This week’s burst of cold weather reminds us that Winter is still with us but we have plenty to entertaining activities to warm us through the week.
Dine: Wrapping up February 9th, there’s still time to book a table for one of Dine Out Vancouver Festival 350 restaurants from all across the lower mainland offering fix price menus and a host of special food inspired events
International: It’s the final week of the 2025 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival catch more of the cutting-edge world renowned performances to venues around the city before things wrap up February 9th
Ballet: Saturday February 8, Massey Theatre presents Bengt Jörgen’s Sleeping Beauty – the timeless romantic ballet, set to the music of Tchaikovsky, takes the stage with two performances at 4pm and 6pm
Chocolate: The 15th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival brings the warmth of a flavourful cup of cocoa from 80+ vendors from White Rock to Whistler until February 14
Lafarge: Brighten up these cold, dark nights with Metro Vancouver’s largest free Winter light display, Coquitlam’s Lights at Lafarge with a glowing 1.2km trail around the lake continuing to be illuminated until late February.
Farce: Until February 15th, Metro Theatre presents Sinners, a rarely produced, delightful farce by Canada’s most-produced playwright, Norm Foster
Tour: The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Someone Like You is on tour, the modern comedy bringing Cyrano de Bergerac into 21st-century Vancouver visiting the Newmount Stage at BMO Theatre Centre until Thursday February 6, then Mission’s Clarke Theatre February 7, and finally The ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge
Market: Before tonight’s performance of Someone Like You, support local vendors and discover beautiful handmade goods at the Arts Club x VHS Pop-Up Market, from 3–7 PM at 162 W. 1st Ave
Swashbuckle: At the Arts Club Theatre Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until February 16, Alexander Dumas’ The Three Musketeers is a swashbuckling good time of swords, romance and comedy.
Trust: Previews begin Thursday, for The Arts Club Granville Island Stage presentation of the Pulitzer Prize Winning Primary Trust, running until March 2nd
Opera: Vancouver Opera takes off with Jonathan Dove’s Flight opening Saturday February 8, February 13 and February 16
Heroes: Until February 9th, Mitch and Murray Productions presents the Western Canadian premiere of Will Arbery’s acclaimed Heroes of the Fourth Turning, at Studio 16.
Women: The Firehall Arts Centre brings a slice of Canadiana to the stage with its presentation of Frances Koncan’s Women of the Fur Trade from February 8th to 23rd.
Games: Years in the making, Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025, February 8-16, bring together up to 550 competitors from up to 25 nations to compete in adaptive sports, including winter sports for the first time. The Opening Ceremony take place Saturday afternoon with performers, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, Noah Kahan and Roxane Bruneau
Love: The Improv Centre on Granville Island is warming up for LOVE MONTH begins Friday February 7th with Single, Not Single on Friday’s and Saturday’s throughout the month in addition to a host of other hilarious, heartwarming improv games and shows.
Granny: Ruby Slippers Theatre presents The World Premiere of Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla. a hilarious and heartwarming tale by Abi Padilla at the Shadbolt Centre for Arts February 6-8
Band: The Comedy Department‘s Middle Age Boy Band continues on the road with a stop this week at Inlet Theatre, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody on Friday February 7, 8pm
Canadian: On display 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.
Installation: Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre and Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art present The Biting School and battery opera’s TechniCowlour, an installation and performance exploring the intersections of mythology, memory, and sensory experience at Centre A, at 205-268 Keefer Street until March 15
Haida: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Vancouver premiere of the retrospective exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist from February 1, 2025 – February 1, 2026.
Rex: Presented by Akofena Afro-Theatre Society and Time Will Tell Arts Society, King Musu, an African theatre adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, runs February 6 to 8, at the Anvil Theatre
Lacrosse: Friday evening, take in the excitement as Vancouver Warriors host Calgary Roughnecks at Rogers Arena
Hockey: Saturday afternoon, Rogers Arena hosts a cross-country rivalry as Toronto Maple Leafs come west to take on Vancouver Canucks
Oysters: Next week, BC Seafood Festival invites you to indulge in an all-you-can-eat happy hour with fresh raw BC Oysters and selected pairings at SHUCKED a pre-festival event at The Vancouver Fish Company on Tuesday
