Happy Canada Day! Whether you’re celebrating the day with a local celebration or watching FIFA World Cup knock out matches, there’s plenty more to do throughout the week
Canada: From Canada Together at Canada Place to Canada StreetFest in Burnaby or Steveston Salmon Festival, there are plenty of nearby activities and events to Celebrate Canada Day, and there’s even fireworks to wrap up the day, in many of the hot spots
Fan: The FIFA FAN FEST is closed July 1 but reopens Thursday July 2nd in time to watch the Switzerland v Algeria match from BC Place on the big screens with plenty more around the festival grounds; sponsor activations, food and drink for 20,000 fans, with free entry to the PNE grounds with select ticketed seats at the newly opened amphitheatre, this week’s live entertainment includes; Simple Plan, Ziggy Marley, Walk off the Earth, Thievery Corporation and more
Pedestrian: The bustling Granville Street Pedestrian Zone closes down Granville Street (between Davie & W Georgia St) until July 19 for a car-free zone of entertainment, activations and 28 establishments with expanded street-side patios to gather your gang and watch a match and take in the action
Celebrate: Richmond Celebrates Soccer presented by the City of Richmond continues to bring soccer-centric community events and viewing parties around the city this week with the South Arm Community Association on Monday and East Richmond Community Association being the hubs
House: Canada Soccer House at The Shipyards in North Vancouver is sure to be electric for today’s home town match but there’s plenty more activities throughout the World Cup.
Stars: Theatre Under the Stars once again brings a pair of musical masterpieces to Malkin Bowl with its 2026 season, featuring Sister Act and Disney’s The Little Mermaid, alternating on stage July 3-August 22, 2026.
Cornley: Prepare to laugh until it hurts as The Arts Club’s The Play That Goes Wrong finds the Cornley Drama Society presenting its opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor! the play within the play that leaves audiences rolling in the aisles at the Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island until August 16
Away: Extended until August 16, at the Stanley BFL CANADA Stage, The Arts Club delivers a brilliant production of the Tony award-winning homegrown musical, Come From Away – based on the true story of a different time when Canada welcomed the world as 38 grounded flights, 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town of Gander NL that takes them in with open hearts and homes
Jazz: Until July 5th, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues to bring acclaimed international and local artists performing great music at stages and venues around the city.
Play: If you need more excitement for your weekend, feel the adrenaline pumping through you as take in the thrill rides and amusement fun of Playland 2026, now open 11am – 6pm Wednesdays to Sundays with select Fridays and Saturdays in July and August open until 9pm
Rap: Tonight, A$AP Rocky and His Alter Egos bring his Don’t Be Dumb World Tour to the Rogers Arena stage
RnB: Friday Night, R&B singer/songwriter Summer Walker, Still Finally Over It, the Trilogy Tour with Ordeal plus the Over It Karaoke Club stop at Rogers Arena
Indie: Friday night, The Orpheum Theatre welcomes acclaimed Portland indie-rock act Modest Mouse touring in support of their eighth studio album An Eraser and a Maze
Bard: The tents at Senakw – Vanier Park, are a symbol of summer – Bard On The Beach 2026 is underway with the musically merry and soccer-centric The Merry Wives of Windsor, until September 19 and the classic tragic Scottish Play; Macbeth, until September 18
Photo by Emily Cooper.
Rock: Saturday July 4, Aussie pop-rock boys of summer – Five Seconds of Summer Everyone’s a Star! World Tour comes to Rogers Arena
Blues: Saturday at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Icelandic blues-rockers KALEO – Way Down We Go Tour takes the stage with support from Vincent Lima
Country: Also Saturday, 19-year-old folk-country artist Waylon Wyatt brings his Everywhere Under The Sun tour to The Vogue Theatre with support from Kade Hoffman
Ballpark: The Vancouver Canadians are in the midst of a 6 game homestand hosting the Eugene Emeralds at Nat Bailey Stadium
Rockies: Experience the Call of the Canadian Rockies at Flyover, from the waters of Maligne Lake to snow-covered mountain peaks guests will be thrilled by Canada’s majestic mountainscapes for a limited time. Call of the Canadian Rockies on now showing with Awaken Canada as part of a Canadian Double Feature
Duo: This is the last weekend to view the pair of exhibitions on show at Richmond Art Gallery until July 5, 2026. Curated by Shaun Dacey, SIDE CORE: under city marks the North American debut of Tokyo-based SIDE CORE, melding together contemporary art with skate culture and urban infrastructure. Curated by Zoë Chan, I digress is a group exhibition featuring six Canadian artists who represent a wide range of perspectives and engage in both lived experiences and collective histories in their work.
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.
Mad: The Connection Salon Artists Collective presents Mad Pride Festival at the Gathering Place Community Centre continuing until July 25.
Decade: Experience The 90s – Olivier Salvas’ latest exhibition celebrates the spirit of the decade, on display at Bean Hastings Gallery, the contemporary art gallery located within Bean Around the World Café
Trio: Place des Arts’ summer season finds three exhibitions on view, Place des Arts’ Community Exhibition, in the Atrium and Images and Ideas: Student Exhibition, by Students of Don Portelance in the Leonore Peyton Salon online until August 31. Spirit of Spring, Ink and watercolours by Min Joyce Abraham on show until August 12 and online until August 31.
Market: Until September 7, Vancouver’s unique downtown shopping and entertainment destination, Junction Public Market, returns to Granville Square – 200 Granville Street
Night: Until September 20th, the Richmond Night Market 2026 “Little World Wonder” invites the world to the party at the Night Market, packed with entertainment, food, deals, and the world’s only night market Zip Line
Robes: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC’s I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson, continues on display in the Audain Gallery until October 12.
Sculpture: At The Polygon Gallery, until October 18, 2026, James Harry: Eye Of The Ancestor is a
new sculpture by James Harry marking The Polygon Gallery’s seventh collaboration and co-commission with Burrard Arts Foundation. Eye of the Ancestor is a striking yellow cedar wooden sphere, carved with Coast Salish designs on the surface and holding a mirror-polished steel sphere inside.
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
Landscape: Now on display, until March 20, 2027 at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford –Interglacial, is a stunning new exhibition from Vancouver-based environmental artist and activist Desirée Patterson. The exhibition examines the present moment as a critical point in history, as global climate change puts the future well-being of our planet at risk
