November is officially here, and that means there’s tons of things to do in Vancouver. With the holiday season starting to kick off, you’re spoiled for choice between wintery events and end-of-fall fun. But no matter if you’re hitting up some classic Vancouver traditions or a new play in town, you’re certain to make memories to last a lifetime this month.
47 Unforgettable Things To Do in Metro Vancouver This November
Surrey Tree Lighting Festival
Are you ready for Metro Vancouver’s favourite holiday tradition? The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is returning for another big and bright year to spread all the holiday cheer and jolly vibes! For two festive days on Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23, Surrey Civic Plaza will become a dazzling display packed with tons of free holiday fun like amusement park rides, a Holiday Market, and a brand-new 4,000-square-foot outdoor ice skating rink!
This annual tradition, presented by Concord Pacific, is beloved by folks all over the Lower Mainland. Every year, folks from all around Metro Vancouver gather to marvel at the centrepiece of the event: the lighting of Surrey’s massive, sparkling, and extraordinary 60-foot Christmas tree, which is happening on Saturday, November 22 at 6:30pm!
It’s no wonder that the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is one of Metro Vancouver’s best free holiday events. This year, head on over to Surrey Civic Plaza to enjoy all this snowy season has to offer!
📅 Date: Saturday, November 22 – Sunday, November 23, 2025
📍 Location: Surrey Civic Plaza
🎟️ More Info: Surrey Tree Lighting Festival
Bear Creek Lights
The beloved Bear Creek Lights event is back for its 13th year, lighting up the garden from November 7 to 21 (closed November 11 for Remembrance Day). This year’s edition brings an immersive one-kilometre walking path lined with dazzling light displays, a lighted tunnel, and interactive photo ops that highlight the natural beauty of the park. Whether you’re looking for a romantic stroll, a fun family outing, or just the perfect backdrop for your next post, this free event has you covered.
Bear Creek Park transforms after dark into a magical wonderland. Expect vibrant light displays, enchanted forest scenes, and a few surprises hidden along the trail. And yes, food trucks will be there serving warm drinks, mini doughnuts, and handheld bites, because no night walk is complete without snacks.
Booking free entry tickets in advance is highly recommended. Entry times are available every 30 minutes from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm Sunday to Thursday, and 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm Friday to Saturday. While drop-in spots may be limited, planning ahead ensures you don’t miss out.
📅 Dates: November 7 to 21, 2025 (Closed November 11 for Remembrance Day)
🕓 Hours:
- Friday & Saturday: 4:30 pm – 9:00 pm
- Sunday to Thursday: 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
📍 Location: Bear Creek Park, Surrey (13750 – 88 Ave)
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: FREE! Get your tickets now at surrey.ca or by phone at 604-501-5100
Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life, Legacy, and Community
Join Nahualli Folklore Society for an unforgettable night of culture, connection, and celebration. This year marks their 15th anniversary, and they invite you to be part of this milestone experience filled with tradition, emotion, and joy. You can expect beautiful performances from a variety of artists who will be dazzling audiences with passionate dance and song for this year’s Day of the Dead.
📅 Date: November 1, 2025
📍 Location: The Vancouver Playhouse
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Día de Muertos
Metro Vancouver Croissant Crawl
For all the croissant lovers, this one’s for you. Grab your friends and fellow pastry enjoyers for a day (or days!) to remember. All you need to do is pick a route and then walk, bike, or drive from one limited edition croissant to the next. Over 30 vendors are participating in this year’s Croissant Crawl, so that means you’re absolutely spoiled for choice.
📅 Date: November 1 – 16, 2025
📍 Location: Various locations across Metro Vancouver
🎟️ More Info: Metro Vancouver Croissant Crawl 2025
The 2025 West Coast Wedding Show: Red Carpet Event
The third West Coast Wedding Show is here — and this year it is bigger, bolder, and more inspiring than ever! With over 75 amazing vendors, an expanded space, and unforgettable experiences, this is the ultimate event for anyone planning their dream wedding. This is not your typical wedding fare. Think couture bridal gown fashion shows, live music, visionary design concepts, and a hand-picked selection of products and services designed to spark ideas, fuel your creativity, and help you craft the wedding you have always imagined.
📅 Date: November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Paradox Hotel
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The West Coast Wedding Show 2025
Arts Club Theatre Company: DISNEY’S FROZEN
Disney’s FROZEN has touched the hearts of children of all ages, including adults, since the film’s release in 2013, followed by the Broadway premiere of the musical in 2018. This production promises to reawaken the wonder and magic within us all. Families, fans of the film, theatregoers, and newcomers alike will adore this show. Experience the magic of the beloved animated movie and revel in show-stopping favourites such as “Let It Go,” “For the First Time in Forever,” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” and delight in enchanting new ones.
📅 Date: October 30, 2025 – January 4, 2026
📍 Location: Stanley BFL Canada Stage
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Disney’s FROZEN in Vancouver
The Unofficial Simpsons Drag Musical!
Coming to East Van is the Unofficial Simpsons Drag Musical! Produced and hosted by Burna Dart and Glimmer Rouge, this ridiculously hilarious night is guaranteed to be filled with iconic performances with all your favourite Simpsons characters. Expect video clips and screen TVs bringing you the Simpsons vibe, and music by favourite DJ, Seb. This night is full on Simpsons… come as you are, or as your favourite character from the show, and win a prize for best costume!
📅 Date: November 7, 2025
📍 Location: Upstairs Legion Lounge
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Unofficial Simpsons Drag Musical
HIGHLIGHTERS: The 80’s Night!
This November, get ready for HIGHLIGHTERS: The 80’s Night! This 1980s drag show will have all your favourite pop culture highlights from that time, so be prepared for neon glows and big hair. Dressed as actual highlighter pens, Vancouver drag queens Burna Dart and Glimmer will be hosting this colourful show! Don’t forget to wear your brightest look and win a prize for having the highlight look of the night!
📅 Date: November 7, 2025
📍 Location: Upstairs Legion Lounge
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: HIGHLIGHTERS: The 80s Night!
The Haunt-Inn
Step into the spirit of the season at The Haunt-Inn, a free, family-friendly Halloween walk-through. This unique outdoor event transforms the hotel’s historic grounds into a glowing Halloween wonderland filled with light, sound, and spooky charm — a celebration designed for all ages to enjoy. Guests are invited to wander through four themed zones, each offering a distinct experience.
📅 Date: October 19 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites North Vancouver
🎟️ More Info: The Haunt-Inn
Verdi’s Rigoletto
Set against a backdrop of decadence and dark intrigue, Verdi’s immortal work Rigoletto tells the tale of a father’s desperate love for his daughter—and the dangerous double-edged sword of vengeance. Built in partnership with Pacific Opera Victoria, this new production will push the tense tragedy’s boundaries. At the same time, it will stay true to Verdi’s timeless story of love and revenge.
📅 Date: October 25 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Verdi’s Rigoletto
Luxe Wedding Soirée
Are you planning your big day? Then you’ll definitely want to check out the Luxe Wedding Soirée, an elegant showcase of everything wedding-related. This unforgettable event transforms the Fairmont Pacific Rim into a world of couture fashion, lavish décor, and curated experiences designed to inspire. Intimate yet spectacular, it’s where Vancouver’s most coveted wedding vendors come together to create the Art of celebration—an evening that turns wedding dreams into reality.
📅 Date: November 8, 2025
📍 Location: Fairmont Pacific Rim
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Luxe Wedding Soirée 2025
URBAN CUBA The Uncensored Experience Featuring YOMIL
Welcome to URBAN CUBA The Uncensored Experience, a lively music and dance show taking place on Sunday November 9th at The Red Room. Touring Western Canada for the first time, this is the chance for Canadians to discover the new sounds of Cuban music with its rhythmically distinct and energetic tones. URBAN CUBA will feature an exciting range of performances by a number of artists, including urban music star YOMIL.
📅 Date: November 9, 2025
📍 Location: The Red Room
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: URBAN CUBA The Uncensored Experience Featuring YOMIL
O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy ON TOUR
Rich in wordplay, comic physicality, and cleverly crafted interactive elements, O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy is uproarious fun, yet it is the duo’s boundless imagination and endearing chemistry that provide the real magic and heart of this play. Hailed as “a child’s imagination on steroids” by London Free Press and “a masterpiece of physical comedy” by Theatre In London, critics rave for the charismatic James & Jamesy. A must-see performance on the international comedy circuit, this unstoppable duo is regarded as “one of the most popular fringe duos ever” (CBC).
📅 Date: November 12 – December 30, 2025
📍 Location: Various theatres across the Lower Mainland
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy
This Is Our Youth
Railtown Actors Studio Lab presents This Is Our Youth, a raw and nostalgic coming-of-age story set in 1980s New York City. The play explores youth, friendship, and identity at a time when everything feels uncertain. Beneath the era’s haze of rebellion and confusion, This Is Our Youth captures the timeless feeling of pressure to grow up before you’re ready. For today’s audiences, it’s a vivid reminder of how those restless years echo across generations.
📅 Date: November 12 – 16, 2025
📍 Location: Studio 16 Theatre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: This Is Our Youth, presented by Railtown Actors Studio Lab
Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase
The Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase (IPSS) is an annual event responding to the growing demand for practical guidance on how First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities and their enterprise partners can work together, in common purpose, for shared success. This year, the event will welcome 180 delegates to the IPSS 2025 executive leadership summit. The IPSS is your chance to see how leading-edge relationships between Indigenous business and corporate Canada are making reconciliation a reality for the whole nation.
📅 Date: November 13, 2025
📍 Location: Vancouver Convention Centre West
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase 2025
Glow Langley 2025 – The Magic Toy Shop
Get ready to immerse yourself in Glow Langley 2025 – The Magical Toy Shop, where lights sparkle, toys come alive, and holiday wonder fills every corner. Explore dazzling displays, playful adventures, and storybook settings that bring the magic to life. All of this comes at the same affordable price for four years running.
📅 Date: November 20 – December 21, 2025
📍 Location: Glow Gardens Langley
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Glow Langley 2025
The Curtain Call Ball
You are invited to The Curtain Call Ball on Saturday, November 22, at The Scotiabank Dance Center! It will be a night of glitz, philanthropy and showtunes. Bring your award-show elegance and enjoy nibbles, cocktails, and some of Vancouver’s best queer performers. This is your chance to dress-up and enjoy all the beauty of a ball. Wear your most gorgeous outfits and be prepared to enjoy an evening filled with nothing but glamorous vibes.
📅 Date: November 22, 2025
📍 Location: The Dance Center
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Curtain Call Ball 2025
SENSES Concert
On November 29, 2025, the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Vancouver will host SENSES Concert, an immersive orchestral experience featuring the works of award-winning Canadian composer Wendy Cheung, performed live by the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra (VMO). Unlike a traditional concert, SENSES integrates guided imagery, scent, light, and visual storytelling to create a multi-sensory journey. The score echoes not only the rhythm of breath, but has also been intentionally designed to evoke introspection. Each note supports emotional clarity and reflection.
📅 Date: November 29, 2025
📍 Location: The Orpheum Theatre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: SENSES Concert
Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025
Vancouver is coming to life with Fall Food Fest 2025, featuring tons of limited-time, fall-inspired drinks and treats. This is the ultimate fall food crawl across the city, with participating restaurants from Vancouver, Richmond, and Burnaby bringing their seasonal A-game. Don’t miss your chance to try these exclusive goodies!
📅 Date: October 3 – November 9, 2025
📍 Location: Various locations across Metro Vancouver
🎟️ More Info: Vancouver Fall Food Fest 2025
Artemis Space Adventure With LEGO® Bricks
Produced by Flying Fish and supported by Science World, kids can go in their own galactic adventure with this space-themed exhibition. Guests will be able to enjoy hands-on engineering challenges and workshop stations that are inspired by the creative problem-solving that real astronauts have to do.
📅 Date: June 26, 2025 – April 6, 2026
📍 Location: Science World
Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
The Capilano Suspension Bridge is about to be decked out in Halloween lights as Canyon Frights returns for another year. Guests are invited to step inside a frightful forest where spirits haunt the corners and pumpkins glow eerily in the dusk. From children’s activities to live entertainment, Canyon Frights is a great place for the whole family to get into the spooky mood. And don’t forget: B.C. residents are eligible for B.C. Resident Annual pass for free with purchase of a ticket!
📅 Date: October 10 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Canyon Frights
Las Mujeronas
Organized by STAND Festival, Las Mujeronas brings together a collective of Flamenco Latinas in Vancouver to explore the impact of immigration on identity, memory, and cultural expression. Performed in both Spanish and English, with select texts translated for accessibility, the work seamlessly fuses flamenco dance, poetry, song, and storytelling to reflect the complex and layered experiences of migration.
📅 Date: November 1, 2025
📍 Location: The Annex
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Las Mujeronas | Stand 2025
The Fairy Doll
Step into a world of wonder this holiday season! Bring the whole family to experience the joy and magic of The Fairy Doll, a heartwarming Christmas ballet perfect for kids and grown-ups alike. This delightful ballet is a perfect holiday outing for families, young children, and anyone who believes in the magic of the season. With vibrant costumes, enchanting music and breathtaking dancing, this is one show that will leave your little ones wide-eyed with wonder and your hearts full of festive cheer.
📅 Date: November 22, 2025
📍 Location: The Vancouver Playhouse
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Fairy Doll: A Magical Christmas
Silent Disco + Mini Market
Leave the office, grab a drink, and step into a world of music and glow with Silent Disco + Mini Market at the Waldorf! This is your after-work escape where you can dance and unwind at the Tiki Bar while enjoying the sweet sounds of DJs spinning tracks. With three live DJs and three channels, you’ll always be able to choose exactly what music type you prefer to groove to. Select from house, throwbacks, or top 40 hits and then get on that dance floor and boogie the evening away. Plus, you can check out a curated mini-market from Salt Spring’s Raven & Gold.
📅 Date: November 6, 2025
📍 Location: Tiki Bar at the Waldorf
🎟️ More Info: Silent Disco + Mini Market at the Waldorf
Timebomb Trading Winter Warehouse Sale
Timebomb Trading’s famous Winter Warehouse Sale is back! They’re clearing out samples from past-seasons products to make room in their warehouse, and it all has to go. From samples, odd-sizes, one-offs, and rare pieces, there’s a bit of everything you can find at this sale. Do note that the event is cash-only with an ATM on-site, so you can top off your wallet if you want to make the most of the discounts.
📅 Date: November 14 – 16, 2025
📍 Location: 8067 North Fraser Way, Burnaby
🎟️ More Info: Timebomb Trading Winter Warehouse Sale
Shipyards Christmas Market
Shipyards Christmas Market opens November 28 with skating, music, mulled wine, and Vancouver’s best pork hock — all with no admission fee! This winter, a brand-new free-entry Christmas market is bringing holiday magic to North Vancouver’s waterfront, and it’s headlined by one of the city’s most beloved holiday food vendors: Haxen Haus. For a Christmas market with all the fixings of a classic holiday celebration, head over to Shipyards Christmas Market!
📅 Date: November 28 – December 24, 2025
📍 Location: The Shipyards
🎟️ More Info: Shipyards Christmas Market 2025
Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting
The lighting of the Christmas tree is a magical moment often symbolizing the beginning of the holiday season, and the lighting of the Vancouver Christmas Tree is a cherished tradition for many. Join hands and celebrate as Western Canada’s tallest Christmas tree gets lit up, marking the beginning of a season filled with laughter, love, and cherished moments spent with family and friends.
📅 Date: November 28, 2025
📍 Location: Vancouver Art Gallery
🎟️ More Info: Vancouver Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration
VanDusen Festival of Lights
Don’t miss this year’s VanDusen Festival of Lights, where art and nature meet in a spectacular display of winter’s beauty. Starting on November 29, 1 million+ lights will make Vancouver’s famous VanDusen Botanical Garden shine and sparkle. Witness the garden’s 15 acres covered in dazzling displays, perfect for family outings or Instagram photo ops.
📅 Date: November 28, 2025 – January 4, 2026
📍 Location: VanDusen Botanical Garden
🎟️ More Info: VanDusen Festival of Lights
Merry & Bright at Martini Town – An Immersive Holiday Experience
Step into a world of movie magic and indulge in a unique holiday experience at Martini Town. Returning after a popular launch in 2023, Langley’s very own exterior Film Backlot is set to reopen to the public. Their beautiful set is being transformed into a Christmas wonderland by a team of skilled industry crew. Visit a New York City Street, courthouse, diner, town square and small town – all at Merry & Bright. Don’t miss out on this opportunity! This is a holiday event like no other.
📅 Date: November 21 – December 31, 2025
📍 Location: 1123 272 Street, Langley
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Merry & Bright at Martini Town
Lights By The Lake
This annual event transforms the Harrison lakefront into a dazzling wonderland of lights. These stunning display lights up the esplanade along the lake. It covers a 2KM waterfront stretch, creating a breathtaking spectacle that promises to make your holiday season even more magical. There will be a grand opening ceremony scheduled for Saturday, November 22nd from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. To catch the lighting, be sure to head over to Harrison Lake for this beloved event!
📅 Date: November 22, 2025 – January 11, 2026
📍 Location: Harrison Lake
🎟️ More Info: Lights by the Lake
Festive Village at Burnaby Village Museum
Experience Burnaby in all its festive beauty. The popular Festive Village event will be coming back for another enchanting year, presented with Concord Pacific. Guests can wander the museum’s 10-acre venue and take in all the seasonal entertainment, demonstrations and activities. There will also be a variety of delicious treats to enjoy from local food trucks or Mai’s Cafe, formerly known as the Ice Cream Parlour.
📅 Date: November 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026 (closed December 24 and 25)
📍 Location: Burnaby Village Museum
🎟️ More Info: Festive Village
Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain
Grouse Mountain is once again transforming for Peak of Christmas; a mountain top Christmas Village complete with an enchanting Light Walk, outdoor skating pond and more. With the perfect holiday backdrop, guests of all ages will be transported to a winter wonderland, complete with snow, Santa and his real reindeer, brilliant light installations and Christmas movies in the Theatre in the Sky.
📅 Date: November 21 – December 24, 2025
📍 Location: Grouse Mountain
🎟️ More Info: The Peak of Christmas
Rabbit Festival 2025
Snuggling with bunnies is the best seasonal depression cure. This Fall, you can hang out with tons of these adorable critters with Vancouver Rabbit Rescue and Advocacy’s (VRRA) Rabbit Festival in Vancouver! The event will be centered around rabbit health, with special programming teaching featuring some amazing rabbit vets. And for those of you looking for a fuzzy friend, the bunny meet & greet will be the place to be with adoptables available. There will also be a Hoppy Hour mingle pen, but do note that it is BYOB– Bring Your Own Bunny! See if your rabbit wants a buddy to chill with.
📅 Date: November 1, 2025
📍 Location: Scottish Cultural Centre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Rabbit Festival 2025
TOW Canada Tour 2025
Debuting in Canada is TOW, an acclaimed acoustic duo from Tokyo. They’re bringing a blend of cinematic combination of voice, guitar, and accordion, with soundscapes that are ethereal and immersive. With two experiences prepared for Metro Vancouver, you can catch this fantastic performance in either Vancouver or Burnaby.
📅 Date: November 6, November 8, 2025
📍 Location: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre (Nov. 6), Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (Nov. 8)
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: TOW Canada Tour 2025
Vancouver Christmas Market
The Vancouver Christmas Market is one of the best ways to kick off the holiday season. This super-popular annual event has everything you’d ever want out of a Christmas market, including a massive tree, tons of food, and lots of shopping.
📅 Date: November 13 – December 24, 2025
📍 Location: Jack Poole Plaza
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Vancouver Christmas Market
Maan Farms Halloween Fright Festival
B.C.’s most terrifying corn maze is returning for another frightening year! But this time, it’s a completely new festival that brings together family-friendly treats and those ever-horrifying tricks. Check out Fright Festival’s haunting mazes and pumpkin patch, complete with some scares you won’t be forgetting!
📅 Date: September 27 – November 1, 2025
📍 Location: Maan Farms
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Maan Farms Halloween Fright Festival
Cougar Creeks House Of Horrors
October wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors. These eerie haunted houses invite only the bravest through their doors, with 5 adventures for intrepid folks to journey through. Surrey’s most horrifying experience is coming to life this month, and you won’t want to miss it.
📅 Date: October 3 – November 9, 2025
📍 Location: Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors 2025
Bear Creek Park’s Halloween Mini Train
The little ones will love this thrilling Halloween train that takes the family through Bear Creek Park. The experience comes in two forms, with the Pumpkin Train being for the younger kids and the Haunted Forest Scream Train for those looking for a more frightening experience. Both are a fantastic way to get into the spooky season.
📅 Date: October 1 – November 2, 2025
📍 Location: Bear Creek Park
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Bear Creek Park’s Pumpkin Train and Scream Train
Petey’s Pumpkin Patch & Reapers Corn Maze
Known for their sprawling pumpkin patch and exhilarating horror attraction, Fantasy Farms’ Petey’s Pumpkin Patch is absolutely worth the visit this October. While the pumpkin patch is perfect for all ages, the Reapers Maze of Terror is for older guests that like being frightened out of their mind. Only the courageous should enter as something haunting lurks around every corner.
EVENT DETAILS:
📅 Date: October 4 – November 1, 2025
📍 Location: Fantasy Farms Inc.
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Petey’s Pumpkin Patch and Reapers Haunted Attraction
Sports in Metro Vancouver This November
Winter’s almost here, so you know what that means. Get ready as some seasons are wrapping up while others are just getting into the thick of it!
🏒 Vancouver Canucks
- November 5: vs Chicago Blackhawks
- November 8: vs Columbus Blue Jackets
- November 9: vs Colorado Avalanche
- November 11: vs Winnipeg Jets
- November 20: vs Dallas Stars
- November 23: vs Calgary Flames
📍 Location: Rogers Arena
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: https://www.nhl.com/canucks/
⚽ Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- November 7: vs FC Dallas
📍 Location: BC Place
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: whitecapsfc.com
There’s so much to do in Metro Vancouver that you’ll definitely want to try a little bit of everything. From holiday markets to cheering on the Canucks, you’re guaranteed to make the most of November with this list.
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