The Easter Bunny is bringing a basket full of entertainment and activities to fill this week’s picks
Wild: Only until April 4, Gateway Theatre presents the Western Canada premiere of Wildwoman, a wickedly funny and wildly dark play by acclaimed Canadian playwright Kat Sandler (Yaga), inspired by real events and figures from a reimagined slice of 16th-century French history.
Dragon: The 7th annual Sound of Dragon Music Festival presented by Vancouver’s Sound of Dragon Society, comes to The Annex and 8East from April 2 to 5 with three concerts and a free community jam event
Hunt: Spend April 5 at Easter Hunt at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden a fun-filled day of learning, discovery, and family-friendly activities including an Easter Egg Hunt, Arts & Crafts, Magic Shows, Seeds and a Garden full of blooms
Revolution: The Arts Club Theatre Company’s presents the the Canadian premiere of Franklinland at the Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island, until April 5. – an imaginative and thoroughly modern look at the American Revolution— focused on the fraught and often absurd relationship between Benjamin Franklin and his son, William.
Teens: It’s tough being a teenager, The Arts Club presents the acclaimed Tony-Award winning Kimberly Akimbo, a musical comedy about growing-up, in previews from April 2
Premiere: What came first, the psychological crime thriller… or the crime itself? Find out as the Firehall Arts Centre presents the world premiere of Canadian Psycho, running until Sunday, April 12
Game: Come On Down! The Price Is Right Live On Stage at The Orpheum Theatre is everything you love about the game show but you could have a chance to play Plinko and spin the Big Wheel tonight
Elizabethan: Love, and a bit with a dog, is that what the audience really wants? Find out when Metro Theatre presents Shakespeare in Love from April 3 to 25 – in a rut, the famed writer is plagued by writer’s block and a pile of debts, can he write his way out
Cherry: Until April 17, the 20th Anniversary Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates two decades of arts, culture, and community beneath the city’s iconic pink canopy, April 4 join in A Bigger Blossom Block Party with Public Disco at Bentall Centre’s Dunsmuir Plaza
photo: Alison Boulier
Tea: Sunday, April 5, Massey Theatre presents another installment of its Global Tea Series in Studio 1C with musician and host Cassius Khan collaborating with performer, composer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist Stu Goldberg
Burlesque: Canada’s longest-running burlesque festival comes to Vancouver Playhouse. The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival celebrates its 20th Anniversary festival showcases with The Glamarama Gala on April 3 and The Showpony Soiree on April 4
Photo: Western Canada’s largest lens-based art festival, Capture Photography Festival is now on until April 30. Look for lens-based art in exhibitions around the city, at dozens of galleries and venues, throughout Metro Vancouver in Public Art installations, join in guided tours, art walks and talks, films other community events bringing all things photographic under the lens of Capture.
Aussie: April 2nd, Sydney based Ruel’s Kicking My Feet Tour stops at the Vogue Theatre with support from Mercer Henderson and Chelsea Jordan
Artist: David Byrne: Who is the Sky Tour brings the American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker to Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre for two nights April 4-5
Pop: Iconic singer-songwriter Nick Lowe is on tour with The Cactus Blossoms, the renowned English producer and the Minneapolis-based duo make a stop at The Vogue Theatre on Monday April 6
Ice: As the end of the NHL season draws near, the Vancouver Canucks take to the Rogers Arena ice to host Utah Mammoth on April 4
Pitch: Back from the international break Whitecaps FC return to BC Place to host Cascadia rivals Portland Timbers on Saturday April 4
Chicago: Ongoing, Awaken Canada plays in repertoire with the new Believe Chicago – Flyover’s first-ever film set entirely in an urban city, this multi-sensory journey takes guests 13,000 feet into the sky for a thrilling flight through the heart of Chicago passing skyscrapers, cinematic car chases, fireworks, and more.
Salsa: Harrison Festival Society welcomes Empanadas Ilegales, a seven-piece, Vancouver-based Psychedelic Cumbia & Salsa band to the Harrison Hot Springs’ Memorial Hall on April 4
Jazz: Looking ahead to next week, April 7th the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents its Jazz Jam hosted by Cory Weeds of the Cellar Jazz Society
Colours: Until April 5th, Richmond Art Gallery presents major new group exhibition, The Chromophiliacs, featuring major works by Diyan Achjadi, Moozhan Ahmadzadegan, Charlene Vickers, and Jan Wade, alongside new commissions by Maru Aponte, Sandeep Johal, Yaimel López Zaldívar, Laura Meza Orozco, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, and Malina Sintnicolaa
Photography: The Polygon Gallery sprouts a major new exhibition by acclaimed artist, curator, and scholar Tania Willard, Photolithics, showcasing the artists inventive approach to photography – on view until May 24th, 2026
Border: On view until May 30, 2026, The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford presents Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border / Perspectives sur la frontière Canada–É.-U., an ambitious exhibition that looks at the history of the 49th parallel that separates Canada and the US, and its lasting impacts on Indigenous communities
Dream: The Chinese Canadian Museum’s award-winning feature exhibition; Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s–2000’s has been extended by two months to allow more visitors to experience the acclaimed installation, held over until July 19, 2026.
Andes: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) is bringing the world premiere of Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision, exploring MOA’s collection of ancient Andean artifacts showing until January 3, 2027.
River: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art prepares to present the world premiere of Every River Has a Mouth: the visual languages that connect us, guest curated by Snuneymuxw artist Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun, on display until February 14, 2027