Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend January 30-February 1, 2026

This weekend in Vancouver you can enjoy culinary events, theatre shows, workshops, tours, and more! There’s no shortage to fun things to do around the region as the calendar heats up, on chilly days, and we welcome a new month.

Friday, January 30 | Saturday, January 31 | Sunday, February 1

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events January 30-February 1, 2026

• Friday, January 30, 2026
  • Featured: Bard in the Valley – MacBeth
  • The Clayton Coffee House (Surrey)
  • Dine Out Vancouver 2026
  • Dine Out x Vancouver Convention Centre Present Flavours Unveiled
  • Gimme Gimme Disco
  • Cypress – The Après Series: Shred Night
  • Advance Theatre Festival- Roald Dahl Doesn’t Care About You (Burnaby)
  • Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist / Publication Launch
  • THE HEAT: An International Improv Comedy Showcase
  • Catching Up to the Future of Our Past
  • PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
  • The Cultch: Everything Has Disappeared
  • Advance Theatre Festival: Advancing the Radically Inclusive Stage
  • Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival (Self-Guided)
  • Firehall Arts Centre: English
  • Downtown Vancouver Lights
  • Robson Square Ice Rink 
  • The Shipyards Skate Plaza 
  • Free Outdoor Skating in Surrey 
  • Lights at Lafarge (Coquitlam)
  • The Dome Vancouver 

• Saturday, January 31, 2026
  • Featured: Bard in the Valley – MacBeth
  • Glass Fusion Workshop
  • Curling Day in Canada Events Around Vancouver
  • The Great Canadian Sing-A-Long (Surrey)
  • Roast Your Own Hojicha (Burnaby)
  • Light Up Bike Parade (North Vancouver)
  • Visible Mending Workshop
  • Surrey Libraries Expo: Spark Your Curiosity
  • Mastering Julia Child’s Duck à l’Orange
  • Tours of the Suitcase Project at MOV
  • Lunar New Year Market at Nikkei Centre (Burnaby)
  • Mahjong and Mingle
  • The Wellness Show
  • Dine Out Vancouver 2026
  • Chocolate Gelato Masterclass
  • Dine Out: Rum Club: Dine Out Edition at Chupito
  • Dine Out: Filipino Feast
  • Dine Out x Vancouver Convention Centre Present Flavours Unveiled
  • Orpheum Tours
  • Riley Park Winter Farmers Market
  • Firehall Arts Centre: English
  • Beading Workshop with Pam Nowell (New Westminster)
  • THE HEAT: An International Improv Comedy Showcase
  • Catching Up to the Future of Our Past
  • The Cultch: Everything Has Disappeared
  • Ventastic: Reimagining the Art of Ventriloquism (New Westminster)
  • PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
  • Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival (Self-Guided)
  • Downtown Vancouver Lights
  • Robson Square Ice Rink 
  • The Shipyards Skate Plaza 
  • Free Outdoor Skating in Surrey 
  • Lights at Lafarge (Coquitlam)
  • The Dome Vancouver 

• Sunday, February 1, 2026
  • Gung Haggis Fat Choy
  • The Wellness Show
  • Firehall Arts Centre: English
  • Bard in the Valley – MacBeth
  • The Oldest Profession LIVE at LanaLou’s
  • International Guitar Night (New Westminster)
  • Rogue Folk: Beyond The Pale
  • Film Screening: Spring After Spring
  • Dine Out Vancouver
  • Dine Out: Sea Foraging Adventure
  • Dine Out: Murder is a Drag: Killer Birthday
  • Dine Out: Vancouver Aquarium Dine-out Vancouver Pop-up
  • Dine Out: A Wok Around Chinatown
  • Granville Island Market Food Tour
  • Taste Around Abby Tasting Menus in Abbotsford
  • Love Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
  • Metro Theatre: Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park
  • The Arts Club Presents: You’re Just a Place That I Used to Know
  • Museum of Personal Failure at Kingsgate Mall
  • Immersive Theatre: The Last Resort
  • Downtown Vancouver Lights
  • Robson Square Ice Rink 
  • The Shipyards Skate Plaza 
  • Free Outdoor Skating in Surrey 
  • Lights at Lafarge (Coquitlam)
  • The Dome Vancouver 

Month-Long Events, Shows, Exhibitions

These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.

• Tours:
  • Talaysay Tours: Spoken Treasures
  • 10 Tours in Downtown Vancouver
• Exhibitions & Exhibits:
  • Lee Miller Photography Exhibition at the Polygon Gallery (til Feb)
  • Christian White Master Haida Artist at the Bill Reid Gallery (til Feb)
  • MONOVA: Are We There Yet? Transportation Exhibition (til Mar)
  • Living with Long COVID at the MOV (til Mar)
  • Burnaby Art Gallery: Bobbie Burgers: Assembly (Feb 7-April 19)
  • Entangled Territories – Tibet Through Images at the MOA (til Mar 29)
  • Artemis Space Adventure with LEGO® Bricks (til Apr)
  • We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection (til Apr)
  • Embodied Conversations: The Lillian and Billy Mauer Collection (til May 10)
  • Nuxalk Strong – First Exhibition of its Kind at the MOA
  • The Suitcase Project at Museum of Vancouver (til Nov)
  • That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature (Feb 6-Nov 8)
  • The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at the MOV
  • Bill Reid Gallery Presents Every River Has a Mouth (til 2027)
  • Gulf of Georgia Cannery – Cannery REcollections (til 2027)
  • Chinese Canadian Museum A Soldier for All Seasons
  • MOA presents Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother (til Mar)

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