Discover your weekend vibes with our guidelines of 20 implausible issues to do round Vancouver!
There’s tons to see and do from January 20 to 22, together with Lunar New 12 months celebrations, Fiddler on the Roof, Hollywood Harvest Meals Truthful, and extra.
And for extra enjoyable issues occurring round city you’ll want to take a look at our Listed section.
Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Celebration and Parade
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What: The forty eighth Vancouver Chinatown Spring Competition Celebration will happen on the primary day of the 12 months of the Rabbit all through the historic neighbourhood. The favored occasion has attracted over 4,000 contributors and 100,000 spectators in previous years, with family-friendly actions, stay leisure, and extra for everybody to take pleasure in.
Cease by the Chinatown Storytelling Centre Foyer between 11 am and three pm to fulfill the God of Wealth and paint a Fortunate Rabbit. The Centre can be providing entry by donation to its exhibit house in the course of the day.
When: January 22, 2023
Time: 11 am (parade begin), 2 to 4 pm (truthful), 6 pm (gala dinner begin)
The place: Varied places all through Chinatown
Price: Free for parade and truthful
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival 2023
What: PuSh Competition returns for its nineteenth 12 months of showcasing groundbreaking work within the performing arts. This 12 months will characteristic 20 reveals from 12 international locations starting from theatre to bop to circus and extra. There may also be the extremely anticipated return of Membership PuSh at Efficiency Works from February 2 to 4.
When: January 19 to February 6, 2023
Time: Varied occasions
The place: Varied venues plus some streaming choices
Tickets and Passes: Online
Vancouver Canucks
What: The Canucks have a pair of dwelling video games at Rogers Area this weekend. Cheer them on as they tackle the Colorado Avalanche on January 20, and the Edmonton Oilers on January 21.
When: January 20 and 21, 2023
Time: 7 pm
The place: Rogers Area – 800 Griffiths Method, Vancouver
Price: Varied, buy online
Dine Out Vancouver at the Vancouver Aquarium Pop-Up
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What: Dine Out contributors may have the one-of-a-kind probability to dine among the many jellyfish on the Vancouver Aquarium.
Visitors will have the ability to take pleasure in a three-course meal ready by the aquarium’s culinary group, paired with a glass of wine from a BC-based vineyard.
When: January 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29, 2023
Time: 7 to 9 pm. Dinner begins at 7:30 pm
The place: Vancouver Aquarium — 845 Avison Method, Stanley Park, Vancouver
Tickets: $120 per person; $100 for members
Lunar New Year: Year of the Water Rabbit
What: Vancouver Public Library Central Department is internet hosting a Lunar New 12 months celebration on Wednesday, January 18. Visitors will expertise a conventional tea ceremony that includes Joyce Ji from Wang Household Teapots and revel in music from the BC Chinese language Music Affiliation.
The occasion may also embrace a particular go to from Fortune Teller and Feng Shui Grasp Sherman Tai, who will share his predictions for the upcoming 12 months.
When: January 18, 2023
Time: 6 to eight:30 pm
The place: Vancouver Public Library Central Department – Alice MacKay Room, Decrease Degree — 350 West Georgia Avenue, Vancouver
Price: Free
Anthrax and Black Label Society
What: Heavy steel legends Anthrax (celebrating its fortieth anniversary) and Black Label Society convey their co-headlining tour to PNE Discussion board in Vancouver. Particular visitor Exodus will assist hearth up the viewers for the high-energy present.
When: January 20, 2023
Time: Doorways at 5:30 pm; Present at 6:30 pm
The place: PNE Discussion board — 2901 East Hastings Avenue, Vancouver
Tickets: $59.50-$79.50, buy online
Fiddler on the Roof
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What: Fiddler on the Roof is a Tony Award-winning musical that has captured the hearts of individuals from across the globe.
The timeless theatrical traditional from Tony-winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick tells the story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and timeless traditions of religion and household.
When: January 17 to 22, 2023
Time: 8 pm (Tuesday to Saturday), 2 pm (Saturday), 2 pm and seven:30 pm (Sunday)
The place: Queen Elizabeth Theatre — 630 Hamilton Avenue, Vancouver
Price: Varied, buy online
Instantaneous Blue
What: The world premiere of Instantaneous Blue by Aaron Craven tells the story of Edward and Sara on their journey of welcoming their first baby into life whereas shepherding Edward’s declining mother and father out of it. The play can be a celebration of Mitch and Murray Productions’s 10-year anniversary.
When: January 6 to 22, 2023
Time: Varied occasions
The place: Waterfront Theatre – 1412 Cartwright Avenue, Vancouver,
Tickets: Varied costs, buy online
Lunar New Year celebration at Grand Villa Casino
What: Grand Villa On line casino in Burnaby is kicking off 12 months of the Rabbit celebrations with a conventional Lion Dance Ceremony and Fortune God efficiency. On line casino visitors will obtain a festive crimson Lai See envelope that signifies prosperity. The Lunar New 12 months celebration may also have provincial and municipal authorities leaders in attendance to assist open the ceremonious procession.
When: January 22, 2023
Time: 11 am
The place: Grand Villa On line casino – 4331 Dominion Avenue, Burnaby
Price: Free
Hollywood Harvest Pop-Up Food Fair
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What: Hollywood Theatre and Glory Days are internet hosting “Hollywood Harvest,” a brand new pop-up meals truthful on the traditional artwork deco film theatre in Kitsilano. Foodies of all ages can uncover dishes created by beloved native eating places which can be impressed from across the globe.
There may also be a Dank Mart and Dope Bakehouse pastry culinary collaboration with Nemesis Espresso that you just received’t need to miss.
When: January 21, 2023
Time: 11 am to 4 pm
The place: Hollywood Theatre – 3123 W Broadway Vancouver
Admission: Free
T. rex: The Ultimate Predator at Science World
What: T. rex: The Final Predator is an enormous characteristic exhibit that can introduce guests to your entire tyrannosaur household by means of life-sized fashions, fossil casts, and interactive experiences.
Guests may also uncover how the Tyrannosaurus rex could have appeared and behaved over 66 million years in the past. From a younger, furry child to an enormous, absolutely grown apex predator by means of its 100 million years of evolution, the big reptile involves life within the exhibit.
When: Now till January 22, 2023
Time: 10 am to five pm
The place: Science World – 1455 Quebec Avenue, Vancouver
Tickets: Obtainable online
Frozen in Concert
What: The entire household will take pleasure in seeing Disney’s Frozen on the massive display screen as Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs the Academy Award-winning rating stay on the Orpheum.
When: January 21 and 22, 2023
Time: 7 pm (Saturday), 2 pm (Sunday)
The place: The Orpheum – 601 Smithe Avenue, Vancouver
Tickets: Varied, buy online
Lunar New Year at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
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What: Dr. Solar Yat-Sen Classical Chinese language Backyard’s Group Days is internet hosting Lunar New 12 months Celebrations from January 21 to 22. Guests will take pleasure in stay performances by Metropolis Opera, Selena Yu and Maggie Dang, a Lion Dance by Hon Hsing Athletic Membership, tea ceremonies and I-Ching readings, and extra.
Carry your urge for food as there shall be scrumptious eats being served, together with dumplings by Dicky’s Dumps, Tang Yuan by Blackhole Tummy, Single Origin Teas by Teakan and Noisette Cookies by Olivia. The occasion may also characteristic the opening of Billion Buns, an exhibition by Chairman Ting commemorating the 12 months of the Water Rabbit.
When: January 21 and 22, 2023
Time: 11 am to six pm
The place: Dr. Solar Yat-Sen Classical Chinese language Backyard — 578 Carrall Avenue, Vancouver
Tickets: Varied costs, buy online
Street Food City 11
What: Avenue Meals Metropolis, which calls itself Vancouver’s authentic avenue meals competition, is offered by Vacation spot Vancouver, Avenue Meals Vancouver Society, and the Downtown Vancouver BIA. The meals truck extravaganza will happen on choose dates in January, when foodies can discover a rotating number of purveyors outdoors the Vancouver Artwork Gallery, in šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Sq., on the north aspect of the constructing.
When: January 21 to 29, 2023
Time: Weekdays from 11 am to 2 pm; weekends from 11 am to five pm
The place: šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Sq. (in entrance of the Vancouver Artwork Gallery), Vancouver
Admission: Free entry
Family Fun Lunar New Year Celebration
What: Gateway Theatre hosts a family-friendly Lunar New 12 months celebration with a stay studying of Bun Enjoyable New 12 months, studying bunny dance strikes, arts and crafts, and extra. The theatre concessions may also have a wide range of snacks and drinks for celebrants to buy.
When: January 21, 2023
Time: 10 to 11:30 am, 1 to 2:30 pm
The place: Gateway Theatre – 6500 Gilbert Street, Richmond
Tickets: $8 per particular person, free for ages two and underneath. Buy online
