Weekend Events in Vancouver Things to do August 11-13, 2023
byThis weekend Miss604 is proud to sponsor a handful of FREE events including: Vancouver Salsa Cruise (Saturday); Burnaby Summer Stages (Friday); Burnaby Summer Cinema (Friday); Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival (Saturday); and Summer at Burnaby Village Museum (all weekend). Find these and many more things to do around Vancouver this weekend listed below:
Friday, August 11, 2023 | Saturday, August 12, 2023 | Sunday, August 13, 2023
Weekend Events in Vancouver
Things to do August 11-13, 2023
Friday, August 11, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Summer Stages
- Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Summer Cinema
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show
- Vancouver Mural Festival Street Party
- Unity Garden Plant Walk with Deanna Miller
- 151st Annual Chilliwack Fair
- Return of the Perseids Meteor Shower
- Family-Friendly Improv Show on Granville Island
- Lower Mainland Wonders of the Summer Night Sky
- Unity Garden Plant Walk with Deanna Miller
- The Porter’s Revival Immersive Performance
- Chilliwack Corn Maze
- Return of the Perseids Meteor Shower
- Canoe Cultures – Granville Island
- Summer Craft Mornings, Coquitlam
- Playdates – Poetry Zine Writing with Anjalica Solomon
- Harmony Arts Festival
- Art Downtown
- Fringe Festival Preview: Free Kittens
- Blind Pig Music Festival on Granville Island
- Downtown Van – Neighbourhood Patio
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- Fort Langley Night Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival
- Bard on the Beach
- Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
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Saturday, August 12, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival
- Sponsored by Miss604: Vancouver Salsa Cruise (Barbie Theme)
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards Show
- Vancouver Mural Festival Street Party
- BC Dumpling Festival
- African Descent Festival at English Bay Beach
- 151st Annual Chilliwack Fair
- BC Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders
- Plant Knowledge & Medicine Roller Workshop
- Learn About Lost Lagoon
- Get to Know a Trail: Brockton Oval Trail
- River Basin Days at Mundy Park Coquitlam
- EcoStewards
- Guided Forest Bathing
- Tea & Paint Dim Sum in Chinatown
- Chilliwack Corn Maze – Opening Concert
- Nicole Luongo, Erin Soros, Henry Doyle & Isabella Wang
- Rebel Will, Jared Popma & Sarah Terlesky, Simon Evans
- Public Disco – VMF After Dark
- Tours of the Orpheum Theatre
- Movies Under the Stars, Surrey
- Intro to Bartending
- Russell & Roots Concert Series at Softball City
- Canoe Cultures – Granville Island
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- Family-Friendly Improv Show on Granville Island
- Blind Pig Music Festival on Granville Island
- Harmony Arts Festival
- Warm Summer Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- Fort Langley Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival
- Bard on the Beach
- Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
Sunday, August 13, 2023
- Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
- Kingsgate Mall Kid’s Kingdom of Fun Fundraiser Fair
- Sunday Salsa at Robson Square
- BC Epilepsy Society’s 64th Anniversary Party
- African Descent Festival at English Bay Beach
- 151st Annual Chilliwack Fair
- Across Our Queer Bodies: Sash Decorating Textile Workshop
- Goat Yoga at Maan Farms
- Family Farm Day at London Farm in Steveston
- Jenny Pluck Pears – live in the Roedde House Parlour
- Vancouver Mural Festival Street Party and More
- Free Dance + Music Series on Granville Island
- Summer at the Met – Metropolis at Metrotown
- Canoe Cultures – Granville Island
- Chilliwack Corn Maze
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- Harmony Arts Festival
- Coquitlam Farmers Market
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Kitsilano Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival
- Bard on the Beach
- Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
Multi-Day Events & Activities
Attractions & Tours:
- Summer at the Sea to Sky Gondola
- Bloom Lavender Farm in Langley
- Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
- FlyOver Canada
- Miniature Burnaby Central Railway
- Forbidden Vancouver’s New Monumental Scandals Tour
- Really Gay History Tour of Vancouver
- Nature’s Ninjas at the Vancouver Aquarium
- Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Science World: James Cameron – CHALLENGING THE DEEP
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery Summer Experience Tours
- Kidsbooks Where’s Waldo Scavenger Hunts (til Sept)
Exhibits:
- Rebecca Belmore – Hacer Memoria at the Polygon
- Amy-Claire Huestis Exhibition at Richmond Art Gallery (til Aug 20)
- Per Diem Part II: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection (May 27-Aug 27)
- Interactive Art Installation at Guildford (til Sept)
- PoMo Arts: An Abundance of Caring (til Sept)
- Surrey Art Gallery – Diane Roy: The Deep and the Shallows (til Sept)
- Polygon Gallery: Jeremy Shaw’s Phase Shifting Index (Jun 23-Sept 24)
- The Art of Dimension at the Bill Reid Gallery (til Oct)
- Van Art Gallery: Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages (til Nov 19)
- Van Art Gallery: Marie Khouri – I Love (til Nov)
- Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing & Respect
- Why Costume Collections Matter Exhibit at MOV (til Nov)
- I am Semiahmoo, I am Survivor of the Flood – Fort Langley (til Nov)
- Bright Futures at Bill Reid Gallery (til Jan)
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