Things to do in Vancouver Thanksgiving Long Weekend

There’s quite the demand for Thanksgiving Weekend events and activity information this year since the weather is so lovely and the fall colours are just popping all over the place, painting the region in warm yellows and reds.

Things to do in Vancouver Thanksgiving Long Weekend

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

Check out these Parks for Fall Colours, these Halloween Activities for Groups, and these 5 Farms for Family Fun.

Friday, October 9, 2015
VIFF Wrap Closing Night Party
Candlelight Paint Night, Surrey
Vancouverite: A Comedy Show
Walking Tours: Art Deco Downtown
Pacific Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain
Geek Fashion Weekend
Fright Nights at Playland
Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train
Bear Creek Park Train
Vancouver International Improv Festival
Vancouver Police Museum: Sins of the City Tour
Harvest Haus
Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Love Bomb
Studio 58/Langara College presents Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
Other Desert Cities, New Westminster

Saturday, October 10, 2015
Fort Langley Cranberry Festival
Harvest Festival at the West End Farmers Market
MakerStore Opening Showcase
Enigmas w/ Special Guests Wasted Strays and Making Strangers
Kids Gallery at Surrey Museum Grand Opening
Kids Can Paint
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: The Great Symphony
Valkyrie Western Martial Arts Grand Opening
MADD Metro Vancouver’s Strides for Change Event
Annual Premium Sake Tasting Night with Silent Auction
Vancouver Police Museum: Movies at the Morgue
Hershe Bar – Where The Girls Are
Burnaby Farmers Market
Trout Lake Farmers Market
West End Farmers Market
Kerrisdale Farmers Market
Vancouver Film Festival Repeat Screenings
Geek Fashion Weekend
A Doll’s House, at Jericho Arts Centre
Vancouver International Improv Festival
Vancouver Police Museum: Sins of the City Tour
Harvest Haus
Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Love Bomb
Studio 58/Langara College presents Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
Other Desert Cities, New Westminster
Pacific Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain
Fright Nights at Playland
Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train
Bear Creek Park Train

Sunday, October 11, 2015
Thanksgiving Orphans’ Dinner at Belgard Kitchen
Thanksgiving Dinner at Boulevard
Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tour: Noted Francophones
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House Sock Drive
Pavel Haas Quartet
Roedde House Museum Second Sunday Concert Series
Granville Island Turkey Trot Kids Run and Preschooler Dash
Ambleside Farmers Market
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Vancouver Film Festival Repeat Screenings
Geek Fashion Weekend
A Doll’s House, at Jericho Arts Centre
Studio 58/Langara College presents Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
Other Desert Cities, New Westminster
Pacific Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain
Fright Nights at Playland
Stanley Park Halloween Ghost Train
Bear Creek Park Train

Monday, October 12, 2015
Granville Island Turkey Trot 10KM Run / Walk / Stroll
Thanksgiving Dinner at Boulevard
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House Sock Drive
Try Girls Ice Hockey for Free
Vancouver Film Festival Repeat Screenings
Studio 58/Langara College presents Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
Other Desert Cities, New Westminster
Pacific Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain
Fright Nights at Playland

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