December Events in Metro Vancouver 2021

I can’t believe we’re here! Another year coming to an end and what a year it has been. There have been so many challenges, so many dark times, but for this holiday season, there is light. Theatres are open again, community organizations can host events and fundraisers, holiday traditions are resuming, and folks are coming together across the region to support one another. This month Miss604 is proud to sponsor Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum, the next Stanley Park Ecology Society speaker series event, and the Family Services North Shore Toy Drive. Find these events and more December events in Metro Vancouver listed below:

December Events in Metro Vancouver

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Multi-Day Events

• FlyOver Canada
• Vancouver Christmas Market
• Holiday Splash at the Vancouver Aquarium
• Lights of Hope at St. Paul’s Hospital 
• Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol 
• Chinatown Storytelling Centre
• Sistine Chapel Exhibition 
• VanDusen Festival of Lights
• Stanley Park Bright Nights Train
• Lumagica at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds
• Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
• PNE WinterLights Drive-Through Holiday
• East Van Panto: Alice in Wonderland
• Surrey Holiday Lights
• Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
• Steveston Festival of Trees
• Visit with Santa on Mt Seymour
• Holiday Pop-Up: The Polygon
• Holiday Pop-Up: Place des Arts

Holiday Theatre in Metro Vancouver

Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: Shine Bright New West Launch
Mission Possible Gala 2021
ekw’í7tl Reading Series Fundraiser w/ Jen Sookfong Lee & Hasan Namir
Free/By Donation: Holiday Festival at Port Moody Station Museum
Beyond the Exhibition: Artist Talk with Elisa Yon and Stella Zheng
Vancouver Cello Quartet
Toque Craft Fair Online
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free/By Donation: Holiday Festival at Port Moody Station Museum
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Robson Square Ice Rink Opening
VanDusen: Watercolour Holiday Cards
Combine Art Fair
Toque Craft Fair Online
Friday, December 3, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Coquitlam Christmas Craft Fair
CBC Open House and Food Bank Day 2021
Climate Change, Intersectionality and GBA+ in British Columbia
O, Come All Ye Soulful
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Combine Art Fair
Vancouver Special Comedy
Presentation House Theatre: Baking Time
Toque Craft Fair Online
Saturday, December 4, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Canned Salmon Music Festival
Free: Holiday Cheer at the Pier in Port Moody
Yaletown Winter Market
Amy Stewart Holiday Open House
The Co. Chilliwack Holiday Pop Up
TEDxGrandviewHeights
Trace Bundy’s Acoustic Holiday
Miyō: Powell Street Festival at the Rio
Diamonds in the Sky Gala
Maple Ridge Christmas Craft Fair
First Saturday Open Studios
Drum Making with Tsawayia Alice Guss
ekw’í7tl Reading Series Fundraiser w/ Bree Galbraith & Tiffany Stone
Vancouver Men’s Chorus Making Spirits Bright
Holiday Crafty Affaire – Croatian Cultural Centre
Maple Ridge Christmas Craft Fair
Presentation House Theatre: Baking Time
Zee Zee Theatre Presents the Return of Virtual Humanity
MONOVA Museum of North Vancouver Opening
Tea, Scones, and Tours at London Heritage Farm
Coquitlam Christmas Craft Fair
McArthurGlen On Ice
Combine Art Fair
Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
Weirdos Holiday Market
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Toque Craft Fair Online
Sunday, December 5, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Sponsored by Miss604: Christmas Bureau Toy Drive at Northshore Auto Mall
Tea, Scones, and Tours at London Heritage Farm
Weirdos Holiday Market
Coquitlam Heritage & Place des Arts Heritage Square Celebration
Combine Art Fair
Presentation House Theatre: Baking Time
Coquitlam Christmas Craft Fair
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
Zee Zee Theatre Presents the Return of Virtual Humanity
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Toque Craft Fair Online

Monday, December 6, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: Community Carolling at Kits Point
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Vancouver Men’s Chorus Making Spirits Bright
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Sponsored by Miss604: Bringing Back Winded Forests
Vancouver Men’s Chorus Making Spirits Bright
VanDusen Winter Plant ID (online)
Listening Room: The Filipino Community & Food Hub at Joyce-Collingwood
The Nutcracker
Closing Reception / Delaney Yvonne + Angela Lai
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Aaron Chapman launches Vancouver Vice at the Penthouse Nightclub
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Friday, December 10, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Floodstock: Vancouver Rocks for Relief
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
Book Launch / Unbecoming by Neil Surkan
The Long War at Wise Hall
A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol
Vancouver Men’s Chorus Making Spirits Bright
Rogue Folk Club Presents Blackthorn | Tim Readman & Prairie Wolfe
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
A VSO Pops Christmas with Dee Daniels
Scary Ghost Stories: A Victorian Christmas Tradition
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
Vancouver Men’s Chorus Making Spirits Bright
Christmas Market in Maple Ridge
Baroque Magnificence
Ambleside Holiday Market
DALINA Christmas Pop-Up Market on Main
Arts Umbrella’s Mixed Nuts
Christmas Bird Count for Kids
Kitsmas on West 4th
Universal Gospel Choir
The Tasai Collective : The Labyrinth of Hidden Memories
Firstpick Handmade Pop Up Market
New West Holiday Food + Artisan Market
The Big Elf Run
Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
Breakfast with Santa at FlyOver Canada
Introduction To Bartending
Guided Nature Walks at Surrey Nature Centre
A VSO Pops Christmas with Dee Daniels
Merlin Cosmos Magic Live!
Weirdos Holiday Market
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
Scary Ghost Stories: A Victorian Christmas Tradition
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
Kitsmas on West 4th
Arts Umbrella’s Mixed Nuts
DALINA Christmas Pop-Up Market on Main
Wills Jams Holiday Concert
Ambleside Holiday Market
Firstpick Handmade Pop Up Market
Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders
The Snowman
Breakfast with Santa at FlyOver Canada
VanDusen: Creative Photography
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
Tea, Scones, and Tours at London Heritage Farm
Weirdos Holiday Market
Touchstone Theatre Presents Lights
O Christmas Tea
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities

Monday, December 13, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
NEXT: New Dance in Development
Music for the Winter Solstice
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
The Rio Sports Bar Presents: RuPaul’s Drag Race Canada
Music for the Winter Solstice
Reel Causes Screening: Someone Like Me
O Christmas Tea
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir
Locarno at the Anvil Centre
The Physics of Winter
Home Alone in Concert
Kingfisher Bluez 14th Annual Christmas Party
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Shine Bright New West Thursday Tunes
Friday, December 17, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHiNiNG (Featuring Director Mike Flanagan)
Home Alone in Concert
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons 2021
Christmas with Chor Leoni
Scary Ghost Stories: A Victorian Christmas Tradition
Graham Clark Standup for 24 Hours
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Annual Fort Langley “Christmas in the Village” Cruise
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
Keithmas XII – A Foodbank Fundrager
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir
All About Tree Health
Royal City Youth Ballet: The Nutcracker
Tits The Season! at the Rio
Graham Clark Standup for 24 Hours
VSO Traditional Christmas
musica intima: rosa mystica
Christmas with Chor Leoni
Ambleside Holiday Market
Breakfast with Santa at FlyOver Canada
Got Craft? Holiday Market
Scary Ghost Stories: A Victorian Christmas Tradition
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
Winter Discovery Days at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities
Sunday, December 19, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Free: Fleurs de Villes NOËL in Downtown Vancouver
Royal City Youth Ballet: The Nutcracker
CHILL PILL Live Stand-Up Comedy at Portside
Birds of a Feather: Winter Wings
Ambleside Holiday Market
VSO Traditional Christmas
Got Craft? Holiday Market
Breakfast with Santa at FlyOver Canada
The Kerplunks at the Anvil Centre
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
What Disability?!? Exhibition in celebration of Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities

Monday, December 20, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
Christmas with Chor Leoni
Winter Discovery Days at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Free: 28th Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival
Vancouver Pro Am at the Massy Theatre
Shine Bright New West Winter Solstice Party
O Christmas Tea
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders
Conifer Cookie Celebration
It’s a Wonderful Life
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
The Nightmare Before Christmas
O Christmas Tea
Winter Discovery Days at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Gateway Theatre Presents A Broadway Holiday
Parlour Magic Show
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Shine Bright New West Thursday Tunes
RupLoops at the Anvil Centre
O Christmas Tea
Friday, December 24, 2021
Free: 12 Days of Christmas Entertainment at Robson Square Ice Rink
Winter Discovery Days at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
It’s a Wonderful Life
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Whalley Santa Cause
Robson Square Ice Rink Open
Sunday, December 26, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum

Monday, December 27, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Winter Discovery Days at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Winter Discovery Days at the Fraser River Discovery Centre
Seasonal Celebration with Kellie Ventriloquist and Puppets
Triology (Miles Black, Bill Coon and Jodi Proznick)
Contact Winter Festival
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
Contact Winter Festival
Blackthorn with a Shot of Scotch Vancouver Highland Dancers
Axé Capoeira at the Anvil Centre
Friday, December 31, 2021
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum
New Year’s Eve Variety Show
Murray Porter Band
Paul Anthony’s Talent Time: New Year’s Eve Show!
Bryan Adams, Mother Mother & 54-40 NYE at Rogers Arena
The Dark Eighties New Year’s Eve with Sektion Tyrants
Winter Discovery Days at the Fraser River Discovery Centre

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