The Holidays are racing quickly towards us as more seasonal picks open to make things merry and bright.
Market: A local tradition with Bavarian roots, celebrates its 15th Anniversary – The Vancouver Christmas Market, fills Jack Poole Plaza until December 24, with even more festive cheer, European eats, and artisan delights than ever.
Studio: Opening November 21 until December 31 visit the winter wonderland at Merry & Bright at Martini Town – the Langley-based outdoor film set – appearing in many popular films and TV shows has been meticulously transformed into a festive holiday hometown.
Santa: Visit Flyover in Vancouver to take off for the North Pole on a magical ride as you Soar With Santa, across Canada and to his Polar workshop, featuring its original Canadian adventure from November 20 to January 4
Panto: A true sign of the Holidays comes to The Cultch as Theatre Replacement’s East Van Panto: West Van Story opens this week at The York Theatre – the story of Romeo and Juliet told East Van style previews November 19 & 20 with opening night November 21, running until January 4, 2026
Fashion: Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week takes over the Queen Elizabeth Theatre November 19 to 22 with a myriad of events and entertainment in an extraordinary celebration of Indigenous creativity and culture
Culture: Eastside Arts Society’s Eastside Culture Crawl 2025 Preview Exhibition featuring juried works from 78 artists at Pendulum Gallery, The Cultch Gallery, and Alternative Creations Gallery on display until November 30
Crawl: The 29th annual Eastside Culture Crawl Visual Arts, Design & Craft Festival welcomes the participation of more than 500 Eastside artists throwing open the doors of their studios and workshops across more than 80 registered buildings, including 20 buildings new to this year’s Crawl offering more to explore in the vibrant Eastside Arts District from November 20-23
Playoffs: The biggest sporting event of the year happens Saturday as Whitecaps FC host LAFC for their MLS Western Conference Playoff match at BC Place before a sold out crowd of 53000 fans.
Sitcom: The festive season’s new show at The Improv Centre, ‘Tis The Sitcom is an improvised version of a never before seen sitcom about a group of friends living in the big city navigating festive dilemmas – complete with commercial breaks, seasonal TV moments, and plenty of laughter.
Change: For its second year, Employ to Empower’s Make Change Market highlights 21 ingenious low-income entrepreneurs during Global Entrepreneurship Week in a inspiring pop-up market at Heritage Hall November 20
Pucks: The Vancouver Canucks play host to a pair of games at Rogers Arena this week, tomorrow vs Dallas Stars and Sunday vs Calgary Flames
Drag: Come dressed to impress for Parents Are A Drag a Zee Zee Theatre presentation with local drag sensations Peach Cobblah, Isolde N. Barron and Spike Boy (their kid!) celebrating a diversity with songs, laughter and play at Performance Works November 22-23 – with opportunities for the audience to become part of the show, be ready for some dress-up time
Festival: The 25th Chutzpah! Festival wraps up November 23 bringing together another stellar lineup of fan favourites and newly found gems showcasing music, theatre, comedy, dance, and storytelling from local, national and international artists through a multicultural Jewish lens from the festival hub at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre at the JCC
Austin: The holidays have begun at Metro Theatre as the beautifully festive, romantic comedy Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley continues the story of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice, following the lesser-mentioned middle and unmarried Mary Bennet until November 29
Ice: A highlight of this season’s theatre, don’t LET IT GO by without seeing the stellar production and brilliant cast of Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical, now playing at The Arts Club Stanley BFL Canada Stage, until January 4, 2026.
Fair: Saturday, November 22, the 41st Dunbar Holiday Market and Craft Fair brings local artists, vendors and creators for a day of shopping, live entertainment, door prizes, and a 4pm festive tree lighting ceremony at Dunbar Community Centre
Dance: Mosaico, November 21-22 at The Shadbolt Centre for Performing Arts’ Studio Theatre, combines Flamenco, Québécois step dance, African, Latin, and urban dances and digital art, with a colourful projection reacting to the movements of five dancers on stage, to celebrate diversity in our society.
Glitch: The newly renamed Glitch Theatre (formerly Realwheels Theatre) present its first production, Faye’s Room, a moving exploration of neurodivergent solidarity, intergenerational bonds, and internalized ableism, at Vancity Culture Lab until November 23.
Suitcase: For her exhibition, The Suitcase Project, photographer Kayla Isomura asked more than 80 fourth and fifth generation Japanese Canadians and Americans what they would pack if they were forcibly removed from home. The exhibition by Isomura with Denise Fong Curatorial Lead will be on view at the Museum of Vancouver starting November 20
Flamenco: The Dance Centre’s popular lunchtime Discover Dance! Series presents the acclaimed Flamenco Rosario this Thursday November 20th at 12-noon at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
Effect: Until November 23, at Progress Lab, Rumble Theatre & ITSAZOO presents The Effect an immersive, fly-on-the-wall co-production from Emmy Award winner Lucy Pebble, taking a look inside a clinical trial where two volunteers test a dopamine-regulating drug under observation; as doses rise and attraction intensifies, the line between authentic feeling and chemical manipulation blurs.
Whale: At The Firehall Arts Centre until November 23, Between Breaths is inspired by a true story from Newfoundland, relating Dr. Jon Lien’s life’s work of saving whales trapped in fishing nets.
Writers: Western Gold Theatre brings Gertrude and Alice to the PAL Studio Theatre until November 23, the story sees Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas recount their forty-year relationship; their famous salons where the who’s who of artists gathered, including expatriate writers Ernest Hemingway, Sherwood Anderson and Ezra Pound; and Alice’s devotion to Gertrude’s genius.
Pasch. MOA Collection 1022/3. Yapshi-Yuthok Kalon Tashi Dhondup Collection.
Tibet: Opening November 20 and on display until March 29, 2026, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA), presents the world premiere exhibition of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images, curated by Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, MOA Curator, Asia, in collaboration with Tibetan-Canadian community members and artists, the bilingual exhibition reimagines Tibet and its future through the perspectives of the Tibetan-Canadian community
Strong: Ongoing at MOA is the world premiere of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, on display until January 5, 2026.
Giver: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the world premiere of NDN Giver, a look at consider how the act of giving is tied to identity, responsibility, resistance, and renewal, curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut, the exhibition runs until January 25, 2026.
Photographer: Take a glimpse through the lens of an iconic 20th century photographer as The Polygon Gallery presents Lee Miller: A Photographer at Work (1932–1945) on display from November 7, 2025 to February 1, 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.
Gibson: The Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum – The Gibson – Simon Fraser University’s new culture hub – features an inaugural group exhibition, Edge Effects, showcasing 15 acclaimed Canadian artists until February 15, 2026
Enemy: The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Enemy Alien the first major solo exhibition and retrospective of works by documentary photographer Tamio Wakayama, on display until February 22, 2026,
Sustainability: MONOVA’s Feature Exhibit ‘Are We There Yet? The Sustainable Transportation Journey’ exploring the ever-evolving landscape of urban transportation in North Vancouver until March 1, 2026