Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events Dec 26-28

As we hop, skip, and jump on over to the end of the year, the holiday event list is shrinking but there are still many fun activities and attractions to enjoy around Vancouver this weekend:

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events Dec 26-28, 2025

• Friday, December 26, 2025
  • CONTACT Winter Music Festival
  • Shipyards Brewery District Boxing Day Crawl
  • HASAN HATES RONNY | RONNY HATES HASAN
  • Holiday History and Hot Chocolate Tour 
  • Cypress Mountain
  • Mt. Seymour
  • Grouse Mountain

• Saturday, December 27, 2025
  • Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
  • A Very Merry Motown
  • CONTACT Winter Music Festival
  • HASAN HATES RONNY | RONNY HATES HASAN
  • Holiday History and Hot Chocolate Tour 
  • Cypress Mountain
  • Mt. Seymour
  • Grouse Mountain
• Sunday, December 28, 2025
  • Kitsilano Winter Farmers Market
  • O Christmas Tea (New Westminster)
  • A Very Merry Motown
  • Holiday History and Hot Chocolate Tour 
  • Cypress Mountain
  • Mt. Seymour
  • Grouse Mountain

On All Season

• Attractions:
  • Destination Downtown – Ferris Wheel & More (til Jan 2)
  • Gingerbread Lane at the Hyatt for Make-A-Wish (til Dec 28)
  • 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 (til Jan 12)
  • Holiday Lights in Williams Park (til Dec 28)
  • Festival of Lights at Tsawwassen Springs (til Jan 4)
• Theatre, Film, Shows
  • The Improv Centre – ‘Tis the Sitcom (til Dec 30)
  • The Arts Club Presents – Little Women (til Jan 4)
  • The Arts Club Presents – Disney’s Frozen (til Jan 6)
  • 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)
• Exhibitions & Exhibits:
  • 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 2026)
  • The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at the MOV
  • Gulf of Georgia Cannery – Cannery REcollections (til 2027)
  • Chinese Canadian Museum A Soldier for All Seasons
  • MOA presents Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother (til Mar)

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The December Event List is sponsored by the Vancouver Polar Bear Swim, happening on January 1, 2026 at English Bay. Register in advance to take part in this century-old tradition!