Hard to believe we are already wrapping up the second month of the year! Let’s see what’s in this week’s picks
Love: As LOVE Month comes to a close, the The Improv Centre on Granville Island still has some fan favourite shows and interactive games from the past years for a nights a laugh until March 4
Destination: Just a few more days are left to take in Destination Downtown Vancouver activities, exploring around downtown with a Lit Word search around downtown, skating at the Robson Square rink or hunt for the Lit Up Animals to win prizes.
Lunar: Keep celebrating the Year of the Horse with Lunarfest 2026 continuing until February 28 including Lantern City displays, Film Screenings around town and Arts & Crafts and Lantern Making workshops at Granville Island this weekend
Barber: Continuing until February 28, Burnaby Lyric Opera & The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts present Rossini’s famed Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) – here and see the iconic works come to life in the Shadbolt Studio Theatre. Sung in Italian with English surtitles
Habit: To help raise emergency funds for their convent, The Little Sisters of Hoboken put on a madcap variety show full of NUNSENSE at the Metro Theatre from February 27 to March 21
Murder: The Arts Club previews its production of Dial M for Murder Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of the classic psychological thriller by Frederick Knott, until March 8 at the Stanley BFL CANADA Stage
Golden: The Arts Club’s The Golden Anniversaries is on tour at Surrey Arts Centre until March 7- Glen and Sandy Golden head to the cottage where they have celebrated the last 49 wedding anniversaries but is their 50th, Golden?
Comedy: ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE ‘90S? is comic Rob Anderson’s show exploring our most formative tv, movies, music, and pop culture of the 1990s – at The Vogue Friday evening.
Dance: The Ballet BC season continues with INFINITY, highlighting two of the world’s foremost and truly masterful choreographers; Crystal Pite and Ji?í Kylián – over 4 shows at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre February 26-28
Folk: Until March 8, The Firehall Arts Centre produces and presents the world premiere of Tracey Power’s House of Folk: A Lost Canadian Folk Show, set in the 1960s during the height of the Canadian folk music revival, it take audiences back to a time when coffeehouses were filled with song and spirit of the decade.
Warrior: Continuing until March 29, The Cultch fights the winter blahs with its second annual Warrior Festival, calling audiences to all three Cultch stages to celebrate the artists who are reclaiming space, rewriting narratives, and advocating for justice, inviting audiences to be part of something bigger than entertainment.
Lumen: Early Music Vancouver welcomes the return of LUMEN Festival, its annual winter concert series powered by the light of music to brighten the waning days of February.
Pucks: Tonight, Vancouver Canucks return to Rogers Arena playing host to Winnipeg Jets
Kicks: Whitecaps FC take to BC Place twice this week; tonight for the home leg of their round one Concacaf Champions Cup match versus Costa Rican side C.S. Cartaginés then on Saturday cross country rivals Toronto FC visit BC Place
Reading: Today, Massey Theatre welcomes back Reading Theatre, tackling a live reading of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful with everyone invited to take part in the reading or sit back and enjoy
Ethos: Ethos Lab Educational Society, Vancouver’s Black-led, nonprofit innovation hub, wraps up its annual Black Futures Month fundraiser with the return of its flagship hackathon event for teens on February 27th.
Sustainability: Wrapping up Sunday, MONOVA’s Feature Exhibit ‘Are We There Yet? The Sustainable Transportation Journey’ explores the ever-evolving landscape of urban transportation in North Vancouver.
Mother: Until March 29th, Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) presents the world premiere of Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother an exhibition featuring a varied collection of naaxiin (Chilkat) weavings and their digital translations.
Colours: Richmond Art Gallery presents major new group exhibition, The Chromophiliacs, until April 5 – 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
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.
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