Arts & Culture
Over a million lights, reflecting ponds, and a Christmas-tree forest that changes colour to music in a botanical garden.
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Immersive Shows at The Domeimmersive
360
reclining
Immersive Shows at The Dome
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.
$$ · 1h
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Stand Under the Totems at the Museum of Anthropologycultured
awe inspiring
indigenous art
Stand Under the Totems at the Museum of Anthropology
Towering totem poles against sea and forest, a half-price Thursday, and the trip to UBC that's actually worth it.
$$ · 2½h
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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.
$$ · 1½h
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Wander the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardenserene
heritage
romantic
Wander the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Suzhou artisans, no nails, Ming Dynasty methods, and National Geographic's vote for the world's top city garden, in Chinatown.
$ · 1h
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Vancouver International Film Festivalfilm festival
world cinema
downtown
Vancouver International Film Festival
Ten days of world cinema downtown, from festival-circuit premieres to local debuts, with a walkable spill of late dinners and drinks to argue about them.
$$ · 2½h
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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.
$$ · 3h
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Dig the Crates at Zulu Recordsindie
musical
low key
Dig the Crates at Zulu Records
Vancouver's 1981 indie record shop, where the bins reveal more about a person than any dating app ever will.
$ · 1h
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Get Lost in the Vancouver Art Gallerycultured
iconic
rainy day proof
Get Lost in the Vancouver Art Gallery
A former courthouse holding the world's largest Emily Carr collection, by-donation Tuesdays and free every first Friday of the month.
$$ · 2h
Open this idea →VanDusen drapes its botanical garden in over a million lights and dares you to walk through without stopping every ten steps for a photo. You will fail. The reflecting ponds double the glow, and the Christmas-tree forest changes colour in time with the music, absurd until you're standing there going 'oh.' It is cold, which is a feature: cold makes the warm-drink stops mandatory and is excellent for hand-holding.
