Looking for something to do on Sunday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 46 events happening in or around Vancouver on Sunday, June 9.

CONCERTS

British hard-rock band the Cult, featuring vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, plays the Vogue Theatre.

Singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Nick Murphy plays the second of two nights at the Commodore Ballroom.

Atlanta alt-pop singer-songwriter Mattiel plays the WISE Hall.

Jazz pianist Misha Piatigorsky plays Frankie's Jazz with John Lee (bass) and Jose Loria Triay (drums).

Vancouver vocal ensemble Sound Eclectic performs in various musical genres--from jazz to pop, and classical to rock--at the Orpheum Annex.

The Kristian Alexandrov & Shannon Gaye Quartet performs jazz at Surrey's Northwood United Church.

ETCETERA

Italian Day on the Drive is a an eight-hour street festival on Commercial Drive that celebrates Italian culture and heritage and features more than 130 participating groups and businesses.

The Retro Design & Antiques Fair at the Croatian Cultural Centre features vintage and estate jewellery, pop-culture classics, retro-glam accessories, paintings and prints, and memorabilia.

Pop-Up Roller Rink at the Robson Square Ice Rink features an all-ages family skate and a roller derby bout presented by Rolla Skate Club.

The Main Street Mixed Bag June Market at the Ellis Building features local makers, artists, collectors, vintage sellers, and food vendors.

FOOD AND DRINK

Day Two of the 10th annual Vancouver Craft Beer Festival at the PNE Grounds features samplings from 100 craft breweries and cideries, plus live performances and more than 20 food trucks.

Kitsilano Farmers Market at the Kitsilano Community Centre features fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, locally-raised meat, eggs and dairy, sustainable seafood, craft beer, wine and spirits, artisanal prepared food, and handmade craft.

KIDS' STUFF

The Princess & Superhero Tea Party at Langley's Cascades Casino features a live princess show, superhero fun, games, dancing, and food, with all proceeds to support Children's Wish.

COMEDY

The Canada Comedy Jam at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club features standup by local comics Steve McGowan, Stuart Jones, Patrick Maliha, Brett Martin, and Simon King (above).

Comedian Andrew Packer hosts weed-oriented show Jokes N Tokes at the Cannabis Culture Lounge.

The Anxiety Show at Kino Cafe is a comedy night featuring standup, storytelling, and music by Syd Bosel, Melanie Rose, Darcy Boon Collins, and Suzy Rawsome.

ARTS ETCETERA

The ninth annual Mid Main Art Fair at Heritage Hall features original works by 17 local artists.

Join Katharine Meng-Yuan Yi for a tour in Mandarin of the current exhibitions at Contemporary Art Gallery.

DANCE

The Other Side of the Window is a contemporary dance piece at Kay Meek Arts Centre featuring original composed music that reflects on the human mind when in trouble. 

MUSIC

Local Japanese musical acts Banana Bread and Kotojiro (above) perform in the Powell Street Festival Showcase at the Waterfront Theatre as part of the Global Soundscapes Festival.

The Vancouver Men's Chorus performs songs from the '70s at Performance Works on Granville Island.

The High Spirits Choir performs under director Ieva Wool at Unity of Vancouver.

THEATRE

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Matilda the Musical, an adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel Matilda, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage.

United Players present a performance at Jericho Arts Centre of Jez Butterworth's character drama Jerusalem.

GALLERIES

Moving Still: Performative Photography in India at the Vancouver Art Gallery features more than 100 works that examine themes of gender, religion, and sexual identity.

A Harlem Nocturne at the Contemporary Art Gallery presents still and moving images extrapolated and translated from archival sources, featuring a newly commissioned video project drawn from Deanna Bowen’s research into histories of Black community within Vancouver.

Displacement at the Vancouver Art Gallery sees contemporary works from the gallery's collection that use “displacement” as a tool to elicit viewer reactions of all kinds. Featured artists include Sonny Assu, Aganetha Dyck, Teresa Marshall, Ken Lum, Robert Therrien, Luanne Martineau, Patrick Traer, Renee van Halm, Holly Ward, Tim Paul, and Myfanwy MacLeod.

The Polygon Gallery exhibits selected finalists of the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize. 

Influenced by fields of perceptual psychology, science and architecture, Mowry Baden’s works at the Vancouver Art Gallery incorporate objects both found and constructed that incite curiosity, wonder, and laughs.

Views of the Collection: The Street at the Vancouver Art Gallery focuses on the street as source of inspiration and site for the production and enactment of culture, with works by Roy Arden, Kati Campbell, Robert Capa, Robert Frank, Fred Herzog, Hong Chan Park, Judy Radul, Jack Shadbolt, Danny Singer, and Ian Wallace.

MUSEUMS

Shadows, Strings and Other Things: The Enchanting Theatre of Puppets at the MOA illustrates the role puppets have played in the transmission of cultural knowledge, stories, and values.

Wild Things: The Power of Nature in Our Lives at the Museum of Vancouver delves into the life stories of local animals and plants—how they relate to each other and how they connect people to nature in the city.

There is Truth Here at the Museum of Vancouver focuses on rare surviving artworks created by children who attended the Inkameep Day School (Okanagan), St Michael’s Indian Residential School (Alert Bay); the Alberni Indian Residential School (Vancouver Island) and Mackay Indian Residential School (Manitoba).

In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 110 historical indigenous artworks and explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.

Shakeup: Preserving What We Value at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC explores the convergence of earthquake science and technology with Indigenous knowledge and oral history.

Haida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition at the Museum of Vancouver is guest-curated by Kwiaahwah Jones and features more than 450 works by carvers, weavers, photographers and print makers, collected as early as the 1890s.

ATTRACTIONS

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

The 22-hectare VanDusen Botanical Garden features over 255,000 plants from around the world and almost two dozen sculptures.

Parq Vancouver is a 24-hour casino with 600 slot machines and 75 table games, eight restaurants and lounges, and the sixth-floor outdoor Parq.

North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain features a Skyride to the peak with views of the city and the Pacific Ocean.

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.

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

Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.

MOVIES

Free afternoon screening at the Rio Theatre of director Victor Fleming's 1939 family classic The Wizard of Oz.

Screenings at Vancity Theatre of Terror Nullius and Nightmare Cinema as part of Rupture 2019.

Screenings at the Cinematheque of director Claire Denis's true-crime drama I Can't Sleep and neo-noir thriller Bastards.

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