Another week is here in Metro Vancouver, and hopefully you had a restful long weekend. But even after all that Thanksgiving fun, there’s still plenty of excitement to be found in the city.
Here’s everything worth doing this week.
RELATED: 95+ Fun Things To Do In Metro Vancouver This October
Pumpkin Patches
It’s that time of the year again: the pumpkin patches are popping up everywhere, offering beautifully orange gourds that are ripe for eating, carving, and decorating! Check out our full map guide for all the wonderful pumpkin patches to hit up this fall season.
- Autumn Lane at Taves Family Farms | September 12 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Taves Family Farms - Fall at the Farm at Maan Farms | September 12 – November 1
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Maan Farms Fall at the Farm - The Great Pumpkin Patch at Greendale Acres | September 19 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Great Pumpkin Patch - Langley Eagle Acres Corn Maze + Pumpkin Patch | August 29 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Langley Eagle Acres Corn Maze + Pumpkin Patch - Fall at Hazelmere at Gabriel Farms | September 19 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Hazelmere at Gabriel Farms - Harvest Hollow at Art’s Nursery | September 19 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Harvest Hollow 2026 - Laity Pumpkin Patch + Corn Mazes | September 26 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Laity Pumpkin Patch - Richmond Country Farm Pumpkin Patch | September 26 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Pumpkin Patch - Meadows Family Farm Pumpkin Patch | September 26 – October 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Meadows Family Farm - Petey’s Pumpkin Patch at Fantasy Farms | October 2 – 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Petey’s Pumpkin Patch - Harris Pumpkin Patch | October 13 until sold out
🎟️ More Info: Harris Pumpkin Patch - Westham Island Herb Farm Pumpkin Patch | Now until October 31
🎟️ More Info: Westham Island Herb Farm - Rondriso Farms Pumpkin Patch | September 30 – October 31
🎟️ More Info: Rondriso Farms - Southlands Heritage Farms Pumpkin Patch | September 26 – October 31
🎟️ More Info: Southlands Heritage Farm - Aldor Acres Pumpkin Patch | September 19 – October 31
🎟️ More Info: Aldor Acres - Port Kells Nurseries Pumpkin Patch | October 1 – 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Port Kells Nurseries Pumpkin Patch
Halloween Events: Haunted Houses, Spooky, Child-Friendly
It’s October, so that means Metro Vancouver is packed with tons of Halloween events. From haunted houses to more family-oriented events, there’s plenty going on this month. You can also check our entire Halloween guide for all things tricks and treats happening in the 604.
Haunted Houses
- Fright Festival at Maan Farms | October 2 – 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Maan Farms Halloween Fright Festival - Fright Nights at Playland | October 7 – 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Fright Nights - Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors | October 2 – November 1
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors - Reapers Maze of Terror | October 2 – 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Reapers Haunted Attraction - Haney Haunted House | September 27 – November 2
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Haney Haunted House - SITE 248: An Immersive Horror Experience | Select nights between October 2 – 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: SITE 248
Child-Friendly
- Bear Creek Halloween Train | October 1 – November 1
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Bear Creek Park’s Pumpkin Train and Scream Train - Alouette Cemetery | October 1 – 31
🎟️ More Info: Alouette Cemetery - Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | October 9 – November 1
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Canyon Frights - HowlOver Canada | October 15 – November 1
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: HowlOver Canada
Walking Tours
- Fort Langley’s Grave Tales | October 16 – 31
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Fort Langley’s Grave Tales - Lost Souls of Gastown | Now until November 29
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Lost Souls of Gastown
Family-Friendly Things to Do
Circo Circus Osorio
Head under the big top to experience Circo Circus Osorio, a circus owned by the Osorio family. Expect amazing acrobats, clowns, jugglers, and so much more.
📅 Date: Richmond: October 8 – 12, 2026 & Coquitlam: October 15 – 25, 2026
📍 Location: Lansdowne Centre, 5300 No 3 Road & Coquitlam Centre, 2929 Barnet Highway
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Circo Circus Osorio
Harvest Days at VanDusen Botanical Garden
VanDusen is always pretty in the fall, but Harvest Days makes it even more fun to visit with the family. Around the Learning Garden and hedge maze, there’s live bluegrass and folk music, face painting, lawn games, crafts and different nature activities inside the Discovery Tent. You can also check out the Sculpture Stroll while you wander through all the fall colours.
📅 Dates: October 3 – 4; 10 – 12; 17 – 18, 2026
📍 Location: VanDusen Botanical Garden
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Harvest Days
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!
- Cineplex $3.99 Saturdays | Films available on select Saturdays
🎟️ More Info: Cineplex $3.99 Saturdays
Markets to Shop At
Winter Extreme Ski & Board Sale
Looking to get new winter gear before the season starts? This massive sale offers tons of ski and snowboarding shopping, with thousands of new and used gear up for grabs!
📅 Dates: October 17 – 18, 2026
📍 Location: Capilano Mall
🎟️ More Info: Winter Extreme Ski & Board Sale
Food + Drink Experiences You Have To Try
The Fraser Valley Wine Passport
Back for a month of exquisite tastings, the Fraser Valley Wine Passport is returning with local wines, ciders, and spirits to discover. The annual program brings together producers from across Abbotsford, Langley, and Surrey, and invites folks to enjoy seasonal tastings while also supporting local food banks. The event is created in partnership between Tourism Langley, Tourism Abbotsford, and Discover Surrey.
📅 Dates: October 1 – 31, 2026
📍 Location: Varies
🎟️ More Info: Fraser Valley Wine Passport
Langley Burger Month
Langley Burger Month is returning for a second delicious year! Running for an entire month, Langley is transforming into a burger-lover’s dream, with participating restaurants offering unique burgers from October 1 through Halloween. It’s the perfect chance to try something new and explore eateries you haven’t tried before.
📅 Dates: October 1 – 31, 2026
📍 Location: Varies
🎟️ More Info: Langley Burger Month
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 - Come Taste Soju Eh? | October 3 – November 1
🎟️ More Info: Come Taste Soju Eh?
Arts, Music, and Plays
The Hours: A Night of Three Movements
THE HOURS: A Night in Three Movements is an intimate evening of experimental music tracing the passage from daylight into darkness, unfolding through Day, Dusk, and Night.
📅 Date: October 16, 2026
📍 Location: The Hargrove
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: The Hours
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
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 - Murder is a Drag | Select dates between September 25 – December 11
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Murder is a Drag
Conventions + Shows to Hit Up
Metro-Con
Bringing together celebrity guests, cosplay, panels, and gaming, Metro-Con is shaping up to be fantastic for folks of all fandoms.
📅 Date: October 16 – 18, 2026
📍 Location: Simon Fraser University
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Metro-Con 2026
City Drop: A Motherland: Fort Salem Convention
The first-ever North American fan convention dedicated to Motherland: Fort Salem is heading to Vancouver! It’s going to be a weekend of meet-and-greets, photo-ops, and so much more!
📅 Date: October 17 – 18, 2026
📍 Location: 1133 W Hastings St., Vancouver
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: City Drop
Parties + Festivals You Can Dance All Day At
Apple Festival
Apple Festival is back at UBC Botanical Garden! The 35th annual Apple Festival is a family-friendly event that celebrates all things Apple. The festival features over 50 varieties of locally grown apples for sale, all harvested right here in British Columbia. You can even take them home with you! The event sells both bags of apples and apple trees to start your very own at-home apple orchard.
📅 Dates: October 17 – 18, 2-26
📍 Location: UBC Botanical Garden
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: UBC Botanical Garden
Inlet Harvest Festival
The Inlet Harvest Festival is coming to Inlet Distract Yard in Port Moody on October 17 and 18, celebrating all that fall has to offer. Excitingly, the first 100 attendees will be able to pick a free small, medium, or large pumpkin to take home from the pumpkin patch each day (while supplies last), with one available per family. On top of that, you can check out live pumpkin carving, local artisan vendors at the Heart and Hustle Market, festive crafts like tote bag decorating and colouring stations, and complimentary seasonal drinks and treats to try.
📅 Dates: October 17 – 18, 2026
📍 Location: Inlet District Yard
🎟️ More Info: Inlet Harvest Festival
Sports Events You Can’t Miss
Get front-row seats to the best adrenaline-pumping games that Metro Vancouver has to offer!
Rubber Ducky Race
The 19th annual Rubber Ducky race is returning to Burnaby Lake! Join the community in a race while dressed-up on a 5K, 7 Mile, or Half Marathon!
Dates: October 18, 2026
📍 Location: Burnaby Lake
🎟️ Tickets & More Info: Rubber Ducky Race
Concerts
Vancouver’s concert scene is packed. Prepare to sing along all night long with some of your favourite artists this month!
Doja Cat – Tour Ma Vie World Tour
- October 13, Rogers Arena
Bruno Mars – The Romantic Tour
- October 14, 16, 17, 20, 21; BC Place
Want even more things to do? Check out our 604 Now Events Calendar to keep your plans looking fresh.
