The witching hour approaches as Spooky Season comes to a peak of picks this Halloween weekend!
Deadly: Only until October 30th, have a Dinner to Die For at The Improv Centre – Deadly Dinner Party invites audiences to an extravagant feast of deadly laughter at the mansion of an eccentric millionaire – Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm
Frights: Continuing until November 1, scary enough any time for the acrophobic, Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park scares up even more haunting howls as you stoll spookily lit trails, experience playful scares and an eerie atmosphere as the park’s rainforest becomes a haunted wood – will you escape!?
Witch: Flying away November 1st, HowlOver at FLYOVER is scaring up some family fun for the Halloween season with Vancouver’s favourite immersive theatre.
Frights: Ride through the darkness, navigate fog-filled pathways, and discover what lurks around every corner of 7 haunted houses, 19 rides and attractions, roaming monsters, and immersive live entertainment, at PNE Fright Nights only until October 31
Fangs: Opening tonight, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors scares up laughter at The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island
Train: Until Friday October 30, The Beaumont Studios presents Flushment Day, an immersive show taking the audience room to room to experience the 7 sins with Theatre, Burlesque, Cabaret, Music, Comedy as they look to escape on the Last Train to Utopia
Fins: Vancouver Aquarium’s Fin-tastic Fall Festival wraps up October 31 with Halloween fun, Bat-Grooming Sessions, Kelp Forest Maze, Underwater Pumpkin Carving, Spookley the Square Pumpkin, Spookley’s 4D Jamboree
Village: October 30-31, step back in time at the Haunted Village as Burnaby Village Museum comes to (after) life, as ghosts, ghouls, a spooky circus, earie graveyard, tricks and treats throughout the 10 acre sight
Heart: The 2026 Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival returns, October 30 to November 7, celebrating the city’s east side neighbourhood’s art, culture and community.
Pitch: Whitecaps FC take to the pitch at BC Place for the final matches of the MLS regular season, tonight hosting San Diego FC then Sunday afternoon hosting Seattle Sounders FC in the final home and Cascadia Cup match of the season.
Roar: Saturday, CFL Playoffs begin as the Western Semi-Final finds BC Lions hosting Saskatchewan Roughriders with Halloween festivities and fun with some great championship football.
Puck: It’s sure to be a full house at Rogers Arena when Vancouver Canucks welcome Toronto Maple Leafs to town
MJ: Closing November 1 at Studio 16, Mitch and Murray Productions is presenting the Western Canada premiere of Amy Herzog’s Mary Jane, an acclaimed, semi-autobiographical portrait of a mother, a sick child, and the kind of love that doesn’t get a break.
Puccini: Vancouver Opera’s 67th Season Opens with Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, a tale of passion, politics, and betrayal set against the turmoil of 1800s Rome, at Queen Elizabeth Theatre for two more performances October 29 and November 1.
Crackers: Until November 14, celebrate the holidays early as Nuncrackers at Metro Theatre welcomes back the Little Sisters of Hoboken (Nunsense) for a holy, jolly holiday variety show with spirited musical numbers, tap-dancing nuns, and plenty of seasonal cheer
Power: Tonight, October 28 Rogers Arena welcomes Filipino and British singer and songwriter, Beabadoobee’s The Powerlines Tour
RnB: Friday, October 30, American R&B singer and rapper Bryson Tiller’s The Neo Trapsoul Tour makes a stop at Rogers Arena with support from Majid Jordan, Ty Dolla $ign, and Austin Millz
Latin: Continuing until November 2, Latincouver celebrates Latin American Heritage Month with a host of community programming around the Vancouver and Burnaby.
Stuff: Canadian comedy duo Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus offer an interactive, improvisational look at life, love and grief in their excellent two-hander show, Big Stuff to the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre until November 1st
Rhythm: For one-night only, Time Will Tell Arts Society presents Rivers of Rhythm: Trichy Sankaran in Concert, at the ANNEX on Thursday, October 29.
Samples: Friday October 30 at Commodore Ballroom, DJ Shadow Celebrates 30 Years of Endtroducing, the group breaking electronic and hip-hop album, acclaimed in Guinness World Records as the first album created entirely from samples.
Orchestra: Friday, The Vogue Theatre welcomes The Buena Vista Social Orchestra featuring members of the original Buena Vista Social Club continuing on the original group’s legacy of Cuban music
Festival: Looking ahead to next week, the 26th Chutzpah! Festival returns November 3-15 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.
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