Latest stories · October 31, 2026

Vancouver news & things to do

Shared plates, cocktails and cut-glass dishes set out on a wooden table beside a tufted banquette at Touk

October 21, 2026

Gregory Gourdet Cooks One Night at Touk on Nov. 9

The three-time James Beard winner joins Top Chef Canada winner Chanthy Yen at Touk for five courses with B.C. wine pairings. Here's what a seat costs.

Overhead view of nigiri, sashimi and aburi plates with chopsticks and sake cups on a pale wood table, from Zumi Revolving Sushi Bar

October 21, 2026

Zumi Revolving Sushi Opens Oct. 25 on Alberni Street

Seasons in the Park restaurant at golden hour, its glass-walled dining rooms on the hilltop above the flower gardens of Queen Elizabeth Park

October 20, 2026

Seasons in the Park Named Canada's Top Fine Dining Spot

October 20, 2026

Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week Returns Nov. 18

Seasonal outings

Two people dressed as sheet ghosts in sunglasses hold a pumpkin in front of a black and white wing mural with hay bales and pumpkins

October 14, 2026

KitsPatch Pumpkin Patch Returns to West 4th on Oct. 24

A tall skeleton figure with a pumpkin for a head stands in a field of orange pumpkins with trees behind it.

October 13, 2026

Vandula Farms Pumpkin Patch Festival: Free Entry, Oct. 17-18

Food & drink

Shared plates, cocktails and cut-glass dishes set out on a wooden table beside a tufted banquette at Touk

October 21, 2026

Gregory Gourdet Cooks One Night at Touk on Nov. 9

Overhead view of nigiri, sashimi and aburi plates with chopsticks and sake cups on a pale wood table, from Zumi Revolving Sushi Bar

October 21, 2026

Zumi Revolving Sushi Opens Oct. 25 on Alberni Street

Seasons in the Park restaurant at golden hour, its glass-walled dining rooms on the hilltop above the flower gardens of Queen Elizabeth Park

October 20, 2026

Seasons in the Park Named Canada's Top Fine Dining Spot

A market stall with wicker baskets and wooden crates of carrots, radishes, beets, leafy greens, tomatoes, squash and pumpkins on burlap-covered tables

October 19, 2026

Kitsilano Winter Farmers Market Returns November 8

A banana cart under a yellow and white striped umbrella outside a glass office entrance, with passersby walking up to it

October 17, 2026

Amazon Banana Stand Gives Free Fruit Downtown Wednesdays

Rows of piped butter cookies in matcha, chocolate, sesame and vanilla flavours on a golden yellow background

October 15, 2026

Buttercrumbs' Bentall Centre Cookie Bar Extends Its Stay

A bowl of ramen topped with chashu pork, two soft boiled eggs, bamboo shoots, corn, bean sprouts and greens

October 13, 2026

Danbo Express Opens a Ramen Counter at UBC

A plated dish of seared rare beef with jus, spinach, pearl onions and a yellow puree on a pale grey plate

October 12, 2026

AnnaLena Earns Two Michelin Stars in Vancouver

A bowl of food, a soup or curry dish with greens, served on a pale plate.

October 12, 2026

Kavita Wins Michelin Bib Gourmand in Vancouver

Shows & culture

October 20, 2026

Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week Returns Nov. 18

Choreographer Wen Wei Wang, in a dark T-shirt, holds an expressive pose with his hands and arms crossed in front of a leafy garden

October 20, 2026

Wen Wei Wang Dances His Last Solo Oct. 23 and 24

Visitors inside an artist's studio with painted fish sculptures hanging overhead, paintings on a white wall and a mural on the right

October 20, 2026

Eastside Culture Crawl Marks 30 Years, Nov. 19 to 22

A pianist with short light-coloured hair, glasses and a dark jacket leans over a piano keyboard on a dark stage

October 17, 2026

Myra Melford's Splash Trio Plays VanJazz on Oct. 25

Inside the Rio Theatre auditorium at Broadway and Commercial, the Grindhouse gallery's parent venue (Date Spark catalogue photo, not the new gallery space)

October 17, 2026

Rio Grindhouse Opens Its Gallery on East Broadway

Rows of red theatre seats in the York Theatre facing an empty stage framed by a glowing red curtain

October 15, 2026

East Van Panto: Hercules Extends York Theatre Run

Gallery entrance with large comic-art panels on the walls, including a hooded figure on the left and a colourful manga-style illustration on the right

October 14, 2026

Asian Comics Exhibition at Chinese Canadian Museum

Archival 2025 Vancouver Horror Show festival photograph.

October 12, 2026

Vancouver Horror Show Returns With Five Days of Films

After dark

Choreographer Wen Wei Wang, in a dark T-shirt, holds an expressive pose with his hands and arms crossed in front of a leafy garden

October 20, 2026

Wen Wei Wang Dances His Last Solo Oct. 23 and 24

Markets & events

Shoppers walk a red-carpeted aisle between artisan booths under a lit star decoration at an earlier Circle Craft Holiday Market

October 19, 2026

Circle Craft Holiday Market Returns Nov. 11 to 15

A LUZIA performer in a striped suit floats down holding a small umbrella in front of a glowing blue circular backdrop

October 19, 2026

Cirque du Soleil's LUZIA Opens Nov. 4 at Concord Pacific

Shoppers browse vendor tables of crocheted toys and purple crocheted bags at an earlier Made in the 604 indoor market in a high-ceilinged hall with columns and hanging chandeliers

October 18, 2026

Spooky Pop-Up Market Hits Heritage Hall Oct. 31

Archival black-and-white panorama of a historic waterfront with a tall-masted sailing ship, wooden wharves, smoking stacks and a building signed Hastings Mill Store

October 16, 2026

Vancouver Trivia Night at Hastings Mill Museum, Nov. 20

A red rotary phone and brass lamp on a wooden hotel nightstand beside a rumpled white pillow in low warm light

October 14, 2026

Suite 1313 Hotel Murder Mystery Runs to October 31

Two people dressed as sheet ghosts in sunglasses hold a pumpkin in front of a black and white wing mural with hay bales and pumpkins

October 14, 2026

KitsPatch Pumpkin Patch Returns to West 4th on Oct. 24

A tall skeleton figure with a pumpkin for a head stands in a field of orange pumpkins with trees behind it.

October 13, 2026

Vandula Farms Pumpkin Patch Festival: Free Entry, Oct. 17-18