29 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Saturday, January 23

Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 29 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, January 23.

CONCERTS

Vancouver heavy-metal band Zimmers Hole, with guests Dayglo Abortions, Process, Golers, and Aggression, plays the Rickshaw Theatre.

Celebrate big-band music with senior jazz students from Surrey's south-end schools. Held at the Wheelhouse Theatre at Earl Marriott Secondary.

Edmonton-based retro-pop band the Hearts coheadlines with Vancouver indie group Sex With Strangers at the WISE Hall.

Vancouver folk singer-songwriter Lydia Hol performs with guest Jasper Sloan Yip at the St. James Hall.

Club PuSh presents an evening with the American avant-garde composer and poet Harold Budd, pioneer of the soft-pedal piano technique. Held at the Fox Cabaret.

B.C.–based roots-world singer-songwriter Babe Gurr performs with her band at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre.

Caravan World Rhythms presents Canadian Iranian music group the Vashaan Ensemble at the Centennial Theatre.

Vancouver hip-hop artist Dana ID Matthews, with guests Omnom, Sunberg, and MC Save The Whales, hits the Biltmore Cabaret.

Eric Clapton-tribute band Clapton's Blues Power performs with Robotsandgods, Rippin' and Taron, and the Rafter Rats. Held at the Railway Club.

Atlanta DJ Treasure Fingers performs on his Nite Trips tour, with guests Landis LaPace, Bitchin Camaro, and DJ Wmnstudies. Held at Alexander Gastown.

Sequential Circus 18 features electronica performances by esc, Kai Serada, Knautic, Quest, Sajuka, and Vincent Parker. Held at Open Studios.

BENEFITS

The Syrian Refugee Benefit Gala raises money for the Mosaic Charity Refugee Program. Held at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.

ET CETERA

Learn a Métis dance, try your hand at spoons and jigging, and attend a French 101 lesson at Vive Les Voyageurs. Held at Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada.

Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, and Vietnamese speakers will share the traditions and joys of their Lunar New Year celebrations. Held at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch.

FOOD AND DRINK

Visit over six restaurants throughout the Downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as you taste all sorts of dishes in a brunch crawl, starting at Marquis Wine Cellars.

FORUMS

At the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, you can learn how digital audio works and how sensors and smartphones can be used to control audio and video software.

Learn how wearable technologies could drastically change the way we interact with and use electronics. Held at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

KIDS' STUFF

You can bring your family to Vanier Park for a day of music, science, history, art, local food vendors, entertainment, and prizes.

TAKE ACTION

Join the Wilderness Committee and Forest Ethics for a rally outside the NEB hearings for the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Held at the Delta Burnaby Hotel.

ARTS ET CETERA

Colleen McLaughlin Barlow explores her process, inspiration, and unbounded joy in the beauty of whales. Held at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum.

LITERARY EVENTS

Build a fort with your family and read stories together by flashlight at various Vancouver Public Library branches.

The PuSh Festival and Zee Zee Theatre present conversations with human books at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch.

Learn how to create an ebook and make it available to readers at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch.

Illustrator Rae Maté and author Robert Heidbreder will read, sign, and launch the latest book in their Crocodile series. Held at the Arts Umbrella.

MUSIC

Out in Harmony presents a musical evening celebrating numbers, counting, and mathematics at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver.

Otto Tausk conducts pianist Simon Trpčeski and the VSO in a performance of works by Mozart, Liszt, and Smetana. Held at the Orpheum Theatre.

A performance by the Vancouver Chamber Choir focuses on the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner. Held at Ryerson United Church.

THEATRE

SEEDS tells the story of the four-year legal battle between Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser and biotech corporation Monsanto Inc. Held at the ACT Arts Centre.

MOVIES

The West Vancouver Memorial Library hosts a screening of Granny Power.