The Groundhogs have delivered mixed messages this week, but one thing for certain is there’s more great entertainment coming along with these picks
Lights: The illuminations keep glowing at one of Metro Vancouver’s largest light displays, Lights at Lafarge at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park keep glowing until February 16th making a perfect place for a Valentine’s stroll.
Bridge: More romance is in the air, and you can be too when you and your Valentine are exploring Love Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park setting the park and hearts a glow until February 22
Love: The flames of LOVE Month rise at The Improv Centre on Granville Island, turning up the heat with a month long collection of fan favourite shows and interactive games from the past years aimed at making your dates, romantic or platonic on your February date nights.
Performing: Continuing until February 8, the 21st PuSh Festival brings more creative performing arts by local and Canadian artists along with Indigenous creators and international collaborators.
Dine: Dine Out Vancouver Festival, Canada’s Largest Food Festival, runs until February 8, with hundreds of prix-fixe menus and culinary events spread around the city, creating perfect pairings of Dine Out X PuSh Festival performances.
Cocoa: The 16th annual Hot Chocolate Festival is underway now, warming hearts and cups around the region until February 14, with over 100 locations in 234 creative variations of the cozy cups of comforting cocoa.
Molten: Treat your sweet with a chocolate treat. Before taking off at Flyover on Awaken Canada or Legendary Iceland visit the Flying Whale Waterfront Cafe for an Icelandic Molten Mocha, a tiramisu-flavoured white hot chocolate, available until February 14 as part of the Hot Chocolate Festival
Cottage: Until February 15, The Arts Club’s The Golden Anniversaries at Granville Island Stage, Glen and Sandy Golden head to the cottage where they have celebrated the last 49 wedding anniversaries but is their 50th, Golden?
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. starting February 5 at the Stanley BFL CANADA Stage
Mom: The Arts Club Theatre Company brilliant one-mom play, Burning Mom by Mieko Ouchi is on tour around the region, this week stopping at Mission, Chilliwack and Maple Ridge
Bake: Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents A Ruby Slippers Theatre premiere production of The Baking Show Show: The Play by Faly Mevamanana, a dark comedy examining what it means to have a ‘white whale’ in the era of social media and reality TV, at The Shadbolt Studio Theatre February 5-7
Dream: On Saturday, February 7th, Massey Theatre presents Ballet Jörgen’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – a whimsical new ballet with a uniquely Canadian twist, reimagining Shakespeare’s beloved comedy amidst the enchanting landscapes of Northern Canada, celebrating its beauty and spirit from the Northern Lights to the native fauna.
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Opera: The Vancouver Opera season continues with Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte, the comic buffa plays at Queen Elizabeth Theatre for three performances, this Saturday February 7, Thursday February 12 and Sunday February 15
Barefoot: Until February 14, Metro Theatre brings Neil Simon’s beloved romantic comedy, Barefoot in the Park, a witty, inside peak at a pair of newlyweds’ first week of marriage and the love, compromise, and the humour found in learning how to live together, set in 1960’s New York City
Box: Saturday, February 7th the Rochester Knighthawks visit the Vancouver Warriors in NLL action
EDM: Saturday night at Pacific Coliseum, get ready for a creative force in electronic music Subtronics: Fibonacci Tour 2026, with Special Guests: Whethan and supported by DENNETT, Blossom and Marah
Hold: Theatre Replacement and Company 605 recently revealed the program for the 2026 edition of HOLD ON LET GO, taking place until Saturday, February 7 at the Russian Hall in East Vancouver.
Swedes: Tonight, for the second of a two-night stand, catch the world’s greatest ABBA tribute show at the Orpheum for a sensational set of timeless Music of ABBA, by Arrival from Sweden performing live accompanied by the full symphonic sound of the VSO.
Ballet: Canada’s renowned Royal Winnipeg Ballet brings its highly anticipated Winter 2026 BC Tour to Vancouver, for two nights Monday & Tuesday, for a thrilling program featuring RWB’s signature performance of the modern classic Carmina Burana
Gibson: The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum – The Gibson – Simon Fraser University’s new culture hub – features an inaugural group exhibition, Edge Effects, showcasing 15 acclaimed Canadian artists until February 15, 2026
Enemy: The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Enemy Alien the first major solo exhibition and retrospective of works by documentary photographer Tamio Wakayama, on display until February 22, 2026
Sustainability: MONOVA’s Feature Exhibit ‘Are We There Yet? The Sustainable Transportation Journey’ exploring the ever-evolving landscape of urban transportation in North Vancouver until March 1, 2026
Tibet: On display until March 29, 2026 at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA), discover the world premiere exhibition of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images, curated by Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, MOA Curator, Asia, in collaboration with Tibetan-Canadian community members and artists, the bilingual exhibition reimagines Tibet and its future through the perspectives of the Tibetan-Canadian community
Mother: Until March 29, 2026, The 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
photo: Jenn McGarrigle
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
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