The Victoria Day May Long Weekend brings the unofficial start to summer in BC bringing along plenty of entertaining picks of the week
Summit: The 2nd Web Summit Vancouver is underway, until tomorrow packing the Vancouver Convention Centre with hundreds of organizations, start-ups, investors, with speakers, roundtables, and fireside chats bringing the the latest in tech knowledge to thousands of attendees, spilling out into the city with Night Summits.
Improv: Laugh along with The Improv Centre’s new 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
Heritage: ahmm 2026 (Asian Heritage Month at Morrow) continues May 14 – 17 with a multi-disciplinary dance performance, Sam San Se featuring works authored by three artists from across disciplines; with a puppet show and dance duet.
Blonde: Omigod You Guys! Follow Elle Woods to Harvard Law School as Metro Theatre brings its season to a close with the pink, bubbly, comedy Legally Blonde: The Musical until June 7
Whigs: The Commodore Ballroom welcomes American Rockers The Afghan Whigs 40th Anniversary Tour With Mercury Rev
Stand-up: Saturday, May 16, The Vogue Theatre hosts comedian Gary Owen No Hard Feelings Tour
Comedy: American actor, comedian, producer, and writer Joel Kim Booster brings his Chose This Way tour to the Biltmore Cabaret
Rap: American rapper Baby Keem brings his The Ca$ino Tour to the PNE Forum on Thursday May 14
Diamond: Vancouver Canadians are in the midst of a home-stand hosting Everett Aquasox until Sunday afternoon at Nat Bailey Stadium
EDM: Foundation: Open Radius 2026 brings a host of DJs and electronica to the PNE Grounds for a hybrid outdoor, indoor event with the Main Stage in the Pacific Coliseum Saturday and Sunday
Robert Kardosh.
Robes: Thursday, celebrate 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 from May 14 to October 12.
Photography: The Polygon Gallery hosts a major exhibition by acclaimed artist, curator, and scholar Tania Willard, Photolithics, showcasing the artists inventive approach to photography – on view until May 24th, 2026
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.
Border: On view until May 30, 2026, The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford presents Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border / Perspectives sur la frontière Canada–É.-U., an ambitious exhibition that looks at the history of the 49th parallel that separates Canada and the US, and its lasting impacts on Indigenous communities
on show until July 19, 2026 at Chinese Canadian Museum
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.
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