Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events October 16-18
It’s going to be another beautiful autumn weekend in Vancouver filled with events and fun things to do around the region. If you enjoy art, film, music, writing, dining, and fall fun on the farm there’s something for you:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events October 16-18
- Friday, October 16, 2026
- Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival
- Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival
- A History of Motown (North Vancouver)
- Halloween Art Market
- The Fall Edit – Evalina Beauty
- Drag Fight Club
- Yupi! Latin American Arts Family Festival
- Autumn Art Show and Sale (Burnaby)
- Off the Shelf Poetry Reading Series: Jordan Abel & Cecily Nicholson
- Phantasmagoria Nights: Vintage Horror Projection Show (Coquitlam)
- Vancouver Fall Home Show
- Virago Nation Presents Stripocalypse: Rise of the Auntie Heroes
- VFS Exclusive ADVANCED Scene Study with Gil Bellows
- Cayford Gala Starlight & Stories
- A Workshop with PARK Ju-hyun Making Silkscreen Postcards
- MetroCon – Horror-Themed FanCon (Burnaby)
- Ongoing Attractions:
- Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train
- Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge (til Nov 1)
- Guildford Town Centre’s Secrets of the Haunted Bog (til Oct 31)
- FlyOver Canada – HowlOver Canada (til Nov 1)
- Vancouver Korean Book Festival (til Oct 31)
- Fright Nights at Playland (til Oct 31)
- The Count Quackula Scavenger Hunt
- Halloween Fright Festival at Maan Farms
- Fall on the Farm in the Fraser Valley
- Astra Lumina in Stanley Park
- Halloween at Britannia: Monsters, Machines & Mischief
- Saturday, October 17, 2026
- VOTE in the Vancouver Civic Election
- Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Phyllis & Mimi’s Multiverse After Dark
- Does It Snack?
- 35th Annual Apple Festival at UBC Botanical Garden
- Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival
- Virago Nation Presents Stripocalypse: Rise of the Auntie Heroes
- Nature Tales in Stanley Park
- A Little Night Music with Mozart
- Black Spaces Symposium & Summit: Making Space for You
- A Night of Italian Opera
- Home by Midnight Dance Party (Coquitlam)
- Tasting Your Way Through the Hive (New Westminster)
- Yupi! Latin American Arts Family Festival
- Murder at the Museum: A Killer Comedy Whodunnit
- Anvil Theatre Presents Bury the Hatchet (New Westminster)
- Vancouver Fall Home Show
- The Baby Show Vancouver
- Community Dinner (North Vancouver)
- VFS Exclusive ADVANCED Scene Study with Gil Bellows
- Intro to Multi-Colour Woodcuts with Richard Tetrault (West Vancouver)
- Community Tree Planting (Surrey)
- MetroCon – Horror-Themed FanCon (Burnaby)
- Canadian Steam Comedy (Delta)
- Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival
- Small File Media Festival
- Ongoing Attractions:
- Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train
- Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge (til Nov 1)
- Guildford Town Centre’s Secrets of the Haunted Bog (til Oct 31)
- FlyOver Canada – HowlOver Canada (til Nov 1)
- Vancouver Korean Book Festival (til Oct 31)
- Fright Nights at Playland (til Oct 31)
- The Count Quackula Scavenger Hunt
- Halloween Fright Festival at Maan Farms
- Fall on the Farm in the Fraser Valley
- Astra Lumina in Stanley Park
- Halloween at Britannia: Monsters, Machines & Mischief
- Sunday, October 18, 2026
- Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival
- Bingo Night for the Cats – A Surrey CATS Fundraiser
- Boo! Haunted Halloween Market
- Aubade with Joy – Richard Li’s Solo Classical Vocal Charity Concert
- Spanish Fair Book (Feria de Libro en Español)
- Birds of a Feather: Ducks and Fall Flocks
- Practice Chinese. Discover Another Side of China
- Nature Tales in Stanley Park
- Jenie Gao on Business Basics and Art Ethics for Artists (Richmond)
- 35th Annual Apple Festival at UBC Botanical Garden
- MetroCon – Horror-Themed FanCon (Burnaby)
- VFS Exclusive ADVANCED Scene Study with Gil Bellows
- Yupi! Latin American Arts Family Festival
- Vancouver Writers Festival
- The Baby Show Vancouver
- Spirits, Spells & Cocktails @ D6 Bar & Lounge
- GAME CHANGER – Free Drag Bingo & Trivia
- Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival
- Vancouver Fall Home Show
- Small File Media Festival
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Ongoing Attractions:
- Bear Creek Park Pumpkin Train
- Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge (til Nov 1)
- Guildford Town Centre’s Secrets of the Haunted Bog (til Oct 31)
- FlyOver Canada – HowlOver Canada (til Nov 1)
- Vancouver Korean Book Festival (til Oct 31)
- Fright Nights at Playland (til Oct 31)
- The Count Quackula Scavenger Hunt
- Halloween Fright Festival at Maan Farms
- Fall on the Farm in the Fraser Valley
- Astra Lumina in Stanley Park
- Halloween at Britannia: Monsters, Machines & Mischief
Month-Long Events, Shows, Exhibitions
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
Tours:
Exhibits/Exhibitions:
- Ferry Building Gallery: Tāpis: A Love Letter to Our Dog Kin (til Oct 4)
- 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 (Sept 17-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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