Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events May 2-4, 2025
This weekend in Vancouver is filled with events and fun for the whole family. 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). Find these activities and many more listed below:
Friday, May 2 | Saturday, May 3 | Sunday, May 4
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.
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events May 2-4, 2025
- 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:
- BMO Vancouver Marathon
- 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)
- 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
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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