Lest We Forget – Remembrance Day gives us pause to take a moment of silence and honour all those who served their country. There are a number of Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place this morning to observe. Then the week’s entertainment picks move quickly into the Holiday Season.
Victory: For the 102nd year, Vancouver’s central Remembrance Ceremony takes place at the Victory Square Cenotaph. Ceremonies take place between 1030 and noon, if you can’t attend in-person the City of Vancouver provides a virtual ceremony on the City of Vancouver YouTube from 1030 to 1130
Memorial: Since opening in 1951 the UBC War Memorial Gym, 6081 University Blvd, UBC has held the University’s Remembrance Day ceremony, the 75th anniversary service begins at 10:45am (doors open at 10am)
Plaque: The recently resurrected Royal Canadian Legion Japanese Canadian Branch #9 invites the public to join its service honouring the courage and sacrifice of Japanese Canadian veterans at newly restored Japanese Canadian War Memorial, near 845 Avison Way, Stanley Park – which celebrated the installation of plaques honouring Japanese Canadian Soldiers of the First World War and the Fight to Win the Vote, honouring the Japanese Canadian veterans who served in the First World War and fought to win the right to vote in 1931.
Legion: Above is just a few of the many services taking place today, to find a Remembrance Ceremony near you visit the Royal Canadian Legion branch or online at legion.ca
Craft: Opening today, until November 15 Circle Craft is Western Canada’s largest craft market and the premier showcase of Canadian craft and design bringing together over 300 vendors at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Nuns: Before the curtain closes Saturday, November 14, celebrate the holidays early with Nuncrackers at Metro Theatre – the Little Sisters of Hoboken (Nunsense) are back for a holy, jolly holiday variety show with spirited musical numbers, tap-dancing nuns, and plenty of seasonal cheer
Lasso: Famed for Ted Lasso, the witty Brit Brett Goldstein: Sex, Death & Small Talk tour makes a stop at the Orpheum Theatre tonight,
Match: Belle Spirale Dance Projects and Vancouver Chamber Choir, in partnership with Covenant House Vancouver, present David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning choral composition, The Little Match Girl on stage at the Vancouver Playhouse on November 13 and 14.
Pop: Friday night, K-Pop boy band BOYNEXTDOOR Tour Knock On Vol 2 brings the sextet of Sungho, Riwoo, Jaehyun, Taesan, Leehan and Woonhak to The Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Cree: Inspired by the real life of Jordan River Anderson, Carousel Theatre for Young People, in partnership with The Cultch, begins its 50th Season with the Vancouver Premiere of Jordan from Montréal’s Geordie Theatre, November 12-15 at the Historic Theatre.
Festival: The 26th Chutzpah! Festival wraps up November 15 with an incredible lineup of performances showcasing music, theatre, comedy, dance, and storytelling presentations by local, national and international artists through a multicultural Jewish lens.
Sand: Western Gold Theatre presents the main stage debut of Sandsprite, a touching coming-out comedy by North Vancouver’s award-winning playwright, Peter Zednik, running from November 12 to 29 at PAL Studio Theatre
Rivals: Rushed Productions brings the humourously, heartwarming musical, Sigma Acapella to North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre from November 12 to 22.
Songs: Gateway Theatre brings together four acclaimed local performers delivering powerful songs of hope, courage, and new beginnings for Songs for a New World at Richmond’s Historic Minoru Chapel November 13–14
Puck: Let’s hope it’s a lucky day when Vancouver Canucks host New York Rangers on Friday 13th of November at Rogers Arena
Fangs: Sink your fangs into the fabulously funny and camp, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors scaring up laughs at The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island until November 15.
Punk: Tonight The Vogue gets loud as LA’s punk rock band, L7, bring the audience their peak 90s rock sounds for The Last Hurrah Tour 2026 with support from NOBRO
Blood: November 14 to December 5, Firehall Arts Centre welcomes N’lakap’mux playwright Kevin Loring’s Where The Blood Mixes – funny and brutally honest the show asks: Can a person survive their past? Can people survive their history?
Comedy: Thursday, November 12 stand-by comedian, impressionist, satirist Adam Ray brings his Who Is Me Tour to The Vogue Theatre
Preacherman: Running November 10 to 14 at The Revue Stage, Pacific Theatre brings Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman back to Vancouver for a nearly sold out run.
Inch: Zee Zee Theatre is brings John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s cult hit Hedwig and the Angry Inch to VIVO Media Arts Centre, from November 12 to 29 – accompanied by a live band bringing the electrifying rock score to life with a distinctly Vancouver perspective.
Eastside: Running until November 28 the Eastside Arts Society presents Culture Crawl’s 2026 Preview Exhibition, P.A.R.T.Y. – Pushing Art diRectly To You, featuring 75 juried artists together under one roof. Previewing the Society’s upcoming 30th annual Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival from November 19–22.
Market: Looking ahead, Monday sees the opening of the Vancouver Christmas Market, the traditional European Christmas Village brings dozens of merchants, food & drink vendors, entertainment and more to Jack Poole Plaza until December 24
90s: White Rock’s Nomad Gallery presents 90’s Mixtape, a new exhibition by Vancouver-based contemporary artist Olivier Salvas, drawing on the colour, energy and cultural memory of the 1990s, with opening reception on November 6, then on display until November 19
Photos: Until March 14, 2027 The Polygon Gallery welcomes Catherine Blackburn + Jeneen Frei Njootli: Traces brings together the the photographic work of Dënes??inë? artist Catherine Blackburn, and Vuntut Gwich’in artist Jeneen Frei Njootli.
Mouth: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presentsthe 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
Climate: On display until March 20, 2027 at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford –Interglacial, is a stunning new exhibition from Vancouver-based environmental artist and activist Desirée Patterson. The exhibition examines the present moment as a critical point in history, as global climate change puts the future well-being of our planet at risk