Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 66 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, August 24.

CONCERTS

Americana and indie-folk acts Calexico and Iron & Wine play the Vogue Theatre.

American rock bands Collective Soul and Gin Blossoms perform as part of the PNE's Summer Night Concerts series.

Louisiana slide-guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth plays the Rio Theatre, with local guest Robert Connely Farr.

Local alt-rock quartet Sonic Break plays the Railway Stage & Beer Café, with guests Benchwarmer, 2 Days and Counting, and Beyond Land.

Local glam-rock band Clone plays the Fairview Pub, with guests Eddy D & the Sex Bombs and the Circus in Flames.

Local vocalist Tonye Aganaba mixes soul, neo-folk, and R&B at the PAL Theatre.

Canadian experimental-music collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor plays the Commodore Ballroom.

Compound 2019 block party at Monstercat HQ includes live electronic music on two stages. 

BENEFITS

Music Heals Charitable Foundation and Bikers for Autism present the Music Therapy Ride, a motorcycle ride from Burnaby to Pemberton that raises money for music-therapy programs across Canada.

ETCETERA

The 2019 PNE Fair features midway rides, pig races, drag shows, agriculture displays, cooking demonstrations, Superdogs, and the Summer Night Concerts series.

Latin Cruises Vancouver presents a three-hour cruise on board the Queen of Diamonds, with three DJs and light buffet included.

Repair Cafe at Hillcrest Community Centre is a free event where fixer volunteers help visitors repair their broken household items.

The Women's Street Fair & Flea Market on Columbia Street between Pender & Hastings features secondhand treasures, handmade arts & crafts, and performances, all hosted and operated by women of the Downtown Eastside.

The Vancouver Orchid Society Summer Sale at VanDusen Botanical Garden features commercial and hobby vendors selling orchids, companion plants, and growing accessories. 

The four-day Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival celebrate the city’s rich marine heritage on Granville Island.

FORUMS

Free yoga class at Semperviva Yoga Kits Beach Studio open to everyone with a desire to deepen their understanding of the power of yoga.

FOOD AND DRINK

The Trout Lake Farmers Market at John Hendry Park features seasonal produce, local meat, seafood, eggs & dairy, craft beer, wine & spirits, artisanal prepared food, and handmade craft.

KIDS' STUFF

Girls ages four and up are invited to Come Try Hockey in an on-ice session with the Vancouver Female Ice Hockey Association at the Killarney Community Centre.

Discover how to find water, shelter, and food in Apocalypse Made Easy, a family-oriented game about survival, at Stanley Park Nature House.

The Contemporary Art Gallery invites all ages to drop-in for free Family Day art-making activities that respond to its current exhibitions.

SPORTS

The B.C. Lions take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Canadian Football League action at BC Place Stadium.

The Vancouver Canadians take on the Salem-Kaizer Volcanoes in Minor Baseball League action at Nat Bailey Stadium.

COMEDY

Classic TheatreSports at the Improv Centre sees two teams of performers pitted against each other in competitive improv matches.

Comedian James Ball performs the second of two nights of standup at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

ARTS ETCETERA

A Nude Hope: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Adventure is a Star Wars burlesque parody at the Red Gate Revue Stage.

Karen Flamenco presents a one-hour show featuring traditional flamenco music, dance, puppetry, and magic at the Improv Centre on Granville Island.

Kevin Chong, author of such books as The Plague, Beauty Plus Pity, and Baroque-a-Nova, speaks about his work at Indigo Langley.

MUSIC

The Microcosmos Quartet is joined by the Echéa Quartet in a performance at Pyatt Hall.

Opera Mariposa presents a performance plus costume and prop sale at St. Faith's Anglican Church.

THEATRE

Theatre Under the Stars presents its closing performance of Mamma Mia! at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park.

Performance at the Dusty Flower Shop of Duncan Macmillan's off-kilter love story Lungs.

Performance at Bard on the Beach of Coriolanus, Shakespeare's examination of what it means to be loyal to a parent, to a leader, and to a country. SOLD OUT.

Promethean Theatre presents its final performance at Stage Door of Of Mice and Men, a collaboration between artists with disabilities and those without disabilities.

The Rusted Cage Theatre Lab. presents its final performance of Edward Albee's classic story of human disconnection and class division, The Zoo Story, at Havana Theatre.

Performance at Bard on the Beach of The Taming of the Shrew, inspired by the 2007 spaghetti-western version of Shakespeare's work.

GALLERIES

The Clock by Christian Marclay is a 24-hour video at the Polygon that montages film and television footage from the last 70 years.

Metalmorphosis at Visualspace Gallery is a sculptural exhibition from metal artists Kye-Yeon Son and Brian Hoyano, curated by Barbara Cohen.

Vicky Alexander: Extreme Beauty at the Vancouver Art Gallery features photography, sculpture, collage, and installation, including new massive murals created in 2019.

Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time at the Vancouver Art Gallery features more than 130 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and lithographs from the artist’s pre- and postwar career. 

Robert Rauschenberg 1965-1980 at the Vancouver Art Gallery features rarely seen prints, drawings, collages, sculptural works, and large-scale works from one of the most experimental periods in the artist's career.

Dog Days at the Polygon is a photography exhibition featuring contemporary works, classic images, and vintage photographs of man's best friend.

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.

Views of the Collection: The Street at the Vancouver Art Gallery focuses on the street as a 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 Museum of Anthropology at UBC illustrates the role puppets have played in the transmission of cultural knowledge, stories, and values.

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).

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.

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 printmakers, collected as early as the 1890s.

ATTRACTIONS

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

Kits Pool, Vancouver's only saltwater swimming pool, is 137 metres long and features a water park, two slides, cafes, and lockers. 

Capilano Suspension Bridge features seven cable bridges suspended in trees, the Living Forest exhibit, totem-pole collection, Cliffwalk, and Treetop Adventure. 

The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and Museum features permanent galleries devoted to Terry Fox and Rick Hansen, a rock-climbing wall, a virtual sports simulator, and history galleries.

The 22-hectare 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.

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.

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.

The Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition features more than 250 privately-owned bikes from around the world.

Stanley Park features 400 hectares of trails, with scenic walking and biking along the 8.8-kilometre seawall and totem park featuring eight poles by First Nations artists.

Nitobe Memorial Garden is a traditional Japanese garden located at the University of British Columbia with waterfalls, stone lanterns, audio guides and tours, and a ceremonial teahouse.

Vancouver Lookout features a ride in an exterior glass elevator and a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains.

MOVIES

Screenings at Vancity Theatre of Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, Francis Ford Coppola's classic Vietnam War movie, 29 minutes longer than the original release, restored and polished for 4K digital projection.

Screening at the Rio Theatre of the new documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces That I Am, an intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner.

Screenings at the Cinematheque of Los Silencios, Where Are You?, Dantza, and The Good Girls as part of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.

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