Weekend Events Things to do in Vancouver April 26-28

It’s a going to be a busy weekend in Vancouver, with the tail end of blossom and tulip season, markets opening up, walks, talks, and show! The Vancouver Canadians will in action at Nat Bailey and you can find all of these events and more things to do this weekend listed below:

Friday, April 26 | Saturday, April 27 | Sunday, April 28

Weekend Events &
Things to do in Vancouver April 26-28

Friday, April 26, 2024

• Vancouver Canadians vs. Spokane
• Verses Festival of Words
• Whisky & Words
• Hornby Blues: Rick Fines, Samantha Martin, Paul Pigat, Tim Williams
• TheatreSports Unhinged
• Botanica Tulip Festival (Chilliwack)
• Lakeland Tulip Festival (Abbotsford)
• Harrison Tulip Festival (Agassiz)
• Vancouver Fashion Week
• Schubertiade with Angela Cheng
• Richmond Night Market

Saturday, April 27, 2024

• Vancouver Canadians vs. Spokane
• Coast Salish Painting Workshop with Charlene Johnny
• Independent Bookstore Day
• Beaded Fringe Earrings Workshop with Wagella Hunt (sold out)
• Lapu-Lapu Day Block-Party
• Party for the Planet
• Daffodil Ball
• The Visibility Tour –  International Day of Pink
• Vancouver Opera Presents Carmen
• Birding BioBlitz Walk
• City Nature Challenge BioBlitz
• Cherry Blossoms of Stanley Park
• Vancouver Etsy Pop-Up
• Decathlon at Metropolis at Metrotown Grand Opening
• Tours of The Orpheum Theatre
• Flex & Flow – Guided Dance Workshop with Elder Swallow Zhou
• Kengido I (Beginner) – Month of O-Hanami
• River Basin Days at Burnaby Lake
• TheatreSports Unhinged
• Nature Storytime in the Park
• Schubertiade with Angela Cheng
• Sogetsu Ikebana
• Salamander Searchers
• Trout Lake Farmers Market
• Eastside Flea
• Verses Festival of Words
• Burnaby Central Railway
• Botanica Tulip Festival (Chilliwack)
• Lakeland Tulip Festival (Abbotsford)
• Harrison Tulip Festival (Agassiz)
• Vancouver Fashion Week
• North Shore Artists Guild Spring Art Sale
• Richmond Night Market

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Sunday, April 28, 2024

• Vancouver Canadians vs. Spokane
• Vancouver Opera Presents Carmen
• Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Isabella d’Elozie Perron
• Wildlight x Sheringham Cocktail Dinner
• Stand Up at the Improv
• Hastings Park Farmers Market
• Eastside Flea
• Burnaby Central Railway
• Jazz Vespers with Leora Cashe
• Botanica Tulip Festival (Chilliwack)
• Lakeland Tulip Festival (Abbotsford)
• Harrison Tulip Festival (Agassiz)
• Vancouver Fashion Week
• Richmond Night Market

Multi-Day Events & Activities

Attractions & Tours:

• 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)
• True Tribal: Contemporary Expressions of Ancestral Tattoo Practices
• E. Pauline Johnson – Tekahionwake: A Retrospective (til May)
• Anthea Cameron and Carol Demers (Apr 11 – May 5)
• 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)
• Sum Gallery: Preston Buffalo – Go Home Yuppie Scum (Apr 11 – Jun 6)
• WOVEN: Setsuko Piroche’s Wonderland (til Sept)

Theatre, Movies, Music:

• You used to call me Marie… (The Cultch) (Apr 18-28)
• This is How We Got Here (Firehall Arts Centre) (Apr 13-28)

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