December is just around the corner, bringing the holiday season into full swing with a stocking full of entertaining picks
photo: Maya Pankalla
Market: Celebrating its 15th Anniversary – The Vancouver Christmas Market, fills Jack Poole Plaza festive cheer, live entertainment, European eats, and artisan delights to shop, dine and listen with until December 24.
Studio: 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.
Culture: Eastside Arts Society’s Eastside Culture Crawl 2025 may have come and gone but the Preview Exhibition featuring juried works from 78 artists at Pendulum Gallery, The Cultch Gallery, and Alternative Creations Gallery continues on until November 30
Craft: It’s the second weekend of Got Craft? Holiday Market at the Croatian Culture Centre November 29-30 filled with local, handmade goods for your holiday shopping, vendors, makers and small shops for DIYers, crafters and handmade enthusiasts, as well as a Mini-Makers Market for Kidpreneurs under 16 years of age.
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 until 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 is now held over by popular demand until January 11, 2026
Jazz: Friday night, The Shadbolt Centre presents Nightcrawlers with guest vocalist Toronto-based jazz artist, songwriter and bandleader, Ale Avery Nunez
Opera: November 30th The Shadbolt delivers Opera on a Sunday Afternoon, a concert filled with your favorite operatic arias, duets, and trios, performed by the exceptional young talents from the Burnaby Lyric Opera
Sitcom: Until December 30, 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.
Austin: The holidays visit Metro Theatre and the Darcy’s country house 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.
Puppets: Opening Friday, November 26 and running until December 14 at The Arts Club Olympic Village Stage, A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol brings the acclaimed theatrical imagineers the WONDERHEADS to the stage to reimagine Dickens’ holiday classic. Without any dialogue, Ebenezer Scrooge’s wondrous Christmas Eve is brought to life with dazzling masks, 10-foot-tall puppets, a mesmerizing original score, and astonishing stagecraft.
Women: Follow the coming of age story of friendship, romance, loss, and personal discovery as The Arts Club brings Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women to the Granville Island Stage November 27 to January 4, 2026
Dance: Join the party as Disney On Ice presents Let’s Dance packed with audience-favourite Disney characters – Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy have become DJ’s, remixing Disney tunes into colourful stories at this all-new state-of-the-art ice show playing November 26-30 at Pacific Coliseum
photo: Feld Entertainment
Bear: For one night only, November 27, the Massey Theatre presents Bear Grease: The Musical a reimaging of the iconic 1971 musical Grease told through a bold and comedic indigenous lens.
Comic: Friday night American stand-up comedian Jo Koy: Just Being Koy Tour stops a Roger’s Arena
Box: Friday the Vancouver Warriors get the National Lacrosse League season underway against the Colorado Mammoth at Rogers Arena
LoLo: Join over 140 unique vendors at Shipyards Christmas Market, bringing European cuisine and great gifts to the seasonal surroundings of The Shipyards in Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver with Santa’s Chalet, skating rink, community tree, Hot Chocolate, Mulled Wine, Schnitzel & more festive treats.
Anime: Japanese dance-rockers FLOW, the top anime band celebrate the music of NARUTO bringing the FLOW World Tour to The Vogue on Saturday night
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 continuing until November 2026
Nuxalk: Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, ongoing at MOA is the world premiere of on display until January 5, 2026.
NGN: Continuing until January 25, 2026 the world premiere of NDN Giver at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art 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.
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.
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 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
Tibet: On display until March 29, 2026 at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA), discover 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