Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events September 18-20
Events around Vancouver this weekend include a celebration of Indigenous cultures, creativity, and community, plus local markets, fringe theatre, a free family festival on the farm in South Surrey, and many more things to do:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events September 18-20
- Friday, September 18, 2026
- Come Toward the Fire Festival
- Witch Perfect at the Rio
- False Creek Farmers Market
- Fire Dragon Festival
- Ohana Comedy Show
- VICO Concert in the Parlour – A Blending of Celtic & Persian Traditions
- The Rickshaw and Paul Pigat Present Cousin Harley
- Welcome to Burnaby Fair
- Yuk Yuk’s Surrey Stand-Up Comedy Shows
- Last Chance to Visit the Richmond Night Market
- The Queer Beaver – The New Lesbian Lounge
- Phyllis & Mimi’s Multiverse – Anime Slay
- Pop Up Dances Festival
- Fall Marina Show and Sale
- West Fine Art Show (Langley)
- Fun at Local Farms in the Fraser Valley
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- Vancouver Fringe Festival
- BC Culture Days Events
- Open Studios & Launch Event (Richmond)
- Skateboard Stories in Motion (Richmond)
- Chinese Calligraphy Demonstration (Richmond)
- Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Featured Promotion: Harvest Fair with Historic Stewart Farm and Totest Aleng: Indigenous Learning House in South Surrey
- Come Toward the Fire Festival
- Squamish Nation Wool Weaving
- Coast Salish Wool Weaving (North Vancouver)
- Vancouver Rise vs Montreal
- Fire Dragon Festival
- Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Coquitlam)
- Hall of Flame Launch Party
- Bigger Ideas Conference
- Kits Artisan Market
- Paint the Forest: Trees and Berries Watercolour Workshop
- Get to Know Stanley Park Habitats
- Abba Sing Along
- Peace Arch Hospital Auxiliary Fall Market (Surrey)
- Oktoberfest at Cypress (West Vancouver)
- Owl Hoot-enanny (Langley)
- VFS All Access Pass | Classical Animation
- Tina Christiansen – St James Music Series (New Westminster)
- The Death and Life of Granville Street Tour
- Ukrainian New West Fest
- National Women’s Show
- Yuk Yuk’s Surrey Stand-Up Comedy Shows
- The Big Pirate Run (Richmond)
- Word Vancouver – Free Literary Festival
- Vancouver Art Gallery Talk: Vancouver Now!
- Pop Up Dances Festival
- Get Gathering at Darts Hill Garden Park (Surrey)
- Hyack Square Market Days (New Westminster)
- River Fest (New Westminster)
- Festivibe 2026 (North Vancouver)
- Walks with History: Shipyards (North Vancouver)
- West Fine Art Show (Langley)
- Fall Marina Show and Sale
- Riley Park Farmers Market
- Trout Lake Farmers Market
- West End Farmers Market
- Last Chance to Visit the Richmond Night Market
- Fun at Local Farms in the Fraser Valley
- Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- Vancouver Fringe Festival
- Dragonfly
- Date or Hate
- Colonial Circus – History, Clown Style
- Solovela, An Improvised Solo Telenovela
- Ickoholics Anonymous
- Jeff & Grungled KNOW FRILLS
- Unsex Me Here @LadyM
- S*xy Viola Jokes
- MIA
- Tall Mark’s Eat It Anyway
- fml: funny, my life
- The Guys I F*cked
- A Tampon, A Chair, and a Bride Walk Onto a Plane
- Are You an Improvisor or Impostor?
- Love (Manipulated)
- BC Culture Days Events
- Family Crafts for Mid-Autumn Festival (Richmond)
- Creating Fabric Collage (Richmond)
- Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) September Trading Session (Richmond)
- Sunday, September 20, 2026
- Come Toward the Fire Festival
- West End Community Centre & Joe Fortes Library Turn 50
- Fire Open House (Surrey)
- Sunday Best – Boards of Vancouver x Friends for Life Fundraiser
- Richmond Curling Open House
- Kitsilano Farmers Market
- Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
- Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
- Luxury Wine Tasting and Paint
- West Fine Art Show (Langley)
- Recipe for Connection
- Fall Marina Show and Sale
- National Women’s Show
- White Rock Farmers Market
- Fun at Local Farms in the Fraser Valley
- Last Chance to Visit the Richmond Night Market
- Mid-Autumn Melodies (Richmond)
- Walks with History: Shipyards (North Vancouver)
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
- Vancouver Fringe Festival
- BC Culture Days Events
- Family Crafts for Mid-Autumn Festival (Richmond)
Month-Long Events, Shows, Exhibitions
These events last for most of the month, or span multiple months.
Attractions:
Tours:
Exhibits/Exhibitions:
- Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum (til Sept 13)
- Parker Street Gallery Maker + Mother (Sept 12-26)
- One More Life Gallery: Hot Off the Press (til Sept 26)
- Ferry Building Gallery: Tāpis: A Love Letter to Our Dog Kin (til Oct 4)
- Gallery at Queen’s Park: Paulina Constancia – Common Cords (Sept 9-28)
- Cradled Origins at the Bill Reid Gallery (Sept-Jan 2027)
- 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)
- 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
- Highlights from the Collection – Vancouver Art Gallery (til Jan 2030)
Theatre & Dance:
- Bard on the Beach Presents: Merry Wives of Windsor (til Sept 19)
- Bard on the Beach Presents: MacBeth (til Sept 18)
- The Arts Club Presents: Heist (Sept 17-Oct 18)
- Vancouver Flamenco Festival (Sept 19-27)
- The Cultch Presents: Job (Sept 29-Oct 11)
- The Improv Centre
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