Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events April 25-27, 2025

Art, tulips, opera, books! This weekend it’s Independent Bookstore Day, the tulip festivals in the valley are in full swing, it’s time for the Vancouver Sun Run, and there are shows and tours all around town. Find these events and many more fun things to do around Vancouver this weekend below:

Friday, April 25 | Saturday, April 26 | Sunday, April 27

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events April 25-27, 2025

Friday, April 25, 2025

• Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
• Vancouver Writers Festival Whisky & Words
• Art Vancouver
• 30th Annual FVACC Antiques & Collectibles Show (New Westminster)
• Art Incognito: 20th Anniversary Art Gala & Fundraiser (Vancouver)
• Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
• Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
• Harrison Tulip Festival
• Burnaby Central Railway
• Lost Souls of Gastown Tour
• Talking Trees Tour in Stanley Park
• The Improv Centre
• Carousel Theatre Presents Stuart Little
• Royal City Musial Theatre Presents Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5

Saturday, April 26, 2025

• Canadian Independent Bookstore Day in Vancouver
  • Vancouver Bookstore Crawl
• Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera
• Vancouver Warriors Quarterfinals
• 30th Annual FVACC Antiques & Collectibles Show (New Westminster)
• Shred-A-Thon by Rotary Club of Surrey
• Party for the Planet in Surrey
• Art Vancouver
• Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge
• Birds of a Feather: Forest and Wetland Migrants (Vancouver)
• North Shore Artists’ Guild Spring Sale
• Fort Langley Village Farmers Market
• Pacific Theatre Presents: Oh Pray Tell (Vancouver)
• Mount Pleasant Walking Tours (Vancouver)
• Intro to the Art of Cross Stitching (West Vancouver)
• Jeff Newman Mentalist (Burnaby)
• Harrison Tulip Festival
• Daffodil Ball (Vancouver
• Alex Cuba at the Anvil Centre (New Westminster)
• Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
• Kylie Minogue – Tension Tour (Vancouver)
• Fool’s Paradise Cabaret (Vancouver)
• Hopes and Dreams: A Benefit for the Children of Ukraine (Vancouver)
• Gateway Theatre Presents Pride and Prejudice (Richmond)
• Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
• Burnaby Central Railway
• Lost Souls of Gastown Tour
• The Improv Centre
• Carousel Theatre Presents Stuart Little
• Royal City Musial Theatre Presents Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5

Sunday, April 27, 2025

• Vancouver Sun Run (Route and Road Closures)
• Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera
• Warrior Festival at The Cultch (Vancouver)
• Maestros of Afro-cuban Jazz Feat. Alain Perez Trio (Vancouver)
• Art Vancouver
• Wild Blue Herons at Jazz Vespers
• Fool’s Paradise Cabaret (Vancouver)
• Harrison Tulip Festival
• International Dance Day 2025 (Vancouver)
• Outback Presents Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer (Vancouver)
• Tulips in Abbotsford at Lakeland Flower Festival
• Burnaby Central Railway
• Lost Souls of Gastown Tour
• Carousel Theatre Presents Stuart Little
• Royal City Musial Theatre Presents Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5

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