Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend December 23-25

A big holiday weekend is here along with some big weather! If you’re around town, and it’s safe to get out and about, check out this list of things to do in Vancouver this weekend including what’s open on Christmas Day (December 25).

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
December 23-25

Friday, December 23, 2022
Sponsored by Miss604: Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village
Sponsored by Miss604: Christmas at Canada Place
Bootcamp to Benefit Holiday Edition
PNE Winter Fair and Holiday Night Concerts
Anvil Centre Winter Celebrations: Uzume Taiko
O Come All Ye Soulful
Attractions:
Vancouver Christmas Market
Holiday Splash
Beyond King Tut at Canada Place
Lights at Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam
Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge
Cloverdale Christmas Trees
Bright Nights in Stanley Park
Lumagica Surrey
Winter Fun at the Sea to Sky Gondola
VanDusen Festival of Lights
St Paul’s Lights of Hope 
VanDusen Festival of Lights 
Skating at Robson Square Ice Rink
Gingerbread Lane at the Hyatt Vancouver
Shine Bright New Westminster
Steveston Winter Tram
Christmas in Williams Park
FlyOver Canada: Soar with Santa
Steveston Festival of Trees at Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Grouse Mountain Peak of Christmas
Improv Centre: Happy (Hectic) Holiday

Saturday, December 24, 2022
Sponsored by Miss604: Christmas at Canada Place
Shipyards Community Carol Sing
Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
Attractions:
Vancouver Christmas Market
Holiday Splash
Beyond King Tut at Canada Place
Lights at Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam
Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge
Cloverdale Christmas Trees
Bright Nights in Stanley Park
Lumagica Surrey
Winter Fun at the Sea to Sky Gondola
VanDusen Festival of Lights
St Paul’s Lights of Hope 
VanDusen Festival of Lights 
Skating at Robson Square Ice Rink
Gingerbread Lane at the Hyatt Vancouver
Shine Bright New Westminster
Steveston Winter Tram
Christmas in Williams Park
FlyOver Canada: Soar with Santa
Steveston Festival of Trees at Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Grouse Mountain Peak of Christmas
Improv Centre: Happy (Hectic) Holiday

Sunday, December 25, 2022
Sponsored by Miss604: Christmas at Canada Place
St Paul’s Lights of Hope
Lights at Lafarge
Harrison Lights by the Lake
Robson Square Ice Rink
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Vancouver Aquarium Holiday Splash
Gingerbread Lane at the Hyatt Vancouver

See also:
Free Holiday Activities in Vancouver & The Valley

Multi-Day Events & Activities

• Theatre, Movies, Music:
  • East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid
  • Arts Club: The Sound of Music
  • Pacific Theatre: Christmas Presence
  • Arts Club: Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey
  • Gateway Theatre: Anne of Green Gables The Musical
  • Metro Theatre: Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up
  • Firehall Arts Centre: A Christmas Carol
  • Carousel Theatre: 3 Little Pigs
  • Surrey Arts Centre: The Snow Queen: A Frozen Adventure
  • Presentation House Theatre: Where the Wild Things Are
  • SFU Woodwards: Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
• Exhibits:
  • Bill Reid Gallery – Keeping the Song Alive Bill Reid Gallery – True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel Jin-me Yoon: About Time T.Rex: The Ultimate Predator at Science World Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers at the MOA All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project. 
  • Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment 
  • Guud San Glans Robert Davidson: A Line That Bends But Does Not Break 
  • Positively Petite: Annual Miniature Exhibition 
  • Outsiders and Others

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