Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events August 21-23
This weekend around Vancouver there are free outdoor movies, free festivals, and I’m signing my book Freecouver at the River Market in New Westminster on Saturday! Find these events and many more fun things to do around Vancouver, like the opening of the PNE or a WNBA game, listed below:
Friday, August 21 | Saturday, August 22 | Sunday, August 23
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events August 21-23
- Friday, August 21, 2026
- FREE Burnaby Summer Cinema (Sponsored by Miss604)
- Toronto Tempo WNBA Game vs Portland
- Kitsilano Showboat Summer Season
- Bard After Dark
- Shipyards Night Market (North Vancouver)
- Coquitlam Summer Nights Farmers Market
- Summit Sunsets at Cypress
- Midsummer Mix Tape (Surrey)
- Fridays on Front in New Westminster
- Free Robson Square Summer Dance Series
- Hack’d – A gamers drag show – Phyllis & Mimi’s Multiverse
- In The Time of Big Boys: A Solo Sketch Comedy Show
- Car Club Heritage Classic (Langley)
- Live & Local Free Concerts (North Vancouver)
- Yuk Yuk’s Surrey Stand-Up Comedy Shows
- Ongoing attractions:
- Sunflower Festival at Richmond Country Farms
- Greendale Acres Corn Maze & Flower Fields in Chilliwack
- Stanley Park Mini Golf
- PNE / Playland
- Junction Public Market
- Water Street Pedestrian Zone
- Granville Pedestrian Zone
- Saturday, August 22, 2026
- FREECOUVER Book Signing Event with Miss604 (New Westminster)
- FREE Burnaby Summer Cinema (Sponsored by Miss604)
- Richmond Maritime Festival
- Summer Music & Fireworks Festival (New Westminster)
- Toronto Tempo Live WNBA Fan Event
- Whitecaps FC vs Dallas
- Velopalooza – Teddy’s Terrific Tiki Tour
- Fork & Finger (Langley)
- Water Lantern Festival (Coquitlam)
- Salmon Sessions Festival (Surrey)
- VIBE: Vancouver’s Old School Hip Hop Party
- Family Eco-Hour at the Nature House (drop-in)
- Everything But the Bagel Festival
- Culinary Garage Sale
- Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Summer Regatta
- PNE Summer Night Concerts (Blue Rodeo)
- Kitsilano Showboat Summer Season
- Get to Know Stanley Park Habitats
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Car Club Heritage Classic (Langley)
- Live & Local Free Concerts (North Vancouver)
- Yuk Yuk’s Surrey Stand-Up Comedy Shows
- Ongoing attractions:
- Burnaby Railway Miniature Train Rides
- Sunflower Festival at Richmond Country Farms
- Greendale Acres Corn Maze & Flower Fields in Chilliwack
- Stanley Park Mini Golf
- PNE / Playland
- Junction Public Market
- Water Street Pedestrian Zone
- Granville Pedestrian Zone
- Sunday, August 23, 2026
- Richmond Maritime Festival
- Toronto Tempo WNBA Game vs Las Vegas
- BC Lions Game & Watermelon Smash
- Kitsilano Showboat Summer Season
- Water Lantern Festival (Coquitlam)
- Day of the Dog in Yaletown
- Indonesia Festival
- PNE Summer Night Concerts (The Guess Who)
- Family Eco-Hour at the Nature House (drop-in)
- Meet the Night Shift: Bats in Stanley Park
- Summer Sundays in Port Moody
- Kitsilano Farmers Market
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Car Club Heritage Classic (Langley)
- Ongoing attractions:
- Burnaby Railway Miniature Train Rides
- Sunflower Festival at Richmond Country Farms
- Greendale Acres Corn Maze & Flower Fields in Chilliwack
- Stanley Park Mini Golf
- PNE / Playland
- Junction Public Market
- Water Street Pedestrian Zone
- Granville Pedestrian Zone
Month-Long Events, Shows, Exhibitions
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
Tours:
Exhibits/Exhibitions:
- Expo 86 Photo Exhibit & Gallery Summer Fair (Aug 8-Sept 5)
- Soccer & Technology from the FIFA Museum (til Sept 7)
- Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum (til Sept 13)
- I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson (til Oct)
- James Harry: Eye Of The Ancestor (til Oct 18)
- Daphne Boyer Presents Li bootee mishiwayitay — The Beauty of It All (til Nov)
- The Suitcase Project at Museum of Vancouver (til Nov)
- That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature (til Nov 8)
- The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at the MOV
- I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson (til Oct)
- Bill Reid Gallery Presents Every River Has a Mouth (til 2027)
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery – Cannery REcollections (til 2027)
- Gifts to be Shared, Protected, and Carried Forward at MONOVA (til Mar 2027)
- Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision at MOA (til 2027)
- Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong (til 2027)
- Chinese Canadian Museum A Soldier for All Seasons
- Highlights from the Collection – Vancouver Art Gallery (til Jan 2030)
Theatre:
- The Arts Club Presents: The Play That Goes Wrong (til Aug 16)
- Black Box Theatre: The Movie Star (Aug 13-23)
- A History of Motown at the Firehall Arts Centre (Aug 19-29)
- Bard on the Beach Presents: Merry Wives of Windsor (til Sept 19)
- Bard on the Beach Presents: MacBeth (til Sept 18)
- Theatre Under the Stars – Sister Act, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid (til Aug 22)
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