Weekend Events in Vancouver Things to do April 5-7, 2024

The cherry blossoms are here, the tulip festivals are opening, and there’s a whole new month of events to enjoy. Find all the fun things to do around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, on this lovely first weekend of April, listed below:

Friday, April 5th | Saturday, April 6th | Sunday, April 7th

Weekend Events in Vancouver
Things to do April 5-7, 2024

Friday, April 5, 2024

• Megaphone Magazine’s Big Sell
• Cara Luft & Shari Ulrich
• Kicking PancreAS™ 5K
• Bonsai Spring Sale & Show
• An Evening in Spain: A Culinary Journey with Antonio Romero
• Place des Arts: April Exhibition Opening Reception
• Looking Back: Expressions of History Opening Reception
• Spring tour 24 Emotionz & the Hip hop Orchestra, SIRREAL ft. Revron
• Emo Night: Fool’s Ball
• Said The Whale
• Games We Play with House Parties and Zoe Ko
• Broadway Across Canada: Hairspray
• VSO: Beethoven & Prokofiev
• Vancouver Art Gallery Free First Friday Nights
• Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
• Capilano University Student Poster Show
• New Plays by Studio 58 Students

Saturday, April 6, 2024

• Skoden Indigenous Film Festival
• Hockey Night in Chinatown
• Aikido Showcase
• Whitecaps FC vs Toronto FC
• Sakura Bento
• Warblers of Spring
• Kuba Oms
• Public Tea Ceremonies
• Broadway Across Canada: Hairspray
• Surviving Vancouver Gallery Show & Book Launch
• Tours of The Orpheum Theatre
• Gimme Gimme Disco
• Surrey Slam Jam
• VSO: Beethoven & Prokofiev
• Shadbolt Theatre: Metropolis
• Cherry Blossom Walk: Stanley Park with Nina Shoroplova
• Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
• Fun on the Farm in Chilliwack
• First Saturday Open Studios
• Trout Lake Farmers Market
• New Plays by Studio 58 Students
• Lakeland Tulip Festival (Abbotsford)
• Harrison Tulip Festival (Agassiz)
• Capilano University Student Poster Show
• Solo Exhibition ‘GOLD’ – Lisa Penz
• Burnaby Central Railway

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Sunday, April 7, 2024

• Skoden Indigenous Film Festival
• Cherry Blossom Walk: Queen Elizabeth Park with Alex Downie
• The Art of Kathak with artist Palak Dhiman
• Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
• VSO: Beethoven & Prokofiev
• Fun on the Farm in Chilliwack
• Hastings Park Farmers Market
• New Plays by Studio 58 Students
• Lakeland Tulip Festival (Abbotsford)
• Harrison Tulip Festival (Agassiz)
• Capilano University Student Poster Show
• Burnaby Central Railway

Multi-Day Events & Activities

Attractions & Tours:

• Capture Photography Festival
• Cherry Blossom Food Festival
• Dream Tomorrow Today at Science World 
• Monsters of the Abyss at the Vancouver Aquarium 
• Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
• Lost Souls of Gastown Tour
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
• Vancouver’s Natural History Museum at UBC

Exhibits:

• Capture Photography Festival (til Apr 30)
• Emily Carr: A Room of Her Own (til Sept)
• Burnaby Art Gallery: Roy Henry Vickers (til Apr 21)
• A Generosity of Abundance at Sum Gallery (til Apr 5)
• Spirit Journeys: Walking with Resilience, Wellbeing & Respect (til Apr 24)
• True Tribal: Contemporary Expressions of Ancestral Tattoo Practices
• E. Pauline Johnson – Tekahionwake: A Retrospective (til May)
• Intersecting Orbits: Michael Morris and Joan Balzar (til May 5)
• Dream Tomorrow Today at Science World (til May 5)
• Celebration of Coast Salish Weavers at Vancouver Art Gallery (til May 12)
• Bill Reid Gallery: XIÁM (til May 19)
• Master Printmaker Takao Tanabe at Surrey Art Gallery (til Jun)
• WOVEN: Setsuko Piroche’s Wonderland (til Sept)

Theatre, Movies, Music:

• Saint Joan of the Stockyards (UBC Theatre and Film) (Apr 3-13)
• Red Velvet (The Arts Club) (til Apr 21)

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