Weekend Events in Vancouver Things to do August 18-20, 2023

Signalling the finale of summer in Vancouver, the PNE is opening up this weekend with a jam packed schedule of entertainment and events. Also this weekend, Miss604 is proud to sponsor Summer at Burnaby Village, Burnaby Summer Stages (Friday), and Burnaby Summer Cinema (Friday). Find these events and many more things to do in Vancouver this weekend listed below:

Friday, August 18, 2023 | Saturday, August 19, 2023 | Sunday, August 20, 2023

Weekend Events in Vancouver
Things to do August 18-20, 2023

Friday, August 18, 2023

• Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Summer Stages 
• Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Summer Cinema
• Family-Friendly Improv Show on Granville Island
• Summer at the Met – Metropolis at Metrotown
• Movie and the Market in Heritage Park
• Kaleidoscope Arts Festival Coquitlam
• Enchanted Evenings: Ian Cromwell, Nimkish, Kristina Lao
• Art Downtown
• Fridays on Front – New West
• Live & Local Concert – Lynn Valley Village Plaza
• Dominican Bachata
• Blind Pig Music Festival on Granville Island
• Summer Craft Mornings, Coquitlam
• Goat Yoga at Maan Farms
• Vancouver Queer Film Festival
• Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts
• Playdates – Improv Comedy with Kat Single-dain
• Symphony in the Park Abbotsford
• Movies Under the Stars, Surrey
• Downtown Van – Neighbourhood Patio
• Fort Langley Night Market
• Richmond Night Market
• Chilliwack Corn Maze
• Bard on the Beach
• Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
• Ribfest Langley
• Vancouver Gem Show
• Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival

Saturday, August 19, 2023

• PNE Summer Night Concerts – TLC
• meowfest
• Fraser Valley Sun and Soil Concert Series
• Kaleidoscope Arts Festival Coquitlam
• Corn & Peach Festival
• Surrey Firefighters Battle of the Brews
• Pakistan Western Canada Trade Expo 
• Ferns, Firs and Other Fascinations
• Got Craft?
• New West Pride
• Chilliwack Pride
• Field Day Feast – Abbotsford
• Beaumont Summer Socials
• Opera in Oak Park 
• Watson Street Music Festival
• Ambleside Music Festival with Weezer and Third Eye Blind
• Econoline Crush at the Cambie Village Summer Sizzler
• In the Mood for Love for Chinatown: Qixi Festival
• The Portside Pub 10 Year Anniversary Party
• Vancouver Queer Film Festival
• Tours of the Orpheum Theatre
• Intro to Whiskies Class
• Blind Pig Music Festival on Granville Island
• Summer at the Met – Metropolis at Metrotown
• Family-Friendly Improv Show on Granville Island
• Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts
• Richmond Night Market
• West End Farmers Market
• Riley Park Farmers Market
• Fort Langley Farmers Market
• PNE Fair
• Chilliwack Corn Maze
• Bard on the Beach
• Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
• Ribfest Langley
• Vancouver Gem Show
• Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival

Sunday, August 20, 2023

• PNE Summer Night Concerts – Boyz II Men
• Sunday Salsa at Robson Square
• Whitecaps FC vs San Jose
• Farmers Market at Pacific Arts Market
• Vintage Expo at the Beaumont
• Music and Meditation in the Park (Bear Creek)
• Collective YVR Summer Pop-Up
• Music on Main – The Kessler Academy
• Mt. Pleasant Street Art and Mural Tour
• Ambleside Music Festival with Weezer and Third Eye Blind
• Sharing Farm Garlic Festival in Richmond
• Summer at the Met – Metropolis at Metrotown
• Shipyard Pals Theatrical Walking Tours
• Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts
• Coquitlam Farmers Market
• Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
• The Clayton Community Market
• Kitsilano Farmers Market
• Richmond Night Market
• PNE Fair
• Chilliwack Corn Maze
• Bard on the Beach
• Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park
• Ribfest Langley
• Vancouver Gem Show
• Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival

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Multi-Day Events & Activities

Attractions & Tours:

• Sponsored by Miss604: Summer at Burnaby Village Museum
• 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
• Ferry building Gallery: Colours of Success (til Aug)
• Raeanne Schachter: Dames Women in the City (until Aug)
• 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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