May Long Weekend Events in Vancouver – Things to do May 16-19, 2025
The May Long Weekend is already here and the event list is packed with markets, shows, baseball, teas, and tours. The Vancouver Bird Celebration continues this weekend, New Brighton Pool and Second Beach Pool will be opening for the season, and Playland opens for the summer as well. Find these events and many more fun things to do around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley right here:
Friday, May 16 | Saturday, May 17 | Sunday, May 18 | Monday, May 19
May Long Weekend Events in Vancouver
Things to do May 16-19, 2025
- Friday, May 16, 2025
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- Made in the 604 Summer Night Market
- Richmond Night Market
- Magee Secondary Presents: The Olympians (Vancouver)
- Siegel’s Bagels Street Party in Kitsilano
- Victoria Day Long Weekend – Tea Party (Langley)
- Treetop Tailes: Swoop and Soar (North Vancouver)
- Mackin House – Hobbies in Coquitlam Opening Reception
- Gordie Tentrees with Jaxon Haldane (Vancouver)
- Dwayne Gretzky at the Hollywood Theatre (Vancouver)
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Shipyards Night Market (North Vancouver)
- The Improv Centre on Granville Island
- West Side Story at the Granville Island Stage
- Pacific Theatre Presents: Meeting
- Junction Public Market Downtown
- Summer at Burnaby Village
- Saturday, May 17, 2025
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- Surrey Slam Jam
- Garden Tea Festival
- The Ultimate Old School Dance Party (Burnaby)
- Plant Pressing Workshop (New Westminster)
- Sát’atqwa7/Stó:lō “Fraser River” Art Exhibition (Abbotsford)
- Pup Picnic at Taves Family Farm (Abbotsford)
- East Meets West – A Musical Fusion of Cultures (New Westminster)
- World Deaf Hockey Ice Championship (Vancouver)
- Vancouver All British Field Meet at VanDusen
- Vancouver African Violet & Gesneriad Society: Show & Sale
- Vancouver Etsy Spring Pop-Up
- Brewhalla Fort Langley
- Chinatown Storytelling Centre Family Saturday
- Playland Opening Weekend
- Foundation v13.0: Open Radius featuring John Summit and Sara Landry (Vancouver)
- Sleigh Bells with Sophie Hunter at the Hollywood (Vancouver)
- Sharon Van Etten with Love Spells at the Vogue (Vancouver)
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Richmond Night Market
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- Foundation v13.0: Open Radius featuring John Summit and Sara Landry (Vancouver)
- The Improv Centre on Granville Island
- West Side Story at the Granville Island Stage
- Pacific Theatre Presents: Meeting
- Junction Public Market Downtown
- Summer at Burnaby Village
- Sunday, May 18, 2025
- Vancouver Canadians vs Everett
- VYSO 95th Anniversary Concert (Vancouver)
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Vancouver Etsy Spring Pop-Up
- Bird Walk – Jericho Beach
- Playland Opening Weekend
- Japanese Tea Ceremony at the Nikkei Centre (Burnaby)
- Sát’atqwa7/Stó:lō “Fraser River” Art Exhibition (Abbotsford)
- Engine 374 Celebration at the Roundhouse
- The Dip with Parlor Greens at the Pearl (Vancouver)
- Will’s Jams Concert with Special Guest (Vancouver)
- Live Painting Demo with Rod Pedralba (New Westminster)
- Birding with Me: Welcoming the FIlipino Community (Iona Beach)
- Birding with Me: Welcoming the Filipino Community (QE Park)
- Birds in the Breeze – Central Park
- Chopin Society: Avery Gagliano (Vancouver)
- Painting Loose Vibrant Florals (West Vancouver)
- Richmond Night Market
- SIX The Musical in Vancouver
- Burnaby Central Railway Miniature Train
- West Side Story at the Granville Island Stage
- Pacific Theatre Presents: Meeting
- Junction Public Market Downtown
- Summer at Burnaby Village
- Junction Public Market Downtown
- Summer at Burnaby Village
- Monday, May 19, 2025
Month-Long Events & Activities
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
Attractions and Tours
Exhibits/Exhibitions
- Science World: Extreme Sports Beyond Human Limits (til May 19)
- Seriously? Comedy and Satire in Canadian Art 1970s–Now (til May 18)
- Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Tranquility Of Communion (til May 25)
- The Art of Banksy Without Limits (til May 25)
- Echoes of Memory: Featuring A Crow A Day (til Jun)
- Mary Sui Yee Wong Exhibit at Richmond Art Gallery (til Jun)
- Ferry Building Gallery – Frozen in Time (til Jun 1)
- VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology (til Oct)
- Vitality: Iconic Images, Hidden Stories (til Dec)
- Christian White Master Haida Artist at the Bill Reid Gallery
- Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape
- Nuxalk Strong – First Exhibition of its Kind at the Museum of Anthropology
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery – Cannery REcollections (til 2027)
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