Easter is hopping towards us with a basket full of entertaining goodies this week
Hop: Saturday April 19th, join in the “Hoppiest Event Around,” the 10th Annual Big Easter Run with 1km, 5km and 10km distances around Jericho Beach Park
Cannery: Celebrate Easter with some fish-tastic fun for the whole family at the historic Gulf of Georgia Cannery from 10:30am-4:30pm Friday April 18 to Sunday April 20
Mine: The Britannia Mine Museum offers a special golden tour with a hunt for giant golden easter eggs, self guided scavenger hunt, and more family entertainment April 18-21
Fort: Celebrate Easter at Fort Langley National Historic Site with an all-ages Easter Scavenger Hunt and a kids Egg Scramble including lots of chocolate, activities and fun on April 21st
Rise: Tonight, Vancouver Rise FC make their Northern Super League debut against Calgary Wild FC at BC Place before moving to their home ground at Swangard Stadium
Reels: The REEL Earth Day Challenge continues until April 22, supporting Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation in collaboration with the BC Film Industry, the fundraiser aims to protect and enhance Metro Vancouver’s regional parks with funds going toward vital initiatives like Indigenous-led summer camps, habitat restoration, and salmon conservation.
Foodster: Join in the foodie experience of Vancouver Foodster’s Spring Tasting Challenges; Best Pizza Challenge running until April 27 and Spring Drink Challenge until April 27 visit vancouverfoodster.com for participating restaurants’ entries and to vote
Farce: It’s safe to enjoy the Metro Theatre’s lounge but beware if offered Elderberry Wine as the killer black-comedy Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring takes the stage until April 26th.
Art: The Vancouver presentation of The Art of Banksy Without Limits is a brilliantly comprehensive and educational exhibition features 200+ pieces of art celebrating Banksy’s works, on display until May 25 at 1 Alexander Street in Gastown
Warrior: Join the joyful resistance of the Warrior Festival at The Cultch five fierce and funny shows take centre stage. This week; LXDY PARTS: BABES By Katey Hoffman and Cheyenne Rouleau running April 16-19 at Vancity Culture Lab
Reading: April 16th, Massey Theatre’s Reading Theatre hosted by Allan Morgan features a reading of Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock – join in or sit back and enjoy the reading
Mom: The Arts Club’s Burning Mom, the brilliant story of Dorothy who that life is too short to waste so after losing her husband, she decides to take their RV on the road trip of his retirement dreams: she’s going to Burning Man at the Granville Island Stage until April 20
Austen: Gateway Theatre brings its 40th Anniversary season to a close with the Kate Hamill’s fast-paced adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic, Pride & Prejudice, on stage from April 17 to April 26
Bachelornation: Fridays & Saturdays The Improv Centre presents The Bachelor-ish – one lucky improvisor is looking for love in this hilarious, audience-led send up of The Bachelor
Here: Until April 28th, Firehall Arts Centre welcomes Keith Barker’s This Is How We Got Here, a heartbreaking and heartwarming look a close-knit family still dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss
Flowers: The Abbotsford Tulip Festival is on until May 11th at Lakeland Flowers, home to 35 acres of tulips with lupins, peonies, lavender, meadow flowers and more blooming through the season.
Verses: Until April 20, Vancouver Poetry House presents the 15th annual Verses Festival of Words themed “Amplify,” focusing on uplifting artists with a long history of community building and raising awareness of social issues , at Chill X Studio, 2270 Manitoba St
Ice: The Vancouver Canucks‘ season comes to a close with a game against Las Vegas Golden Knights at Rogers Arena
Box: Saturday, ahead of their first National Lacrosse League playoff run, Vancouver Warriors play host to Philadelphia Wings in their final regular season game.
VIVA: Vancouver’s Iranian Visual Arts (VIVA) Alliance has announced the launch of a new venue, Medias Res Gallery, at 401-353 Railway Street, with the gallery’s inaugural exhibition Henna Night II / Shabe Kheena II by Hangama Amiri, the Afghan-Canadian artist’s first solo exhibition in British Columbia, on view until May 2.
Canadian: Showing until May 18, Griffin Art Projects presents a new group exhibition, Seriously? Comedy and Satire in Canadian Art 1970s–Now, the exhibition is guest curated by Melissa E. Feldman, the groundbreaking show challenges traditional perceptions of Canadian contemporary art.
Exhibitions: Coquitlam’s Place des Arts celebrates the opening of three new exhibitions: Your Image, Various mediums coordinated by Coquitlam Heritage; Urban Invitation, Watercolours by Dong Li; and Colonial Layers, Mixed Media and Sculpture by Robert Morris on view in-person at Place des Arts and online until May 22
Photographs: On display until May 25th, The Polygon Gallery presents the Canadian premiere of Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Tranquility of Communion an exhibition of the brief but influential career of the late British-Nigerian artist
Aging: Until June 1st, MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver presents the Feature Exhibit, Echoes of Memory: Featuring A Crow A Day, weaving together untold stories of aging, memory loss & dementia, and the power of community on our collective human experience
Multimedia: Restless by Nature: Mary Sui Yee Wong, 1990s to the present at Richmond Art Gallery is an important new retrospective exhibition of multi-disciplinary artist Mary Sui Yee Wong, on display until June 8
Nuxalk: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is presenting the world premiere of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, on display at MOA until January 5, 2026.
Haida: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Vancouver premiere of the retrospective exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist running until February 1, 2026.
