60 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, June 24
Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 60 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, June 24.
CONCERTS
Coastal Jazz presents Montreal world-fusion ensemble Nomadic Massive at Performance Works. The concert is part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which runs to July 2 and features performances by such artists as Branford Marsalis, Thievery Corporation, Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, Tommy Emmanuel, Ziggy Marley, Bokanté, Banda Magda, Kandace Springs, Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Emmet Cohen Trio, Buster Williams and Something More, and Scott Hamilton Trio.
Guitar builders, players, and collectors gather for three days of live music, master classes, and special events at the Chinese Cultural Centre's Vancouver International Guitar Festival.
North Shore Jazz, in partnership with the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, presents music by Joe Amouzou, Jacky Essombé, DJ Marc Fournier, ILAM, and Yoro Noukoussi at North Van's Civic Plaza.
Local metal band Ninjaspy plays the Rickshaw, with guests Nylithia, Astrakhan, and Ev0lution.
American jazz saxophonist Donny McCaslin leads his group at Ironworks as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
The R&B Allstars and blues-rock ensemble the Grames Brothers play the Rio Theatre as part of the Affordable Concert Series.
The 12th annual Ties and Tails charity gala at the Hotel Vancouver features dinner and live and silent auctions, with proceeds to B.C. and Alberta Guide Dogs.
Enjoy a day of outdoor-adventure inspiration, gear demonstrations, live music, games, food trucks, and beer at Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers, with proceeds to North Shore Rescue.
A night of local comedy at Little Mountain Gallery to support the venue's community-based comedy programming.
ETCETERA
Doors Open Vancouver offers free, behind-the-scenes access to some of the city's most popular and interesting buildings, including the Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver City Hall, Orpheum Theatre, National Works Yard, Vancouver Public Library, and Vancouver Police Department Mounted Unit.
The three-day Walk Strathcona Summer Series of community events includes mural artists, food trucks, locally made goods, guided walking tours, and pop-up shops.
Hear hifi products, experience the latest audio technologies, and meet the people behind the brands at the HiFi Centre's two-day Vancouver Audio Festival.
Celebrate the lead-up to Multiculturalism Day in Canada with a fair showcasing the ethnic diversity of Vancouver at Vancouver Public Library.
FOOD & DRINK
Joy of Feeding 2017 at UBC Farm features food created by 13 cooks from 13 countries, plus live music, local craft beer and wine, kids' activities, and local culinary culture.
Learn how to make gourmet cut-rock candies at Wishing Treats.
Outdoor party at Andina Brewing Company includes craft beer, food, and live Latin music by Breaking Boundaries and La Santisima.
FORUMS
Explore best practises and methodologies in training, recovery, nutrition, technology, and mindfulness at RYU Apparel's Sports Wellness Summit. Facilitators include Sarah Jamieson, James Greenwood, Adam Hart, and Graham Snowden.
KIDS' STUFF
Celebrate National Aboriginal Day with a drumming lesson at Artstarts presented by Fox Healthy Living Society drum leaders.
Playland features midway games, fair food, an arcade, a shooting gallery, a climbing wall, a haunted mansion, family rides like Teacups and Merry-Go-Round, and extreme rides like Corkscrew, The Beast, Hell's Gate, Revelation, and Wooden Roller Coaster.
Learn about flora and fauna on a guided hike at North Van's Capilano Canyon, with educational activities for the kids.
SPORTS
The Vancouver Canadians take on the Spokane Indians in Minor League Baseball action at Nat Bailey Stadium.
The B.C. Lions take on the Edmonton Eskimos in Canadian Football League action at BC Place Stadium.
COMEDY
Toronto-based comedian Bryan O'Gorman performs the second of two nights at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.
Graham Clark's Quiz Show at the Fox Cabaret combines segments of game shows in one evening of improv.
Canadian comedian Andrew Grose performs the third of three nights of standup at the Comedy Mix.
ARTS ETCETERA
Chief curator and associate director Daina Augaitis tours the exhibition Persistence, joined by the artists Shelagh Keeley and Germaine Koh, at Vancouver Art Gallery.
The Queer Arts Festival, a multidisciplinary event featuring a curated visual-art exhibition, performing-arts series, workshops, artist talks, panels, and media-art screenings, continues at the Roundhouse Community Centre.
LITERARY
Author Naomi Klein discusses the forces behind Donald Trump's success, and explains why he is not an aberration but a product of our time, at St. Andrew's–Wesley United Church. SOLD OUT.
Axis Theatre presents Joseph A. Dandurand's Th'owxiya, The Hungry Feast Dish, in which six storytellers from the Kwantlen First Nations Village of Squa’lets spin the tale of a young man who must appease an angry goddess, at UBC Botanical Gardens.
Bard on the Beach presents the opening of The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare's drama in which the love of two young people becomes the catalyst for reunion, redemption, and a family’s healing.
Fight With a Stick presents Cinerama, a live cinema with no story, plot, or actors, on the shifting sands of the low-tide flats of Spanish Banks.
The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Bittergirl: The Musical, which charts the romantic breakups of three women and the lively antics that ensue, at Granville Island Stage.
The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Million Dollar Quartet, a jukebox musical inspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.
The Arts Club presents Robert Askins's comedy Hand to God, about three troubled Texas teenagers who meet weekly to express themselves through puppetry, at Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.
Sandbox Theatre presents the final performance of its version of Shakespeare's Hamlet, in which a father's death and mother's hasty marriage provoke thoughts of murder and vengeance.
Vagabond Players presents Charley's Aunt, a classic comedy about two young Oxford students in need of a chaperone so they can invite their young ladies to tea, at New Westminster's Bernie Legge Theatre.
Final performance at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre of The World Goes 'Round, in which five women and one man portray multiple characters in a revue that features 30 musical numbers from stage and film.
Western Gold Theatre presents a performance at PAL Theatre of Rumours, Neil Simon's play in which three couples are invited to a party at which the host and hostess are nowhere to be seen.
MUSIC
East Van Opera presents ALMA: The Story of the Girl Who Glowed, a feminist opera about a heroine with special powers, at Metro Theatre.
GALLERIES
Pictures From Here at the Vancouver Art Gallery features photographs and video works by Vancouver-based artists Roy Arden, Karin Bubaš, Christos Dikeakos, Stan Douglas, Greg Girard, Rodney Graham, Mike Grill, Arni Haraldsson, Fred Herzog, Barrie Jones, Evan Lee, N.E. Thing Co., Marian Penner Bancroft, Henri Robideau, Sandra Semchuk and James Nicholas, Althea Thauberger, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Paul Wong, Cornelia Wyngaarden, and Andrea Fatona.
Bill Reid Creative Journeys at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art celebrates the three phases of the artist's creative journey, Pre-Haida (1948-1951), Haida (1951-1968) and Beyond Haida (1968-1998).
Xi xanya dzam at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art features traditional masks, carvings, baskets and moosehide, contemporary prints, sculptures and jewellery by Primrose Adams, Dempsey Bob, Rena Point Bolton, Mandy Brown, Joe David, Robert Davidson, Alvin Mack, Mary Michell, Earl Muldon, Susan Point, and Norman Tait.
MUSEUMS
Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC examines the physical traces of words, both spoken and recorded, that are unique to humans.
Amazonia: The Rights of Nature at at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features Amazonian basketry, textiles, carvings, feather works, and ceramics both of everyday and of ceremonial use, representing indigenous, Maroon, and white settler communities.
The Lost Fleet at the Vancouver Maritime Museum investigates the unjust 1941 seizure of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian fishing vessels following the bombing of Pearl Harbour through a collection of historic photographs, models of Japanese-Canadian-built fishing boats, fishermen’s tools, and replica documents.
ATTRACTIONS
Big Splash Waterpark in Tsawwassen, formerly Splashdown, features newly renovated pools and hot tubs, new slides such as Kamikaze and Solar Splash, a sports bar and grill, and complimentary shuttle service to and from downtown Vancouver.
The Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven suspended footbridges offering views 110 feet above the forest floor.
The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world, a restaurant, a garden shop, and a horticulture library.
Edgewater Casino offers 24-hour gaming, over 60 table games, a poker room, a high-limit section, 500 slot machines, restaurants and lounges, and live entertainment, including concerts and televised UFC events.
At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.
Lighthouse Park features 10 kilometres of hiking trails, picnic areas, guided walks provided by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society, and the historical 1912 Point Atkinson Lighthouse.
Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.
Grouse Mountain resort features a Skyride to the peak with views of Vancouver and the Pacific Ocean.
Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.
Soar from coast-to-coast across the Canadian landscape with a 25-minute ride featuring effects such as wind and scents at FlyOver Canada.
MOVIES
Screening at Vancity Theatre of the Vancouver-made indie thriller Cadence, with cast and crew in attendance.
Premiere screening at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts of Robert E. Moberg's documentary Giants Among Us: Rick Hansen and the Great White Sturgeon.
Screening at Grace Vancouver Church of Over 18, a film that presents an examination of modern pornography and its effect on kids, teens, parents, and porn stars.
The Cinematheque continues its year-long Eric Rohmer retrospective with Comedies and Proverbs, an acclaimed six-film cycle made between 1981 and 1987. Screening tonight are The Green Ray and My Girlfriend's Boyfriend.
Screening at Vancity Theatre of Abacus: Small Enough for Jail, Steve James's documentary about a Chinese community bank charged with malfeasance.
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