Free events in Vancouver in November 2026

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  Jana Sterbak: Dimensions of Intimacy

  Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery · UBC Point Grey

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Other

  until Nov 1

  Into the Deep Undersea Photo Experience

  Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site · Steveston, Richmond

  Free

• Music

  until Feb 14

  Composers in Residence

  Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum (SFU) · Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby

  • Music
  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Feb 14

  Here to Play: Variation for Sixteen Hands

  Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum (SFU) · Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Feb 14

  Martin Bartlett: Begin Anywhere

  Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum (SFU) · Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Cinema

  6 PM

  Death and Taxes

  SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodwards · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• Visual arts

  1 PM

  INTERGENER8

  SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodwards · Downtown Eastside

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Theatre

  6:30 PM

  Epigone - Preview Night

  Russian Hall · Strathcona

  • Theatre

  Free Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  7 PM

  A Film and Musical Tribute to Bud Osborn with the Lonesome Monsters

  SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodwards · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Theatre

  6:30 PM

  Epigone - Opening Night

  Russian Hall · Strathcona

  • Theatre

  Free Tickets ↗

• Music

  7 PM

  Driftwood Brewery's Vinyl Club - A Spin on Live Music

  The Irish Heather · Strathcona

  • Music

  Free Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  —Time not announced

  BANNED FILM SERIES: Turang (Indonesia)

  SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodwards · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

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Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Cinema

  5 PM

  From the Archives of Sid Chow Tan

  Heart of the City Festival · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Dance

  1 PM

  Solo Solo Together

  Heart of the City Festival · Downtown Eastside

  • Dance

  Free

• Cinema

  3:30 PM

  W, The Film

  SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodwards · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

• Cinema

  4 PM

  1984:AGAIN

  SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodwards · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  4 PM

  Free First Friday Nights presented by BMO

  Vancouver Art Gallery · Downtown

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Cinema

  7:30 PM

  House

  SFU Contemporary Arts at Woodwards · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free Tickets ↗

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• Cinema

  12 PM

  Reimagining Justice: Screenings & Sharing Circle (The Circle Project)

  Heart of the City Festival · Downtown Eastside

  • Cinema

  Free

• Other

  2 PM

  Diwali in Vancouver

  Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre · Yaletown

  Free Tickets ↗

• Theatre

  6:30 PM

  Epigone

  Russian Hall · Strathcona

  • Theatre

  Free Tickets ↗

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• Theatre

  6:30 PM

  Epigone - Pay What You Can Night!

  Russian Hall · Strathcona

  • Theatre

  Free Tickets ↗

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Visual arts

  6 PM

  Two Artists; One Family: Artist Talk and Workshop with Gu Xiong and Yu Gu

  Gu Xiong · Yu Gu

  Museum of Vancouver · Kitsilano (Vanier Park)

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

• Visual arts

  until Mar 28

  Leslie Thornton: Peggy & Fred in Hell

  Contemporary Art Gallery · Yaletown

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until Mar 28

  Nour Mobarak: Bubonic Mnemonic

  Contemporary Art Gallery · Yaletown

  • Visual arts

  Free

Sunday, November 15, 2026

• Visual arts

  2 PM

  Artists in Conversation: Rawan Hassan and Elizabeth MacKenzie

  Burnaby Art Gallery · Deer Lake, Burnaby

  • Visual arts

  Free

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Nov 24

  2026 BC Achievement FNA + AAD Combined Exhibition

  Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre · Yaletown

  • Visual arts

  Free Tickets ↗

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Literature

  6 PM

  A Very Vancouver Book Talk

  Christopher Cheung · Sam Wiebe · Justin McElroy

  Museum of Vancouver · Kitsilano (Vanier Park)

  • Literature

  Free Sold out Tickets ↗

Sunday, November 29, 2026

• Literature

  1 PM

  Wild Dyes of the Pacific Northwest: Author Talk

  Museum of Vancouver · Kitsilano (Vanier Park)

  • Literature

  Free Tickets ↗

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