This week, we give thanks for the cornucopia of arts and entertainment spilling over throughout the city!
Marie: Tai Amy Grauman’s You Used To Call Me Marie… plays The Arts Club Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, until October 12 – telling an epic story of Marie Callihoo and generations of Alberta’s Métis women through time
Tenor: Metro Theatre’s 2025-2026 season brings joy and laughs with Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor a hilarious, fast-paced farce of life, love and lies, running until October 25
Read: Massey Theatre Reading Theatre returns for autumn, with the first gathering of the season tonight, October 8, featuring a reading of the hilariously chaotic world of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off.
Cricket: October 8-13, BC Place is the venue for the first-ever edition of the Canada Super 60 men’s and women’s 10-over-a-side cricket tournaments.
Festival: Continuing until October 12 the 44th Vancouver International Film Festival includes some of the best cinema from around the globe, talks, conferences, live performances and other unique events that celebrate film including the Closing Gala: Köln 75 With Live Performance by Chris Gestrin on October 11
Senior: Running until October 11 at the PAL Studio Theatre, Western Gold’s 2025 Have a Senior Moment Festival aims to show that creativity has no expiry date, featuring theatre, works in development, readings, music, creative workshops, artist salons and more
Circus: The Cultch 2025/2026 season starts off with a howl, with a new show from the Australian contemporary circus company Circa, WOLF, at the York Theatre until October 18
Spooky: For over two decades, visitors have been thrilled and chilled by Western Canada’s most anticipated Halloween event Fright Nights x Fizz at Playland runs select nights until October 31. .
Improv: Until November 1st, The Improv Centre presents thrilling, edge of your seat improv with I Know What You Did Last Weekend on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Immersive: Starting October 9th, strap in for a harrowing journey with your broom-riding tour guide “Biker Mama” and her sidekick “Tiger Moon” as HowlOver returns to Flyover for a special limited run, joining the repertoire with the all new Awaken Canada. Make your experience a bit more spirited with the seasonal “Witches Brew” lemonade and green apple mocktail at the café. And be sure to bring the whole family as kids ride free Monday to Thursday
Canyon: It’s spooky season as Canyon Frights returns to Capilano Suspension Bridge Park October 9-November 2. Find a frightful forest, where graveyards, pumpkins and glowing mycelium set the stage for a chilling adventure.
Strings: Friday, Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts welcomes multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Guy Davis to the Studio Theatre
Dance: Thursday and Friday The Dance Centre’s Global Dance Connections series presents World Premiere of Co.ERASGA, Eternal Gestures – a trilogy of solo works commissioned from Indigenous Coast Salish-based choreographers Starr Muranko, Michelle Olson and Margaret Grenier – performed by Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino
Pucks: Rogers Arena welcomes a pair of Canucks games this week: October 9 vs Calgary Flames and October 13 vs St Louis Blues
Pop: Sunday October 12, Rogers Arena welcomes Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician Shawn Mendes’ On The Road Again tour to the stage
Value: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC presents an exhibition of acclaimed contemporary artist Rebecca Belmore. VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology, on display until October 19, 2025.
Longhouse: Richmond Art Gallery presents a new solo exhibition by Manuel Axel Strain, until November 9, celebrating the cedar longhouse as an important architectural form and philosophical framework that reflects the collectivist and relational values of their ancestors and communities.
Nuxalk: Ongoing at MOA is the world premiere of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, on display until January 5, 2026.
NDN: 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 from September 27, 2025 to January 25, 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.
Gallery: Simon Fraser University opens Metro Vancouver’s newest culture hub – the Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum – The Gibson – with an inaugural group exhibition, Edge Effects, showcasing 15 acclaimed Canadian artists until February 15, 2026
Transport: 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