A Show Night at Centennial Theatre

Towering totem poles against sea and forest, a half-price Thursday, and the trip to UBC that's actually worth it.

Vancouver's answer to the Vegas Sphere: a 360 dome at the Space Centre where Pink Floyd, blue whales and the cosmos wrap the entire ceiling in 10K and Dolby Atmos, watched flat on your back from a reclining seat.

A warm 200-seat theatre in Port Moody's Newport Village, with dinner steps away and acoustics regulars actually brag about.

The largest Emily Carr survey in over twenty years fills the Vancouver Art Gallery with her swirling BC forests and coastlines.

A former courthouse holding the world's largest Emily Carr collection, by-donation Tuesdays and free every first Friday of the month.

Hop a SeaBus, land at a sawtooth-roofed gallery by the Shipyards, and redirect your donation budget straight to the patio beer next door.

Ten days of world cinema downtown, from festival-circuit premieres to local debuts, with a walkable spill of late dinners and drinks to argue about them.

Voted the city's best comedy venue, every show is audience-supplied and totally unrepeatable on Granville Island's waterfront.

A 1929 Granville Street ballroom with a dance floor literally built on tires, and Billboard's vote for one of North America's most influential clubs.

Vancouver's 1981 indie record shop, where the bins reveal more about a person than any dating app ever will.

Port Moody's only free public gallery, housed in two heritage buildings that make the romance look effortless.

A 1927 gilded dome in Vancouver, home of the Vancouver Symphony, and the most beautiful room you'll be seen in all year.

An intimate downtown gallery for Haida master Bill Reid and contemporary Indigenous artists, where the jewellery cases invite actual leaning-in.

Thirty live shows a year in a 486-seat suburban theatre that makes a proper night out cost less than you'd spend on regret.