The Parade of Lost Souls

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

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.

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

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

Free Diwali celebration at the Roundhouse in Yaletown: live South Asian music, dance performances and a warm cup of chai, festive attire welcome.

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

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

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

Eighty-plus unfiltered indie shows across Granville Island, most of them an hour or less, so you can see two in a night and argue about them over a waterfront drink.

A free contemporary gallery on the third floor of the Anvil Centre, programming international artists who work in light, sound and code.

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

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

Two free afternoons of live flamenco guitar, singing and dance on an open-air pavilion at Granville Island, part of the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival.

A free guided walking tour of five site-specific dance performances up through the Central Library, ending on the rooftop garden, one weekend in September.