Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events November 28-30
This weekend the holidays kick-off in style with tree lightings, festive markets, free holiday fun, and so much more. We also just published the giant December events calendar, and it’s updated daily so you can bookmark it and check back often to plan your holiday adventures this month.
Friday, November 28 | Saturday, November 29 | Sunday, November 30
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events November 28-30, 2025
- Friday, November 28, 2025
- Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting
- Lights at Lafarge – Kick-Off Event (Coquitlam)
- Nightcrawlers with Guest Ale Avery Nunez (Burnaby)
- Hycroft for the Holidays
- Tree Lighting at Wesbrook Village (UBC)
- Vancouver Mysteries presents Murder is a Drag Chapter 2: Wake the Dead
- Roots & Recipes 尋味根源: Cooking across generations 代代相傳的美食
- Disney on Ice – Let’s Dance
- Off the Shelf Poetry Reading Series: Cole Mash & Lauren Peat
- The Dance Centre Presents Eric Chung
- DanceHouse Presents Taiwan’s Hung Dance
- Made in the 604 Market (North Vancouver)
- The Allmost Brothers Band with Roll Um Easy
- Estée Lauder Warehouse Sale (Clinique, MAC)
- Vancouver Christmas Market
- Shipyards Christmas Market – Free (North Vancouver)
- Christmas at Tanglebank (Abbotsford)
- Legendary Emily Carr U Student Art Sale + Indigenous Winter Market
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- Saturday, November 29, 2025
- Featured: Chez Nous – Christmas with Elektra
- Whitecaps Watch Party at BC Place & more
- SENSES Concert for Mental Wellness
- Very Victorian Christmas Market
- Parkcrest School Winterfest Market (Burnaby)
- Gingerbread Showdown Launch (Surrey)
- Hycroft for the Holidays
- Echoes – A High-Energy Journey of Fiddle Music (North Vancouver)
- Disney on Ice – Let’s Dance
- Family Forest Field Trip
- Japan Market at Robson Square
- Christmas in the Square and Winter Market (Port Coquitlam)
- Fraser River Discovery Centre – Wood Wide Web (New Westminster)
- Chinese Unicorn Dance Workshop with Kirin Rising
- Remember November Time Capsule Project at MOV
- DanceHouse Presents Taiwan’s Hung Dance
- The Dance Centre Presents Eric Chung
- Academy Chamber Players: Robert and Johannes
- Vancouver Game Expo
- Odlum Brown MoMiler Stache Dash
- Hand Sewing and Upcycling Workshop (Coquitlam)
- Dundarave Festival (West Vancouver)
- Bright in Burnaby (Burnaby)
- Fort Langley Tree Lighting (Fort Langley)
- Chilliwack Rotary Christmas Parade (Chilliwack)
- Craft Workshop: Ayacuchan Embroidery
- North Surrey Secondary Holiday Market Fair (Surrey)
- Indigenous Christmas Market (Surrey)
- Estée Lauder Warehouse Sale (Clinique, MAC)
- Spirit of the Season Festival at The Shipyards (North Vancouver)
- Shipyards Christmas Market – Free (North Vancouver)
- Vancouver Etsy Co. Holiday Market at The Pipe Shop (North Vancouver)
- Christmas at Tanglebank (Abbotsford)
- Vancouver Christmas Market
- Legendary Emily Carr U Student Art Sale + Indigenous Winter Market
- Sunday, November 30, 2025
- Featured: Chez Nous – Christmas with Elektra
- Opera on a Sunday Afternoon (Burnaby)
- Hycroft for the Holidays
- Christmas Wonderland on the Drive
- Japan Market at Robson Square
- Very Victorian Christmas Market
- Moms Moms Moms: A Burlesque Comedy
- Fraser River Discovery Centre – Wood Wide Web (New Westminster)
- Banquet of Stories 2025: Roots & Routes: Migration Stories
- Surrey Santa Parade of Lights (Surrey)
- Dundarave Festival (West Vancouver)
- Disney on Ice – Let’s Dance
- Vancouver Etsy Co. Holiday Market at The Pipe Shop (North Vancouver)
- Shipyards Christmas Market – Free (North Vancouver)
- Christmas at Tanglebank (Abbotsford)
- Vancouver Christmas Market
- Estée Lauder Warehouse Sale (Clinique, MAC)
Month-Long Events, Shows, Exhibitions
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months:
- Attractions:
- Destination Downtown – Ferris Wheel & More (til Jan 2)
- Shipyards Christmas Market – Free in North Van (til Dec 24)
- Vancouver Christmas Market Downtown (til Dec 24)
- Christmas at the Cannery in Steveston (til Dec 24)
- The Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain (til Dec 24)
- Greendale Acres Santa Experience (Chilliwack) (til Dec 23)
- Christmas at Tanglebank Estate (Abbotsford) (til Dec 23)
- Gingerbread Lane at the Hyatt for Make-A-Wish (til Dec 28)
- Jingle Bar Vancouver (til Dec 23)
- Merry & Bright at Martini Town (til Dec 31)
- Steveston Winter Tram Experience (til Dec 31)
- St Paul’s Lights of Hope (til Jan 1)
- Robson Square Ice Rink (til Feb)
- The Shipyards Skate Plaza (til Feb)
- Free Outdoor Skating in Surrey (til Feb 16)
- Lights at Lafarge (Coquitlam) (til Feb)
- 26th Annual Winter Ice Palace (Surrey) (til Jan 4)
- VanDusen Festival of Lights (til Jan 4)
- The Lights at Cultus Lake (til Jan 4)
- Holiday Market at Wesbrook Village (til Dec 31)
- Festive Village at Burnaby Village (til Jan 2)
- Lights by the Lake (Harrison) (til Jan 11)
- Holiday Splash at the Aquarium (til Jan 4)
- SONDER Life in Lights – Yaletown (til Jan 11)
- Soar with Santa at Flyover (til Jan 4)
- VanDusen Festival of Lights (til Jan 4)
- Glow in the Park (New Westminster) (til Jan 4)
- Bright Walk in White Rock (Dec 7-Jan 12)
- Holiday Lights in Williams Park (Dec 13-28)
- Festival of Lights at Tsawwassen Springs (til Jan 4)
- Tours:
- Exhibitions & Exhibits:
- Vitality: Iconic Images, Hidden Stories (til Dec)
- WinterFest at MOS (Surrey) (til Dec 22)
- NDN Giver at the Bill Reid Gallery (til Jan 25)
- Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape (til Jan)
- Lee Miller Photography Exhibition at the Polygon Gallery (til Feb)
- Christian White Master Haida Artist at the Bill Reid Gallery (til Feb)
- MONOVA: Are We There Yet? Transportation Exhibition (til Mar)
- Living with Long COVID at the MOV (til Mar)
- Artemis Space Adventure with LEGO® Bricks (til Apr)
- We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection (til Apr)
- Nuxalk Strong – First Exhibition of its Kind at the MOA
- Entangled Territories – Tibet Through Images at the MOA (til Mar 29)
- The Suitcase Project at Museum of Vancouver (til Nov ’26)
- The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at the MOV
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery – Cannery REcollections (til ’27)
- Chinese Canadian Museum A Soldier for All Seasons
- MOA presents Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother (til Mar)
- Theatre, Film, Shows
- Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (til Dec 6)
- The Improv Centre – ‘Tis the Sitcom (til Dec 30)
- The Cultch Presents – Burnout Paradise (til Dec 7)
- The Arts Club Presents – Little Women (til Jan 4)
- The Arts Club Presents – Disney’s Frozen (til Jan 6)
- A Wonderheads Christmas Carol (til Dec 14)
- Pacific Theatre Presents – Christmas Presence (Dec 12-23)
- Gateway Theatre Presents – Annie (til Jan 3)
- East Van Panto: West Van Story (til Jan 11)
- Jack and the Beanstalk: A Traditional British Pantomime (Dec 12-Jan 4)
- FULL HOLIDAY THEATRE GUIDE
Find more events and fun things to do around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in the December event list.
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