The 16th annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival returns January 17 to February 14, 2026 with a lineup of over 230 delicious and decadent flavours at 168 locations around the region.

Our first edition of Vancouver Eats for 2026 is serving up delicious winter menus, cozy openings and activities to be found around the region. We’ve curated a full list of our newest culinary favourites, returning events, along with notable limited edition dishes around Metro Vancouver.

The Massey Theatre in New Westminster presents Ballet Jörgen’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for one night only, and you can enter to win tickets!

Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend – Your guide to events Friday, January 9 to Sunday, January 11, 2026 around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the world premiere of Every River Has a Mouth, guest curated by Snuneymuxw artist Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun. On from February 14, 2026 – February 14, 2027.

TransLink’s new five-year Customer Experience Action Plan outlines 34 actions shaped by feedback, focused on reliability, convenience, and comfort.

Whether you’re just sampling Dry January or you are spirit-free all the time, the Fairmont Waterfront is serving up an entire non-alcoholic spirit tasting menu with Seedlip this month.

The BC Achievement Foundation invites British Columbians to bring remarkable stories to light by nominating outstanding individuals, organizations, and businesses for its 2026 award programs.

Be transformed by storytelling and movement through the many workshops, conversations, and performances at Matriarchs Uprising, an Indigenous women-led festival February 16-21, 2026.

Vancouver’s iconic fusion of cultures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy, is back again to usher in the Year of the Horse with kilts, dragon dances, chopsticks, bagpipes, and dim sum on February 1, 2026.