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What to do in Vancouver in October 2026

451 events from Friday, October 23 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 20. Busiest venues: Vancouver Writers Fest, VIFF Centre, Little Mountain Gallery.

Friday, October 23, 2026

Visual arts
until Nov 8

The Suitcase Project

Museum of Vancouver · Kitsilano (Vanier Park)
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 8

That Green Ideal: Emily Carr and the Idea of Nature

Vancouver Art Gallery · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Every River Has a Mouth: The Visual Languages That Connect Us

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 2

Mustaali Raj: Across the Fire

Surrey Art Gallery · Bear Creek Park, Surrey
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 3

Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision

Museum of Anthropology at UBC · University Endowment Lands (UBC Point Grey)
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 6

Highlights from the Collection

Vancouver Art Gallery · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change

Vancouver Art Gallery · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 10

SANCTUARY: The Ancient Forest Experience

Vancouver Art Gallery · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 29

Becoming: The Art of Gu Xiong

Museum of Vancouver · Kitsilano (Vanier Park)
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Mar 31

Gifts to be Protected, Shared, and Carried Forward

MONOVA (Museum of North Vancouver) · Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Sep 5

Momentum: Power and Identity in Sports

Chinese Canadian Museum · Chinatown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 25

Greg Girard

The Polygon Gallery · Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Jul 24

xʷən̓iwən ce:p kʷθəθ nəw̓eyəł (Manuel Axel Strain)xʷəniwən ce:p kʷthəth nəweyəł (Manuel Axel Strain)

Richmond Art Gallery · Richmond (Richmond Cultural Centre)
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 22

Vancouver Now! Emily Hermant

Vancouver Art Gallery · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Marking the Seasons

Surrey Art Gallery · Bear Creek Park, Surrey
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Making Connections

Surrey Art Gallery · Bear Creek Park, Surrey
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 6

Jana Sterbak: Dimensions of Intimacy

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery · UBC Point Grey
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 15

RESIST!

Burnaby Art Gallery · Deer Lake, Burnaby
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Jan 17

Cradled Origins

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art · Downtown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 28

Other Light (Saodat Ismailova)

Western Front · Mount Pleasant
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 12

Red and White and Black and Gold (Michele Pearson Clarke)

Artspeak · Gastown / Downtown Eastside
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 7

Ian Wallace: Surface / Structure / Street: Works 1986-2014

Catriona Jeffries · Strathcona
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 27

Parallelogram Volume 2: Presence

The Polygon Gallery · Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 12

One hundred more (Justine A. Chambers)

Or Gallery · Chinatown
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Mar 14

Catherine Blackburn + Jeneen Frei Njootli: Traces

The Polygon Gallery · Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver
- Visual arts
Other
until Oct 31

Fin-tastic Fall Festival

Vancouver Aquarium · Stanley Park
Visual arts
until Nov 21

Resonant Bodies (Naomi Watkins)

grunt gallery · Mount Pleasant
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 6

tender threads

Surrey Art Gallery · Bear Creek Park, Surrey
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Western Pleasures: Brandon Cotter

The Cultch (Historic Theatre) · Strathcona / Grandview-Woodland (East Vancouver)
- Visual arts
Other
until Nov 1

Into the Deep Undersea Photo Experience

Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site · Steveston, Richmond
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 11

You Are Here: Fred Herzog's Vancouver (at Fairmont Pacific Rim)

Equinox Gallery · Commercial Drive area
- Visual arts
Music
until Feb 14

Composers in Residence

Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum (SFU) · Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby
- Music
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 6

Farheen Haq and Russna Kaur: In the Folds of Memory

Surrey Art Gallery · Bear Creek Park, Surrey
- Visual arts
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
Visual arts
until Dec 6

S F Ho: TRIPLE BURNER FLOWER FIELD

Surrey Art Gallery · Bear Creek Park, Surrey
- Visual arts
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Visual arts
until Aug 15

Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form

Chinese Canadian Museum · Chinatown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Oct 31

Vancouver Korean Book Festival: Graphic Novel Exhibition 'Jari'

Granville Island · Granville Island
- Visual arts
- Literature
Free Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 30

2024-2026 Public Art Fellows: HOST

Or Gallery · Chinatown
- Visual arts
Other
until Nov 1

Canyon Frights

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park · North Vancouver
Visual arts
until Apr 4

The Robot Zoo

Science World (TELUS World of Science) · False Creek
- Visual arts
Theatre
until Oct 25

Time Stands Still

Jericho Arts Centre · Point Grey
- Theatre
$25–$35 Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 1

Big Stuff

BMO Theatre Centre (Arts Club - Olympic Village Stage) · Olympic Village / Mount Pleasant
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 24

Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey

Surrey Arts Centre · Surrey
- Theatre
$34–$65 Tickets
Visual arts
until Nov 8

Making Kin at the End of the World

Access Gallery · Chinatown
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Nov 1

Sheri Paisley

Bau-Xi Gallery · South Granville
- Visual arts
Literature
until Oct 25

Writers Fest 2026

Granville Island · Granville Island
- Literature
Tickets
Visual arts
until Dec 31

Astra Lumina: Stanley Park Night Walk

Astra Lumina at Stanley Park · Stanley Park
- Visual arts
$29.90–$39.90 Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 15

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

Granville Island · Granville Island
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 15

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

Arts Club Theatre Company - Lindsay Family Stage (Granville Island) · Granville Island
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
9 AM

PETIT ARCHITECT DESIGN FOR KIDS LTD. at Evergreen Arts

Evergreen Cultural Centre (Evergreen Arts) · Coquitlam
- Music
Literature
10 AM

Do It Wrong: Poetry Masterclass with Derek Beaulieu

Derek Beaulieu

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets
Literature
10 AM

Ece Temelkuran in Conversation with Commissioner Kasari Govender

Kasari Govender · Ece Temelkuran

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
Free Tickets
Literature
10 AM

Good Reads

Catherine Chidgey · Amal El-Mohtar · Ferdia Lennon · Tara McGuire

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets
Literature
10 AM

Storytelling from the Edge of Reality

Michelle Cyca · Portia Elan · Angélique Lalonde

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets
Literature
1 PM

Monique Gray Smith: Sharing the Light

Carleigh Baker · Monique Gray Smith

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets
Literature
1 PM

Repair and Revive

Arno Kopecky · Jason Dove Mark · Robert Moor · John Vaillant

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets
Literature
1 PM

Rollie Pemberton: Ways of Listening

Elamin Abdelmahmoud · Rollie Pemberton

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets
Literature
1 PM

Sally Hayden: This Is Also a Love Story

Kathryn Gretsinger · Sally Hayden

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets
Literature
1 PM

Verses of Transformation

Jordan Abel · Gwen Aube · Camilla Gibb · Jess Housty · Canisia Lubrin · Shani Mootoo · Lisa Robertson

Vancouver Writers Fest · Granville Island
- Literature
$28 Tickets

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