Another month, and more summer entertainment is coming in the picks of the week
Dreamcoat: Go Go Go to Metro Theatre until June 8th, as the season wraps up with the dazzling spectacle that is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Meet: From a real-life meeting room at Pacific Theatre, the world premiere of Meeting, presented by ITSAZOO and Pacific Theatre (with support of Neworld Theatre) makes a visceral, unflinching examination of group therapy, playing until June 7th
Alumni: The Improv Centre welcomes its most famous alumni with the return of improvisational legend Colin Mochrie to the Granville Island stage for five performances from June 4 to 6
Bachelornation: Fridays & Saturdays until June 28th The Improv Centre presents The Bachelor-ish – one lucky improvisor is looking for love in this hilarious, audience-led send up of The Bachelor
Kickoff: The BC Lions CFL Season gets underway with their annual kick-off concert featuring Snoop Dogg taking place at 5:45pm before hosting Edmonton Elks to BC Place
Doors: On June 7 & 8, the 18th annual Doors Open Richmond presented by The Richmond Museum welcomes the public to explore behind the scenes at more than 50 sites spanning art studios, national historic sites, agricultural farms, and religious organizations to highlight the diversity of the city.
Yolo: June 5-15, The Cultch welcomes the HAUS OF YOLO, a fashionably fun circus show, bursting at the seams with stunning acrobatics and party tunes. The audience is invited to become a muse of high fashion as Welt Couture and the “Sexy Meat Puppets” create their latest collection live on stage as chic creations move from sewing machine to circus routine.
Dance: The Dance Centre’s Global Dance Connections series welcomes the world premiere of Sloth Canon from Company 605 (Vancouver) + The Human Expression Dance Company (Singapore) June 5-7 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
Ballet: Goh Ballet presents a pair of Spring 2025 Showcase Performances this week; Hommage à Petipa
“A Tribute to Ballet’s Golden Age” June 6-7 at 7:30pm and Les Saisons’ Fantastique June 7, at 2:30pm with both performances at Vancouver Playhouse.
Market: Junction Public Market, returns to Granville Square – 200 Granville Street. For its second year, the unique shipping container marketplace, will feature rotating pop-ups, local artisans, food vendors, a licensed patio, live entertainment, and special events planned throughout the season, all for with free entry.
Exhibitions: Coquitlam’s Place des Arts has two new exhibitions: Place des Arts’ Community Exhibition showcasing artwork by current and past students, teachers and staff of Place des Arts and Images and Ideas featuring artwork by students of Don Portelance on display to June 26th
Lobster: Provence Marinaside’s Lobster Festival returns until the end of June with special three-course prix fixe menu is priced at $89 per person with an optional two-course wine pairing at $36 those who love the flavours of fresh Atlantic lobster.
Rock: Rogers Arena welcomes the double bill of Denmark’s Volbeat and Canada’s Three Days Grace on Saturday June 7th
Hole: Supporting their third album, The Blue Stones Metro North America ’25 Tour makes a stop at The Vogue Theatre on Friday night with support by The Darcys
Multimedia: Restless by Nature: Mary Sui Yee Wong, 1990s to the present at Richmond Art Gallery is an important new retrospective exhibition of multi-disciplinary artist Mary Sui Yee Wong, on display until June 8
Value: The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents an exhibition of acclaimed contemporary artist Rebecca Belmore. VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology, on display until October 19, 2025, is an exhibition offering an examination of four important large-scale works from the Anishinaabe artist’s four-decade career, challenging the ongoing condition of colonialism.
Nuxalk: Also continuing at MOA is the world premiere of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, on display until January 5, 2026.
Haida: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Vancouver premiere of the retrospective exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist running until February 1, 2026.