April Events in Metro Vancouver
Tulips, cherry blossoms, fun on the farm and more seasonal events are on their way this April around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. This month, Miss604 is proud to sponsor the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards (April 28th). This list has been provided for free for the last 20 years and it is updated every day so check back often!
April Events in Metro Vancouver
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- Tuesday, April 1 to Sunday, April 6, 2025
- Monday, April 7 to Sunday, April 13, 2025
- Monday, April 14 to Sunday, April 20, 2025
- Monday, April 21 to Sunday, April 27, 2025
- Monday, April 28 to Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Month-Long Events & Activities
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
Attractions and Tours
Exhibits/Exhibitions
- Science World: Extreme Sports Beyond Human Limits (til May 19)
- Seriously? Comedy and Satire in Canadian Art 1970s–Now (til May 18)
- Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Tranquility Of Communion (til May 25)
- The Art of Banksy Without Limits (til May 25)
- Framed Narratives: A Carol Shumas Retrospective (til May 4)
- Echoes of Memory: Featuring A Crow A Day (til Jun)
- SPECTACLE: A National Geographic Exhibition (til May 15)
- Mary Sui Yee Wong Exhibit at Richmond Art Gallery (til Jun)
- VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology (til Oct)
- Vitality: Iconic Images, Hidden Stories (til Dec)
- Christian White Master Haida Artist at the Bill Reid Gallery
- Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape
- Nuxalk Strong – First Exhibition of its Kind at the Museum of Anthropology
Theatre, Movies, Shows
- The Improv Centre
- Arts Club: Cambodian Rock Band (Mar 6-Apr 6)
- Ruby Slippers Theatre – Home Deliveries (til Apr 13)
- Metro Theatre: Arsenic and Old Lace (til Apr 26)
- Vancouver International Dance Festival (Mar 2-22)
- Touchstone Theatre – Behind the Moon (Mar 27-Apr 6)
- Common Grace (Langley) (Mar 20-Apr 6)
- Carousel Theatre Presents Stuart Little (Apr 23-May 11)
- Royal City Musial Theatre Presents Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 (Apr 25 – May 11)
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Heritage Lunch and Learn (Vancouver)
- Touchstone Theatre’s Behind the Moon (Vancouver)
- North Shore Brain Injury Support Group
- Boca del Lupo Presents: The Seventh Fire (Vancouver)
- Studio 58 Presents: We Are Boy Band (Vancouver)
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Releaf Tree Planting (Surrey)
- Touchstone Theatre’s Behind the Moon (Vancouver)
- Boca del Lupo Presents: The Seventh Fire (Vancouver)
- Whitecaps vs Pumas in Concacaf Play
- National Geographic Live: The Untold Story of Sharks (Vancouver)
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Vintage Camera Meetup with Beau Photo at Gallery 881 (Vancouver)
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
- Studio 58 Presents: We Are Boy Band (Vancouver)
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Trans Canada A Variety Show for Change
- SongBird North – Where Writers Sing & Tell (Vancouver)
- Touchstone Theatre’s Behind the Moon (Vancouver)
- Boca del Lupo Presents: The Seventh Fire (Vancouver)
- Jim Gaffigan: Everything is Wonderful Tour (Vancouver)
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
- Seussical JR By North Shore Mountain Theatre
- Introduction To Bartending Class (Vancouver)
- Studio 58 Presents: We Are Boy Band (Vancouver)
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Painting Trees in Watercolour with Museum of Vancouver
- First Friday Free Afternoon Admission:
- Vancouver Warriors vs Albany – Country Night/Playoff Push
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
- Safe Haven: The Rainbow Jordan Wilderness (North Vancouver)
- Place des Arts Coquitlam April Exhibition Opening Reception
- Touchstone Theatre’s Behind the Moon (Vancouver)
- Boca del Lupo Presents: The Seventh Fire (Vancouver)
- Jim Gaffigan: Everything is Wonderful Tour (Vancouver)
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
- Seussical JR By North Shore Mountain Theatre
- Studio 58 Presents: We Are Boy Band (Vancouver)
Saturday, April 5, 2025
- Vancouver By-Election
- Bear Creek Park Train – Easter Train
- Reflecting Time – Vintage Camera Photo Walk (Vancouver)
- Another Photography Club at Another Beer Co. Photo Walk (New West)
- COUNTERCULTURE: 20 Years of CIVL Radio in the Fraser Valley
- 103rd Chilliwack Plowing Match at Greendale Acres
- Vancouver Whitecaps vs Colorado
- Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – Block Party
- Smartphone Photography Workshop (New Westminster)
- Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
- Vancouver Comic & Toy Show
- The Prom (Vancouver)
- Touchstone Theatre’s Behind the Moon (Vancouver)
- Jim Gaffigan: Everything is Wonderful Tour (Vancouver)
- Boca del Lupo Presents: The Seventh Fire (Vancouver)
- Phyllis Webb Memorial Reading (Vancouver)
- Hometown Hoedown for Hospice (Chilliwack)
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
- Seussical JR By North Shore Mountain Theatre
- Studio 58 Presents: We Are Boy Band (Vancouver)
Sunday, April 6, 2025
- Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – West End Pop-Up
- Touchstone Theatre’s Behind the Moon (Vancouver)
- Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony – VSO Kids (Vancouver)
- Martha Wainwright with Brad Barr (Burnaby)
- Vancouver International Burlesque Festival
- The Prom (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Comic & Toy Show
- Bear Creek Park Train – Easter Train
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
- Studio 58 Presents: We Are Boy Band (Vancouver)
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April Events in Metro Vancouver
Monday, April 7, 2025
- DJO – Back On You Tour (Vancouver)
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Indigenomics IMPACT (Vancouver)
- Japanese Traditional Performance Night (North Van)
- Vancouver Fashion Week
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Releaf Tree Planting (Surrey)
- Indigenomics IMPACT (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Fashion Week
- Colectiva NUDO 6/6 in Vancouver: Exhibition, Pop-up Store and Conference
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Vancouver Fashion Week
- Spoken Word Jamboree (Vancouver)
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
- Van Django (Burnaby)
- Colectiva NUDO 6/6 in Vancouver: Exhibition, Pop-up Store and Conference
- Hyperspace Metal Festival VI at the Rickshaw in Vancouver
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Skoden Indigenous Film Festival 2025 (Burnaby)
- Food Truck Wars (Surrey)
- Vancouver Fashion Week
- Métis: Children of the Fur Trade (Surrey)
- VMO Chamber Orchestra Series (Vancouver)
- Hullabaloo Poetry All Star Showcase (Vancouver)
- The Am I The A**hole Game Little Mountain Gallery (Vancouver)
- Hullabaloo Poetry Prelim Slams: Round 1 (Vancouver)
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
- Watercolour Workshop – Bunny (Vancouver)
- Hyperspace Metal Festival VI at the Rickshaw in Vancouver
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
Saturday, April 12, 2025
- Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade and Festival
- Food Truck Wars (Surrey)
- Vancouver Fashion Week
- Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – Sakura Days Japan Fair
- Vive les Voyageurs Festival (Fort Langley)
- Ayacuchan Embroidery Workshop (Vancouver)
- Laudate Singers Society: A French Affair (West Vancouver)
- Adventures in Poetryland – Youth Workshops (Vancouver)
- Trout Lake Earth Day Celebration (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Whitecaps vs Austin
- Mike Bryden – Kids Album Release Concert (Vancouver)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- The Living World – Sound of Dragon Ensemble (Vancouver)
- Hullabaloo Poetry Prelim Slams Round 2 (Vancouver)
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
- Bespoke Market (Squamish)
- Hyperspace Metal Festival VI at the Rickshaw in Vancouver
- Maan Farms BAE (Baby Animal Easter) Days (Abbotsford)
- Easter Egg Hut at Greendale Acres Farm in Chilliwack
- Bear Creek Park Train – Easter Train
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
Sunday, April 13, 2025
- Food Truck Wars (Surrey)
- Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – Sakura Days Japan Fair
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Vancouver Fashion Week
- Port Moody Farmers Market – Vaisakhi Festival
- Vive les Voyageurs Festival (Fort Langley)
- The Rogue Folk Club Presents Windborne (Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant Walking Tours (Vancouver)
- Place des Arts Family Day (Coquitlam)
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
- Fujifilm GFX 100RF “More Than Full Frame” Photo Walk (Vancouver)
- Bespoke Market (Squamish)
- Maan Farms BAE (Baby Animal Easter) Days (Abbotsford)
- Mike Bryden – Kids Album Release Concert (Vancouver)
- Easter Egg Hut at Greendale Acres Farm in Chilliwack
- Bear Creek Park Train – Easter Train
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre
- Pacific Theatre: Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Photography Speaker Series – Long Exposure (Surrey)
- Oral Traditions – Verses Festival Vancouver
- An Evening with Jane Goodall (Vancouver)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- Vancouver Rise FC’s Inaugural Match at BC Place
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Local Bald Eagles with the Hancock Wildlife Foundation (Vancouver)
- National Canadian Film Day Screening: “Can I Get A Witness”
- Weaving Traditions at Museum of Vancouver
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Preliminaries Round 1 (Vancouver)
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Science World After Dark: Press Start for Science (Vancouver)
- Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Preliminaries Round 2 (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
- Introduction To Bartending Class (Vancouver)
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Poetry Jam (Vancouver)
- Mashed Poetics: “Fully, Completely” by The Tragically Hip (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight (Vancouver)
- Easter Egg Hut at Greendale Acres Farm in Chilliwack
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Spring Salmon Eggs-travaganza (New Westminster)
- Smash + Tess Spring Fling Pop-Up at Guildford (Surrey)
- Maan Farms BAE (Baby Animal Easter) Days (Abbotsford)
- Taves Family Farms Easter Fest (Abbotsford)
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
Saturday, April 19, 2025
- Surrey Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade
- Get Growing at Darts Hill Garden Park (Surrey)
- Fish Release (Surrey)
- Chinatown 牌牌坐&大家樂 Tiles & Togetherness
- That’s Not a Duck! (Vancouver)
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Chilliwack Farewell to Friends Tour (Vancouver)
- Inlet Spring Regatta (Port Moody)
- Bunny Bingo at Capilano Mall (North Van)
- The Big Easter Run (Vancouver)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Maan Farms BAE (Baby Animal Easter) Days (Abbotsford)
- Taves Family Farms Easter Fest (Abbotsford)
- Easter Egg Hut at Greendale Acres Farm in Chilliwack
- Smash + Tess Spring Fling Pop-Up at Guildford (Surrey)
- Spring Salmon Eggs-travaganza (New Westminster)
- Jimmy O. Yang: Big and Tall Tour (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Bear Creek Park Train – Easter Train
- Verses Festival of Words (Vancouver)
Sunday, April 20, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Easter Scavenger Hunt at the Museum (Vancouver)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Jimmy O. Yang: Big and Tall Tour (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Maan Farms BAE (Baby Animal Easter) Days (Abbotsford)
- Spring Salmon Eggs-travaganza (New Westminster)
- Taves Family Farms Easter Fest (Abbotsford)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Easter Egg Hut at Greendale Acres Farm in Chilliwack
- Bear Creek Park Train – Easter Train
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Monday, April 21, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Easter Scavenger Hunt at the Museum (Vancouver)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Bear Creek Park Train – Easter Train
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Ismaili Centre Vancouver Town Hall with Federal Candidates
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Wildflowers of Spring (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Women’s Personal Safety: Beyond Awareness (Burnaby)
- Burnaby Central Railway
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- 2025 Grad Show – KPU Wilson School of Design (Vancouver)
- Jazz in the Parlour: Arvind Ramdas & Noah Franche-Nolan (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Vancouver Rise FC Match at Swangard
- Art Vancouver
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Introduction To Bartending Class (Vancouver)
Friday, April 25, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Writers Festival Whisky & Words
- Art Vancouver
- Art Incognito: 20th Anniversary Art Gala & Fundraiser (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway
Saturday, April 26, 2025
- Canadian Independent Bookstore Day in Vancouver
- Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera
- Shred-A-Thon by Rotary Club of Surrey
- Party for the Planet in Surrey
- Art Vancouver
- Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge
- Birds of a Feather: Forest and Wetland Migrants (Vancouver)
- North Shore Artists’ Guild Spring Sale
- Fort Langley Village Farmers Market
- Pacific Theatre Presents: Oh Pray Tell (Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant Walking Tours (Vancouver)
- Intro to the Art of Cross Stitching (West Vancouver)
- Jeff Newman Mentalist (Burnaby)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Daffodil Ball (Vancouver
- Alex Cuba at the Anvil Centre (New Westminster)
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Kylie Minogue – Tension Tour (Vancouver)
- Fool’s Paradise Cabaret (Vancouver)
- Hopes and Dreams: A Benefit for the Children of Ukraine (Vancouver)
- Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway
Sunday, April 27, 2025
- Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Maestros of Afro-cuban Jazz Feat. Alain Perez Trio (Vancouver)
- Art Vancouver
- Wild Blue Herons at Jazz Vespers
- Fool’s Paradise Cabaret (Vancouver)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- International Dance Day 2025 (Vancouver)
- Outback Presents Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer (Vancouver)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Sponsored by Miss604: YWCA Women of Distinction Awards
- FEDERAL ELECTION DAY
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- International Dance Day 2025 (Vancouver)
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Harrison Tulip Festival
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Afternoon Tea and Tours at Mackin House (Coquitlam)
- Books & Ideas: Spring Poetry Bash (Vancouver)
- International Dance Day On Screen (Vancouver)
- International Dance Day 2025 (Vancouver)
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Harrison Tulip Festival
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Civic Theatres Visual Arts Open House
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Some Assembly Theatre Company: Our Last Tree (Vancouver)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
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