Whatever you call it, Victoria Day, May Long, or The May Two-Four this long weekend brings a case-load of entertaining picks
Jets: CTORA Theatre presents West Side Story, one of Broadway’s most beloved and timeless musicals, running until May 24th, at the Granville Island Stage.
Go: Go! Go! Until June 8th, Metro Theatre wraps up its season with the dazzling spectacle that is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Princess: At The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until May 25, Casey And Diana by Nick Green, is inspired by Princess Diana’s historic, compassionate visit to Toronto’s Casey House in 1991
Gold: Western Gold Theatre presents HERE WE GO by Caryl Churchill for its Spring Mainstage Production at PAL Theatre until May 25th
Meet: ITSAZOO and Pacific Theatre (with support of Neworld Theatre) are presenting the world premiere of Meeting, a visceral, unflinching examination of group therapy, playing in a real-life meeting room at Pacific Theatre until June 7th
Bachelornation: Fridays & Saturdays The Improv Centre presents The Bachelor-ish – one lucky improvisor is looking for love in this hilarious, audience-led send up of The Bachelor
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.
Symphony: May 18th, 2pm at The Orpheum, the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra closes their 95th season with a special anniversary concert featuring all 280 youth musicians across four orchestra divisions
Photo: Dennis Li Photography.
Canadian: Showing 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.
Rodeo: May 16-19, The 134th Cloverdale Country Fair and 77th Cloverdale Rodeo welcome thousands to the Cloverdale Fairgrounds for the fun and excitement of one of Western Canada’s most popular family events.
Queens: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre welcomes the Queens of Broadway Across Canada’s SIX, on stage until May 18
Amusement: May 17 and 18 is the opening weekend of Playland, featuring all the exciting amusements, thrill rides with live DJs and interactive experiences like the first-ever Plushie Hunt
Exhibitions: Coquitlam’s Place des Arts celebrates the opening of three new exhibitions: Your Image, Various mediums coordinated by Coquitlam Heritage; Urban Invitation, Watercolours by Dong Li; and Colonial Layers, Mixed Media and Sculpture by Robert Morris on view in-person at Place des Arts and online until May 22
Photographs: On display until May 25th, The Polygon Gallery presents the Canadian premiere of Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Tranquility of Communion an exhibition of the brief but influential career of the late British-Nigerian artist
Aging: Until June 1st, MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver presents the Feature Exhibit, Echoes of Memory: Featuring A Crow A Day, weaving together untold stories of aging, memory loss & dementia, and the power of community on our collective human experience
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.
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