
As we come to the end of the first month of 2025, we welcome the Lunisolar New Year. Chinese, Taiwanese, Koreans, Mongolian, Vietnamese and other East Asian communities celebrate the Spring Festival adding to an array of entertaining picks of the week
Snake: The Chinese Zodiac Year of the Snake brings out a host of activities to celebrate the season including; Taste of Chinatown, 2nd Annual Chinatown Cocktail Showdown, leading to Chinatown’s Annual Spring Festival Parade on Sunday February 2nd
Silk: Saturday February 1st Gateway Theatre presents Silk Road Music a Lunar New Year Celebration: a musical journey with the award-winning Silk Road Music group performing a celebratory concert that blends the rich traditions of Asian and non-Asian music.
Dine: Make your reservations! Dine Out Vancouver Festival is on until February 9 with 350 restaurants from all across the lower mainland offering fix price menus and a host of special food inspired events
International: Until February 9, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival once again brings a bounty of cutting-edge world renowned performances to venues around the city
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.
Writers: The Vancouver Writer’s Festival, Digital Festival presents a curated selection of events representing some of the most outstanding professionally-recorded offerings from the 2024 Festival, available to watch on-demand until January 31.
Boats: Whether you’re dreaming or buying, the annual Vancouver International Boat Show – Western Canada’s Largest Boat Show – is the place to be to find all forms of watercraft, visit BC Place and Granville Island from January 29 to February 2
Farce: Metro Theatre starts the year with a presentation of Sinners, a rarely produced, delightful farce by Canada’s most-produced playwright, Norm Foster, January 24th to February 15th.
Swashbuckle: You’re in for a rollicking good time as Alexander Dumas’ The Three Musketeers draw their swords and swing into action at the Arts Club Theatre Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until February 16.

Tour: The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Someone Like You is on tour, the modern comedy bringing Cyrano de Bergerac into 21st-century Vancouver visits Coquitlam’s Evergreen Arts Centre until February 1, before transferring to the Newmount Stage at BMO Theatre Centre next week.
Glass: Vancouver Opera invites music lovers to 88 Years, 88 Keys: Celebrating the Music of Philip Glass, a free concert honouring the 88th birthday the iconic composer on Friday, January 31st at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall.
Wellness: Western Canada’s largest holistic wellness event, The Wellness Show, returns for its 32nd year, bringing over 200 exhibitors and speakers who will share the latest wellness trends and top health products to Vancouver Convention Centre February 1-2.
Laughs: Friday night, Rogers Arena will ring out in laughter as as fans flock to see stand-up comedian Shane Gillis Live
Strings: The 25th Anniversary International Guitar Night brings a line up of four exciting guitarists to the stage February 1st at Massey Theatre in New Westminster
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.
Prize: Until February 2nd, The Polygon Gallery presents The Lind Biennial, a showcase of new work by the finalists of the Philip B. Lind Prize for Emerging Artists, which is awarded biennially to an emerging BC-based artist working in mediums of photography, film, or video. This year’s exhibiting finalists are: Mena El Shazly, Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie, Parumveer Walia, and Casey Wei.

Heroes: Mitch and Murray Productions presents the Western Canadian premiere of Will Arbery’s acclaimed Heroes of the Fourth Turning, January 31 to February 9 at Studio 16.
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
Hockey: Sunday February 2, Vancouver Canucks welcome Detroit Red Wings to Rogers Arena for an afternoon match up at 5pm
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.
Readings: Continuing through the week at The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, The Advance Theatre Festival: Advancing the Radically Inclusive Stage, presents 3 more play readings; FROM THIS SIDE OF THE END Wednesday, January 29, BAKING SHOW SHOW: THE PLAY, Thursday, January 30 and THE CONSENT CLUB, Friday, January 31
Comedy: Following their successful Fall 2024 run, The Comedy Department takes the Middle Age Boy Band back on the road with a stop this week at Genesis Theatre, 5005 45 Avenue, Delta on January 31, 8pm
Improv: The Improv Centre melts the winter chills with their second annual improv comedy festival, THE HEAT – An International Improv Comedy Showcase, returning to Granville Island until February 1
DJ: Saturday night, catch Phil Hartnoll of Orbital (DJ set) + The Crystal Method and Rennie Foster at The Vogue Theatre