BC’s Best Festivals & Events in Vancouver

Explore Art Events and Festivals in Vancouver

Vancouver is a bustling cultural hub on the west coast, renowned for its diverse arts scene, stunning landscapes, and vibrant creative community. The city is home to a wide range of art events and festivals that draw both local and international artists, showcasing everything from contemporary art to traditional crafts.

Throughout the year, Vancouver hosts an exciting array of festivals, including the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Vancouver Art Gallery’s exhibitions, and the beloved Vancouver Folk Music Festival. The city’s creative community is diverse, with artists working in various mediums such as visual arts, sculpture, performance, photography, and digital art. Whether you’re attending large-scale events, visiting gallery exhibitions, or enjoying live performances at one of the city’s many cultural venues, Vancouver offers endless opportunities to explore the world of art. Check out our guide below for the latest art events and festivals in Vancouver and immerse yourself in the dynamic artistic landscape of this vibrant city.

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Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s-2000 | Chinese Canadian Museum

Chinese Canadian Museum
Vancouver
Date:
May 28, 2025
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July 19, 2026
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Welcome to Dream Factory — where pop stardom, migration, and music history collide. This bold, genre-defining exhibition celebrates the golden age of Cantopop and Mandopop — the iconic sounds that took Asia by storm and sparked a global music revolution. On view from May 28, 2025 at the Chinese Canadian Museum, Dream Factory dives into two unforgettable decades of pop — from idol fandoms Read more...
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NDN Giver

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
Vancouver
Date:
September 27, 2025
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February 22, 2026
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Bill Reid Gallery presents: NDN Giver NDN Giver explores the layered meanings within both everyday and extraordinary gifts that circulate through the potlatch. Blankets, coppers, canoes, prints, mugs, trade beads and devil’s club strung into necklaces all become carriers of law, memory, and relation to one another. The title NDN Giver reclaims a phrase rooted in colonialism that mocked Indigenous generosity. In reality, Read more...
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Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama | Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
October 3, 2025
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February 22, 2026
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“In looking back, I think the best work I did was of the people.” —Tamio Wakayama Enemy Alien is the first major solo exhibition and retrospective of works by documentary photographer Tamio Wakayama. His career, spanning over fifty years, began with his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States. Wakayama documented many of the social justice movements Read more...
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Jim Lambie: Zobop (Colour-Chrome)

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
October 22, 2025
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October 12, 2026
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Jim Lambie transforms everyday architectural spaces into immersive, energetic experiences through his vibrant vinyl tape installations. These site-specific works are an extension of his acclaimed Zobop series, which uses brightly coloured strips of industrial vinyl tape to contour the architectural space, wrapping its form in optical rhythm and vivid saturation. Lambie is a Glasgow–based artist, DJ and musician. His practice Read more...
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Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist I Bill Reid Gallery

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
Vancouver
Date:
October 31, 2025
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February 5, 2026
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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents: Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist This landmark exhibition celebrates 50 years of work by renowned Haida artist Kihl ‘Yahda, Christian White. Curated by Sdahl Ḵ’awaas, Lucy Bell, it features highlights from Christian’s career alongside pieces by his apprentices. Known for his masterful argillite carvings, jewelry, and monumental works, Christian began Read more...
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Emily Carr: Navigating an Impenetrable Landscape

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
October 31, 2025
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January 25, 2026
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When Emily Carr (1871–1945) wrote about landscape paintings—her own and those of others—she would sometimes describe how an eye might move through the imagined space in the work. It is striking, then, that so many of her own paintings create an experience of dense, impenetrable forest that confounds such forward movement. In many cases, the viewer is tantalized with the Read more...
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Museum of Vancouver Events

Museum of Vancouver
Vancouver
Date:
October 31, 2025
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February 5, 2026
No Reviews
From artist talks and curatorial tours to workshops and performances, the Museum of Vancouver offers special events and programs for children and adults. Programming includes everything from Indigenous artisans, cultural celebrations, 2SLGBTQ+ content, civic engagement, food and gardening, crafting, film screenings, poetry readings, and more! Visit museumofvancouver.ca/events-programs to see what’s coming up at the MOV! Read more...
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We who have known tides

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
November 7, 2025
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April 12, 2026
No Reviews
We who have known tides begins from a poetic inquiry that seeks to understand what it means to exist at the edges of the Pacific Ocean. We who have known tides is an examination that unveils the ways in which the ocean and living in proximity to it has shaped the work of Indigenous artists, as well as their relation to territories across Read more...
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OPUS Workshops

Opus Art Supplies – Workshops & Classes
Vancouver
Date:
December 31, 2025
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May 20, 2026
No Reviews
Our Workshops & Classes listings are a great way to find creative courses offered throughout British Columbia.  opusartsupplies.com/resources/events Resources for the Creative Individual Art Materials, Digital Printing, and Picture Frames Videos, Demonstrations, Workshops, and Community Events Friendly and Knowledgeable Staff Locations across BC plus a National Mail Order Service Opus Art Supplies are available at these BC Locations: Read more...
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First Saturday Open Art Studios

First Saturday Open Art Studios
Vancouver
Date:
January 4, 2026
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December 19, 2026
No Reviews
First Saturday Open Art Studios is a free, monthly event that began in 2010 and can be found in various locations across the Lower Mainland. Every first Saturday noon to five pm, over 85 individual artists and art collectives open their workshops for you to enjoy! Be inspired by original art or buy your new, favorite piece directly from a local artist. Read more...
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YOU’RE JUST A PLACE THAT I KNOW | Arts Club Theatre Company

Arts Club Theatre Company
Vancouver
Date:
January 21, 2026
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February 1, 2026
New
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January 21–February 1, 2026 Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre INHERITED STORIES AND THE SONGS THEY CARRY Conceived by JUNO-nominated singer-songwriter Adrian Glynn McMorran, You’re Just a Place That I Know is a remarkable theatrical concert based on his album of the same name. It traces the history of Adrian’s Ukrainian grandparents, who left their homeland during World War II Read more...
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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Vancouver
Date:
January 22, 2026
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February 8, 2026
No Reviews
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is excited to announce the 2026 Festival will return to Vancouver from January 22 to February 8, 2026. For two and a half weeks across Vancouver, PuSh Festival invites audiences to discover creative theatrical works by local and Canadian artists alongside international collaborators and Indigenous creators. For more than two decades, PuSh has been the city’s midwinter Read more...
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THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARIES | Arts Club Theatre Company

Arts Club Theatre Company
Vancouver
Date:
January 22, 2026
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February 15, 2026
New
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January 22–February 15, 2026 Granville Island Stage TWO PEOPLE, ONE COTTAGE, FIFTY YEARS Since they got married, Glen and Sandy Golden have celebrated every wedding anniversary by coming to the same cottage for a romantic getaway. This weekend marks a major milestone: 50 years of wedded bliss. Well, mostly bliss…. A week ago, Sandy cancelled their big anniversary party and Read more...
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The Suitcase Project | Museum of Vancouver

Museum of Vancouver
Vancouver
Date:
January 25, 2026
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January 31, 2026
New
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and curator Kayla Isomura. Kayla will share behind-the-scenes stories about working with participants, shaping the exhibition, and exploring the contemporary relevance of internment and incarceration today. Dates: January 25 and 31, 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm Tickets: Free with admission. Meet at the Museum’s front desk. Please note that photos and video may be captured at this event. If you do not wish Read more...
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DIAL M FOR MURDER | Arts Club Theatre Company

Arts Club Theatre Company
Vancouver
Date:
February 5, 2026, 10:00 am
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March 8, 2026, 6:00 pm
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February 5–March 8, 2026 Stanley BFL CANADA Stage A NEW TWIST ON A SUSPENSEFUL CLASSIC When Tony learns of his wife’s affair, his jealousy takes a lethal turn. He concocts the perfect murder, devises an alibi, and waits to strike. Suspense builds as Tony, Margot, her lover, and a mysterious figure from the past become ensnared in a high-stakes maze Read more...
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Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding: A Dinner Theatre Show

Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding: A Dinner Theatre Show
Vancouver
Date:
February 13, 2026
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February 14, 2026
No Reviews
Tony and Tina’s Wedding: A Night of Food, Fun, and Drama GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS AVAILABLE It’s a Hilariously unforgettable evening this immersive dinner theater event returns, Whether you’re a fan of laugh-out-loud comedy or good party, Tony and Tina’s Wedding promises to deliver it all and more. This beloved show is coming back to offer you a front-row seat at Read more...
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West of Main Artwalk

Artists in Our Midst
Vancouver
Date:
May 30, 2026
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May 31, 2026
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The community is invited to fill their weekend with art May 30 & 31st. Private art studios and pop-up artist venues will be open across Vancouver’s west side during the Open Studio Tour & Sale open daily 11-5. From internationally recognized artists to some of the city’s emerging talent, this free event is a unique opportunity to explore and engage with artists Read more...
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Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Coastal Jazz: Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Vancouver
Date:
June 26, 2026
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July 5, 2026
No Reviews
Presented by Coastal Jazz. For tickets and information go to https://www.coastaljazz.ca/. Ranked as one of British Columbia’s largest not-for-profit music presenters, Coastal Jazz produces the annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival as well as year-round concerts, and has a long-standing commitment to music education through its youth music programs and workshops. The Society is proud to be a significant part of Read more...
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Sister Act – Show Information | TUTS

Theatre Under the Stars – TUTS
Vancouver
Date:
July 1, 2026
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August 21, 2026
New
No Reviews
Director/Choreographer – Peter Jorgensen Music Director – Sean Bayntun Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Glenn Slater Book by Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner Additional Book Material by Douglas Carter Beane Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture, Sister Act, written by Joseph Howard. ABOUT THE SHOW Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring Read more...
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The Little Mermaid – Show Information | TUTS

Theatre Under the Stars – TUTS
Vancouver
Date:
July 1, 2026
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August 22, 2026
New
No Reviews
Director/Choreographer – Nicol Spinola Music Director – Brent Hughes Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater Book by Doug Wright Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film that was produced by Howard Ashman & John Musker and written & directed by John Musker & Ron Clements. Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions. ABOUT THE SHOW Based on Read more...
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Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Vancouver
Date:
July 17, 2026
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July 19, 2026
No Reviews
Thank you for an incredible weekend of global sounds, homegrown stars, and three days of music by the beach at the 48th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival! VFMF is the ultimate summer weekend escape — where musical borders dissolve and the beach becomes the backdrop for the best in contemporary folk music. Highlights include Bab L’ Bluz, Elisapie, The Heavy Read more...