Autumn has arrived and so to has an abundance of entertaining picks of the week
Held Over: The Arts Club Theatre Company’s season is underway with director Julie Tomaino’s knock out production of Jersey Boys – the musical true story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage has been extended an extra week, now closing October 27
Wrong: Continuing until October 5 catching Metro Theatre’s hilarious The Play That Goes Wrong, the long running West-End farce find The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society battling against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call for Murder at Haversham Manor with comedic consequences
Zen: Tonight at Rogers Arena, The National & The War On Drugs co-headline the Zen Diagram Tour with support from Lucius
Hussy: Delta Stageworks, in association with shameless hussy productions, presents Meghan Gardiner’s To Perfection from October 2 to 6 at Genesis Theatre in Delta, B.C.
Pitch: Whitecaps FC play a pair of matches this week, hosting Seattle this evening at 7:30pm, then Minnesota on Saturday at 4:30pm
Roar: Friday evening at 7pm, BC Lions host the Calgary Stampeders as they celebrate Thanksgiving with The Gravy Bowl with a pre-game Backyard Party featuring a turkey-themed menu and plenty of fun activities
Clown: Ideas Bobert, a clown tour de force of comedy and conundrum created and performed by award-winning multidisciplinary artist Candy Roberts is onstage at Shadbolt Centre’s Studio Theatre on Friday, October 5, 11am and 2pm
Art: The Polygon Gallery’s exhibition Tales from the Crypt an exhibition over forty photographs representing the treasures of The Polygon’s vault continues until January 12, 2025
Pucks: Vancouver Canucks hockey is back on Friday as Edmonton Oilers visit Rogers Arena at 7pm
Rock: The Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr support Weezer on their Voyage To The Blue Planet tour at Rogers Arena on Saturday October 5
Soundrack: Famed German film composer Hans Zimmer brings his vast catalogue of soundtrack sounds to Rogers Arena live on Sunday October 6
Dance: The Dance Centre’s Global Dance Connections premieres Sky Dancers a work rooted in classical Indian dance forms by Anusha Fernando/Shakti Dance October 4-6, 2024
Master: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra are joined by superstar Lang Lang, with his wife Gina Alice joining on Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals
Future: From September 28th to December 15th, Griffin Art Projects presents Future Worldings, a group exhibition of six artists whose practices have an emphasis on decolonial practices
Festival: The 43rd Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) wraps up October 6, 2024 after more than 350 screenings, dozens of filmmaker Q&A’s, Talks with top creatives, live performances, artist and industry development programs, parties, and many more celebrations of film culture.
Biting: The Firehall Arts Centre opens its 42nd season with a contemporary dance piece the world premiere of The Biting School’s Empty-Handed from Wednesday, October 2 to Saturday, October 5.
Culture: Richmond, regularly recognized as one of the most engaged cities in the country during Culture Days, the annual celebration of arts and culture has a host of events continuing until October 13.
Fright: Vancouver favourite spooky Halloween event Fright Nights haunts the PNE on select nights from October 4 to 31
Change: Sunday night, for one night only, the off-Broadway comedy hit Menopause the Musical the hilarious celebration of women and the change comes to Massey Theatre
Comedy: The Improv Centre on Granville Island will have you falling over with laughter this Fall with its new feature show, Betrayers, on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Stand-up: British Comedian Russell Howard brings his stand-up tour to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Friday October 4th