58 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, September 30

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      Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 58 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, September 30.

       

      CONCERTS

      The Georgia Straight presents American alt-rock band Dinosaur Jr. at the Commodore, with guests Moon Duo.

      French pop-classical pianist Richard Clayderman plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

      Haitian-Canadian electronica musician, producer, and DJ Kaytranada plays the Vogue.

      American hip-hop group ¡Mayday! plays Alexander Gastown, with guests Web Three and Joseph Rose.

      Motown music spun by DJs Trevor Risk, Slim Roy, and Johnny Walker at the Fox Cabaret.

      A Tribute to Todd Serious and The Rebel Spell at the Rickshaw features music by ATD, Jeff Andrew, Soundcity Hooligans, Reckless Rebels, JESSE LEBOURDAIS, Selfist, Chaos, Disorder And Panic, Alien Boys, Soiled Doves, Flagpolers, 19th Floor, Trade Your Children, Meeka Morgan, AK-747s, and REDS.

      Roots quintet the Bills performs globally inspired music at West Vancouver Memorial Library.

      Manitoba indie-pop band Royal Canoe plays the Imperial, performing tunes from latest album Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit.

      Montreal pop band Tops plays the WISE Hall, with guest Gal Gracen.

      Montreal indie-pop band Les Passagers play Studio 16, with guest Cid Lambertine.

      Drum legend Mick Fleetwood (above) of Fleetwood Mac fame leads his own blues band at Molson Canadian Theatre at Hard Rock.

      Canadian folk-soul band Marin Patenaude and the Follow Through plays St. James Hall, with guests Cole Patenaude Trio.

      Members of We Are The City present pieces of the Violent soundtrack at Vancity Theatre as part of Late Night @VIFF HUB.

      Canadian rock vocalist Darby Mills of Headpins fame plays White Rock's Blue Frog Studios, with guest Kirsten Nash.

      English experimental video-art and music group Psychic TV plays Venue.

      celebration of the David Bowie album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spider from Mars at the Kay Meek Centre features performances by Alex Cuba, Jim Byrnes, Ralph Shaw, Ndidi Onukwulu, Roy Forbes, Khari McClelland, Dustin Bentall, Rich Hope, John Reischman, and Keri Latimer, all under the leadership of Steve Dawson and the Black Hen House Band.

       

      BENEFITS

      The JDRF Revolution Ride to Defeat Diabetes takes place at Terry Fox Plaza, with proceeds to help find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

       

      ETCETERA

      Sci-fi, fantasy, and games convention in Surrey focuses on areas such as literature, art, media, music, costumes, comics, tabletop games, and electronic games.

      Festival and trade show at the Best Western Plus Chateau Granville celebrates autistic people and those who have created programs and support systems for them.

      Walk through the forest of Stanley Park with a person of First Nations descent and learn about the traditional and present-day Coast Salish relationships with local flora and fauna.

       

      FOOD & DRINK

      Celebrate Oktoberfest at Queen Elizabeth Plaza's Harvest Haus as you sit at communal tables, drink imported European beers, and tuck into traditional German delicacies.

       

      FORUMS

      Forum at the Vancouver Public Library on how to take control of your online identity by managing your online activities and content in a safe and responsible way.

       

      KIDS' STUFF

      The Lego Imagine Nation Tour at the Vancouver Convenion Centre features life-size LEGO models, the Brick Pit, a bridge-construction competition, and a lab given by a LEGO Master Builder.

      Scarecrow Festival at Art's Nursery in Surrey features a build-a-scarecrow station that's open daily until Halloween.

       

      TAKE ACTION

      Multimedia presentation and discussion on the European refugee crisis at Hidden City Records.

       

      COMEDY

      Comedian Angelo Tsarouchas performs the first of two nights of standup at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

      Canadian standup comedian Paul Myrehaug performs the second of three night at the Comedy Mix.

      The Vancouver TheatreSports League presents Trump Card, an improv-comedy show that examines the 2016 U.S. presidential election, at the Improv Centre.

      Headliner Ryan Lachance performs standup comedy based on sci-fi, fantasy, roleplaying, Pokemon Go, videogames, and comics at Seven Dining Lounge.

       

      ARTS ETCETERA

      Eighty-minute live-painting competition at Heritage Hall features five teams of two artists each.

      The annual B.C. Culture Days features over 400 registered activities in visual arts, music, dance, theatre, architecture, heritage, film and video, literature, culinary arts, and multimedia at various Lower Mainland locations.

      One-night art event in Mount Pleasant designates a path for people to explore what the local art scene has to offer.

      Prohibition Painting Party at New Westminster's 100 Braid Street Studios includs art talks, live jazz, and a cash bar.

       

      MUSIC

      Jon Washburn conducts the Vancouver Chamber Choir at Ryerson United Church in a concert of nature-inspired music by Morley, Monteverdi, Weelkes, Josquin, Schumann, Whitacre, Britten, Barber, Chatman, and Chilcott.

      Recorder virtuoso Terri Hron returns to Vancouver to premiere a new work created in collaboration with Vancouver-based composer Hildegard Westerkamp at VCC Broadway.

       

      DANCE

      Dance-theatre guru Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg's Porno Death Cult is performed at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.

       

      GALLERIES

      Exhibition of mixed-media works by Mila Karavai at West Vancouver's Silk Purse Art Gallery.

      The works by Haida Manga artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas are on display until October 2 at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art.

      The Vancouver Art Gallery hosts an exhibition that examines the significance of the six women who were inspirational to the artistic development of Picasso.

      At the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art Meghann O'Brien takes materials from the natural world and transforms them into human expression.

       

      MUSEUMS

      The Museum of Anthropology at UBC hosts an exhibition that features the carvings of Papua New Guinea's Iatmul people.

      At the Museum of Vancouver, you can explore the cultural power and significance of collecting through wall-to-wall displays of unconventional objects.

       

      THEATRE

      The Chop Theatre presents Sonic Elder, an on-stage documentary with live music from the generation that invented youth culture, at the Penthouse.

      UBC Theatre and Film presents the opening of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II at Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

      Performance at the Firehall Arts Centre of Stranger to Hard Work, in which Cathy Jones shares her unique perspective on a variety of topics.

      The Arts Club Theatre Company presents director John Murphy's version of Ken Ludwig's zany whodunit Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

      Opening night at Studio 58 of Angels in America, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play set during the AIDS epidemic in Reagan-era New York City.

      World premiere at Pacific Theatre of A Good Way Out, a look into the precarious world of crime and compromise.

      Pop-culture parody Catching Fire: The Musical plays at Studio 1398.

      Performance at the York Theatre of Helen & Edgar, featuring celebrated orator Edgar Oliver in a production that tells the story of Oliver and his sister Helen’s strange childhood in Savannah.

      Opening at PAL Theatre of Western Gold Theatre's Comfort Cottages, the story of four single female friends of retirement age who are unsettled financially and emotionally.

       

      ATTRACTIONS

      The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.

      The VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world and almost two dozen sculptures.

      At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

      The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

      The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is an authentic representation of an age-old garden tradition that reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

       

      MOVIES

      Written-director Geoff Redknap's thriller The Unseen screens at the Rio Theatre as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival, which runs until October 14 at various Vancouver locations. 

      Free afternoon screening of the animated Disney film Cinderella at the Vancouver Public Library Renfrew Branch.

       

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