Events & Things to do in Vancouver Thanksgiving Long Weekend Oct 6-9, 2023

Wander the pumpkin patch, wade in the cranberry bog, and shuffle through some leaves this Thanksgiving long weekend in Vancouver. There’s Harvest Days at VanDusen, Fright Nights at Playland, the film fest, culture days and so much more. Find these events and a whole bunch of things to do around Vancouver listed below:

Friday, October 6 | Saturday, October 7 | Sunday, October 8 | Monday, October 9

Events & Things to do in Vancouver
Thanksgiving Long Weekend Oct 6-9, 2023

Friday, October 6, 2023

• Vancouver Art Gallery Free First Friday Nights
• Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco (The Improv Centre)
• Loteria & Lore
• 54-40 at the Commodore
• Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert
• Upcycled Art Jam with NVRC Artist Residency, Pattern Nation
• BC Lions Game
• Listen, Listen Festival
• Latin American Heritage Month Opening Celebration
• Have a Senior Moment Festival
• Pumpkins After Dark in Burnaby
• Fright Nights at Playland
• Scariest Corn Maze in Canada – HAUNTED at Maan Farms
• VIFF 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival
• BC Culture Days Events in Metro Vancouver
• Cranberry Bog Tours in Langley
• Rolla Skate Club Skate Nights
• Monster Jam in Vancouver
• Fairview at The Cultch
• Farms for Family Fun Around Vancouver
• Harrison Pumpkin Festival
• Fin-tastic Fall Days at Vancouver Aquarium
• Haunted Sea at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery 

Events & Things to do in Vancouver Thanksgiving Long Weekend

Saturday, October 7, 2023

• Fort Langley Cranberry Festival
• Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco (The Improv Centre)
• EcoStewards
• Tea and Paint Koi in Chinatown
• Have a Senior Moment Festival
• First Saturday Open Studios
• 54-40 at the Commodore
• Discover Japan at Pacific Arts Market
• New West Craft Market
• Our Voices, Ourselves Youth Hip Hop Dance
• Listen, Listen Festival
• Vancouver Art Walk
• Botanical Nature Walk
• Flower Pounding: A Botanical Dyeing Class
• Ray LaMontagne – Just Passing Through
• Fright Nights at Playland
• Brewhalla Chilliwack
• Nightmare Before Christmas Market
• Thanksgiving Market, Coquitlam
• Pumpkins After Dark in Burnaby
• Harvest Days at VanDusen
• Scariest Corn Maze in Canada – HAUNTED at Maan Farms
• Burnaby Farmers Market
• West End Farmers Market
• Riley Park Farmers Market
• Fort Langley Farmers Market
• Rolla Skate Club Skate Nights
• VIFF 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival
• BC Culture Days Events in Metro Vancouver
• Cranberry Bog Tours in Langley
• Monster Jam in Vancouver
• Fairview at The Cultch
• Farms for Family Fun Around Vancouver
• Harrison Pumpkin Festival
• Fin-tastic Fall Days at Vancouver Aquarium
• Haunted Sea at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery 

Sunday, October 8, 2023

• Fright Nights at Playland
• Harvest Days at VanDusen
• Jeona Manah Hai (Living Is Forbidden)
• VAM Symphony Orchestra: Next Generation B.C.
• Film Screening:  Les Filles du Roi
• Nightmare Before Christmas Market
• Scariest Corn Maze in Canada – HAUNTED at Maan Farms
• NBA Canada Series – Raptors vs Kings in Vancouver
• Guy Davis
• Pumpkins After Dark in Burnaby
• The Clayton Community Market
• Coquitlam Farmers Market
• Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
• Kitsilano Farmers Market
• VIFF 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival
• BC Culture Days Events in Metro Vancouver
• Cranberry Bog Tours in Langley
• Monster Jam in Vancouver
• Farms for Family Fun Around Vancouver
• Harrison Pumpkin Festival
• Fin-tastic Fall Days at Vancouver Aquarium
• Haunted Sea at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery 

Monday, October 9, 2023

• BC Culture Days Events in Metro Vancouver
• Cranberry Bog Tours in Langley
• Granville Island Turkey Trot
• Farms for Family Fun Around Vancouver
• Harrison Pumpkin Festival
• Fin-tastic Fall Days at Vancouver Aquarium
• Haunted Sea at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery 

Multi-Day Events & Activities

Attractions & Tours:

• Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
• Lost Souls of Gastown Tour
• FlyOver Canada
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
• James Cameron – CHALLENGING THE DEEP

Exhibits:

• The Art of Dimension at the Bill Reid Gallery (til Oct)
• Ferry Building Gallery: Reflections on Home (til Oct 15)
• Colourful Shades of Expression Exhibition in White Rock (Oct 5-27)
• Place des Art: Christine Mackenzie: All My Relations (til Oct 26)
• David Wilson – The Ground Beneath My Feet (Oct 12-28)
• Intimacy and Distances, Maiko Jinushi (til Nov 10)
• SHIFT: Ecologies of Fashion, Form and Textile (Sept 16 – Dec 10)
• Surrey Art Gallery: Swapnaa Tamhane: No Surface is Neutral (Sept 23 – Nov 26)
• Van Art Gallery: Parviz Tanavoli: Poets, Locks, Cages (til Nov 19)
• Van Art Gallery: Marie Khouri – I Love (til Nov)
• Richmond Art Gallery: Sonja Ahlers Classification Crisis til Nov 5)
• 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)
• Surrey Art Gallery: Kampala to Canada (til Jan)
• Bright Futures at Bill Reid Gallery (til Jan)
• Britannia Mine Museum: Ore & Orcas (til Feb)
• Land of Thundering Snow (til Apr)

Theatre, Movies, Music:

• The Arts Club Theatre Company Little Shop of Horrors (til Oct 8)
• The Arts Club Theatre Company Someone Like You (Oct 5-29)
• Studio 58 Presents The Tempest (Oct 5-22)
• Tetsuro Shigematsu’s Empire of the Son (Sept 28 – Oct 21)
• First Impressions Theatre: [title of show] (Sept 7-23)
• Metro Theatre: The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie (til Oct 7)

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