The weekend is here, which means Metro Vancouver is once again buzzing with fun things to do. The fall weather is nearing and the sun is slowly disappearing earlier and earlier in the day, so make the most of the weekend with all of these events.
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Family-Friendly Things to Do
Autumn Lane at Taves Family Farms
It’s not truly fall until you’ve visited Taves Family Farms. This year, the farm is transforming into its annual Magic of Fall season, bringing with it an entirely new attraction: Autumn’s Lane! This is a beautiful foliage-draped passage, illuminated by vintage chandeliers. It’s perfect for photo-ops, families, dates, and all those fall friend outings.
📅 Dates: September 12 – October 31, 2026
📍 Location: Taves Family Farms
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Taves Family Farms
Step Into The Solar System With Augmented Reality at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Take one giant leap for mankind at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre’s Augmented Reality Solar System Tour! This is an all-new augmented reality experience that takes visitors aged 5+ on a journey through the solar system. No screens necessary– it’s pure immersive discovery. Just walk along planets with your AR headset guide and witness the cosmos up close. The experience is included with your general admission, and is completely one-of-a-kind!
📅 Dates: Every weekend
📍 Location: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Augmented Reality Solar System Tour
Stanley Park Mini Golf Experience
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Stanley Park is getting a new temporary Mini Golf Experience this summer! Featuring 18-holes right in the heart of Stanley Park, the attraction invites folks of all ages to enjoy a day in the sun trying to get a hole-in-one.
📅 Date: Open Sunday to Wednesday: 10 am to 9 pm | Thursday to Saturday: 10 am to 11 pm
📍 Location: 690 Pipeline Road
🎟️ More Info: Stanley Park Mini Golf Experience
Harvest Fair
Join Historic Stewart Farm and Totest Aleng: Indigenous Learning House for a family-friendly day at Harvest Fair, hosted at Elgin Heritage Park! Offering family-friendly fun, this plans to be a lively celebration of land and harvest. Attendees can expect live performances, The Re-enactors, storytelling, a vendor market, hands-on activities, and more.
📅 Dates: September 19, 2026
📍 Location: Elgin Heritage Park
🎟️ More Info: Harvest Fair
Ongoing Family-Friendly Fun
These are events that are happening all throughout the month with reoccurring dates, so you can hit them up multiple times to maximize the fun!
- Flyover: Call of the Canadian Rockies | Open daily from 9:30am to 9:30pm
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Flyover: Call of the Canadian Rockies - Cineplex $3.99 Saturdays | Films available on select Saturdays
🎟️ More Info: Cineplex $3.99 Saturdays - Vancouver Maritime Experience | Thursdays and Sundays
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Vancouver Maritime Experience - Fall at the Farm | September 12 – November 1
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Maan Farms Fall at the Farm
Markets to Shop At
Grow & Gather Homestead
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Grow & Gather is your one-stop shop for all things gardening in Maple Ridge. On top of that, the farmstead offers gorgeous views that are perfect for photo-ops. Take a stroll through the garden and check out the peaceful koi fish, or stop to smell the flowers.
📅 Date: Open daily from 10:00am to 6:00pm
📍 Location: 24565 Dewdney Trunk Rd, Maple Ridge
🎟️ More Info: Grow & Gather Homestead
The Book Corner Pop-Up
Looking for a good deal on books? Check out The Book Corner Pop-Up at Guildford Town Centre, where you can discover great deals on around 1,000 titles across a variety of genres. Best of all, 100% of the sales will be donated directly to local literary incentives.
📅 Date: August 20 – September 20, 2026
📍 Location: Guildford Town Centre
🎟️ More Info: The Book Corner Pop-Up
Richmond Night Market (LAST WEEKEND EVER)
It’s the end of the Richmond Night Market, so don’t miss your chance to embrace this Metro Vancouver tradition one last time. As always, there’s plenty of food, fun games, and fun for the whole family.
📅 Date: April 24 – September 20, 2026
📍 Location: 2431 Number 3 Rd, Richmond
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Richmond Night Market 2026
Recurring Markets
The Lower Mainland has so much to offer when it comes to good eats, good entertainment, and fun outdoor markets. Make sure you’re up to date on all the best ones this season, check out our full guide here.
- Made in the 604 Summer Markets | September 4 + 11 ( Pipe Shop – Shipyards); September 19 (Robson Square)
Food + Drink Experiences You Have To Try
Ongoing Food Events
The best part about being in Metro Vancouver is that there’s so much delicious food no matter where you look, and these ongoing food events are making sure that your every craving is satisfied.
- Surf & Turf Sunday at The Blarney Stone| Every Sunday from April 19 – November 29
🎟️ More Info: Surf & Turf Sunday
Arts, Music, and Plays
Bard on the Beach (LAST WEEKEND OF THE SEASON)
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This isn’t your high school English class’ Shakespeare– it’s Bard on the Beach! Presenting plays written by the Bard himself, Bard on the Beach is an annual Vancouver tradition that features a series of expertly directed and acted Shakespearean plays.
Between June and September 2026, the company is putting on four productions: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth, Goblin:Oedipus, and Antigone. These will take place on the BMO Mainstage and Douglas Campbell Theatre, under the tents at Vanier Park. You won’t want to miss a single one, so be sure to grab your tickets while you can.
📅 Date: June 9 – September 19, 2026
📍 Location: Vanier Park
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Bard on the Beach
HEIST by Arun Lakra
Packed with snappy dialogue, high-tech theatrics, and more thrills per minute than even Ocean’s Eleven can deliver, this is one Heist for the ages. The play follows a team of four brilliant thieves—the conman, the hacker, the cat burglar, the muscle—and the mastermind who brought them together as they orchestrate the perfect crime to steal a multimillion-dollar gem.
📅 Dates: September 17 – October 18, 2026
📍 Location: Stanley BFL CANADA Stage
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: HEIST by Arun Lakra
The West Fine Art Show
The popular West Fine Art Show returns with an exceptional group of 20 artists, creating a destination art show that offers breathtaking interpretations of our western Canadian life.
📅 Date: September 18 – 20, 2026
📍 Location: Glass House Estate Winery
🎟️ More Info: https://westart.ca/
Avenue Q
Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q is making its way to Metro Theatre, delighting audiences with its irreverent comedy to create a potent combination of heart and hilarity.
📅 Date: September 18 – October 10, 2026
📍 Location: Metro Theatre Vancouver
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Avenue Q
Love (Manipulated)
The Baldersons, a tough-as-nails producer and her artsy director husband known for sultry low-budget sci-fi movies, are making the leap into romantic comedy. But during rehearsal for their autobiographical love story, they clash over the details of an alleged affair. They begin subjecting the poor actors playing them to increasingly biased recreations of the same ridiculous breakup scene, luring the lovestruck leads into a four-way battle for truth, validation, and one ultimate question: who is manipulating who?
📅 Dates:
- Thursday, September 10 – 8:40pm
- Saturday, September 12 – 2:30pm
- Sunday, September 13 – 9:15pm
- Thursday, September 17 – 7:00pm
- Saturday, September 19 – 7:20pm
- Sunday, September 20 – 2:15 pm
📍 Location: Arts Umbrella (Theatre), 1400 Johnson Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 4G9
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: vancouverfringe.com or direct from the Fringe Festival Box Office (604) 257-0350
Recurring Arts Events
Metro Van’s arts scene always has something new for you to experience. These are a bunch of events that are happening throughout the month.
- Greg Girard at the Polygon Gallery | July 10 – October 25
🎟️ More Info: Greg Girard at The Polygon Gallery - Splash Art Auction + Free Exhibition | September 8 – October 1
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Splash 2026
Shows to Hit Up
Vancouver Loyal Love Grand Speed Dating
Are you looking for love in Vancouver? This is your chance to find the person of your dreams at the Vancouver Loyal Love Grand Speed Dating Party, happening at Sumu Restaurant on September 20! The event intends to bring together likeminded attendees who are high-caliber and driven, including doctors, dentists, lawyers, scientists, and more. This event’s new bachelorettes are Mia and Lani!
📅 Dates: September 20, 2026
📍 Location: Sumu Restaurant, 888 Burrard St, 102, Vancouver, BC V6Z 0A4
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Vancouver Loyal Love Grand Speed Dating
Parties + Festivals You Can Dance All Day At
Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
Honour the harvest moon with art, community, and the cultural traditions of Renfrew-Collingwood. This year’s theme “Tiny Life” invites attendees to slow down and look closely to celebrate the small parts of life that exist in our local greenspaces.
📅 Date: September 7 – 26, 2026
📍 Location: Varies
🎟️ More Info: Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
42nd Annual Vancouver Fringe Festival
The Vancouver Fringe Festival 2026 is coming to Granville Island and beyond, September 10 to 20, for 11 days of theatre, dance, comedy, drag, music, and more. There will also be two days of free Kids Fringe for children and families, and the return of the all-ages Fringe Patio with free music and entertainment beginning Labour Day weekend. It’s going to be an unforgettable experience you don’t want to miss.
📅 Date: September 10 – 20, 2026
📍 Location: Venues all across Granville Island
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Vancouver Fringe Festival
B.C. Culture Days
Celebrating beautiful British Columbia, Culture Days is Canada’s largest public participation campaign for the arts. All over B.C., communities will be hosting fun and creative events that are directly tied to the province we live in.
📅 Dates: September 18 – October 4, 2026
📍 Location: Varies
🎟️ More Info: B.C. Culture Days
Fire Dragon Festival
Get ready to ignite your senses and embrace the spirit of tradition as the Fire Dragon Festival returns to Vancouver. Attendees can expect a colourful festival full of fun and breathtaking performances.
📅 Dates: September 18 – 19, 2026
📍 Location: Vancouver Chinatown (main performance at 578 Carrall St.)
🎟️ More Info: Fire Dragon Festival
Come Toward the Fire
Come Toward the Fire is a three-day family-friendly festival celebrating Indigenous culture, creativity, and community. Presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), everyone is invited to enjoy a weekend packed with free performances, activities, delicious eats, and a fantastic selection of vendors selling all sorts of treasures!
📅 Date: September 18 – 20, 2026
📍 Location: Chan Centre
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Come Toward the Fire 2026
Festivibe 2026: North Vancouver’s Multicultural Family Festival
For one day, North Vancouver’s iconic Shipyards Waterfront District transforms into a vibrant celebration of the cultures, flavours, music, and traditions that make Metro Vancouver one of the world’s most diverse communities.
📅 Date: September 19, 2026
📍 Location: The Shipyards / The Pipe Shop Venue
🎟️ More Info: Festivibe 2026
Vancouver Flamenco Festival
Get ready to celebrate. The Vancouver Flamenco Festival is at the heart of the city’s flourishing flamenco scene, showcasing innovation and experimentation in this annual festival.
📅 Dates: September 19 – 27, 2026
📍 Location: Varies
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Vancouver Flamenco Festival
Oktoberfest at Parallel 49
You don’t need to travel to Munich to celebrate Oktoberfest. In fact, you don’t even have to leave the city. East Vancouver’s Parallel 49 Brewing Company is throwing a massive bash for the occasion this fall that just might make you feel like you’ve been transported to Germany.
📅 Dates: September 17 – October 4, 2026
📍 Location: Parallel 49 Brewing Company
🎟️ More Info: parallel49brewing.com
Sports Events You Can’t Miss
Get front-row seats to the best adrenaline-pumping games that Metro Vancouver has to offer!
Bike the Night
A 10KM night ride taking place on the iconic Seawall, Bike the Night promotes bike light usage for safe night cycling.
📅 Dates: September 18, 2026
📍 Location: David Lam Park & the Vancouver Seawall
🎟️ More Info: Bike the Night
Terry Fox Hometown Run
Join Port Coquitlam for the annual run on Sunday, September 20. The run kicks off at 10am from Hyde Creek Recreation Centre, with registration opening at 8am. The route is wheelchair accessible, and welcomes everyone to walk, run, cycle, or use any form of movement to contribute to cancer research.
📅 Date: September 20, 2026
📍 Location: Begins at Hyde Creek Recreation Centre
🎟️ More Info: Terry Fox Hometown Run 2026
⚽ Vancouver Rise FC
- September 19: Vancouver Rise FC vs. Roses de Montreal FC
📍 Location: Swangard Stadium
Concerts
Vancouver’s concert scene is packed. Prepare to sing along all night long with some of your favourite artists this month!
Foo Fighters: Take Cover Tour
- September 20, BC Place
Bonus Nearby Events
The Pipe Mountain Coaster
Zip along the mountains with Revelstoke’s #1 summer attraction: their Pipe Mountain Coaster! This family-friendly ride will take you up to 42 km/hr through the Revelstoke’s verdant sights, up and down and through the trees on this thrilling coaster.
📅 Date: June 5 to June 19, 2026. June 20 to September 7, 2026. September 8 to September 27, 2026.
📍 Location: Revelstoke Mountain Resort
🎟️ More Info: The Pipe Mountain Coaster Booking
Chilliwack Corn Maze + Festival
A popular fall activity for families and fun seekers, Greendale Acre returns for their 28th successful year of corn mazes. This year’s theme, “GOT CORN?”, invites families to explore acres of towering corn, take on interactive challenges, and make unforgettable summer memories together.
📅 Date: Corn Maze opened August through October, Corn Festival runs August 1–3 and August 8–9
📍 Location: Greendale Acres
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Greendale Acres Corn Maze
Want even more things to do? Check out our 604 Now Events Calendar to keep your plans looking fresh.
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