In the midst of meteorological fall and the autumnal equinox we find the last of the summer events closing while a new a bounty of entertaining picks open.
Shakespeare: This is the final week for the 2026 Bard On The Beach festival. Your last chance witness the classic tragic Scottish Play; Macbeth, or the musically merry and soccer-centric The Merry Wives of Windsor on the BMO Mainstage. While the Douglas Campbell Theatre plays host to Kate Besworth’s adaptation of Antigone and the Goblins—WUG, KRAGVA, and MOOG play Goblin:Oedipus
Film: It’s the last weekend to have “A Seat at the Table” at 38th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival screening feature-length and short films by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators at Vancouver theatres only until September 20.
Funny: The Annual Celebration of Comedy – Vancouver Is Funny – brings humour and laughter to stages around the city night after night throughout the month, mainly from stages at Vogue Theatre, Biltmore Cabaret, and Little Mountain Gallery
Comedy: Famed for his deadpan, rapid-fire delivery of cutting comedy, British-Irish comedian Jimmy Carr ‘Laughs Funny’ tour comes to Rogers Arena
Night: The End of an Era! After 26 years, Richmond Night Market 2026 comes to an end on September 20. Your last chance to take in the Market packed with entertainment, food, deals, and the world’s only night market Zip Line
Local: Continuing until the end of October, find farm fresh bounty from local growers and makers at Vancouver Farmers’ Markets; Wednesdays Downtown at the Art Gallery, Thursdays at Olympic Village, Saturdays at Riley Park, Trout Lake & West End, and Sundays at Mount Pleasant & Kitsilano
Thieves: To open its 2026-2027 season, The Arts Club Theatre Company presents the BC Premiere Arun Lakra’ Heist at the historic Stanley BFL CANADA Stage from September 17 to October 18.
Autumn: Gateway Theatre celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival with its annual afternoon of music from performers Jason Sakaki and Tiana Jung, creative activities and festive fun – Mid-Autumn Melodies on Sunday, September 20th.
Dance: The 36th edition of the Vancouver Flamenco Festival, presented by Flamenco Rosario, comes to stages September 19 to 27, with a lineup of local, national, and international artists to audiences with live performances, workshops, masterclasses, and community events.
Fire: The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC and Musqueam present the 5th annual Come Toward the Fire Festival, a celebration of Indigenous cultures, creativity, and community, running September 18 to 20 at the Chan Centre and venues across the UBC campus, on the unceded Musqueam territory
Puppets: Metro Theatre opens its season with the hilarious, raunchy, Tony-award winning Avenue Q, following an eclectic group of, human and puppet, neighbours who are all trying to find their way in the world – on stage from September 18 to October 10
Culture: From September 18 to October 4, Culture Days, the national celebration of arts, returns to Richmond, offering barrier-free opportunities for everyone to participate in arts and culture experiences, celebrating the diverse communities that make up Canada’s creative sector and reaffirming the importance of the arts in our well-being.
Super: Saturday, September 19 – the Northern Super League’s Vancouver Rise host Montreal Roses FC at Swangard Stadium
Vocals: The multi-award winning, Montreal-based singer-songwriter Basia Bulat brings her distinctive, expressive voice, to Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Sunday September 20
Singer: Thursday, September 17, Rogers Arena welcomes multi-award winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlisle’s The Human Tour
Metal: Sunday, September 20, Sheffield-based, British hard rock act, Bring Me The Horizon’s Post Human: NeX GEn – The Third Ascencion Program comes to the Rogers Arena stage
Rock: BC Place will be shaking September 20 as rock icons, Foo Fighters with Queens of the Stone Age come to the the stage.
EDM: Friday, September 18, electronic artist jigitz brings his 50 Ballerinas Tour to the Commodore Ballroom
Sporty: Friday night, one-fifth of the Spice Girls but 100% talented singer, Melanie C, brings her solo The Melanie C Tour to The Vogue Theatre.
Open: September 19, Day Out at MOA encourages learning, reflection, and greater awareness of the rich and diverse Indigenous cultures across our province by exploring MOA’s galleries and feature exhibitions at your own pace to deepen your understanding of Indigenous histories, artistic traditions, and living cultures.
Robes: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC’s I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson, continues on display in the Audain Gallery until October 12.
Sculpture: Until October 18, 2026, The Polygon Gallery shows James Harry: Eye Of The Ancestor – a
new sculpture by James Harry marking The Polygon Gallery’s seventh collaboration and co-commission with Burrard Arts Foundation. Eye of the Ancestor is a striking yellow cedar wooden sphere, carved with Coast Salish designs on the surface and holding a mirror-polished steel sphere inside.
Photography: Also at The Polygon Gallery, one of Canada’s most influential photographers, Greg Girard, is featured in the first-ever survey of his work, on view until October 25.
Mouth: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art prepares to present the 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: Now 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
Crossing: Richmond Art Gallery reaches across the Pacific for a cultural exchange with Japan for its summer exhibition – Ongoing / Pacific Crossings on show until October 4, 2026, the exhibition covers multiple disciplines; drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, performance, and video the exhibition will include works by Japanese artists