# Contemporary Art Events | List Of All Upcoming Contemporary Art Events In Vancouver

- **Subtitle**: Explore all upcoming contemporary art events in Vancouver, find information & tickets for upcoming contemporary art events happening in Vancouver.
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Explore all upcoming contemporary art events in Vancouver, find information & tickets for upcoming contemporary art events happening in Vancouver.

## Events in Vancouver

- **Event Name**: Art Vancouver 2026
  - **Description**: Celebrate Art Vancouver’s 10th edition, where art from around the world comes together under one roof.About this EventStep into the heart of Western Canada's art world at Art Vancouver, w
  - **Date**: Thu May 28 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sun May 31 2026 at 05:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/art-vancouver-2026/100001417645107679
  - **Venue**: Vancouver Convention Centre East
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  - **Price**: CAD 19 to 37
  - **Categories**: art, fine-arts, workshops, exhibitions, contests, it, meet-and-greet, meetups, dance
- **Event Name**: Art Vancouver Contemporary Art Fair
  - **Description**: Art Vancouver is back for its 10th edition!

Step into a world where contemporary art comes alive! Over four artsy days, explore a dynamic mix of global galleries, collectives, and artists, all in one inspiring space.

📍 When & Where: May 28–31, 2026
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 41
  - **Date**: Thu May 28 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu May 28 2026 at 10:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/art-vancouver-contemporary-art-fair/200028299359329
  - **Venue**: Vancouver Convention Centre (Canada Place Building), Hall B
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  - **Categories**: art, fine-arts, calendar
- **Event Name**: On The Fri(n)dge: 4th Year Film Screening
  - **Description**: 2026 SFU School for the Contemporary Arts Final 4th Year Film Screening.About this EventApril 24, 2026 - 7:00 pmDjavad Mowafaghian Cinema – SFU School for the Contemporary Arts149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver
  - **Date**: Fri Apr 24 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Apr 24 2026 at 09:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/on-the-frindge-4th-year-film-screening/100001985850131200
  - **Venue**: Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema - SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
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  - **Price**: CAD 0 to 20
  - **Categories**: entertainment, art, exhibitions, performances, fine-arts, theatre
- **Event Name**: Opus Dancing Blooms Arcylic Art Class
  - **Description**: Art Class held during the Art Vancouver Contemporary Art FairAbout this EventABOUT THIS EVENTThe Vancouver Visual Art Foundation invites you to get creative with our series of art
  - **Date**: Fri May 29 2026 at 01:00 pm – Fri May 29 2026 at 03:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/opus-dancing-blooms-arcylic-art-class/100001982858397845
  - **Venue**: Vancouver Convention Centre East
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  - **Price**: CAD 63
  - **Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Five-Minute Film Festival
  - **Description**: Please join us for The First Annual Five-Minute Film Festival, a program of experimental films Carole Itter and friends.About this EventThe First Annual Five-Minute Film Festival​, featuring Luke Blackstone (alumnus), Car
  - **Date**: Fri Apr 10 2026 at 05:30 pm – Fri Apr 10 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/five-minute-film-festival/100001985458826798
  - **Venue**: Emily Carr University of Art + Design
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: art, entertainment, festivals, literary-art, fine-arts, theatre, workshops, music
- **Event Name**: Artist Talk: Michelle Sound
  - **Description**: A talk/tour of artist Michelle Sound's 2026 Capture Photography Festival commissioned artwork and her newest exhibition at Ceremonial/Art.About this EventImage credit: Michelle Sound. Where
  - **Date**: Sat Apr 11 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat Apr 11 2026 at 03:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/artist-talk-michelle-sound/100001984503917639
  - **Venue**: Macaulay + Co. Gallery
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: Art, Festivals, Exhibitions, Nonprofit, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: Studio Salon Series: Spring 2026
  - **Description**: Studio Salon Series: Spring 2026 

Our Studio Salon Series returns, featuring works-in-progress by three local artists.

April 29th, 2026 @ 5:00PM

What Lab 1814 Pandora St Vancouver BC, V5L 1M5

Our Studio Salon Series returns, featuring works in progres
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 10
  - **Date**: Wed Apr 29 2026 at 05:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/studio-salon-series-spring-2026/200029741589204
  - **Venue**: What Lab
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  - **Categories**: art, entertainment, dance, theatre, performances, festivals, literary-art, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: hyaline
  - **Description**: hyaline is an interdisciplinary live performance; a new collaboration between artists x/o and gooie.About this EventDrawing from cycles in nature such as slug mating rituals, isopod molting and mycelial networks,
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 30 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu Apr 30 2026 at 10:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/hyaline/100001985285116225
  - **Venue**: VIVO Media Arts Centre
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  - **Price**: CAD 7 to 46
  - **Categories**: Art, fine-arts, Entertainment, performances
- **Event Name**: Earth Bound and Heaven Scent
  - **Description**: Event Description
Follow your nose into the world of mushrooms with artists and sensory explorers Isabelle Kirouac and Willoughby Arévalo. Experimenting with mushroom-inspired scents, we’ll enter the mysterious realm of volatile molecules and open our nos
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 30
  - **Date**: Sun Apr 12 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sun Apr 12 2026 at 08:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/earth-bound-and-heaven-scent/200029847199233
  - **Venue**: 1398 E 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5N, Canada
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  - **Categories**: art, fine-arts, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: Opus Still Life With Flowers  Arcylic Art Class
  - **Description**: Art Class held at Art Vancouver Contemporary Art FairAbout this EventABOUT THIS EVENTThe Vancouver Visual Art Foundation invites you to get creative with our series of art classes
  - **Date**: Fri May 29 2026 at 04:00 pm – Fri May 29 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/opus-still-life-with-flowers-arcylic-art-class/100001982327205033
  - **Venue**: 999 Canada Pl
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  - **Price**: CAD 63
  - **Categories**: Art, Workshops, fine-arts, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: The 2026 Spring Music + Sound Festival
  - **Description**: The Music + Sound Festival is a 3-day showcase of adventurous original works by SCA Music + Sound student composer/performers.About this EventThursday, April 9, 2026 at 7:00pm is Night 2 of The 2026 Spring Music + Sound F
  - **Date**: Thu Apr 09 2026 (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/the-2026-spring-music-sound-festival/100001984929289939
  - **Venue**: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
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  - **Price**: CAD 0 to 20
  - **Categories**: festivals, music-festivals, performances, art, entertainment, exhibitions, fine-arts

## Trending Events in Vancouver

- **Event Name**: Puff Puff Paint
  - **Description**: 🌿 Puff Puff Paint: A 420 Celebration Paint N’ Puff WorkshopOur annual 420 Paint N’ Puff is back! Join us for a night of creativity, relaxation, and elevated vibes at Puff Pu
  - **Venue**: New Amsterdam Cafe
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- **Event Name**: Amandeep Khayal’s Dhak Dhak – A Man in Love (Vancouver)
  - **Description**: You know that your heart is constantly beating, right?'Dhak-Dhak Dhak-Dhak'-even right now, as you're reading this, it's beating for you. 'Dhak-Dhak..' The heart usually never stops, but if a dream suddenly appears in front of it, it can forget
  - **Venue**: Alliance Française Vancouver
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- **Event Name**: A Renaissance Muse Paint N' Sip
  - **Description**: Niche Artistry and Andonis Restaurant are coming together for the very first time — and we’re starting strong with an immersive paint night you won’t want to miss.Join us on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, from 6
  - **Venue**: Andonis Vancouver
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- **Event Name**: An evening with Red Dirt Skinners - Revue Theatre, Vancouver, BC(6:30pm)
  - **Description**: We are delighted to present... AN EVENING WITH RED DIRT SKINNERSRoots Music Canada describe the Red Dirt Skinners as “The Pink Floyd of Folk Music.” Music News Magazine state that there is “an almost Floyd-like quality to some of th
  - **Venue**: Revue Stage
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- **Event Name**: GLOBAL STARTUPS CLUB l STARTUP NETWORKING Vancouver 2026
  - **Description**: GLOBAL STARTUPS CLUB l STARTUP NETWORKING Vancouver 2026GLOBAL STARTUPS CLUB l STARTUP NETWORKING Vancouver 2026Innovate. Network. Execute.WHAT YOU GAIN FROM THE MEET?Networking activity & games
  - **Venue**: MeeT in Yaletown
  - **Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/thumbs/thumb69c2754b8f908.jpg
- **Event Name**: Business Networking Vancouver 2026
  - **Description**: Business Networking Vancouver 2026Business Networking Vancouver 2026Business Networking the ultimate meetup for professionals seeking to connect exchange sales opportunities expand their business networks and engage in insightful discussi
  - **Venue**: MeeT in Yaletown
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- **Event Name**: Entrepreneurs Meetup by We Founders Collab Vancouver 2026
  - **Description**: Entrepreneurs Meetup by We Founders Collab Vancouver 2026Entrepreneurs Meetup by We Founders Collab Vancouver 2026Entrepreneurs Meetup powered by We Founders Collab is a vibrant gathering designed exclusively for entrepreneurs seeking net
  - **Venue**: MeeT in Yaletown
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- **Event Name**: Stand-Up Comedy by Candlelight - Vancouver, Saturday April 11th 10pm
  - **Description**: Laugh the night away with hilarious stand-up comedy performances in a cozy candlelit setting!About this Event  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/6ed50280-291d-11f1-81bb-73088445a57a-rimg-w987-h740-dc312e32-gmir.jpg
  - **Venue**: Chill x Studio
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- **Event Name**: Vancouver Architecture Tour + Post tour Coffee
  - **Description**: I welcome all of you, whether you are from the city or elsewhere, to join us on this adventurous excursion of beautiful Vancouver!About this EventHi! I am Taseen, a local Architectural Designer l
  - **Venue**: George Wainborn Park
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** Art Vancouver 2026 (Thu May 28 2026 at 06:00 pm at Vancouver Convention Centre East), Art Vancouver Contemporary Art Fair (Thu May 28 2026 at 07:00 pm at Vancouver Convention Centre (Canada Place Building), Hall B), On The Fri(n)dge: 4th Year Film Screening (Fri Apr 24 2026 at 07:00 pm at Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema - SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts), Opus Dancing Blooms Arcylic Art Class (Fri May 29 2026 at 01:00 pm at Vancouver Convention Centre East), Five-Minute Film Festival (Fri Apr 10 2026 at 05:30 pm at Emily Carr University of Art + Design).
- **Q**: What are the top free events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** Five-Minute Film Festival (Fri Apr 10 2026 at 05:30 pm at Emily Carr University of Art + Design), Artist Talk: Michelle Sound (Sat Apr 11 2026 at 02:00 pm at Macaulay + Co. Gallery).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Vancouver today April 09, 2026?
  - **A:** The 2026 Spring Music + Sound Festival (Thu Apr 09 2026 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Vancouver this weekend April 10–12, 2026?
  - **A:** Five-Minute Film Festival (Fri Apr 10 2026 at 05:30 pm at Emily Carr University of Art + Design), Artist Talk: Michelle Sound (Sat Apr 11 2026 at 02:00 pm at Macaulay + Co. Gallery), Earth Bound and Heaven Scent (Sun Apr 12 2026 at 06:00 pm at 1398 E 3rd Ave, Vancouver, BC V5N, Canada).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Vancouver in April 2026?
  - **A:** On The Fri(n)dge: 4th Year Film Screening (Fri Apr 24 2026 at 07:00 pm at Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema - SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts), Five-Minute Film Festival (Fri Apr 10 2026 at 05:30 pm at Emily Carr University of Art + Design), Artist Talk: Michelle Sound (Sat Apr 11 2026 at 02:00 pm at Macaulay + Co. Gallery), Studio Salon Series: Spring 2026 (Wed Apr 29 2026 at 05:00 pm at What Lab), hyaline (Thu Apr 30 2026 at 07:00 pm at VIVO Media Arts Centre).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Vancouver on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Vancouver include Vancouver Convention Centre East, Vancouver Convention Centre (Canada Place Building), Hall B, Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema - SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.
- **Q**: What is the price range for events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** Prices for events in Vancouver range from CAD 7 to CAD 63. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Vancouver include Vancouver Visual Art Foundation, Art Vancouver, SFU School for the Contemporary Arts.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new events in Vancouver?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Vancouver.

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