Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

It’s been a short week but the weekend is still very welcome as it brings farmers markets, the Surrey Children’s Festival, a comic arts festival, the Spur Festival, some fantastic theatre, and much more.

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Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green below.

Friday, May 23, 2014
Sponsored by Miss604: Friday Late Night Movies at the Rio Theatre
Sponsored by Miss604: Surrey Children’s Festival
Maple Lane “Wild West” 2014 Spring Fling
MELT Magazine Launch Party and Art Show
Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw With Me
Ooh La La Lingerie Fashion Affair in Langley
LIFT: Andrea Menard Album Launch Party
Johnny DeMarco An evening of Song and Dance in memory of Julie Paskall
The Baroque Saxophone
Pauline Johnson Opera by Margaret Atwood
SPUR Festival
Pacific Theatre: Espresso
Arts Club: Monty Python’s Spamalot
Lucia The Musical at Performance Works on Granville Island
Richmond Night Market

Saturday, May 24, 2014
Sponsored by Miss604: Surrey Children’s Festival
Central City Brewers and Distillers 2nd Annual Evening for Autism
UBC Alumni Weekend
Spring Sidewalk Used Book Sale
District Library Gallery: Eric Goldstein
Spring Home Renovation Show
Olla Urban Flower Project Show w/ Wintermitts & Woodpigeon
Raffi at the QE Theatre
Mothers Day at Highstreet Abbotsford
Youth Festival of Plays
Trout Lake Farmers Market
Mental Health & Wellness Conference
Vancouver TheatreSports: Gorilla Theatre
Roedde House Concerts:”If musique and sweet poetrie agree…”
Vancouver Shogi Club
Vancouver Comic Arts Festival
SPUR Festival
Pacific Theatre: Espresso
Arts Club: Monty Python’s Spamalot
Lucia The Musical at Performance Works on Granville Island
Richmond Night Market

Sunday, May 25, 2014
Pauline Johnson Opera by Margaret Atwood
Vancouver Vanishes: Stop the Demolitions Protest
Vancouver Is Ashes Book Launch
Dunbar Community Centre Salmonberry Days Community Fair
VCSBC – Venezuelan Film Screenings
Westcoast Motorcycle Ride to Live
Woman to Warrior
Mothers Day at Highstreet Abbotsford
Youth Festival of Plays
Kitsilano Farmers Market
Coquitlam Farmers Market
Mental Health & Wellness Conference
Vancouver Comic Arts Festival
SPUR Festival
Pacific Theatre: Espresso
Arts Club: Monty Python’s Spamalot
Richmond Night Market

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