The Vancouver International Auto Show returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre this week showcasing the best in automotive innovation and opportunity to celebrate over 100 years of automotive tradition.

Elevate Vancouver Auto Show

• Dates: March 19 to March 23, 2025
  • Wednesday, March 19; 12:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Thursday, March 20; 10:00am to 9:00pm
  • Friday, March 21; 10:00am to 9:00pm
  • Saturday, March 22; 10:00am to 9:00pm
  • Sunday, March 23; 10:00am to 6:00pm
• Location: Vancouver Convention Centre West
• Tickets: Available online now

This year’s event will feature more than 200 vehicles from over 30 manufacturers and dealers, spanning nearly 300,000 square feet of space. It features a larger commercial/retail area, featured car displays, and education centres. There will be a showcase of luxury supercars and exotics, technology-leading and environmentally focused BEV’s and Hybrids, high-powered classics, tuners, customs, over-landers, and everything in between.

Vancouver Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s most deeply-felt and imaginative opera, Madama Butterfly as the grand finale for the 2024–2025 season. Gorgeous staging, transcendent melodies, and a timeless tale of love and loss. This production features a stellar international cast including star sopranos Yasko Sato and Karen Chia-Ling Ho, and a creative team that brings authenticity to this beloved, emotionally charged opera.

One of the greatest works in operatic history, Puccini’s poignant, deeply emotional music steers Madama Butterfly through love, heartbreak, hope, and tragedy.

Madama Butterfly Presented by Vancouver Opera

• Dates: April 26 to May 4, with Sunday matinée performances
• Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
• Tickets: Available online now or by calling the VO Ticket Centre at 604-683-0222. Given the overwhelming response to last season’s Carmen, audiences are encouraged to purchase tickets early to ensure the best seating options.

The WORTH Leadership Summit is Western Canada’s only summit dedicated to women in recreation, tourism, and hospitality. It took place on March 11th in Vancouver with the aim to uplift women, elevate organizations, and drive progress across these industries.

WORTH Leadership Summit Takeaways

Summit attendees enjoyed engaging keynote presentations and breakout sessions with Amal Masri, Haykwhl Ẃii Xsgaak Melanie Mark, Jennifer Heil, Alexandra Gill, Talaysay Campo, Jen Murtagh, Shelley McArthur Everett, Kemi Wells-Conrad, Beth Potter, Chef Sarah Meconse Mierau, Judith Kasiama, Lauren Semple, and many more.

Today, the Vancouver Park Board announced that the Stanley Park Train will not be back in operation in time for the popular Easter Train event. The train will need to remain offline for the foreseeable future. 

Burnaby | Surrey

From the Park Board: “Train operations have been suspended since late last year when emission safety concerns prompted the cancellation of the Bright Nights Christmas Train. Recent testing of the locomotive engines, all of which are 50 years old or more and showing signs of their age, indicates efforts to address emissions concerns were unsuccessful.   

The highly-anticipated Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival returns with picnics, workshops, art, poetry, and and plenty of photo ops from March 26 to April 28, 2025.

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Events

Yaletown Pop-Up

• Dates: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from 11:30am to 2:00pm
• Location: Bill Curtis Square (1198 Mainland St, Vancouver)

Kick off the 2025 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival season at the free Yaletown Pop-Up with live music and performers while appreciating the springtime blossoms.