acres of tulips, in a multitude of colours, you will be enchanted by the natural beauty of the fields as you explore our designated “Tulip” path and take advantage of the many photo opportunities.Details

Thursday, March 29 to Sunday, April 29, 2018

Tulips of the Valley – 41310 Yale Rd, Chilliwack

$3 to $15

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    1. Bill

      BC Highland Games ticket prices. You claim to be $2 lower than the actual website lists under Eventbrite. So how you you obtain the lower prices you offer??? Adults listed at $15 on the website for the Games but you say $13. Gate prices not listed at all on either place..

      June 14, 2017 at 5:58 PM
      1. todocanada (Listing owner)

        We verified the details, when it was listed – It was early bird pricing. Regular pricing started on June 1.

        June 14, 2017 at 6:28 PM
    2. anonymous

      Geez Bill,calm down, eh

      August 15, 2017 at 11:39 PM
    3. Al

      Great Canadian Volkswagen Show at Concorde Pacific next to Science World. The biggest VW show in Canada! Sunday 10am-4pm

      August 19, 2017 at 11:34 AM

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