No foolin’! We’re already into April and another month of great entertaining picks ahead
Cup: Tonight, BC Place welcomes Whitecaps FC for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Quarter Final vs Mexican side Pumas UNAM
Foodster: Grab friends and join the foodie experience of Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Challenges; Best Pizza Challenge running April 3-27 and Spring Drink Challenge April 4-27 check vancouverfoodster.com for participating restaurants’ entries and to vote
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
Farce: Metro Theatre welcomes spring with laughter as it presents Arsenic and Old Lace – the beloved classic dark farce by Joseph Kesselring is on stage April 4th to 26th.
Rivals: Wednesday night at Rogers Arena, NHL rivals Seattle Kraken travel up the I-5 to visit the Vancouver Canucks then on Saturday Anaheim Ducks hit the ice followed by Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday
Friendly: The Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team hosts a friendly match against Argentina on Friday evening April 4 at BC Place
Premiere: Pacific Theatre welcomes the world premiere of Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman, as the acclaimed Canadian writer and performer Ins Choi returns to the stage to share his songs and stories found at the intersection of his faith and art, April 2 to April 13.
Motown: The Firehall Arts Centre welcomes A History of Motown by Krystle Dos Santos, a musical journey through the legendary Motor City hits that defined an era and shaped the sound of a generation from April 2 to 13
Box: Friday, NLL Vancouver Warriors welcome Albany Firewolves Lacrosse Club to Rogers Arena
League: Saturday, Whitecaps FC are back at BC Place for an MLS match up versus Colorado Rapids
Rock: Wednesday at The Vogue welcomes Welsh rockers Stereophonics to the stage with support Witches Exist
Rock: History meets Rock as Cambodian Rock Band a funny, genre-defying play tells the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor returning to Cambodia after thirty years, running until April 6 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
Mom: Previews begin tomorrow for The Arts Club’s Burning Mom, the 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
Reading: Massey Theatre’s Reading Theatre returns on April 2 with a reading of Michel Tremblay’s Les Belles-sœurs Join in or sit back and enjoy the English translation of the classic Quebecois play by John Van Burek & Bill Glassco
Moon: Touchstone Theatre presents Behind the Moon, a play by award-winning playwright and novelist Anosh Irani, about intertwined lives of three South Asian men navigating their migration journeys in Canada – at The Cultch, Vancity Culture Lab until April 6
Beauty: Until April 6, The Cultch Historic Theatre welcomes the World Premiere of Niall McNeil’s Beauty and The Beast: My Life which assembles an incredible team of collaborators and performers, including: Veda Hille, Billy Marchenski, Sophia Wolfe, Kate Franklin, and Peter Anderson—who come together to centre Niall’s unique approach to art-making.
Comedy: Queen Elizabeth Theatre welcomes Jim Gaffigan: Everything is Wonderful Tour for four shows April 3, 4 and 5
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 at Place des Arts from April 4 to May 22 and online from April 11 to May 22.
Blossoms: Public Disco and the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival are teaming up for the Blossom Block Party a free, all-ages dance event celebrates the arrival of spring in the heart of Downtown Vancouver, on Saturday, April 5, from 2pm to 9pm at Dunsmuir Patio at Bentall Centre, 1055 Dunsmuir Street.
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 from 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.
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.
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
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.