Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events January 23-25, 2026
This weekend in Vancouver you can savour the start of Canada’s largest food and drink celebration, a festival of hot chocolate, dances and performances, tours, talks, and workshops. Find these activities and many more fun things to do in Vancouver listed below:
Friday, January 23 | Saturday, January 24 | Sunday, January 25
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events January 23-25, 2026
- Friday, January 23, 2026
- Featured: Bard in the Valley – MacBeth
- Bird Walks in Surrey
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- David Binney Trio w Louis Cole & Pera Krstajic
- Dine Out Vancouver
- Dine Out: Street Food City
- Dine Out: Filipino Feast
- Sunset Meditation – Mindfulness Under the Stars
- City Pop City ft. Chen Baker
- DanceHouse Presents: Paradisum Recirquel
- ARC After Dark: Silent Disco Edition
- Tablao Triana Flamenco
- Firehall Arts Centre: English
- PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
- DanceHouse: Recirquel’s “Paradisum”
- Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival (Self-Guided)
- Downtown Vancouver Lights
- Robson Square Ice Rink
- The Shipyards Skate Plaza
- Free Outdoor Skating in Surrey
- Lights at Lafarge (Coquitlam)
- Saturday, January 24, 2026
- Featured: Bard in the Valley – MacBeth
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Meet the Illustrator: Dawn Lo
- Artsushi Workshop: Daruma (Burnaby)
- Ohara Ikebana Workshop: New Year (Burnaby)
- Bookmark Making with Invasive Plants
- Richmond Art Gallery Winter Exhibitions Launch
- Comedy at Ukraine Hall (Richmond)
- Firehall Arts Centre: English
- Drop-In Nature Sketching (Coquitlam)
- Flour + Water: A Pasta Master Class
- Dine Out Vancouver
- Dine Out: Street Food City
- Lori Goldston + Malcolm Jack
- Drunken Chocolatier at the Riley Park Farmers Market
- Koko Monk Hot Chocolate Flight of the Week
- DanceHouse Presents: Paradisum Recirquel
- Curators and Crafts: Lunar New Year Records
- Prance! An inclusive Community Drag Charity Fundraiser
- Free Monthly Community Dinner
- Super Weekend: Blustery Fraser Canyon (New Westminster)
- Cantopop in Canada: Songwriting and Performing Identity
- Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
- PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
- DanceHouse: Recirquel’s “Paradisum”
- Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival (Self-Guided)
- Downtown Vancouver Lights
- Robson Square Ice Rink
- The Shipyards Skate Plaza
- Free Outdoor Skating in Surrey
- Lights at Lafarge (Coquitlam)
- Sunday, January 25, 2026
- Featured: Bard in the Valley – MacBeth
- Birds of a Feather: Frosty Flutters
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Culture Club at MOA: Making Memories for the New Year
- Firehall Arts Centre: English
- Dine Out Vancouver
- Dine Out: Street Food City
- Kitsilano Winter Farmers Market
- Tours of the Suitcase Project at MOV
- Super Weekend: Blustery Fraser Canyon (New Westminster)
- Drunken Chocolatier at the Kitsilano Farmers Market
- PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
- Arts Club on Tour: Burning Mom (Burnaby)
- Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival (Self-Guided)
- Downtown Vancouver Lights
- Robson Square Ice Rink
- The Shipyards Skate Plaza
- Free Outdoor Skating in Surrey
- Lights at Lafarge (Coquitlam)
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Month-Long Events, Shows, Exhibitions
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
- Tours:
- 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)
- 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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