This week we scare up a graveyard full of Halloween fun in the picks of the week
Stage: The Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of The Flick closes on Sunday at The Granville Island Stage while Bakersfield Mist continues until November 20th at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.
Glow: A new edition to the Halloween line-up, VanDusen Glow In The Gardens is a brand new event with spellbinding illuminations, ghoulish entertainment, glowing jack o’lanterns plus, arts & crafts for the family throughout the Gardens until Halloween night.
Rap: Tonight At UBC, Chance the Rapper plays the second of two shows tonight at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Arena
Rock: At the Commodore Ballroom Young The Giant play the first of back to back shows; tonight and Thursday.
Thrills: Hold on to your wits as you visit the haunted houses and thrilling rides of Fright Nights at Playland until Oct 31st
Catastrophe: At The Cultch until Nov 6, The Pianist: A Concert Catastrophe clowns around with modern circus acts and comedy centred upon a grand piano.
Drag: Friday night at The Junction, Sienna Blaze’s DIVAs Halloween Edition includes drag performances from Kamelle Toe and Valynne Vile
Haunted: Opening October 27 until 30, Haunted Village at Burnaby Village Museum with witches, ghosts and all manner of storybook characters coming to life over the Halloween weekend.
Pucks: If the Halloween haunting doesn’t appeal to you, dress up in your hockey finery to watch Canucks vs Oilers on Friday and Canucks vs Capitals on Saturday at Rogers Arena
Punk: Saturday night, a refreshed Sum 41 rocks out the Commodore Ballroom stage
Trolley: Stanley Park, Shaughnessy mansions, Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver Police Museum morgue are just some of the city’s spooky spots on you’ll find on the Haunted Halloween Vancouver Trolley Tour
Cabaret: Start your Saturday evening off with some drag, cabaret and cocktails at Humpkin Pies from Boutique Cabaret at XY YVR
Strange: Stay later for XY YVR Halloween – Stranger Queens featuring Jane Smokr, Mila Dramatic, and Robyn Graves on Saturday night
Magic: That ol’ Black Magic will have you in its spell at magical, dark and sexy Saturday night at The Odyssey
Gala: Sunday night at The Junction A Haunted Hallows Eve Gala benefits the Huntington Society of Canada with an evening of Cirque Style and Drag Divas