May comes to a close with more early summer picks to entertain everyone
Tech: Web Summit brings 15000+ to Vancouver for the Olympics of Tech continues until May 30th with 250 speakers, start ups, investors, businesses and media filling the Vancouver Convention Centre
Disney: Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre begins a national tour of “A Whole New World: A Concert of Movie Musicals’ Greatest Songs.“ an all-Canadian production bringing the musical magic of Disney and Hollywood across the province until June 20th – this week the tour makes stops, May 27 in Chilliwack
May 28 in Coquitlam, May 29 in New Westminster, May 30 in Richmond and May 31 in Abbotsford
Photo: Diamonds Edge Photography
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
Elder: Until May 31st, The Firehall Arts Centre features Inner Elder, a powerful solo show created and performed by award-winning Cree actress Michelle Thrush
Dance: Celebrating 20 years of innovative choreography, Joshua Beamish / MOVETHECOMPANY presents a two-night-only 20th Anniversary Gala, May 29 & 30 at the Vancouver Playhouse.
Comedy: Tonight, The Orpheum welcomes digital entertainer, comedian, and podcast host Jake Shane Live with special guest Connor Wood
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
Opera: May 29 – June 1 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, City Opera Vancouver presents the Canadian premiere of Sophia’s Forest, a powerfully evocative chamber opera by composer Lembit Beecher and librettist Hannah Moscovitch – the first project in a multi-year initiative that will aim to showcase and explore the stories and experiences of newcomers to Canada.
Reading: Today May 28, Massey Theatre’s Reading Theatre Series returns with John Murrell’s Waiting For The Parade. Taking place on the Home Front, World War II, Calgary with a series of 24 slice-of-life vignettes, war time songs and presentational monologues, we are shown the war time experience through the perspective of five very different women, brought together by their collective desire to assist with the war effort.
Ballet: May 31st, Coastal City Ballet presents Coppélia a whimsical tale of love, mistaken identity, and playful deception, with colorful costumes and fantastical sets, it is a ballet the whole family will enjoy at the Vancouver Playhouse.
Kids: Until June 1st at Granville Island, the 48th Annual Vancouver International Children’s Festival for a week of world-class theatre, music, dance, circus, puppetry and storytelling.
Ball: Tonight, hoping to keep their unbeaten streak going, Whitecaps FC play host to Minnesota United FC at BC Place
Pitch: May 28-29 Vancouver Canadians Baseball is in the midst of a three game homestand against Hillsboro at Nat Bailey Stadium
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
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.
Amusement: On May 31, visit Playland, now open on weekends, for Community Day, where $10 from each regular-priced Playland pass sold will go directly to the PNE Community Grant Fund.
Choir: May 31 and June 1, United Voices Choir presents a joyful and uplifting spring concert featuring two of George Frideric Handel’s choral masterpieces: his magnificent Coronation Anthems – including the famous Zadok the Priest – and the thrilling Dixit Dominus.
Wiggle:The world’s most popular children’s entertainment group, The Wiggles Live Canada presents The Wiggles Bouncing Balls Tour! June 1st at Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Exhibitions: May 30th, Coquitlam’s Place des Arts celebrates the opening of 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 from May 30th to June 26th
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.