Diwali Fest at the Roundhouse

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.

An easy, low-pressure early date: about an hour and a quarter with Vancouver Now! Emily Hermant on the Vancouver Art Gallery's third floor, until November 22, 2026.

Surrey's free interactive museum in Historic Cloverdale, with touchscreens, a working textile studio, and walkable antique shops for after.

Thirty-one reconstructed 1920s buildings, a 1912 carousel, and the quiet suspicion you'd actually thrive back then.

A former courthouse holding the world's largest Emily Carr collection, and free from 4 to 8pm on the first Friday of every month.

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

A moving museum of Japanese-Canadian history with real artifacts and oral histories, plus a tranquil Japanese garden with a pond and maples.

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

Suzhou artisans, no nails, Ming Dynasty methods, and National Geographic's vote for the world's top city garden, in Chinatown.

Surrey's only intact 19th-century farm, with costumed staff, a heritage herb garden, and Blackie Spit trails next door.

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

A lit suspension bridge, glowing treetop walkways and an illuminated Cliffwalk, which gives two people three separate chances to find out who was bluffing about heights.

A cavernous 1894 salmon cannery on the Steveston waterfront, with modest admission, clattering machinery, and fish and chips on the dock after.

Over 40 local artisans inside Shaughnessy's Edwardian Hycroft mansion for four days. You'll arrive like a royal on a walkabout and leave like someone who actually has to pay.