Arts & Culture
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.
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Bard on the Beachshakespeare
theatre
waterfront
Bard on the Beach
Shakespeare in a tent by the water at Vanier Park, running all summer.
$$ · 3h
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Dig the Crates at Zulu Recordsindie
musical
low key
Dig the Crates at Zulu Records
Vancouver's 1981 indie record shop, where the bins reveal more about a person than any dating app ever will.
$ · 1h
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Stand Under the Totems at the Museum of Anthropologycultured
awe inspiring
indigenous art
Stand Under the Totems at the Museum of Anthropology
Towering totem poles against sea and forest, a half-price Thursday, and the trip to UBC that's actually worth it.
$$ · 2½h
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Theatre Under the Starsmusical
outdoor
theatre
Theatre Under the Stars
Broadway musicals under the open sky at the Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park.
$$ · 3h
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Emily Carr: That Green Idealemily carr
art gallery
exhibition
Emily Carr: That Green Ideal
The largest Emily Carr survey in over twenty years fills the Vancouver Art Gallery with her swirling BC forests and coastlines.
$$ · 1½h
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A Show at the Inlet Theatrecultured
intimate
evening
A Show at the Inlet Theatre
A warm 200-seat theatre in Port Moody's Newport Village, with dinner steps away and acoustics regulars actually brag about.
$$ · 2h
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Dance the Sprung Floor at the Commodore Ballroomlive music
iconic
energetic
Dance the Sprung Floor at the Commodore Ballroom
A 1929 Granville Street ballroom with a dance floor literally built on tires, and Billboard's vote for one of North America's most influential clubs.
$$ · 3h
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Get Lost in the Vancouver Art Gallerycultured
iconic
rainy day proof
Get Lost in the Vancouver Art Gallery
A former courthouse holding the world's largest Emily Carr collection, by-donation Tuesdays and free every first Friday of the month.
$$ · 2h
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The bill rotates and every show runs on its own clock, so your date is built around the one you pick. Choose a show, a night, and a start time, and the planner fits dinner and a drink around the doors.
Album in 360 + laser · 50 min
The whole 50-year-old masterpiece in 360, 20,000 watts of Dolby Atmos, lasers and visuals wrapping the ceiling. Recline, look up, and let it wash over you.
Tickets and exact showtimes on domevancouver.comShowtimes · Tuesday, August 4
Pick a night
Pick a showtime above, and the planner will build the whole date around it.
The Dome takes over the planetarium at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre after dark and turns it into Vancouver's first spherical immersive theatre, built by some of the team behind the visuals at the Las Vegas Sphere. Ten thousand lines of resolution, 150,000 lumens, 20,000 watts of Dolby Atmos and a wall of lasers, all of it wrapping a ceiling you watch from a reclining planetarium seat. The bill rotates: the complete Dark Side of the Moon in 360, Andy Serkis narrating the return of the blue whales, Pedro Pascal and Tom Hanks walking you through the cosmos, a genuine 360 spacewalk. Pick your show, pick your night, and let the room do the heavy lifting.
