34 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, November 27

Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 34 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, November 27.

CONCERTS

Legendary British prog-rock band King Crimson takes the stage at the Vogue Theatre.

Canadian guitar-rock band Headstones tours in support of latest release One in the Chamber Music, with guests City of Fire, at the Commodore Ballroom.

Local jazz musician Cory Weeds performs with George Colligan, Jesse Cahill, and Andre Lachance at Hyrcoft Mansion.

Canadian singer-songwriter Jon Bryant performs songs from upcoming album Twenty Something at the Biltmore Cabaret.

Vancouver blues-rock band Norine Braun Band tours in support of the second anniversary of album Conventus the Eye of the Heart at the Railway Club.

The Rogue Folk Club presents roots musician and former Spirit of the West member Linda McRae at the St. James Hall.

Canadian-Irish punk band the Mahones tours in support of upcoming album, with guests Los Furios, at the Rickshaw Theatre.

Skinny Fat Jack's hosts music by banjoist Corinna Rose, multi-instrumentalist Glenna Carramone, and songwriter Eden Oliver.

The Casual Encounters Official Launch Party features music by SHEPS, SRK, Phil David, Harvey Harvey, and John X. Held at At the Waldorf.

Local indie group the Ford Pier Vengeance Trio performs with guests Himalayan Bear and Ida Nilsen at the WISE Hall.

BENEFITS

The Movember Dude Food Tour features four culinary stops and raises money for the Movember Canada Charity. Held at Waterfront Station.

The DOXA Pop Fundraiser includes a silent auction and a shape-shifting collision of film, music, and performance. Held at CBC Studio 700.

EVENTS ET CETERA

Canadian master illusionist and sleight-of-hand artist Darcy Oake performs on his Edge of Reality world tour at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

FORUMS

The C.K. Choi Building hosts a panel that will discuss the how the China Dream intersects—in rhetoric and in practice—with governance in contemporary China.

Yuta Yamasaki, Ai Kuroda, Yuki Matsuno, and Yuji Matson discuss child-custody issues in British Columbia and Japan. Held at UBC Robson Square.

TAKE ACTION

Windermere Secondary School hosts its seventh annual Climate Change Conference.

CHRISTMAS

Annual holiday attraction the SOS Children's Gingerbread Village opens at Grouse Mountain.

It's your first chance to catch Santa's flight across Canada at Christmas at FlyOver Canada. Held at FlyOver Canada.

Five musicians in full medieval costume perform  jigs and reels, ballads, Renaissance tunes, and traditional Celtic and Christmas music at St. Andrews United Church.

COMEDY

Alicia Tobin critiques your five-minute drawings and presents standup comedy by Kyle Bottom, Gavin Matts, and Kathleen McGee. Held at the Hot Art Wet City Gallery.

LITERARY EVENTS

Bannock chefs join VPL aboriginal storyteller in residence Sharon Shorty to discuss the history of bannock. Held at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch.

MUSIC

American pianist David Witten performs music by Tcherepnin, Chopin, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Held at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The SFU Concert Orchestra and Amnesty International SFU present an evening of musical highlights from film. Held at the SFU Theatre.

Jonathan Girard conducts an ensemble of UBC music students and tenor J. Patrick Raftery in a performance of Schubert's Winterreise. Held at the Roy Barnett Recital Hall.

Led by trumpeter, composer, and educator Alan Matheson, the VCC Jazz Orchestra will play big band hits from the 20s. Held at the West Vancouver Memorial Library.

Muzewest presents Michael Noble and David Witten performing works by Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev, Chopin, Jared Miller,  Rzewski,  and Tcherepnin. Held at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music.

ERATO presents music by Monteverdi, Milhaud, Absil, Richard Pearson Thomas, and David MacIntyre at the Orpheum Annex.

John Morris Russell leads vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Jeremy Kushnier and the VSO in a performance of songs from Bond films like Dr. No, Goldfinger, Live and Let Die, From Russia With Love, and For Your Eyes Only. Held at the Orpheum Theatre.

MOVIES

Director Josh Mond's drama James White is screened at the Vancity Theatre.

Vancity Theatre screens director Kyle Patrick Alvarez's drama The Stanford Prison Experiment.

It's your first chance to catch the European Union Film Festival at the Cinematheque.

SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts hosts the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival.

Radical Rewind features programming to engage the Vancouver community. Held at VIVO Media Arts.

Film archivist Kevin Rice explores what it means to work in – and exhibit on – photochemical film today. Held at Cineworks.