August is coming to a close with a long weekend full of entertaining picks!
Everything: Tonight is the last Wednesday, Vancouver Civic Theatre’s Sunset Cinema on the big screen outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, this week feature is the remake of West Side Story
Laughs: Inside Queen Elizabeth Theatre, find laughs tonight as Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour brings the comedian to the stage
Monsoon: It’s the last few days of the Eighth Annual Monsoon Festival of the Performing Arts, Presented by the South Asian Arts Society, wrapping up August 31st
Bard: As Bard on the Beach continues to bring in crowds for its two brilliant mainstage productions; As You Like It is in repertoire with Julius Caesar. The uniquely entertaining Goblin: Macbeth on the Howard Family Stage is already held over for an extra week, now closing September 24
Fair: The end-of-summer tradition, The PNE Fair continues to September 4 with Summer Night Concerts, Super Dogs, Farm Country, Mini Donuts, Drag Stars, Knights of Valor, Monet, The Flying Fools High Dive Show and of course Playland
HipHop: Postponed from Monday due to technical issues, Drake: It’s All A Blue Tour rescheduled second show tonight takes over Rogers Arena
Subtract: For the first of two back-to-back but very different concerts, superstar Ed Sheeran brings the intimate “Subtract Tour” to the Queen Elizabeth Stage on September 1st, supported by Ben Kweller
Mathematics: On September 2nd, Ed Sheeran “Mathematics Tour” brings the singer/songwriter back to the stage for a stadium-scale show at BC Place with support from special guests Khalid & Maisie Peters
Flowers: The blooming new Harrison Sunflower Festival continues the legacy of the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival at its new location in Agassiz
Nat: The Vancouver Canadians are in the midst of a six-game homestand with Hillsboro Hops visiting Nat Bailey Stadium all week
Fest: The annual Taiwanfest bring arts, events, markets to venues all around downtown Vancouver September 2-4
Heritage: September 1-3 the Massey Theatre welcomes AHFOMAD Festival – a three-day celebration of Black African and Caribbean music and cultures, inviting audiences to experience the rhythms, melodies, and dances that have shaped these vibrant communities with workshops and music masterclasses, to lively performances highlighting the community’s diversity, heritage, and artistic expression.
Meet: Gastown invites you to tell your friends to Meet Me In Gastown August 31st from 3-8pm, for a neighbourhood celebration of dining, shopping and live music filling a partially closed Water Street filled with games, art activations and more, plus a grand finale performance featuring The Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra.
Gallery: Until November 19th, The Vancouver Art Gallery is showing the landmark exhibition, Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages – the first major presentation of works by Iranian-born, Vancouver-based artist Parviz Tanavoli in Canada.
Dimension: Until October 15th, The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Vancouver premiere exhibition of The Art of Dimension, a celebration of Haida metalwork practices, and a powerful artistic affirmation of Indigenous knowledge sharing across generations.
Shipyard: Across the lower mainland, the 2023 Shipyards Night Market runs Friday nights until September 15th at the Shipyards in North Vancouver.
Market: A kaleidoscope of colours, fantastical characters, and mouth-watering international foods combine at the 2023 Richmond Night Market, North America’s largest event of its kind runs weekends until October 9, 2023