June has bloomed and summer is ticking closer bringing a bounty of entertainment and activities to pick from.
Snaps: You’ll be tickled pink to practice your bend and snap! Take a lesson from Elle Woods on her experience at Harvard Law School in the pinktastic, bubbly, comedy Legally Blonde: The Musical bringing the Metro Theatre season to a close on June 7
Opening: It’s Opening Night! The Arts Club brings the Tony award-winning homegrown musical Come From Away to the Stanley BFL CANADA Stage until July 26 – based on the true story of 38 grounded flights, 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town that takes them in with open hearts and homes
Improv: Laughter is the best medicine to wrap up your week. Find plenty of guffaws with The Improv Centre’s show Exploration Blank – a rotating, rag-tag crew of space explorers blasts off on an adventure through audience suggestions and a series of improv mini games, exploring a brand-new, dazzling galaxy of comedy every show, running Fridays & Saturday until June 27th
Advocates: The Massey Theatre welcomes Self Advocate Theatre Company’s production of We All Need a Home is a play about the rights and needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to have a home, on stage June 4-6
Open: June 6 and 7, the 19th annual Doors Open Richmond presented by Richmond Museum takes place with more than 40 partner sites opening their doors to welcome visitors to experience the diverse cultural organizations, public facilities, and historical landmarks. In addition to self-guided visits, the Richmond Museum will provide free bus tours of four different routes around the city.
Moon: Western Gold Theatre’s production of David French’s Salt-Water Moon, directed by Michael Fera opens this week, running until June 7 at PAL Studio Theatre.
Dancing: On stages from June 4 to 13, The 38th Annual Dancing on the Edge Festival brings a dynamic lineup of more than 30 trailblazing performances from established and emerging dancemakers to various Vancouver venues, including the Firehall Arts Centre, SFU Woodward’s, and The Dance Centre.
Lemonade: Tonight, the Pacific Coliseum welcomes the first night of the Louis Tomlinson How Did We Get Here? World Tour setting off around the world from Vancouver
Arch: This Friday, June 5, the highly anticipated new music, arts and culture venues, the Freedom Mobile Arch opens with an evening hosted by Canadian music legend Jann Arden, with a bounty of performers celebrating the debut of North America’s largest clean-span wood roof.
Kings: For the VSO’s final concert of the season, Kings of Soul, Maestro Sean O’Loughlin and guest vocalists; Chester Gregory, Darren Lorenzo & Michael Lynche, take you back to the times when soul music reigned supreme, with a setlist including some of the best classic soul, such as the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Otis Redding, Al Green, Barry White, Smokey Robinson, and more, accompanied by the full orchestra June 5 & 6 at The Orpheum Theatre
Queen: musica intima presents Sankofa with Vancouver’s own Queen of Soul, Dawn Pemberton, honoring the past and, voicing the vuture of Vancouver’s African Diaspora Communities in song on June 6 at The Annex
Ballet: June 5-7, The Anvil Centre welcomes Swan Lake presented by Royal Principal Ballet featuring the company’s youthful energy under the direction of Artistic Director Mr. Liang Xing.
Puppet: Award-winning experiential theatre Boca del Lupo, in collaboration with Korea’s ArtstageSAN, present Me & The Forest, an ingenious all-ages adventure into the natural world featuring a people-powered 5-meter-tall tree puppet called Mitig, voiced by award-winning actor Hiro Kanagawa, until June 14 at the Ron Basford Amphitheatre on Granville Island.
Night: 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 world premiere of I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson, on display in the Audain Gallery until October 12.
Trio: Opening this Friday, Place des Arts welcomes the season with three new 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 from May 29 to June 25, in person and online at from June 5 to August 31. Spirit of Spring, Ink and watercolours by Min Joyce Abraham on show May 29 – August 12 and online June 5 – August 31.
Butts: On display until June 6, Gallery 881 welcomes acclaimed Vancouver-based photographer Michelle Leone Huisman‘s Vapes & Butts, a new exhibition from , a compelling new body of work that transforms the discarded remnants of contemporary life into images of haunting beauty and permanence.
Chicago: Ongoing, Awaken Canada plays in repertoire with the new Believe Chicago – Flyover’s first-ever film set entirely in an urban city, this multi-sensory journey takes guests 13,000 feet into the sky for a thrilling flight through the heart of Chicago passing skyscrapers, cinematic car chases, fireworks, and more.
Market: Until September 7, Vancouver’s unique downtown shopping and entertainment destination, Junction Public Market, returns to Granville Square – 200 Granville Street
Duo: Richmond Art Gallery presents a pair of exhibitions 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.
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