Weekend Events in Vancouver Things to do June 16-18, 2023
byFlowers, festivals, family fun! Who would have thought a random weekend mid-June would be packed with so many amazing events all around Metro Vancouver? There’s the Foodstock Festival for the Vancouver Food Bank on Sunday, the 5X Fest in Vancouver and Surrey, and so much more. Find these events and many more fun things to do around Vancouver listed below:
Weekend Events in Vancouver
Things to do June 16-18, 2023
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Friday, June 16, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- 5X Fest Lineup in Vancouver and Surrey
- Pride Night at Britannia Mine Museum
- West End Strawberry Festival
- Sing-a-Long Night
- Enchanted Evening Concert Series: Bella Roces & Joey Albert
- Cooking In The Garden – Homemade Tomato Sauce
- Jumpin’ the Line, Escape Room Adventure at the Maritime Museum
- World’s Biggest Inflatable Obstacle Course in Abbotsford
- Music Mania at Metropolis at Metrotown
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- all syrup super squishee art show
- Fleurs de Villes VOYAGE at VanDusen Garden
- Steveston Spot Prawn & Seafood Celebration
- Shipyards Night Market
- Richmond Night Market
Saturday, June 17, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- 5X Fest Lineup in Vancouver and Surrey
- Centering Indigenous Joy
- Queer Arts Festival ArtParty!
- National Indigenous Peoples Day at Fort Langley
- Indigenous Peoples Day Event in Maple Ridge
- BC Lions v Edmonton Elks Pregame LL Cool J Concert
- Get to Know a Trail: Rawlings Trail
- Get to Know a Trail: Merilees Trail
- EcoStewards
- Surrey Fest Downtown
- June Forest Bathing
- Beer by the Pier
- International Picnic Day
- Strathcona Blocks Party
- Queensborough Children’s Festival
- Black Culture Celebration Festival at Sunset Beach
- World’s Biggest Inflatable Obstacle Course in Abbotsford
- Music Mania at Metropolis at Metrotown
- Playland
- all syrup super squishee art show
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Fleurs de Villes VOYAGE at VanDusen Garden
- Steveston Spot Prawn & Seafood Celebration
- Surrey Urban Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- Fort Langley Farmers Market
Sunday, June 18, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Foodstock Food Bank Fundraising Festival
- South Asian Family Festival
- 5X Fest Lineup in Vancouver and Surrey
- Solstice Sessions Psychedelic Breathwork, Live Music Experience
- Music Mania at Metropolis at Metrotown
- Easy Ecology Walk on Bowen Island
- VanCity Soul Skate
- Sounds of the City Showcase
- 5X Art Party with the Gallery
- Family Fishing Day
- Virago Nation Burlesque
- Alimentaria Mexicana 2nd Anniversary
- Love After the End: Joshua Whitehead & Friends
- Queer Arts Festival
- World’s Biggest Inflatable Obstacle Course in Abbotsford
- Playland
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Fleurs de Villes VOYAGE at VanDusen Garden
- Steveston Spot Prawn & Seafood Celebration
- Coquitlam Farmers Market
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Kitsilano Farmers Market
- Nikkei Garden Farmers Market
Multi-Day Events & Activities
Attractions & Tours:
- Summer at the Sea to Sky Gondola
- Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
- FlyOver Canada
- Forbidden Vancouver’s New Monumental Scandals Tour
- Nature’s Ninjas at the Vancouver Aquarium
- Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Science World
Exhibits:
- ECU Class of 2023 Exhibition (May 11 – Jun 25)
- Rebecca Belmore – Hacer Memoria at the Polygon
- ParkerArtSalon Exhibition at the Pendulum Gallery (May 15-Jun 16)
- Cosmic Connections: Queer Indigenous Astronomy (Jun 17-28)
- Matriarchs Seen and Unseen (until Jun 25)
- Outsiders & Others: L. Robertson: All of the Suddens (until Jun 24)
- Odera Igbokwe: New Yams Festival (Jun 22-Jul 28)
- 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)
- Per Diem Part II: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection (May 27-Aug 27)
- Polygon Gallery: Jeremy Shaw’s Phase Shifting Index (Jun 23-Sept 24)
- 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:
- Talking Stick Festival (until Jun 30)
- Sizzlin Summer with Vancouver Men’s Chorus (Jun 9-17)
- The Cultch and Zee Zee Theatre Present Dirty Laundry (Jun 9-25)
- Presentation House Theatre: The Window Outside (Jun 9-25)
- Pi Theatre: Truth and Lies (Jun 22-25)
- Bring Back the 90s at the Improv Centre
- Bard on the Beach Summer 2023 Program
- Tom Crean – Antarctic Explorer on Stage in Vancouver (until Jun 25)
- Little Dipper Theatre Co: Wild Light (until Jun 17)
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