Happy December, it is officially the start of the holiday season! For all of your holiday event planning here is a list of this weekends activities as well as a complete list of all of the holiday events in and around Vancouver all month.
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES – ALL Month
Vancouver Christmas Market at Jack Poole Plaza
Holiday skating at the Shipyards, North Vancouver
Free horse and carriage rides in Kerrisdale – Sat and Sundays in December
Bright Nights I Christmas Train n Stanley Park
Canyon Lights at Capilano Suspension Bridge
Festival of Trees at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Heritage Christmas at the Burnaby Village Museum
Holiday Splash at the Vancouver Aquarium
Peak of Christmas, Grouse Mountain
Festival of Lights at VanDusen Gardens
Surrey Holiday Lights, Surrey City Hall
Dundarave Festival of Lights, West Vancouver
Lumagica, Cloverdale Fairgrounds
North Pole Express, West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish
Glow Maple Ridge, Memorial Peace Park
Lights of Hope, St Paul’s Hospital
ALL WEEKEND
Coquitlam Christmas Craft Fair, Poirier Forum
Snow White Annual Christmas Pantomime, Metro Theatre
FRI DEC 3
Lighting of the Queensborough Fire Hall, New Westminster
Doug and the Slugs Early Christmas Bash, Hollywood Theatre
Songwriters in the Round, The Cultch – 7pm
SAT DEC 4
Tugboat Landing Holiday Market, East Kent Ave, Vancouver – 11-4pm
Japan Market, UBC Robson Square – 10-4pm
Spirit of the Season, Shipyards – 4-7pm
Weirdos Market, The Venables Hall, Vancouver – 10-6pm
NONOVA, Museum of North Van opening day – 11-5pm
Canned Salmon Music Festival, virtual – 2:30-10pm
Vancouver Opera – Orfeo ed Euridice, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Shakar Bineshpajooh, Orpheum – 8:30pm
Making Spirits Bright, Vancouver Men’s Choir, Playhouse Theatre – 3pm and 8pm
Buena Mezcla, by Flamenco Rosario, Orpheum Annex – 7pm
SUN DEC 5
Run Inn the Woods, BC Cancer Foundation Fundraiser, Pacific Spirit Park
Weirdos Market, The Venables Hall, Vancouver – 10-6pm
Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir, Massey Theatre, New Westminster – 2:30-4pm
Vancouver Opera – Orfeo ed Euridice, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
The Magnificent 4, Orpheum Theatre – 7pm
Cat and Nat, Vogue Theatre – 8pm
Seymour Dance, The Nutcracker, Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver