Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars brings The Romantic Tour to BC Place in Vancouver. It marks his first full headline tour in nearly a decade and his first full headlining stadium tour.
BC Place · VancouverView event
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This Month’s Activity Picks
Plan ahead with this month’s activity picks in Vancouver and Metro Vancouver, including performances, exhibitions, festivals and distinctive experiences. Updated monthly to help you choose dates and make arrangements.
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Secret Ingredients
Created by Richmond-based artist Keely Rois O’Brien, this experimental theatre performance uses cake to explore the nuances, joy and heartache of human relationships. The public can submit messages they find difficult to express directly; one will be turned into a cake and incorporated into the live performance.
Gateway Theatre – Studio B · RichmondView event
VSO: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Musically Speaking series features conductor Gemma New and violinist Blake Pouliot performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, alongside Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin.
Orpheum · VancouverView event
Squamish ArtWalk
Squamish ArtWalk brings together open artist studios, hands-on workshops, artist conversations, a guided mural walk and an anonymous art show. Free workshops require no previous experience, and some activities offer advance registration or drop-in attendance.
Full list of venues can be viewed on their website · SquamishView event
Halloween at Britannia: Machines, Monsters & Mischief
Explore the Halloween programme at Britannia Mine Museum. Ride the underground train, see live mining equipment demonstrations, take on hands-on challenges and a scavenger hunt, and watch science demonstrations. Museum exhibits and gold panning are included, and the special tour adds playful Halloween activities for families.
Britannia Mine Museum · Britannia BeachView event
Inlet Harvest Festival 2026
Browse the Heart & Hustle makers’ market, decorate pumpkins and tote bags, and enjoy complimentary warm drinks and sweet treats. The first 100 families each day can take home a free pumpkin, while supplies last.
Inlet District Yard · Port MoodyView event
UBC Botanical Garden Apple Festival
A family event for all ages, the UBC Botanical Garden Apple Festival offers a chance to learn about the diversity of apples and taste rare and unusual varieties. The Friends of the Garden organizes the fundraiser, which directly supports education, research and conservation at UBC Botanical Garden.
UBC Botanical Garden · VancouverView event
Ballet BC Annex
Ballet BC Annex presents works by Cameron Fraser-Monroe, Out Innerspace and Michael Garcia at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts — Studio Theatre · BurnabyView event
Bury the Hatchet
October 18, 2026 at 07:30 PM. Out of the Forest Theatre explores the Lizzie Borden story through bluegrass, murder ballads and dark comedy. Includes themes of murder and gallows humour. See the official page for tickets and availability.
HUB Theatre · ChilliwackView event
Astra Lumina
A self-guided night walk through nine light, projection and sound zones at Stanley Park, usually lasting 45–60 minutes. Timed entry is October 22 at 6:45 p.m.; adult admission including the mandatory fee is CAD 41.90, with limited availability.
Stanley Park Railway · VancouverView event
Vancouver Canucks vs. Detroit Red Wings
Watch the Vancouver Canucks take on the Detroit Red Wings in an NHL hockey game at Rogers Arena.
Rogers Arena · VancouverView event
Maryna Krut
Ukrainian singer and bandura player Maryna Krut blends folk tradition with modern indie, pop and soul-influenced sounds. CAD 43 including applicable charges.
CapU Centre for Performing Arts · North VancouverView event
DanceHouse: Compagnie Catherine Gaudet
DanceHouse presents Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s ODE, a dance work examining conformity, performative positivity, and individual expression through an ensemble of eleven performers.
Vancouver Playhouse · VancouverView event
Lam Tung Pang: Out of This World
Lam Tung Pang’s first solo exhibition in Canada runs October 24, 2026 through January 3, 2027 at Richmond Art Gallery. Drawings, paintings, slide projections and video form an immersive installation exploring migration, belonging, memory and home. Gallery hours are Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–6 p.m. and Saturday–Sunday noon–5 p.m., with statutory holidays closed. Admission is by donation. The exhibition date range does not imply overnight opening.
Richmond Art Gallery · RichmondView event
Halloween Hoot at the Richmond Nature Park - Drop-In
Wander the Halloween-decorated Pond Trail with over 35 inflatables, 10 unique nature-themed art installations and a tickle tunnel. This family-friendly event happens in all weather. Parking is limited. Pumpkins are available for purchase. Admission by donation, with all proceeds supporting the Richmond Nature Park Society’s educational programs.
Richmond Nature Park · RichmondView event
Monster Express at Surrey’s Heritage Rail
The 2026 Monster Express is sold out. This family-friendly Halloween heritage train runs October 24 and 25, with four daily departures and an approximately 50-minute round trip.
Cloverdale Station · SurreyView event
The Great Pumpkin Carve — Delta
Free all-ages pumpkin carving and harvest activities on October 24 and 25, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. daily, at McKitrick Park and Paterson Park, with a community pumpkin-light display.
McKitrick Park and Paterson Park · DeltaView event
ISU Short Track World Tour
The ISU Short Track World Tour returns to Vancouver for the first time since the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, bringing top short track speed skaters to Pacific Coliseum to compete for podium places and World Tour points.
Pacific Coliseum · VancouverView event
Vancouver Opera: Tosca
Vancouver Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™ projected above the stage.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre · VancouverView event
Salmon Come Home Event
Watch salmon return to their spawning grounds, visit the fish hatchery, see salmon fry and a live salmon dissection, and learn about local plants and wildlife. The event also features Angela Brown's Nylon Zoo, musical entertainment, the Explore Nature Contest, and conversations with community stewardship groups and City staff.
Hoy Creek Hatchery · CoquitlamView event
Cemetery Tour: Halloween Edition
Explore Fraser Cemetery by lantern and hear true stories of those buried there, alongside mysteries and crime from New Westminster’s past. The tour is presented by New Westminster Museum and costs $15.
Fraser Cemetery · New WestminsterView event
After Dark: Sinister Science – Halloween Edition
Science World’s adults-only Halloween night combines sword swallowing, forensic entomology and hands-on science stations.
Science World · VancouverView event
Central Spark
Wear a costume to Central Park for drones, fireworks, DJ music, dancing and food trucks.
Central Park / Patterson Avenue · BurnabyView event
Minoru Halloween Fireworks Festival
This free, all-ages Halloween festival features live singing and dancing by The Showstoppers, fire performers, acrobats, roving performers, carnival games, pumpkin carving and a giant pumpkin display. Food trucks will be on site, and the evening ends with fireworks.
Minoru Park · RichmondView event
STAND Festival 2026 -Theatre, Music, Dance
From November 1 to 15, STAND Festival presents theatre, music and dance performances, along with an exhibition featuring artists and perspectives shaped by different cultural backgrounds and experiences. The festival highlights the creativity and stories of immigrant and refugee artists.
Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver · North VancouverView event
ORE & ORCAS Howe Sound /Átl’ḵa7tsem: A RECOVERING ECOSYSTEM
Explore how copper contamination affected the marine food chain, from plankton to predators, and how remediation now protects Howe Sound.
Britannia Mine Museum — Terra Lab · Britannia BeachView event
Cirque du Soleil: Luzia
Cirque du Soleil combines acrobatics and visual surprises in an imagined Mexico, moving between urban scenes, a dance hall, beaches and desert.
Under the Big Top, Concord Pacific Place · VancouverView event
Sip & Savour - Squamish's Annual Dine Around Event
Sip & Savour Squamish is a multi-week dine-around featuring local chefs and restaurants, with set-price menus and ticketed dining events.
Various Locations Around Squamish · SquamishView event
Sunrise Soundscapes at Cultus Lake
Welcome the dawn outdoors at Cultus Lake with music, natural sounds and the quiet beauty of the lake.
Main Beach, Cultus Lake · ChilliwackView event
Fantastical Forest Photo Walk - Beginner
Join wildlife photographer Uwe Zimmerman for a beginner photo walk in a fall forest. Photograph mushrooms and salmon, learn how they support forests, and practise basic camera settings and balanced composition. For ages 13 and up; youth must attend with an adult, and everyone must register. Adult tickets are $20, $15 for adults aged 65 and up, and $10.50 for youth.
Tynehead Regional Park · SurreyView eventMore to discover in Yo! Vancouver