Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events April 4-6, 2025
byIt’s the first weekend in April and spring is in full swing! The cherry blossoms are out, the tulip festivals will start soon (stay tuned for next weekend) and there are concerts and shows all around town. Find these activities and many more fun things to do in the Vancouver weekend event list:
Friday, April 4 | Saturday, April 5 | Sunday, April 6

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events April 4-6, 2025
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)
- Theatre:
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)
- The Social Day Party at the Beaumont (Vancouver)
- Made in the 604 Spring Pop-Up Market (North Van)
- Lynn Creek Community Rec Centre Opening (North Van)
- 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)
- Theatre:
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
- Big City Bannock Food Truck Pop-Up
- 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)
- Theatre:
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)
- 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
- 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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