Arts & Culture
Oct 1-11 · 12pm-11pm dailyVancouver 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.
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Arts & Culture
Oct 1-11 · 12pm-11pm dailyTen 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.
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.
$$ · 1½h
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Get Lost in the Vancouver Art Gallerycultured
iconic
rainy day proof
Get Lost in the Vancouver Art Gallery
A former courthouse holding the world's largest Emily Carr collection, by-donation Tuesdays and free every first Friday of the month.
$$ · 2h
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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.
$$ · 1h
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Dance the Sprung Floor at the Commodore Ballroomlive music
iconic
energetic
Dance the Sprung Floor at the Commodore Ballroom
A 1929 Granville Street ballroom with a dance floor literally built on tires, and Billboard's vote for one of North America's most influential clubs.
$$ · 3h
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Bard on the Beachshakespeare
theatre
waterfront
Bard on the Beach
Shakespeare in a tent by the water at Vanier Park, running all summer.
$$ · 3h
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A Night Under the Orpheum's Domeelegant
live music
heritage
A Night Under the Orpheum's Dome
A 1927 gilded dome in Vancouver, home of the Vancouver Symphony, and the most beautiful room you'll be seen in all year.
$$$ · 2½h
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Northwest Coast Art at the Bill Reid Gallerycultured
indigenous art
intimate
Northwest Coast Art at the Bill Reid Gallery
An intimate downtown gallery for Haida master Bill Reid and contemporary Indigenous artists, where the jewellery cases invite actual leaning-in.
$ · 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
Open this idea →VIFF is one of the largest film festivals in North America, and for ten days each fall the downtown cinemas fill with premieres, documentaries, and shorts you will not catch anywhere else. The 2026 edition runs October 1 to 11 out of the VIFF Centre and nearby downtown screens. A festival date is easy to build: one buzzy title, then a short walk to a late table to take it apart. Tickets are sold per screening.
12pm - 11pm
