October Events in Metro Vancouver

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt Monday, September 30th, 2013 — 11:16am PDT

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As the rain pelts down, removing leaves and acorns from wind-blown branches, we pull out our gumboots and prepare for muddy treks into pumpkin patches, zombie-focused parties, and haunting seasonal activities around Metro Vancouver. October is probably one of the busiest months around when it comes to events, with the Vancouver International Film Festival underway, the Stanley Park Ghost Train preparing for its Monster Movie Mashup, and various other Thanksgiving and Halloween-themed activities.

2013-09-23 Vancouver Stanley Park Dragon-1

Photo credit: Michael Schmidt Vancouver on Flickr

Multi-Day Events

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green below. The following list of events (mainly submitted by readers) is updated daily so be sure to bookmark this post and check back often.

October Events in Metro Vancouver

Jump to: Tuesday, October 1st to Sunday, October 6th
Jump to: Monday, October 7th to Sunday, October 13th
Jump to: Monday,October 14th to Sunday, October 20th
Jump to: Monday, October 21st to Sunday, October 27th
Jump to: Monday, October 28th Thursday, October 31st

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Architecture & Design: Film Night at the Hollywood
The Zombie Syndrome Opens for the Season
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Author Nicholas Sparks at Chapters Metrotown
Pure Magnolia ReVamp Charity Gala
Surrey Library: Authors Among Us
Women in Film and Television: Martini Madness
North Shore International Film Series: Twenty Feet From Stardom
Oak Street Farmers Market
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Lookout Society’s H’Arts for the Homeless Gala
Remembering Lena: Auction + Storytelling
Opening Reception: Hot Art Wet City
Jaclyn Guillou at Raw Canvas
Capture Photo Festival: An Evolutionary Look into Vancouver Street Photography
Port & Chocolate at the Vancouver Rowing Club
The Hollow Opens at Metro Theatre
We (Heart) LAMP: Lighting Architecture Movement Project
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Friday, October 4, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
West End Food Festival
Fraser Valley Food Show Opens
The Superhero Ball
Raincity Rap
Abracadaver Cabaret at Wise Hall
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Steveston Beer Festival
Rhodes College Speed Coaching
Burnaby Performance Series
6th Annual Celebrity Dim Sum
Fortius Family Day, Burnaby
A Night on Broadway For the Surrey Food Bank
Artists for Conservation Festival on Grouse Mountain
West Vancouver Pumpkinfest
Vancouver Art/Book Fair
The Barn Fall Antique Show in Cloverdale
Trout Lake Farmers Market
West End Farmers Market
River District Farmers Market
West End Food Festival
Fraser Valley Food Show
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake: 100th Anniversary Stanley Park Historical Walking Tour
Feed Ur Sol: At SoL Sun Belt Cookery
Artists for Conservation Festival on Grouse Mountain
West Vancouver Pumpkinfest
Vancouver Art/Book Fair
The Barn Fall Antique Show in Cloverdale
Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates: West 4th
Kitsilano Farmers Market
West End Food Festival
Fraser Valley Food Show
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island

Monday, October 7, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Go For It: Women in Biz Conference
A Brief History of Gentrification in Vancouver
West End Food Festival
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver Sustenance Festival Begins
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
Kokoro Dance Presents: Life at the Roundhouse
Oak Street Farmers Market
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
The Hot Flashes: Canadian Cancer Society Fundraiser
Talk With Exhibiting Artist Sylvia Grace Borda
Soiree Lounge Grand Opening
Yaletown Farmers Market
Kokoro Dance Presents: Life at the Roundhouse
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Friday, October 11, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver International Film Festival
BC Dine and Vine
Hot Chocolate Sale on Granville
Of Mice and Men Opens at Little Mountain Gallery
Thanksgiving Family Dinner and a Movie
Free Public Tours of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior
Last Shipyards Night Market of the Season
Stanley Park Ghost Train Opens for the Season
Fright Nights at Playland Opens for the Season
Kokoro Dance Presents: Life at the Roundhouse
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Vancouver 12×12 Photo Marathon Exhibit
Fort Langley Cranberry Festival
Homelessness Action Week in Vancouver
Eastside Stride Walking Tours
Paddle for the Planet in Deep Cove
Simon King Stand-Up Comedy Taping
Burnaby City Hall Farmers Market
Free Public Tours of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior
Trout Lake Farmers Market
West End Farmers Market
Kerrisdale Farmers Market
River District Farmers Market
Kokoro Dance Presents: Life at the Roundhouse
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Graze Thanksgiving Dinner
Kitsilano Farmers Market
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Homelessness Action Week in Vancouver

Monday, October 14, 2013
Thanksgiving Loonie Skate at Kensington Rec Complex
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Homelessness Action Week in Vancouver
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
The Cultch Birthday Bash
Meet Author and TV Producer Ian Weir: Surrey Library
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Homelessness Action Week in Vancouver
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Taste of Yaletown
Vancouver New Music Festival Opens
Village Surrey Movie Night: Revenge of the Electric Car
Oak Street Farmers Market
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Homelessness Action Week in Vancouver
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Taste of Yaletown
Vancouver Home + Design Show Opens
ShakeOut BC Earthquake Drill
DemocracyLOUD: A Media Democracy Day Fundraising Concert
Craft Invested: 10,000 Hours Conference
Ballet BC Presents: Tilt
Yaletown Farmers Market
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Homelessness Action Week in Vancouver
Vancouver New Music Festival
Friday, October 18, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Beetlejuice – Late Night Movies at the Rio Theatre
Sponsored by Miss604: Taste of Yaletown
Vancouver Aquarium Toast to the Coast Gala
Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw With Me
Fright Night Racing at Burnbay Velodrome
Science World After Dark Murder Mystery
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tours Begin
Vancity Tribe and Blim Fall Fashion Event
Friday Flicks at the River District: The Corpse Bride
Opera Mariposa Presents: Don Pasquale
Ballet BC Presents: Tilt
Vancouver Home + Design Show
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Homelessness Action Week in Vancouver
Vancouver New Music Festival
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Canuck Place Gift of Time Gala
Sponsored by Miss604: Taste of Yaletown
Harvest Festival – West End Farmers Market
Grape Stomp at Township 7 Winery
Light The Night Walk Vancouver
Drawing Demo & Workshop with Mandy Tsung
North Shore Rotary Food and Wine Festival
Home Movie Day Vancouver
TEDxRenfrewCollingwood
Zombie Fest Fort Langley
4Cats Art Studio: Halloween Bag Design
The Chan Centre Presents: Kronos at 40
BC Beer Awards
Social Bites: Local Global Dinner Party
River District Farmers Market
Opera Mariposa Presents: Don Pasquale
Ballet BC Presents: Tilt
Vancouver Home + Design Show
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tours
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Sponsored by Miss604: Taste of Yaletown
Vancouver Farmers Markets RIPE Celebration Dinner
Pumpkin Patch at River District
Friends of the City Archives Fall Fundraiser
2013 Strachan Hartley Legacy Run 5k/10k
Drawing Demo & Workshop with Mandy Tsung
Vancouver Home + Design Show
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Vancouver Sustenance Festival
Fright Nights at Playland
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tours

Monday, October 28, 2013
Halloween Pizza Making Competition
Graze Harvest Feast
SFU: Moving In Metro: A Discussion on Mobility Pricing
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Land of Boo at Highstreet in Abbotsford
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Fright Nights at Playland
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tours
Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Hound of the Baskervilles at the Newton Cultural Centre
Chinatown Haunted House
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Creating Nonprofit Centers
Vancouver Diwali Fest Opens
Halloween Haunted Mansion Spook Fest, Burnaby
Hot Talks: Ben & Erica from Earnest Ice Cream
9th Annual Art Show at Heritage Hall
GirlsRaising
SFU: Moving In Metro: A Discussion on Mobility Pricing
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Land of Boo at Highstreet in Abbotsford
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Fright Nights at Playland
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tours
Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Hound of the Baskervilles at the Newton Cultural Centre
Chinatown Haunted House
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
Dress for Success Vancouver: Luncheon Series Launch
North Shore International Film Series: Much Abo About Nothing
Everything Wine: Food and Wine Festival
Oak Street Farmers Market
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Land of Boo at Highstreet in Abbotsford
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Fright Nights at Playland
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tours
Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Hound of the Baskervilles at the Newton Cultural Centre
Chinatown Haunted House
Vancouver Diwali Fest
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Vancouver International Flamenco Festival
Global Dance Connection Series
Trick or Treating in Mount Pleasant
Vancouver Opera: Tosca
Paranormal Ad-Tivity at The Portside
Halloween at YVR
This Is Halloween: by Cabaret Torlage with DJ Chris Rockwell
Opening Night: Relatively Speaking
Yaletown Farmers Market
Stanley Park Ghost Train
The Land of Boo at Highstreet in Abbotsford
The Zombie Syndrome On Death Island
Fright Nights at Playland
Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tours
Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Hound of the Baskervilles at the Newton Cultural Centre
Chinatown Haunted House
Vancouver Diwali Fest

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1 Comment — Comments Are Closed

Caique SantiagoTuesday, October 1st, 2013 — 2:30pm PDT
It’s amazing how many diverse events this city offers. Great list, Rebecca (as usual)!

I will attend my very first TED talk at the TEDX RenfrewCollingwood on the 19th which I did not see on the list.
Looking forward.