Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events May 9-11, 2025
The farmers markets are open, there’s a city-wide bird celebration with walks and talks, Mother’s Day brunches, concerts, and fairs. Find these events and many more fun things to do in Metro Vancouver this weekend right here:
Friday, May 9, 2025 | Saturday, May 10, 2025 | Sunday, May 11, 2025
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events May 9-11, 2025
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.
- 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
- Improv on Granville Island
- Theatre:
Vancouver Weekend Events May 9-11
- 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)
- Diwali Fest Colour Fest (Coquitlam)
- 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
- Improv on Granville Island
- Theatre:
- Sunday, May 11, 2025
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs LAFC
- Mother’s Day Cedar Bark Weaving at Museum of Van (sold out)
- Mother’s Day Traditional Pow Wow at Trout Lake
- Mother’s Day Floral Workshops on the Farm (Richmond)
- Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast & Tulip Dig (Chilliwack)
- Mother’s Day Brunch Options
- 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 (North Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- DOXA Documentary Film Festival
- Theatre:
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)
- 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)
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