As we move further into October, the autumn season finds more fall activities dropping like leaves into the picks of the week!
Howl: At Fly Over Canada, join Biker Mama and her sidekick Tiger Moon as they Howl Over Canada for an adventure soaring across the country to a music festival that is out of this world until October 31
Eves: Until October 31st, the thrills are back at Playland, Halloween Eves bring sideshow stunts, haunting characters, and thrill rides for select evenings each week, book your timed entry tickets.
Canoe: In the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s featured exhibition, on until July 3, 2022, Canoe Cultures :: Ho’-ku-melh War Canoes and the Gifts They Carry Forward, Indigenous artists and knowledge holders share their gifts through the war canoe in this multi-sensory journey.
Movie: Bard on the Beach has extended the run of its world premiere feature film, Done/Undone, now available on demand until October 31st
Home: As autumn leads to more cocooning at home, check out the Vancouver Fall Home Show for ideas for the comforts of home, on October 14-17th at Vancouver Convention Centre – West
Culture: The 12th annual BC Culture Days, celebration of arts and culture invites everyone to explore the line up of free and interactive creative events hosted by artists and cultural organizations from across B.C. and Canada, ongoing until October 24, 2021.
Yoko: Until May 2, 2022, Vancouver Art Gallery presents GROWING FREEDOM: The instructions of Yoko Ono / The art of John and Yoko celebrating the work of the renowned conceptual and performance artist.
Extended: Held over, once again, you now have until October 31th to take in the stunning Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive Exhibition of amazing spectacle of Van Gogh’s masterpieces
Wild: Presentation House Theatre brings back its wildly popular Where The Wild Things Are, based on the book by Maurice Sendak, for 5 shows this Saturday and Sunday.
Gallery: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art is presenting the Canadian premiere exhibition of Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery, a solo exhibition by award-winning designer, artist, and activist Sho Sho Esquiro on show until June 5, 2022
Debut: Telling the tale of a haunting chapter in BC’s Gold Rush history, Spinners Collective presents the professional premiere of Sally Stubbs’ Spinning You Home, directed by Sarah Rodgers, at Jericho Arts Centre until October 31st.
Chamber: Early Music Vancouver’s Digital Concert Hall pulls back the online curtain today for Pilgrimage to Bach feat. Jonathon Adams, baritone, Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Music: Until November 2, 2021, discover new video performances and artistic insights with Music on Main’s weekly digital releases.
Roots: The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby welcomes “the best kept secret in soul music”, Toronto-based singer Tanika Charles on Thursday evening, and on Friday CHILD-ish is a digital live-streamed online performance.
Nooner: The Chan Centre for Performing Art at UBC welcomes Four Jays for today’s Wednesday Noon Hour concert, then UBC Symphony Orchestra with Krisztina Szabó on Friday evening
Skate: Now on view: Boarder X is a travelling exhibition that features work by contemporary artists from Indigenous nations across Canada, drawing parallels to urban areas prohibiting skateboarding, related to the landscapes and territories we occupy.
Roar: BC Lions play host to the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday at BC Place
Kicks: Whitecaps FC play host their 8th Annual Pride Night this Sunday as the welcome Sporting Kansas City to BC Place
Outside: Enjoy the fall weather with Push Walks, from PuSh Festival unique audio walks with artists through the urban spaces that have given them inspiration, listen and walk to one of the nine Walks now available where you find your podcasts.