Weekend Events in Vancouver: Things to do May 12-14, 2023
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Weekend Events in Vancouver
Things to do May 12-14, 2023
Friday, May 12, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Krystle Dos Santos with Orchard Sky
- Vancouver Canadians Nooner at the Nat
- Big Band Swing Dance Featuring the Dal Richards Orchestra
- Ballet BC WAVE/S
- Mother’s Day Traditional Pow Wow at Trout Lake
- Shipyards Night Market
- Langley Craft Beverage Week
- útszan (to make better) at The Cultch
- Bring Back at 90s at the Improv Centre
- Verboden Festival at the Rickshaw
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- North Shore Zone Festival of Plays
- The Cultch Presents: Femme Festival
- Zee Zee Theatre Presents Unexpecting
- Crazy for You at the Massey Theatre
Saturday, May 13, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Mother’s Day Pink Disco Party at Metropoils at Metrotown
- BC Distilled Festival
- Neighbourhood Craft Market in Squamish
- Mother’s Day Traditional Pow Wow at Trout Lake
- Duo Concertante (Rose Gellert Hall Series)
- Southridge Country Fair
- Langley Craft Beverage Week
- Cultural Sharing Saturday with Les George
- Birding with Me: Welcoming the 2SLGBTQ+ Community
- VBGA Plant Sale
- World Migratory Bird Day Guided Outing at Burnaby Lake
- Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day at Blackie Split
- Stanley Park Ecology Society Monthly Bird Count
- Burnaby Blooms Festival
- May Forest Bathing
- The Maple Leaf Singers
- Bring Back at 90s at the Improv Centre
- Cultivating Joyful Nourishment: Exploration of Poetry and Movement
- Mother’s Day Weekend at the Glades Woodland Garden
- Clayton Community Festival 2023
- Exhibition Tour with Charles Campbell
- Madagascar the Musical
- Ballet BC WAVE/S
- Glam-O-Rama Roller Disco
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- Fort Langley Farmers Market
- Eastside Flea Every Weekend in May
- útszan (to make better) at The Cultch
- Verboden Festival at the Rickshaw
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- North Shore Zone Festival of Plays
- The Cultch Presents: Femme Festival
- Zee Zee Theatre Presents Unexpecting
- Crazy for You at the Massey Theatre
Sunday, May 14, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Mother’s Day Weekend at the Glades Woodland Garden
- Mother’s Day Traditional Pow Wow at Trout Lake
- Birding the Fergus Biodiversity Preserve
- Birding with Me: Welcoming Women and Femmes
- Moms and Mimosas! a Mother’s Day Brunch & Comedy Show
- Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch
- VanCity Soul Skate
- Dead Poets Reading Series — May 2023
- Mother’s Day Brunch at VanDusen
- Langley Craft Beverage Week
- Chinese Music Ensemble: Spring Breeze
- Festival of Israeli Culture
- The Maple Leaf Singers
- Madagascar the Musical
- Mother’s Day High Tea
- Words and Borders: Common Threads of Migration and Resilience
- Coquitlam Farmers Market
- Kitsilano Farmers Market
- Eastside Flea Every Weekend in May
- útszan (to make better) at The Cultch
- Verboden Festival at the Rickshaw
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- North Shore Zone Festival of Plays
- The Cultch Presents: Femme Festival
- Zee Zee Theatre Presents Unexpecting
- Crazy for You at the Massey Theatre
Multi-Day Events & Activities
Attractions & Tours:
- Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
- FlyOver Canada
- Jurassic World Tour Live (May 19-28)
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Forbidden Vancouver’s New Monumental Scandals Tour
- Nature’s Ninjas at the Vancouver Aquarium (until Sept)
- Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Science World
- Chilliwack Tulip Festival
- Abbotsford Tulip Festival
- Richmond Night Market
Exhibits:
- Raised in Chinatown (until May)
- A Genocide Laid Bare (until May 18)
- As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (until May 14)
- Alex Sandvoss Exhibition in Coquitlam (until May)
- ECU Class of 2023 Exhibition (May 11 – Jun 25)
- 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)
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