Things to do in Vancouver this weekend: Friday, January 12, 2018; Saturday, January 13, 2018; Sunday, January 14, 2018 activities and events around Metro Vancouver

National Cupcake Day is cross-country event presented by the BC SPCA, the Ontario SPCA and participating humane societies. This year, Cupcake Day falls on Monday, February 26th (the last Monday of February), but animal lovers and bakers are encouraged to fundraise throughout January and February.

Vancouver Opera presents Donizetti’s Gaetano Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) January 21-27, 2018 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Enter to win a pair of tickets to the performance on January 25th!

The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and TAIWANfest present the Western Canadian premiere of Taiwan’s Legend Lin Dance Theatre in The Eternal Tides, the PuSh Festival’s headline event February 3, 2018 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

The 7th annual Street Food City, Dine Out Vancouver Festival’s cheap n’ cheerful ‘food truck pod’ returns to the Vancouver Art Gallery’s newly renovated plaza January 22-28 with more than 20 food trucks rotating throughout the week.