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Weekend Activities and Events in Vancouver
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.
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Contents:
- Re-discover Vancouver Area – (Do not travel to neighbouring regions during COVID-19 restrictions).
- In-Person Events & Online Events
Mother’s Day
In-Person Events & Online Events
Online
May 8, 2021
Free
Science Rendezvous will STEAM Green and you are invited to the first ever virtual Science Chase. Race between event sites across the country, answer STEAM challenges, learn ... »
Central Park, 3883 Imperial St, Burnaby
May 8, 2021
6045218401
$3 - $15
The Fraser River Discovery Centre presents its next ‘River Basin Days’ program, tasking place on Saturday, May 8th from 10:30AM – 11:30AM. River Basin Days is a series ... »
Chilliwack Coliseum, 45323 Hodgins Ave, Chilliwack
May 8, 2021 To May 9, 2021
Free
Enjoy some great food and then enjoy some beautiful outdoor spaces in the city. As always, Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival is FREE ADMISSION! Truck Lineup Annoucement ... »
Online
May 7, 2021 To May 11, 2021
604 218 1358
Free
The Burnaby Festival of Learning is created by community, for community. Through vibrant and thought-provoking events, the Festival provides attendees of all ages with opportunities to join, ... »
Online
May 7, 2021
Free; Register
Telethon Telethon by [elephants] collective Pi Provocateurs presents TELETHON TELETHON, a long-term online performance experiment by Toronto’s [elephants] collective. It’s a project committed to labour ... »
Online
May 7, 2021
Free; Register
Drag shows, parties, raves, and now drag zoom rooms. Who are these events accessible to? Where do folx feel they belong and when do they feel gender ... »
Online
May 7, 2021
4036182504
$0
Blue Light Studio has stepped up the online concert experience for 2021 with the purchase of a 360-degree camera that allows the viewer to immerse themselves into the ... »
Online by Cultch
May 6, 2021 To May 8, 2021
6042511363
Tickets from $29
Based on Canadian journalist Ian Brown’s memoir of life with his son, The Boy in the Moon tells a deeply moving story about a family’s ... »
Online
May 6, 2021 To May 16, 2021
Virtual Pass $65 - $200
DOXA Documentary Film Festival is Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival. Committed to cultivating curiosity and critical thought, DOXA 2021 delivers some of the very best in ... »
Online
May 6, 2021 To May 8, 2021
Free; Register
Vidya Kotamraju is a Vancouver based Bharata Natyam dance artist and a graduate of the Jai Govinda Dance Academy. In Longing…, she performs a two-part performance based ... »
Online
May 6, 2021 To May 20, 2021
Various; Registration required
Anyone involved in the heritage field knows that heritage is always in action. We bring the past into the present and guide it toward the future. We ... »
Online
May 5, 2021 To May 14, 2021
Pay what you can
Wheel Voices: Tune In! is a mashup of original scenes, rap, spoken word, and choral pieces, all rooted in the disability experience. Music is a common language; ... »
Lakeland Flowers, No 4 Road, Abbotsford
May 5, 2021 To May 9, 2021
$8 to $16
Visit Fraser Valley’s largest Flower Farm and U-Pick at Lakeland Flowers. Lakeland Flowers is a working farm featuring large fields of tulips to view and pick. ... »
Online
May 1, 2021 To May 30, 2021
6048313714
Free
This year’s LiterAsian festival GlobalAsian: from Grassroots to Globalization features authors and cultural activists from not only Canada, but across the Asian diaspora. As “Asian” cannot ... »
Online
May 1, 2021 To May 16, 2021
Free admission
Watch world-famous operas from the comfort of your home! Saturday, May 1 | Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur (From January 12, 2019) Sunday, May 2 | Puccini’s La Rondine (From January 10, 2009) Monday, ... »
Online
May 1, 2021 To May 31, 2021
FREE
explorASIAN 2021: 25th Anniversary Festival is a Metro-Vancouver festival showcasing pan-Asian Canadian arts and culture during Asian Heritage Month in May 2021. The festival is a time to reflect ... »
Anywhere
May 1, 2021 To May 31, 2021
Free
This May, join the BC Cancer Foundation’s Workout to Conquer Cancer and move every day, in any location across Canada, in support of BC Cancer patients. ... »
Anywhere
May 1, 2021 To May 31, 2021
free
Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon (RMH BC) is pleased to announce the second annual Step Up for Families, a virtual fundraising campaign taking place throughout the ... »
Participating Restaurants
May 1, 2021 To May 7, 2021
Varies
La Pizza Week is a week-long festival that celebrates the best pizza in Canada. Restaurants across the country are asked to create a special pizza at a ... »
Seasons Bakery, 2879 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
May 1, 2021 To May 9, 2021
$68
The family-owned Season's Bakery on Commercial Drive is offering a lovely Mother's Day Perfect Sunday Gift Box made in a collaboration with a Vancouver-based and Mother-owned Le ... »
Online
April 30, 2021 To May 7, 2021
Free
This spring, Vancouver New Music will present its biggest One-Page Score Project yet. Giorgio Magnanensi will work with 20 musicians, and 42 high-school students enrolled in the Vancouver School ... »
Baskin-Robbins Locations
April 30, 2021 To May 9, 2021
$25 to $40
Skip the flower store and head straight to dessert with the new Floral Cone Bouquet Cake. Customize with mom's favourite cake and ice cream flavour topped with ... »
English Bay
April 29, 2021 To May 8, 2021
Free
With spring in the air and vaccines rolling out, DanceHouse is thrilled to offer the urban video-mapping work (an outdoor video projection) titled REBO(U)ND. Coinciding ... »
1786 Angus Campbell Rd, Abbotsford
April 28, 2021 To June 3, 2021
8665176225
Free
Located in Abbotsford, the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation (BCAITC) learning garden includes fun opportunities for students to learn about BC agriculture including milk history, raised ... »
Online & Richmond Art Gallery,7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond
April 21, 2021 To June 5, 2021
7788037150
Free
Cinevolution’s flagship annual event, Digital Carnival, returns with the theme of “Z”! A cutting-edge media art festival for all audiences, Digital Carnival Z will be headlined ... »
Port Moody Art Centre, 2425 St Johns St, Port Moody
April 15, 2021 To May 12, 2021
6049312008
free
Valerie Pugh’s artwork explores reflection and surveillance, focussing attention on the act of “seeing”. The sculptures and paintings in her exhibition relate to subtle differences between ... »
Port Moody Art Centre, 2425 St Johns St, Port Moody
April 15, 2021 To May 12, 2021
6049312008
free
Excursions to the ancestral ruins of China inspired Garrett Andrew Chong to pursue a spiritual path as an artistic expression. He has journeyed through the ancient civilizations ... »
Port Moody Art Centre, 2425 St Johns St, Port Moody
April 15, 2021 To May 12, 2021
6049312008
free
Taize Powell paints with the intention of capturing his subject’s state of mind; sometimes the work has a mood of melancholy or joy, sometimes pain, but ... »
Online
April 12, 2021 To August 31, 2021
Free
Family Feud Canada is back for Season 3 at CBC (with host Gerry Dee), and we are looking for diverse and dynamic families from all across Canada to ... »
Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver
March 19, 2021 To August 29, 2021
$34.99 - $99.99
In this exhibition, visitors of all ages discover a new way of reconnecting with the work of this great master. The very concept of Imagine Van Gogh ... »
Online
March 4, 2021 To June 19, 2021
By Donation; Register
The Vancouver International Dance Festival celebrates its 21st season with 18 livestream contemporary dance performances from March 4 to June 19, 2021. Broadcast from the KW Production Studio, the 2021 VIDF presents ... »
Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver
February 20, 2021 To September 6, 2021
Regular Admission
Storytelling—its scope and ongoing significance—lies at the heart of Stories that animate us, a dynamic and compelling exhibition developed formally and thematically in conversation with ... »
Bill Reid Gallery, 639 Hornby St, Vancouver
February 3, 2021 To May 9, 2021
Regular Admission
Indigenous History in Colour is a solo exhibition by Luke Parnell that is a powerful exploration of the relationship between Northwest Coast Indigenous oral histories, conceptual art, ... »
Online
January 29, 2021 To May 31, 2021
$0 - $20
The Chan Centre’s Spring 2021 Dot Com Series features eight all-new performances which will be delivered 100% online and recorded around the globe—from Mexico to Montreal to ... »
ONGOING EVENTS
Safari at Home
Try out the Safari at Home activities to entertain the Little Ones.Details
Fun with VPL
Get a VPL card online and use these 10 Free Vancouver Public Library Services. Details
Visit Zoo Animals Online
Zoos across Canada have decided to bring their inhabitants to your home. Here is a list of places where you can watch wildlife online.
Science Experiments to Do at Home with Kids
Here are a few easy fun science activities/experimentsthat are easy and super fun in addition to being educational.
Did you know that the Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina is posting online content? Check them out online for fun science time!
25 Fun Things to Do with Kids Inside Your Home
Things to Do With Teens During COVID-19 Days
Canadian Museums & Museums Across the World Online
With the advent of technology and widespread availability of the internet, the world is now at your fingertips. You can travel to distant lands, tour famous museums, all from the comfort of your home.
Explore Canada From Home
Free & Paid Online Music Classes and Resources for Kids
50+ Music Concerts to Watch Online This Weekend
Music Concerts to Watch Online
Watch a few of the 50+ online concerts scheduled this weekend.
Theatre Performances From Across the World
Various, time limits for watching, varies from 24 hours to a week.
Help Local Businesses
The shutdown of businesses except essential services is hurting local businesses. Check out the ways in which you can help them. Details
Clean and Donate
Now that you have plenty of time at hand, do a thorough spring cleaning. Pack and keep for donating as many locations may not be accepting donations currently.
See Free Movies
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We do try to make the listings as accurate as possible, but there might be errors/Events may be cancelled or postponed without any notice. Verify all details from concerned Event Websites/officials.
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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..
We verified the details, when it was listed – It was early bird pricing. Regular pricing started on June 1.
Geez Bill,calm down, eh
Great Canadian Volkswagen Show at Concorde Pacific next to Science World. The biggest VW show in Canada! Sunday 10am-4pm
This is by far the best website to be updated with events going on in the city!
Thanks for the event information.
Yeah Bill settle down piglet
yeah, BIll…you’re gonna have a jammer over two bucks.
So glad Im not going to the event with Bill. Imagine the rant he’d have on pay parking.
Bill, Billy & William all got 2 dollars for their allowance. What is the combined sum that they will spend?
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