Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events April 11-13, 2025
The cherry blossoms are out and the tulip festivals are opening this weekend in the Fraser Valley. From flowers to festivals and fashion, find these events and many more fun things to do around Metro Vancouver listed right here:
Friday, April 11 | Saturday, April 12 | Sunday, April 13
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events April 11-13, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Skoden Indigenous Film Festival 2025 (Burnaby)
- Food Truck Wars (Surrey)
- Vancouver Fashion Week
- Métis: Children of the Fur Trade (Surrey)
- Storytelling and Hula at Bloedel Conservatory
- Brewhalla North Vancouver
- 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)
- Record Store Day at Neptoon Records (Vancouver)
- Record Store Day
- 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)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Abbotsford Tulips at Lakeland Flower Festival
- 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)
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Abbotsford Tulips at Lakeland Flower Festival
- 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
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)
- 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
- Ruby Slippers Theatre – Home Deliveries (til Apr 13)
- Metro Theatre: Arsenic and Old Lace (til Apr 26)
- 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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