The May Long Weekend has passed, as summer nears, the activities in the picks of the week continue to warm up
Heritage: Odd Meridian Arts’ 2nd ahmm (Asian Heritage Month at Morrow) festival, running until May 31, makes its mark with a series of intimate events at Odd Meridian’s cultural space, Morrow
Taco: There’s still a few days to check out the entries in Vancouver Foodster’s 11th Annual Vancouver Best Taco Challenge running until May 26, 2024 at restaurants and food trucks all over Metro Vancouver, visit, taste and vote for your favourite.
Improv: With a special opening night tomorrow, The Improv Centre on Granville Island takes audiences to Camp What’s-It-Called for its feature summer show on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Skaterboy: Avril Lavigne brings her Greatest Hits Tour to Rogers Arena tonight with support from All Time Low and Royal and the Serpent
Fumbling: Thursday at Pacific Coliseum, Sarah McLachlan’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th Anniversary Tour celebrates her groundbreaking album’s milestone
Street: May 25-28, Vancouver’s OURO Collective, presents OUROFEST, the inaugural four day street dance festival filled with performances, dance battles and workshops featuring dancers from across Canada.
Play: A true sign of the pending Summer season, Playland opens this weekend and select days in May and June to join in the thrills and excitement
Comedy: American stand-up and America’s Got Talent alumni Drew Lynch brings his Short King comedy tour to Vogue Theatre on Saturday
Fest: Up In The Air Theatre presents rEvolver Festival with 4 presentations; Soft tongues: a bioacoustic opera, Multi – Vs, A Life Sentence & The African Dream at The Cultch Historic Theatre May 22 to June 2
Paddle: Telling the story of trailblazing Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson, The Firehall Arts Centre brings its season to a close with Cheri Maracle’s Paddle Song, from Friday, May 24 to Sunday, June 2
Gangsters: The iconic “Musical Fable of Broadway” Guys and Dolls opens tonight, running until June 30th, at The Arts Club Theatre Company Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, .
Jeeves: Across the Salish Sea, until June 2nd the Chemainus Theatre Festival presents Jeeves At Sea adapted by Margaret Raether from the farcical Jeeves & Wooster works of P.G. Wodehouse
Reunion: On stage for the first time since meeting in an improv class in 1988, actor/improviser/comedians Rebecca Northan, Roman Danylo and Peter, reunite in the CLASS OF ’88 at Tightrope Theatre for a two-night only, on May 17 and June 8, time-warping audiences back to the rise of 80s music, 80s hair, and classic 80s improv.
Kicks: Perhaps the most anticipated soccer match ever to come to BC Place, Saturday May 25 Whitecaps FC play host to Inter Miami CF with a sell out crowd hoping to have the opportunity to watch Lionel Messi in person
Music: Vancouver’s Sound of Dragon Society brings the 6th annual Sound of Dragon Music Festival to The Annex and Roundhouse Exhibition Hall from May 23rd to 26th.
Penguin: Carousel Theatre for Young People, Vancouver International Children’s Festival, and Zee Zee Theatre present the world premiere of Vancouver playwright Dave Deveau’s The Papa Penguin Play May 15 to June 2 at Granville Island’s Waterfront Theatre
Dance: The Dance Centre presents the Global Dance Connections series presents Canadian tap dance star Danny Nielsen, In Conversation Thursday-Friday May 23-24, with a post-show artist talkback May 24
Market: The 2024 Richmond Night Market, North America’s Largest Night Market, themed ‘Summer Sweet Dragon’ join hundreds of vendors, just one block from Bridgeport SkyTrain Station is open each weekend at until October 14
Riot: Part of Capture Festival, Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia, a survey exhibition of the feminist art collective, at The Polygon Gallery running until June 2, 2024.