Metro Vancouver Croissant Crawl
What: Choose your own flaky adventure in a self-guided tour and collect stamps in your Croissant Passport along the way. 35 vendors offering limited edition croissants across Metro Vancouver with special drink pairings and new Taste-Off Challenges!
When: On now until October 4
Where: Various venues in Vancouver
More details: https://www.vancouvercroissantcrawl.com/
Canada Super 60
What: The Canada Super 60 League, one of the most exciting new additions to the global cricket landscape, is back! Beyond the boundary, the league will once again bring together a vibrant mix of sport and entertainment, with concerts, cultural showcases, and fan-driven experiences set to energize Vancouver. Canada Super 60 is not just a tournament, but a celebration of culture, community, and global sport.
When: September 29 – October 4
Where: BC Place 777 Pacific blvd, Vancouver
More details: https://super60.com/
Harvest Days
What: Harvest Days bring the best of the fall season to VanDusen Botanical Garden! Explore the Learning Garden and maze area, brought to life with autumn activities for all ages. Enjoy live music, face painting, lawn games, food trucks, the new Discovery Tent, and more. Afterwards, explore the stunning fall scenery and autumn colours throughout the Garden.
When: Weekends, on now until October 18, 10:30am-4:30pm
Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden 5151 Oak st, Vancouver
More details: https://vandusengarden.org/
The Dance Centre presents: Cedar Woman
What: Cedar Woman is a prayer in a long line of prayers. It is sx̌ʷəx̌ʷəy̓em̓, a Coast Salish story of ancestral resilience and hope, honouring our relationship with these lands and a legacy of matriarchs spanning all the way back to a cedar tree. Through song, dance, and ceremony, Tasha Faye Evans and her ensemble call upon Cedar Woman, one of our first grandmothers who faced The Great Flood with fierce love. In this collective vision of hope for the future, we remember our sacred responsibility to all our relations and protecting what we know from the depth of our soul to be sacred.
When: October 1-3
Where: 677 Davie st, Vancouver
More details: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/tasha-faye-evans-2026/
45th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF)
What: Over 160 films, 85 shorts, VIFF Live performances, VIFF Talks, and special events will light up the screens and stages across Vancouver. Take a moment, explore the program and get ready to VIFF!
When: October 1-11
Where: Various theatres in Vancouver
More details: https://viff.org/
Harvest Haus Oktoberfest
What: Combining modern fare with authentic European harvest traditions, gather your crew and come let loose at what has become known as one of the most fun events of the year. Join international and local brewers, vintners, chefs and entertainers at their best as they showcase new seasonal flavours along with the Oktoberfest classics you love. Tap that keg!
When: October 2-3
Where: PNE Forum 2901 East Hastings st, Vancouver
More details: https://harvesthaus.com/vancouver
Arts Club Theatre Company presents: Mom’s The Word: Talkin Turkey
What: The moms are back in the creative kitchen and ready to turn the “season of giving” into the “season of forgiving.” Enjoy a theatrical feast flavoured with big belly laughs, stuffed with dysfunction, and topped with a soupçon of sarcasm—all served on a platter of naked truth. Using their special recipe of raw humour and humanity, the moms prove that the holidays really are about family, however you define it.
When: Oct 2-4, then touring October 6 – November 8
Where: Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre 162 W 1st ave, Vancouver
More details: https://artsclub.com/shows/on-tour/2026-2027/moms-the-word-talkin-turkey
Vancouver Giants vs. Swift Current Broncos
When: Saturday October 3, 7pm
Where: Langley Events Centre 7888 200th st, Langley
More details: www.vancouvergiants.com
Vancouver Canucks vs Calgary Flames
When: Saturday October 3, 7pm
Where: Rogers Arena 800 Griffiths Way, Vancouver
More details: www.canucks.com
All Hallows Eve Craft Market
What: Shop 2 levels of Sapperton Hall filled with over 60 Halloween loving Vendors offering tons of original, spooky, witchy, gothic, mysterious, strange and unusual wares!!
When: October 3-4
Where: Sapperton Hall 318 Keary st, New Westminster
More details: https://www.newwestcity.ca/calendar-of-events/events/9003.php
Japan Market Fall Market
What: Get your ticket for an incredible weekend filled with shopping, delicious food, art, cultural performances, workshops and vibrant community vibes. There will be over 60 vendors. Samurai will be on site again for free photo opportunities! Don’t miss out!
When: October 3-4
Where: Robson Square Ice Rink 800 Robson st, Vancouver
More details: https://japanmarket.eventsmart.com/events/japan-market-fall-festival-2026/
Made in the 604 Pop Up Market
What: There’s something about October that makes wandering around a market with a coffee in hand feel exactly right. We’re bringing our Made in the 604 back pop up market back to the beautiful Heritage Hall for two days of local makers, artists, small businesses + yummy foodie treats. Shop from 40+ small businesses. Admission is free.
When: October 3-4, 11am-5pm
Where: Heritage Hall 3102 Main st, Vancouver
More details: https://www.madeinthe604.ca/markets
White Rock and South Surrey Culture Crawl
What: Celebrate the vibrant arts, culture, and heritage of the Semiahmoo Peninsula during the White Rock & Surrey Culture Crawl, happening this fall over two exciting days. Explore local creativity through art exhibits, live music, heritage displays, theatre, guided tours, and more—all hosted at venues across the community. This self-guided cultural experience invites residents and visitors alike to discover the people, stories, and spaces that shape our region’s creative identity.
When: October 3-4
Where: Various studios in White Rock and South Surrey
More details: https://www.surrey.ca/news-events/events/white-rock-south-surrey-culture-crawl
Opera on a Sunday Afternoon
What: Spend a Sunday afternoon wrapped in soaring melodies and timeless opera favourites. Enjoy arias, duets and trios performed by the brilliant emerging voices of the Burnaby Lyric Opera.
When: Sunday October 4, 3-5pm
Where: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts 6450 Deer Lake ave, Burnaby
More details: https://www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/events/opera-sunday-afternoon
Vancouver Canucks vs Vegas Golden Knights
When: Sunday October 4, 6pm
Where: Rogers Arena 800 Griffiths Way, Vancouver
More details: www.canucks.com
Recurring:
Public Skate Night at Rollerland
What: Bring the whole family for an evening of music from every era, games, surprise guests and funky roller dancing. Boogie the night away on roller skates and show off your best retro outfit. Don’t miss out on this blast from the past - see you on the rink!
When: Saturday evenings, 4-6pm all ages, 7-10pm 16+
Where: Rollerland PNE Fairgrounds 2901 East Hastings st, Vancouver
More details: https://www.rollaskateclub.com/events-vancouver
Burnaby Central Railway’s Miniature Train
What: Welcome to the Burnaby Central Railway, a unique 1/8 scale, ride-on miniature railway built and operated by the volunteers of the BC Society of Model Engineers. Our trains pull multiple cars carrying 20 or more passengers on a 2-mile, outdoor ride through the woods, with bridges, tunnels, crossovers, and spirals. A single ride takes approximately 10 minutes.
When: Now open weekends and holidays, 11am-5pm
Where: Confederation Park 120 North Willingdon ave, Burnaby
More details: https://bcsme.org/
Yoga at MOV
What: Start your Sunday with an awe-inspiring view as the backdrop to a Hatha yoga session. This gentle, slower-paced style of yoga focuses on physical postures and breathing—which will be all the more restorative with a stunning view of Vanier Park, English Bay and the North Shore Mountains. This will be the ultimate way to reset before the week begins. Please bring your yoga mat. Mats will not be provided.
When: Sundays, twice a month, 10:15am
Where: Museum of Vancouver 1100 Chestnut st, Vancouver
More details: https://museumofvancouver.ca/yoga-museum
Culture Days
What: Celebrate Culture Days with free, hands-on experiences at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby Art Gallery and Burnaby Village Museum. Explore inspiring workshops, live art demonstrations, interactive exhibitions, music, dance, artist talks and family-friendly activities that invite you to create, connect and discover something new.
When: On now until October 4
Where: Various locations at Burnaby
More details: https://www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/events/culture-days
Have a Senior Moment Festival
What: A multi-disciplinary series of events and gatherings showcasing the performing arts for old folx and/or by old folx! A gathering place for young, old and those in between, it includes theatre, works in development, music, creative workshops, Artist Salons and more! All celebrating the notion ‘creativity has no expiry date’.
When: On now until October 4
Where: PAL Studio Theatre 581 Cardero st, Vancouver
More details: https://westerngoldtheatre.tickit.ca/events/36263
MOA presents: I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay-Hazel Wilson
What: This exhibition features an epic collection of 50 “history robes” by Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson (1941–2016), a Haida artist who dedicated her life to Haida cultural and artistic work. Over a brief period from 2005 to 2006, Hazel Wilson created this series of robes, which documents specific episodes of Haida history from a Haida perspective–including narratives of her Haida ancestors, settler colonial acts of oppression, as well as Hazel’s memories of her childhood, gathering and harvesting on the Haida Gwaii landscape.
When: On now until October 12
Where: Museum of Anthropology 6393 NW Marine dr, Vancouver
More details: https://moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/i-use-my-haida-eyes/
Arts Club Theatre presents: Heist
What: The team: four brilliant thieves—the conman, the hacker, the cat burglar, the muscle—and the mastermind who brought them together. The target: a multimillion-dollar ruby. The plan: orchestrate the perfect crime. But when the job goes awry, will a daring second-chance scheme put them back on top? As the stakes rise, the crime family members must calculate who they can trust…and who will stab them in the back.
When: On now until October 18
Where: Stanley Canada BFL Stage 2750 Granville st, Vancouver
More details: https://artsclub.com/shows/2026-2027/heist
Harvest Hollow
What: This fall, Art’s Nursery is transforming into Harvest Hollow, a whimsical, family-friendly pop-up pumpkin patch for kids! Discover gourds, sensational squash and peculiar pumpkins, plus lots of scarecrows, photo ops, and on weekends: kids’ activities, live music, food trucks and more.
When: On now until October 31
Where: Art’s Nursery Garden and Home 8490 192nd st, Surrey
More details: https://www.artsnursery.com/
MOA presents: Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision
What: Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision explores the enduring worldviews of ancient Andean civilizations through nearly 100 exquisite pre-Columbian ceramic, textile, bone and wood works, some dating back more than 2,500 years. These works were collected by former UBC Professor Alan R. Sawyer and donated to MOA. The Andes are home to some of the world’s most complex cultural traditions, and its knowledge lives on in landscapes, practices, languages, and material culture.
When: On now until January 3, 2027
Where: Museum of Anthropology 6393 NW Marine dr, Vancouver
More details: https://moa.ubc.ca/exhibition/tupananchiskama/
Museum of Vancouver presents: Becoming - The Art of Gu Xiong
What: Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong traces the evolution of Gu Xiong’s artistic practice and the major influences that defined it. Gu has exhibited in Canada, China, Italy and the USA in more than 40 solo shows and three public art commissions, but Becoming is the most comprehensive display of his work. Highlighting landmark pieces from his 50-year career, the exhibition showcases the pivotal moments that shaped his creative vision—serving as a roadmap of his artistic evolution from the 1970s to the present day and beyond.
When: On now until February 7, 2027
Where: 1100 Chestnut st, Vancouver
More details: https://museumofvancouver.ca/becoming-the-art-of-gu-xiong
Every River Has a Mouth
What: Guided by the concept of the river as a physical and symbolic connector, Every River Has a Mouth highlights the deep cultural, linguistic, and artistic relationships between the Interior and Coast Salish peoples. The exhibition brings together 13 artists working in sculpture, printmaking, textiles, painting, and mixed media, featuring leading Salish artists Susan Point and Angela George, alongside established and emerging artists.
When: On now until February 14, 2027
Where: Bill Reid Gallery 639 Hornby st, Vancouver
More details: https://www.billreidgallery.ca/blogs/exhibitions-page/every-river-has-a-mouth
Farmers Markets:
Trout Lake Farmers Market
When: Saturdays, on now until October 31, 9am-2pm
Where: North parking lot of John Hendry Park, Lakewood dr at 13th ave, Vancouver
More details: www.eatlocal.org
Riley Park Farmers Market
When: Saturdays, on now until October 31, 10am – 2pm
Where: 50 East 30th ave at Ontario st, Vancouver
More details: www.eatlocal.org
West End Farmers Market
When: Saturdays, on now until October 31, 9am – 2pm
Where: 1100 Comox st between Bute and Thurlow, Vancouver
More details: www.eatlocal.org
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
When: Sundays, on now until November 1, 10am – 2pm
Where: 8th ave at Guelph st, Vancouver
More details: www.eatlocal.org
Kitsilano Farmers Market
When: Sundays, on now until November 1, 10am – 2pm
Where: 10th ave at Larch st, Vancouver
More details: www.eatlocal.org
White Rock Farmers Market
When: Sundays, on now until October 11, 10am-2pm
Where: Johnston rd between Russell and Thrift ave, and Miramar Plaza, White Rock
More details: https://whiterockfarmersmarket.ca/