Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend August 12-14

Back-to-school ads are ramping up but there’s still so much summer fun to enjoy around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. The sunflower festival has started, it’s almost time for the corn mazes, there’s live music, street festivals, tours, and more. Here’s the big list of things to do in Vancouver this weekend:

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend August 12-14, 2022

Friday, August 12, 2022
Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
Fort Langley Night Markets
VMF 2022 | Razzle Dazzle Dance Party
Chilliwack Sunflower Festival
Music in the Square Drum Circle with Steve Sacky
Fridays on Front in New Westminster
Guide My Way: A celebration of the music from Sedna
McArthurGlen Summer Concert Series
Coquitlam Summer Craft Mornings
Dance Dance Dance – FREE Latin Dance Classes
Rose & Thorn: Where Fashion Meets Fun
TGIF South Granville
Storytelling & Hula at Bloedel Conservatory 
Summer Pop-Up Concerts with Music on Main
Richmond Night Market
Ambleside Festival
Indoor Roller Skating in Vancouver
Shipyards Live in North Vancouver
Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience
Art Downtown
Small File Media Festival
Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Cinematheque’s Film Noir 2022

Saturday, August 13, 2022
Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
BC Dumpling Festival
River Basin Days at Barnet Marine Park
MakerLabs Summer Social
VMF After Dark x Public Disco
Chilliwack Corn Maze at Greendale Acres
Chilliwack Sunflower Festival
Free Outdoor Movies in Holland Park (Encanto)
Caravan World Rhythms – Granville Promenade
Truck Stop Concert Series
Habitat for Humanity 11th Annual Butterfly Release
Beaumont & Hypha present Summer Jam
Identifying Local Flowering and Fruiting Plants
Historic Powell Street Walking Tours
Ambleside Festival
Forbidden Vancouver Tour: The Last Gang in Town
Fort Langley Grave Tales
Mid-Century Modern Architectural Photography and Tour
Trout Lake Farmers Market
West End Farmers Market
Pride Climb at MEC
Play Time: Old-Fashioned Toys
Richmond Night Market
Surrey Movies Under the Stars
Indoor Roller Skating in Vancouver
Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience
Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Small File Media Festival
Cinematheque’s Film Noir 2022

Sunday, August 14, 2022
Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver Salsa Cruises
Really Gay History Tour of Vancouver
Bark Cloth Making & Stencil Dyeing
Forbidden Vancouver Tour: The Last Gang in Town
Comedy Night at The Tightrope Theatre
Chilliwack Corn Maze at Greendale Acres
Chilliwack Sunflower Festival
Children’s Book Sale for a Cause
Pride Climb at MEC
Richmond Garlic Fest
Fast Eddie’s Trade Night
Granville Promenade
Small File Media Festival
Vancouver Mural Festival Street Party @ Granville Promenade
Ambleside Festival
Free Salsa Dancing at Robson Square
Play Time: Old-Fashioned Toys
Richmond Night Market
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
Kitsilano Farmers Market
Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience
Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts
Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Cinematheque’s Film Noir

Multi-Day Events/Activities

• Exhibits:
  • Bill Reid Gallery – True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel
  • Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers at the MOA
  • Mere Phantoms: Shadows Without Borders (until August 14)
  • MAINalley PoP Up Gallery Project (until August 14)
  • Burrard Arts Foundation presents Around Us
  • Boarder X at Museum of Vancouver (until October)
  • Bill Reid Gallery – Beaded Nostalgia (until October)
  • T.Rex: The Ultimate Predator at Science World (until 2023)
  • Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment
  • The Inuit Experience of Residential Schools (until November)
  • Kids Take Over at the Vancouver Art Gallery (until September)
  • Tapestry of Change Inuit Art in Context (until October)
  • You Are Here Calendar 2023 Exhibition (until September 19)
  • In Reflection Across the Shore (until November)
• Attractions:
  • Summer at Britannia Mine Museum
  • Stanley Park Urban Forest Train
  • FlyOver Canada – Windborne: Call of the Canadian Rockies
  • Stargazer at Tsawwassen Mills (ongoing)
  • Wildlife Rescue: Miracles in Conservation (ongoing)
  • Playland
  • Space Centre Programming
  • Vancouver Mysteries

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