Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend April 28-30
The cherry blossoms are on their way down but the tulips are popping up! Enjoy this last weekend of the month with some sunshine (I hope!) and fun activities throughout the region. Here’s your big list of things to do in Metro Vancouver this weekend:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend April 28-30
Friday, April 28, 2023
- Late-Season Cherry Blossoms with Nina Shoroplova
- The Identity Bureau: BC Youth Week Show at the Roundhouse
- Fresh Air Friday
- Bespoke Market Squamish
- Canadian Individual Poetry Slam FINALS
- Bring Back the 90s at the Improv Centre
- 10th Annual Literary Trivia Night with Host Grant Lawrence
- Henri Matisse’s Fabulous Cut-Outs: Painting with Scissors
- White Noise Presented by Firehall Arts Centre and Savage Society
- Latte Art Throwdown
- Ghostly Gastown Tour
- Chilliwack Tulip Festival
- Abbotsford Tulip Festival
- Richmond Night Market
Saturday, April 29, 2023
- explorASIAN 2023 Opening Ceremony
- Salamander Searchers
- Super Saturday with Fraser River Discover Centre
- Get to Know a Trail: Beaver Lake Trail
- BenBen’s Birthday Party at Bosley’s
- Goodbye Chums!
- Artisan Spring Market
- GIGANTIC! The East Van 90s Party at Wise Hall
- Nature Walk with Sam Mactavish
- Capture Photography Festival Closing
- Independent Bookstore Day in Vancouver
- Sharing Culture: Beading with Nicole Baker
- Art Battle Vancouver
- Healing After Heartbreak Workshop
- Joy of Drag Brunch
- North Shore Artists’ Guild: Spring Art Sale
- Surrey Party for the Planet
- Inlet Spring Regatta
- Cedar Heart Weaving with Rita Kompst
- Glam-O-Rama Roller Disco
- April Intro to Bird Watching
- Flamenco Rosario: Regeneration
- Get Growing at Darts Hill Garden Park
- Artisan Spring/Mother’s Day Market
- Fort Langley Village Farmers Market
- Intro to Bartending Class
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Bring Back the 90s at the Improv Centre
- The Identity Bureau: BC Youth Week Show at the Roundhouse
- White Noise Presented by Firehall Arts Centre and Savage Society
- Eastside Flea
- Pacific Arts Market: Arts & Crafts for Kids + Story time
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Riley Park Summer Farmers Market
- Chilliwack Tulip Festival
- Abbotsford Tulip Festival
- Richmond Night Market
Sunday, April 30, 2023
- Stonewall Activist Martin Boyce in Vancouver
- SHINE Intercultural Spring Market
- Meditative Bitter Cherry Tree – Painting Workshop with Marisa Pahl
- Drag Brunch at R & B Brewing
- White Noise Presented by Firehall Arts Centre and Savage Society
- Vancouver Canadians Promotional Schedule 2023
- Eastside Flea
- Birds of a Feather: Avian April
- Pacific Arts Market: Arts & Crafts for Kids + Story time
- Hastings Park Farmers Market
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Chilliwack Tulip Festival
- Abbotsford Tulip Festival
- Richmond Night Market
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Multi-Day Events & Activities
Attractions & Tours:
- Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
- FlyOver Canada
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Nature’s Ninjas at the Vancouver Aquarium (until Sept)
- Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Science World
Exhibits:
- Raised in Chinatown (until May)
- A Genocide Laid Bare (until May 18)
- Autumn Strawberry by Cindy Mochizuki (until May 7)
- Seema Shah – Unthought Known at the Beaumont (until May 12)
- As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (until May 14)
- Alex Sandvoss Exhibition in Coquitlam (until May)
- Science World: Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity (until May 29)
- Rebecca Belmore – Hacer Memoria at the Polygon
- A Small but Comfy House and Maybe a Dog (until Jun 11)
- Matriarchs Seen and Unseen (until Jun 25)
- The Bricktacular West Coast Modern Show (until Jul 31)
- All We Want is More: The Tobias Wong Project. (until Jul)
- The Children Have to Hear Another Story, Alanis Obomsawin (until Aug)
- Raeanne Schachter: Dames Women in the City (until Aug)
- Van Art Gallery: Marie Khouri – I Love (until Nov)
- Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing & Respect
- Why Costume Collections Matter Exhibit at MOV (until Nov)
- Bright Futures at Bill Reid Gallery (until Jan)
Theatre, Movies, Music:
- TRANSFORM Cabaret Festival – All Digital (until May 28)
- The Cultch Presents: Femme Festival (until May 14)
- Crazy for You at the Massey Theatre (until May 14)
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