May Events in Metro Vancouver 2025
May in Metro Vancouver is a warm-up to summer with markets, festivals, concerts, theatre, baseball, soccer, and many community events. This month Miss604 is proud to sponsor: BC Youth Week (May 1-7); Burnaby Blooms (May 4); More Than a Movie with Kids Up Front (May 4); and the Coast Mental Health’s Courage To Come Back Awards (May 7). Find these events and many more activities around Vancouver and the Fraser Valley below:
Our hearts go out to those affected by the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy in Vancouver on April 26th. If you would like to offer support, there is a list of verified GoFundMe fundraisers here, and you can also register with Canadian Blood Services to donate.
May Events in Metro Vancouver
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- Thursday, May 1 to Sunday, May 4, 2025
- Monday, May 5 to Sunday, May 11, 2025
- Monday, May 12 to Sunday, May 18, 2025
- Monday, May 19 to Sunday, May 25, 2025
- Monday, May 26 to Saturday, May 31, 2025
Month-Long Events & Activities
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
Attractions and Tours
- Attractions:
- 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)
- Ferry Building Gallery – Frozen in Time (til Jun 1)
- 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
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery – Cannery REcollections (til 2027)
Theatre, Movies, Shows
- The Improv Centre
- Carousel Theatre Presents Stuart Little (Apr 23-May 11)
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (til May 11)
- Royal City Musial Theatre Presents Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 (Apr 25 – May 11)
- West Side Story at the Granville Island Stage (May 8-24)
- Pacific Theatre Presents: Meeting (May 14-June 7)
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- Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Sponsored by Miss604: BC Youth Week Events
- Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
- Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera
- Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Civic Theatres Visual Arts Open House
- Burnaby Central Railway
- Europa Super Circus (Surrey)
- New Westminster Farmers Market
- Some Assembly Theatre Company: Our Last Tree (Vancouver)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Vancouver Canadians vs Hillsboro
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Friday, May 2, 2025
- Sponsored by Miss604: BC Youth Week Events
- First Friday Free Afternoon Admission:
- Richmond Night Market
- Arts Alive: Awesomeology: Gratitude in the Little Things (Burnaby)
- Witches Bloom Symposium & Artisan Market (Vancouver)
- Tony DeSare Let’s Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Canadians vs Hillsboro
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Europa Super Circus (Surrey)
- Our Last Tree – Some Assembly Theatre (Vancouver)
- Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Sponsored by Miss604: BC Youth Week Events
- Matriarch Market at Museum of Vancouver
- Cedar, Sage & Sweetgrass (Surrey)
- First Saturday Open Studios
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake
- Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera
- Tony DeSare Let’s Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter (Vancouver)
- The Lucky Red Chili Party (Vancouver)
- Chor Leoni – The Big Roar (Vancouver)
- Morning Bird Walk at UBC Botanical Garden
- Bird Photography Essentials (Vancouver)
- Witches Bloom Symposium & Artisan Market (Vancouver)
- Hastings Sunrise Community Shredding Day
- Silver Harbour Spring Market (North Vancouver)
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Releaf Tree Planting (Surrey)
- Spring Fest (Surrey)
- Daniel Samper – Circombia en Vancouver
- Our Last Tree – Some Assembly Theatre (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Canadians vs Hillsboro
- Europa Super Circus (Surrey)
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- Semiahmoo Potters Society Spring Sale
- Sunday, May 4, 2025
- Sponsored by Miss604: Burnaby Blooms
- Sponsored by Miss604: BC Youth Week Events
- Sponsored by Miss604: More Than A Movie at BC Place with Kids Up Front
- First Sunday of the Month – Pay What You Can Admission:
- Tour: In the Path of Brewery Creek (Vancouver)
- Semifinals: Vancouver Warriors vs Buffalo Bandits
- Vancouver Canadians Game – Star Wars Day Theme
- Surrey BC SPCA Annual Open House (Surrey)
- May The Fourth Be With You Day at the Space Centre (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble – Ripples of Sound
- May the Fourth Be With You: A Star Wars Celebration (Surrey)
- BMO Vancouver Marathon
- Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert (Vancouver)
- Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera
- Reimagining Theatre Creation Through Cultural Consultation (Vancouver)
- Witches Bloom Symposium & Artisan Market (Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Europa Super Circus (Surrey)
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- Semiahmoo Potters Society Spring Sale
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- Monday, May 5, 2025
- Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Sponsored by Miss604: BC Youth Week Events
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Community Art Jam (Surrey)
- Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Sponsored by Miss604: BC Youth Week Events
- Sponsored by Miss604: Courage To Come Back Awards
- Sponsored by Miss604: BC Achievement’s Community Award (online)
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Friday, May 9, 2025
- Mother’s Day Traditional Pow Wow at Trout Lake
- Magic in the Moonlight Market (Vancouver)
- Richmond Night Market
- World Deaf Hockey Ice Championship (Vancouver)
- Treetop Tales: Nest Eggstravaganza (North Vancouver)
- La Juerga Española: La Primavera (Vancouver)
- Shred Kelly & Babes in Canyon (Vancouver)
- pARTy@PdA: Paint Night – Spring Bouquet (Coquitlam)
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Saturday, May 10, 2025
- Mother’s Day at Metropolis at Metrotown
- Mother’s Day Traditional Pow Wow at Trout Lake
- Nature Storytime in the Park (Surrey)
- Mother’s Day Floral Workshops on the Farm (Richmond)
- Magic in the Moonlight Market 2025 (Vancouver)
- World Deaf Hockey Ice Championship (Vancouver)
- Migratory Bird Day Celebration (Surrey)
- Southridge Country Fair (Surrey)
- Indigenous Market at Kwantlen/KPU (Surrey)
- Mother’s Day Weekend at the Glades Woodland Garden (Surrey)
- Medicinal Soap Making with Deanna Miller (Surrey)
- Make a Perennial Planter at Darts Hill Garden (Surrey)
- Global Big Day Bird Walk (Vancouver)
- Paint in the Park: Feathered Friends (Vancouver)
- World Migratory Bird Day Event – Elgin Heritage Park (Surrey)
- Birds in the City (Richmond)
- BC Place Climb for World Wildlife Fund
- Tour: Lower Mount Pleasant
- Family Day at VARC’s Banding Station (Port Coquitlam)
- Dream On – A Musical Journey (New Westminster)
- SAMAR (An Evening of Bharatanatyam) (Surrey)
- Rogue Folk Presents Pat Chessell & Daniel Lapp (Vancouver)
- Haunting Melodies Poetry & Literature Open Mic (Vancouver)
- Emo Night Brooklyn (Vancouver)
- Ridge/Meadows Art Studio Tour
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- Sunday, May 11, 2025
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs LAFC
- Mother’s Day Cedar Bark Weaving at Museum of Vancouver
- Mother’s Day Traditional Pow Wow at Trout Lake
- Mother’s Day Floral Workshops on the Farm (Richmond)
- Ridge/Meadows Art Studio Tour
- Birding with Me: Welcoming the LGBTQ2S+ Community (Vancouver)
- Dream On – A Musical Journey (New Westminster)
- Mother’s Day Weekend at the Glades Woodland Garden (Surrey)
- Mother’s Day at Darts Hill Garden Park (Surrey)
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Hong Kong Fair
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
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This list is updated daily. Bookmark this list and check back often. If you have any events to add, please send them in for a free listing.
- Monday, May 12, 2025
- The Dance Centre – Open Stage #5 (Vancouver)
- World Deaf Hockey Ice Championship (Vancouver)
- Finding Meaning: An Exploration of Grief Workshop (North Vancouver)
- Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- Bill Reid Gallery – Vital Signs Opening Reception (Vancouver)
- Birding For All (Vancouver)
- Sexual Assault Centre Opening in Surrey
- World Deaf Hockey Ice Championship (Vancouver)
- Rock Stars on Ice (Vancouver)
- Art Café: Rachel Ruysch, the Forgotten Dutch master (West Vancouver)
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Top Drop Vancouver
- Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Megaphone 2025 Voices of the Street (Vancouver)
- Poetry In Voice National Finals in Vancouver
- Taste of the Tropics at The Barley Merchant (Langley)
- World Deaf Hockey Ice Championship (Vancouver)
- Science World After Dark
- Migratory Bird Day Presentation (Delta)
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Friday, May 16, 2025
- Made in the 604 Summer Night Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Siegel’s Bagels Street Party in Kitsilano
- Treetop Tailes: Swoop and Soar (North Vancouver)
- Mackin House – Hobbies in Coquitlam Opening Reception
- Gordie Tentrees with Jaxon Haldane (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Saturday, May 17, 2025
- Surrey Slam Jam
- Garden Tea Festival
- The Ultimate Old School Dance Party (Burnaby)
- Plant Pressing Workshop (New Westminster)
- East Meets West – A Musical Fusion of Cultures (New Westminster)
- World Deaf Hockey Ice Championship (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Etsy Spring Pop-Up
- Chinatown Storytelling Centre Family Saturday
- Playland Opening Weekend
- Foundation v13.0: Open Radius featuring John Summit and Sara Landry (Vancouver)
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- Foundation v13.0: Open Radius featuring John Summit and Sara Landry (Vancouver)
- Sunday, May 18, 2025
- VYSO 95th Anniversary Concert (Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Vancouver Etsy Spring Pop-Up
- Bird Walk – Jericho Beach
- Playland Opening Weekend
- Will’s Jams Concert with Special Guest (Vancouver)
- Birding with Me: Welcoming the FIlipino Community (Iona Beach)
- Birding with Me: Welcoming the Filipino Community (QE Park)
- Birds in the Breeze – Central Park
- Painting Loose Vibrant Florals (West Vancouver)
- Richmond Night Market
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- Monday, May 19, 2025
- Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- rEvolver Theatre Festival
- Felting Nature: Pileated Woodpecker (Vancouver)
- The Herons are Here: Colony Tour (Vancouver)
- Thursday, May 22, 2025
- Vegan Night Market (Vancouver)
- Biodiversity Day BioBlitz (Surrey)
- Gardening for Birds (Vancouver)
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- New Westminster Farmers Market
- Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Inner Elder (Vancouver)
- Friday, May 23, 2025
- Made in the 604 Summer Night Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Graham Clark’s 24-Hours of Stand-Up (Vancouver)
- An Evening with Niall Harbison + Jann Arden
- Nouvelle Scène Series: Cameron Crozman & Meagan Milatz (Vancouver)
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Inner Elder (Vancouver)
- Saturday, May 24, 2025
- Jazz Big Bands at the Heritage Building Peace Arch Park
- Tatkaar: A Kathak Workshop & Performance Experience (Coquitlam)
- Paul Pigat & Cousin Harley (Vancouver)
- Screening: Something Better Change (+ Joey Keithley Q&A) Vancouver
- Hummingbird Banding (Port Coquitlam)
- BMO Day of Music (Vancouver)
- Murder is a Drag (Vancouver)
- Graham Clark’s 24-Hours of Stand-Up (Vancouver)
- Steeped in Time: A Tea History & Chinese Tea Ceremony (Vancouver)
- African Music & Dance From Ghana (Vancouver)
- Mayhem – A Drag Theatre Production (Vancouver)
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Inner Elder (Vancouver)
- Sunday, May 25, 2025
- Braided Spirits Featuring Notorious Cree (Surrey)
- Spring Strings at VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Spot Prawn Festival (Vancouver)
- Elektra Women’s Choir – Legacy (Surrey)
- Birds in the Breeze – Barnet Marine Park (Burnaby)
- Tour: Secrets of Southeast Mount Pleasant
- Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble – Breath of Joy
- A Whole New World Concert (North Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Inner Elder (Vancouver)
- Monday, May 26, 2025
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- Teen Education and Career Fair (Surrey)
- Vancouver Children’s Festival
- Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Vancouver Canadians vs Hillsboro
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- New Westminster Farmers Market
- Jazz in the Parlour: William de Courcy & Ross McCrae (Vancouver)
- Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY 20th Anniversary (Vancouver)
- Burnaby Safe Community Series – Splash Wisely: Water Safety
- Blooms and Berries 101 (Vancouver)
- Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Inner Elder (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Children’s Festival
- Friday, May 30, 2025
- Made in the 604 Summer Night Market
- Richmond Night Market
- BC Basketball Festival (Langley)
- Vancouver Canadians vs Hillsboro
- Board Game Night / Soirée jeux (Vancouver)
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY 20th Anniversary (Vancouver)
- Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Inner Elder (Vancouver)
- The Kiffness at the Hollywood Theatre
- Vancouver Children’s Festival
- Saturday, May 31, 2025
- Pollinator Palooza (Surrey)
- BC Basketball Festival (Langley)
- Elektra Women’s Choir – Legacy (Vancouver)
- Big Jungle Run (Burnaby)
- United Voices Choir Presents Handel’s Coronation Anthem (Vancouver)
- Latin Cruises 1 | Blanco Party Boat (Vancouver)
- Birds of a Feather: Songs and Sounds (Vancouver)
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Vancouver Canadians vs Hillsboro
- The Bouncing Souls w The Adolescents, Jack Knives at the Commodore
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- rEvolver Theatre Festival (Vancouver)
- Firehall Arts Centre Presents: Inner Elder (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Children’s Festival
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