Things to do in Vancouver this weekend

What's on in and around Vancouver, Fri Oct 30 – Sun Nov 1.

Fri Oct 30

Vancouver Grand Food, Taste & Culinary Festival 2026
Food Festival · 10 AM · PNE Forum
Lino Printmaking Workshop
Craft Workshop · Printmaking · 1 PM – 4:30 PM · Downtown
Watercolour & Pen Art: Ghostly Hues
Art Class · Halloween · 3 PM · Fairview
Discover Zyme: A Curated Italian Wine Tasting & Dinner
Tasting · 5:30 PM – 9 PM · Downtown
Gong Slayer
Meditation · 5:30 PM · Strathcona
Halloween Paint Night in Vancouver | Beginner-Friendly Painting Workshop
Art Class · Painting · 6 PM · Oakridge
Ruckus x Samsara: Tour de Fright
Group Ride · Cycling · Sold out · 6 PM · Fairview
Print Altar Relief Printing Workshop | Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Craft Workshop · 6 PM – 4 PM · Fairview
A Climate of Polarization: Holding onto Our Humanity. Book Launch
Books & Readings · Polarization · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · West Point Grey
Souledelic Samhain
Meditation · 6:30 PM – 10 PM · Kitsilano
Cherelle Jardine: Something Old, Something New Album Release Celebration
Concert · 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM · Mount Pleasant
Día de los Muertos Paint Night
Art Class · Sugar Skull · 6:30 PM · Mount Pleasant
Toddcast Podcast presents: Dead Churches & The Highsides!
Concert · Indie / Alternative · 7 PM – 10 PM · Grandview-Woodland
Young Adult Board Game Night
Game Night · 7 PM · Shaughnessy

Sat Oct 31

Founders Running Club :: Vancouver
Run Club · 9 AM · Downtown Vancouver
Leading in the Age of AI & Official Launch of SelfEducation AI Institute at UBC
Talk · AI · 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM · UBC
Fall Planting at Renfrew Community Park
Volunteering · Native Species · 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM · Renfrew-Collingwood
Coffee Omakase: A Barista Champion’s Coffee Experience with Michael Harris
Tasting · Coffee · 10 AM · Grandview-Woodland
Grounding Circle
Meditation · 10:30 AM · Kensington-Cedar Cottage
TEATOPIA 2026 World Tea Culture & Arts Expo
Expo & Convention · Tea Culture · 11 AM – 5 PM · Inner Harbour
Picado: Colors in the Air
Craft Workshop · Paper Banners · 12 PM · Fairview
Quadball Practice - China Creek North Park
Play · 2 PM · Mount Pleasant
Witching Hour Cake Decorating Workshop
Cooking Class · Cake Decorating · 2 PM · Downtown
Create Your Own Linocut Stamps (Halloween edition!)
Craft Workshop · Linocut Stamps · 2 PM · West End
Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize
Books & Readings · Poetry Prize · 2 PM · Downtown
Granville Island Haunted Tavern
Improv · 4 PM – 11 PM · Fairview
First Step Improv Workshop
Class · Improv · 4:30 PM · Grandview-Woodland
The Magic Show – Vancouver's smallest Magic Theatre
Magic · 5 PM · Fairview

Sun Nov 1

Write / Draw: Let’s Go Space Exploring
Art Class · Space · 8:30 AM · Fairview
The Right Shoe x HOKA Trail 5 km: Race for Fun!
Race · Running · 9 AM – 12 PM · Sasamat Reservoir
Making Sense of AI Risks: What’s Happening, and What Can We Do?
Talk · AI Risks · 12:30 PM · Oakridge
Slow Prov: A Bloc Team with Taz Sundays starting Nov 1
Class · 12:30 PM · Downtown
Lumen: A Bloc Team with Tom Sundays starting Nov 1
Class · 12:45 PM · Strathcona
Recycling Stories: Walking with Vancouver's Binners
Tour · Binners · 1 PM · Strathcona
Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC
Game · Soccer · 1:30 PM · Downtown
Build Your Own Ofrenda: Honoring Loved Ones
Craft Workshop · Ofrenda · 2 PM · Ocean Artworks Pavilion
ZEN in Vancouver | Nov 1–2
Talk · Zen · 2 PM – 5 PM · Downtown
Free Fashion Show Vancouver: November 1 | 10 Designers | Then And After XIV
Expo & Convention · Fashion · 3 PM · Downtown
Death Cafe: Dignity in Community
Meetup · Death And Dying · 4 PM · Strathcona
Horny & Co + Savora Kitchen presents: HAPPY HOUR on the Day of the Dead!
Happy Hour · 4 PM – 7 PM · Mount Pleasant
discontent: beatriz serrano
Books & Readings · Discontent · 4:30 PM · Downtown Vancouver
Speed Dating Beyond Small Talk | Vancouver Speed Dating | Tantra Speed Date®
Singles · Dating · 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM · Downtown
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