Commemorate Día de Muertos with Baltra Bar at the Fairmont Pacific Rim

Photo: Fairmont Pacific Rim

The Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel welcomes Mexico City’s renowned Baltra Bar, ranked #45 on the World’s 50 Best Bars and #16 on North America’s 50 Best Bars lists, for a special one-of-a-kind collaborative cocktail experience in celebration of Día de Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) from November 2 to 3.

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Commemorate Día de Muertos with Baltra Bar at the Fairmont Pacific Rim

Witness Christine Sinclair’s Farewell Soccer Match for Canada at BC Place

Christine Sinclair, Photo: Martin Bazyl/Canada Soccer

Canadian soccer legend and Burnaby’s very own Christine Sinclair announced her retirement from international competition at the end of the year. This is your chance to watch the Olympic Gold medalist’s farewell game for Canada Soccer‘s Women’s National Team, a friendly matchup against Australia, live in front of her hometown crowd at BC Place on December 5.

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Witness Christine Sinclair’s Farewell Soccer Match for Canada at BC Place

Lumière Festival Lights Up Downtown Vancouver This Fall

Jim Deva Plaza, Photo: Lumière Festival

Lumière Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with an annual five-day program that promises to enliven Downtown Vancouver through light, art, and performances from November 2 to 6. A free series of interactive and accessible public art installations, Lumière brightens the city during the darkest season with over thirty illuminated artworks, light-based projections, dynamic performances, and interactive workshops planned.

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Lumière Festival Lights Up Downtown Vancouver This Fall

Experience ‘Space Explorers: The Infinite’ Without Leaving Earth

Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, Photo: NASA/Space Explorers: The Infinite

The countdown is on until the immersive, NASA-inspired Space Explorers: The Infinite extended reality (XR) experience comes to Vancouver to mesmerize audiences at the Rocky Mountaineer Station from November 15 to January 14. This interstellar rollercoaster of an interactive exhibition lets visitors delve into the mysteries of space without leaving Earth.

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Experience ‘Space Explorers: The Infinite’ Without Leaving Earth

Tour Vancouver’s Art Scene at the Eastside Culture Crawl

Georgia Art Studios, Photo: Joshua Wright/Eastside Culture Crawl

Discover new art and artists during the 27th annual Eastside Culture Crawl from November 16 to 19 (with events and exhibitions starting in late October). The festival invites audiences to explore artistic offerings from nearly 450 participating artists across four days, many different studios, and a variety of events to make visual art, design, and crafts more accessible to the public.

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Tour Vancouver’s Art Scene at the Eastside Culture Crawl

Get Literary at the Vancouver Writers Fest on Granville Island

Ashley Spires, Photo: Roaming the Planet/VWF

The annual week-long Vancouver Writers Fest (VWF) welcomes over 125 esteemed authors and acclaimed writers from around the world across 85+ events to Granville Island and schools around the Lower Mainland from October 16 to 22. Spanning bestselling fiction and award-winning non-fiction, the festival celebrates the finest in Canadian and international literature.

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Get Literary at the Vancouver Writers Fest on Granville Island

10 Ways to Get Spooky This Halloween in Vancouver

Forbidden’s Lost Souls of Gastown Tour

The ghosts and goblins are set to haunt Vancouver this month in the lead-up to Halloween. Here are 10 ideas for having a playfully scary time around the city:

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10 Ways to Get Spooky This Halloween in Vancouver