As we move further into the Holiday season, the stockings continue to fill with an array of entertaining picks
Bishop: Remembrance continues as Metro Theatre presents Billy Bishop Goes To War, one of the finest Canadian musicals of all time, features Damon Calderwood paying tribute to WWI Flying Ace Billy Bishop until November 30, 2024
Golden: Cheesecake and hijinks abound as Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue – a comical, all-male cast, tribute to our favourite mischievous Miamians comes to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, LIVE, until November 16th
Cup: Canada’s Largest Sporting event comes to Vancouver as the Grey Cup Festival, parties, concerts, ziplines, drone show all free, taking over downtown, around the Vancouver Convention Centre November 13-16 before moving to the BC Place Stadium precinct for the Grey Cup Game Day November 17th
Storytelling: The Rainbow Youth Project, Zee Zee Theatre’s personal, one-on-one storytelling experience, shares individual stories that aim to connect, provoke and inspire. Free at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch on November 16, 17, 23 & 24 from 1pmto 4pm on the third floor.
Stand: Continuing until November 17th, Presentation House Theatre and Blackout Art Society co-present the Theatre Series of the 4th annual STAND Festival, a celebration of immigrant and refugee performing artists
Pucks: Vancouver Canucks have a busy week at Rogers Arena, playing host to New York Islanders on Thursday, Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday and Nashville Predators on Sunday
Crawl: From November 14-17, the 28th annual Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival welcomes art lovers to the Eastside Arts District where more than 500 registered artists, including roughly 90 new artists participating in for the very first time, will open their studios, galleries and workshops for public visits
Reading: November 13th, Massey Theatre offers the first edition of Reading Theatre, a new community program that invites anyone from seasoned professionals to amateurs to take part in a live reading of “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder
Dumplings: Tonight, Vancouver Foodster Dumpling Fest Burnaby>, takes patrons on an exploration of the world through the simple dumpling. Later in the week, the Vancouver Foodster Cake Challenge gets underway.
Dolly: On stage from November 14 to December 24, Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol shifts the setting of Dicken’ Victoria classic to Dolly’s beloved Smoky Mountains at The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
Market: For a 14th season, the beloved German-style, Vancouver Christmas Market opens with more than 90 artisan huts, a lively line-up of holiday entertainment – performing on the Flying Stage from Vancouver’s only Christmas Pyramid, for can’t miss Festival Fun at Jack Poole Plaza
Jazz: Main Stage at Surrey Arts Centre invites audiences to A Night in Paris with Jill Barber as the artists and her jazz band transport you to the musical magic of Paris with selections from her new album, ENCORE, on November 15
Getaway: Take a journey with Dreamqueen Collective to “The Last Resort”, an unique “end-of-a-lifetime” immersive theatre experience, taking place within Vancouver’s At the Waldorf, November 17th, and 24th.
Baggins: Until December 21, Pacific Theatre presents the world premiere production of Kim Selody’s The Hobbit, bringing JRR Tolkien’s storytelling masterpiece to life with two actors, and a dragon’s hoard of theatre magic.
Crafty: Elgin Hall in Surrey welcomes Craft Affaire on Saturday for a fair filled with handmade treasures, one-of-a-kind creations, quality crafts and artisan goods. It’s one of the many craft fairs and holiday markets popping up this season
Explorer: Until November 24, Western Gold Theatre, in association with CelticFest Vancouver, presents Tom Crean – Discovering Antarctica: Heroic Tales of Scott, Crean & Shackleton, written and performed by Aidan Dooley at PAL Studio Theatre
Koala: The Massey Theatre’s first Performing Arts & Technology Festival running until November 17 welcomes a live, multi-disciplinary, magical stage adaptation of Kid Koala’s graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall, featuring a team of 15 puppeteers, musicians, cinematographers, and technicians bring the story to life at each performance November 15 at 7:30pm and on Saturday, November 16 at 4pm and 7:30pm.
Rock: Canadian rockers, Arkells, The Big Feelings Tour takes to the stage at Rogers Arena on Friday November 15th with support from K. Flay
Symphony: London Drugs VSO Pops presents Gene Kelly: A Life in Music a celebration of the classic music of Gene Kelly’s iconic films performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra with clips and highlights of Kelly’s life and films
Future: Griffin Art Projects presents Future Worldings, a group exhibition of six artists whose practices have an emphasis on decolonial practices, on display until December 15th
Elder: The wildly popular, hilarious Broadway hit musical, The Book of Mormon, presented by Broadway Across Canada plays a limited run at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, only until November 17th.
