Things to do in Vancouver Thanksgiving Long Weekend Events October 9-12
This Thanksgiving Long Weekend around Vancouver you can enjoy fun on the farm, cultural festivals, Halloween frights, arts events, seasonal markets, and more!
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Things to do in Vancouver Thanksgiving Long Weekend Events October 9-12
- Friday, October 9, 2026
- The Creators Collective Opening at Park Royal
- Home by Midnight Vancouver Dance Party
- Halloween Hunt in City of Lougheed (Burnaby)
- Queer Confidential (Burnaby)
- Spooky Szn Art Fest
- BC Lions Game
- Phantasmagoria Nights: Vintage Horror Projection Show (Coquitlam)
- ACTORS with Sacred Skin, MØAA and DJ Evilyn 13
- Palestine Comedy Club
- Music BC ARC Showcase
- VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival
- Vancouver Korean Book Festival
- Fall Fun & Halloween Activities
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
- Advance Voting – City of Vancouver
- Fort Langley Cranberry Festival (Fort Langley)
- Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Global Dance Festival 2026 – Fusion of Diversity (Surrey)
- Variety Vault: Unlocked – An Adult Variety Show
- Intro to Ukelele Workshop
- River Basin Days (Coquitlam)
- Palestine Comedy Club
- 31st Annual Fort Langley Cranberry Festival
- “The Power of Portraits” Tour and Talk with Gu Xiong
- Oddities & Curiosities Expo
- Whistler Outdoor Festival
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival
- Vancouver Korean Book Festival
- Fall Fun & Halloween Activities
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
- Monday, October 12, 2026
- Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Vancouver Korean Book Festival
- Fall Fun & Halloween Activities
Month-Long Events, Shows, Exhibitions
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
Tours:
Exhibits/Exhibitions:
- A View From Above – Life and work of Preston Buffalo (Oct 15-Dec 11)
- Lam Tung Pang’s Out of This World (Oct 24 -Jan 3)
- 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)
- Cradled Origins at the Bill Reid Gallery (til Jan)
- Martin Bartlett: Begin Anywhere (til Feb)
- Bill Reid Gallery Presents Every River Has a Mouth (til 2027)
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery – Cannery REcollections (til 2027)
- Vancouver Art Gallery Presents Local Showcase Vancouver Now! (til May 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
- The Robot Zoo at Science World (Oct – Apr ’27)
- Highlights from the Collection – Vancouver Art Gallery (til Jan 2030)
Theatre & Dance:
- The Arts Club Presents: Heist (til Oct 18)
- Studio 58 Presents: The Birds (Oct 8-18)
- The Cultch Presents: Job (Sept 29-Oct 11)
- Mary Shelley Meets A Monster (Oct 15-31)
- Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey (Oct 14-24)
- The Improv Centre
- The Effect (Oct 15-25)
- Touchstone Theatre: Vascular Necrosis – a Queer Zombie Love Story (Oct 7-18)
- Mitch & Murray Productions Presents: Mary Jane (Oct 23 – Nov 1)
- Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (Oct 22-Nov 15)
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