April comes to a close with more entertaining spring activities in these picks of the week
Foodster: It’s the last few days to participate in 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.
Austen: Gateway Theatre brings its 40th Anniversary season to a close with hijinks and hysterics of Pride & Prejudice, by Kate Hamill, until April 26th at Gateway Theatre in Richmond.
Warrior: Join the joyful resistance of the Warrior Festival at The Cultch five fierce and funny shows take centre stage. This week; Dance Nation a play by Clare Barron, from the Search Party (Vancouver) plays until May 11 at York Theatre. While N.Ormes from Agathe et Adrien (Québec) runs April 24-27 at the Historic Theatre.
Party: Relive those 90s memories, when the Where The Party At Tour featuring Nelly, Ja Rule, Chingy and guests visit Rogers Arena on Thursday April 24
Dance: In celebration of International Dance Day, The Dance Centre presents a program of free and ticketed events on April 27 & 29.
Cup: In their monumental CONCACAF Champions Cup run to the Semifinals, Whitecaps FC host Inter Miami CF at BC Place on Thursday April 24
Playoffs: Vancouver Warriors make their first run into the NLL Playoffs hosting Rochester Knighthawks at Rogers Arena on Saturday April 26
Princess: Running at The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage April 24 to May 25, Casey And Diana by Nick Green, is inspired by Princess Diana’s historic, compassionate visit to Toronto’s Casey House in 1991
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.
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
Dolly: Tumble out of bed and stumble to the Massey Theatre for the Royal City Musical Theatre presentation of Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical, on stage April 25 to May 11.
Mouse: Carousel Theatre for Young People’s production of STUART LITTLE is coming to the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island from April 23 to May 11.
Butterfly: Closing the 2024-25 season Vancouver Opera’s Madama Butterfly brings Giacomo Puccini back to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre stage April 26-May 4.
Tension: Saturday, Kylie Minogue brings her Tension Tour 2025 to the Pacific Coliseum with guest Rita Ora
Run: For the 41st year, The Vancouver Sun Run, Canada’s Largest 10k run takes place throughout the streets of Vancouver on Sunday April 27th.
Magic: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts welcomes Mentalist, Magician, Trickster, Jeff Newman to the Studio Theatre, for two shows, Saturday, April 26, 2pm & 7:30pm
Jazz: Multi-Award winning Cuban singer-songwriter Alex Cuba comes to the Anvil Theatre in New Westminster, on Saturday, April 26.
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.