Here are our top picks of 29 amazing things to do in Vancouver in November. Metro Vancouver is a hive of activity as it ramps up for the busy festive season. Find incredible immersive experiences, live performances, fun-filled family events and culinary adventures. Remember to look for any early booking discount codes.
November brings the 111th Grey Cup to Vancouver, Canada’s most prestigious sporting event, November 13-17, 2024
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Best Vancouver November Events
1. Grey Cup – November 10-17, 2024
Celebrating the 111th Grey Cup, the Canadian Football League brings Canada’s most prestigious sporting event back to Vancouver. There will be lots of excitement with free outdoor concerts, activities, food trucks, and two new ziplines. Find out about all the Grey Cup 2024 festivities.
2. Cirque du Soleil ECHO – October 9-January 5, 2025
The Cirque du Soleil 20th Big Top show brings a new performance with surprising new twists to Vancouver this season, bringing bold new visuals and a unique aesthetic on tour.
Cirque du Soleil ECHO invites audiences on a journey through a universe of colour, wonder, and infinite possibilities.
ECHO is a story of connection, intention, and the symbiotic unions between humans and the animal kingdom. Fueled by the power of change, the hope of the youth, and the value of empathy, Cirque du Soleil ECHO follows an inquisitive young woman named FUTURE as she wanders into a fantasy world that explores our sacred bond with animals and nature.
Under the Big Top at Concord Pacific features vibrant characters, inspiring music, astounding lights and projections, never-before-seen acrobatic feats and more to thrill any audience.
Admission: Tickets must be purchased in advance online.
2.1 Uncover a Dark Truth – Murder Mystery Dinner Experience – October 4-December 22, 2024
Don’t miss this entertaining immersive, and interactive event. In collaboration with Netflix, Secret City presents a one-of-a-kind murder
mystery dinner experience launching for the first time in Vancouver, Canada. The Perfect Bite, A Dinner Experience Inspired by Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery takes a biteout of the captivating and thrilling universe of the Knives Out film series. This immersive and interactive event will have guests on the edge of their seats as they dine together and work to uncover a dark truth.
3. Disney on Ice – Magic in the Stars – November 27 – December 1, 2024
Disney on Ice – Magic in the Stars Vancouver. Courtesy Photo.
4. Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week – November 1-15, 2024
Taste and sample Vancouver’s North Shore’s finest Craft Breweries in the Historic Shipyards District. There will be food trucks, live entertainment, prizes and games.
5. Bald Eagle Viewing – Late October through February
Download a map of the best Bald Eagle viewing area. The Eagle Run viewing site, along the Squamish River, is open all year and the s
6. East Van Panto: Robin Hood – November 20, 2024 – January 05, 2025
East Van Panto has become a holiday favourite and is back for its 12th year with Robin Hood. It starts as a beautiful day in Trout Lake for Robin Hood and the Merry-Thems until they discover the naughty sheriff has other plans—the parks have been privatized! Everyone, including the birds and animals, must pay to use the park. A trip to the library to read up on their rights leads Robin and friends on a grand adventure to invade Britannia, retrieve the keys to the city’s public amenities, and try to steal back our neighbourhood from the rich and powerful. Belle takes the audience on a hilarious adventure through East Van neighbourhoods. Bell meets the Beast in an enchanted specialty grocery store where she is imprisoned.
The performances will be at the York Theatre and offered online. Buy tickets here.
7. Cheese and Meat Festival – November 2, 2024
The Cheese and Meat Festival provides a vast array of artisan foods and liquors, not only cheese and meat from the Pacific Northwest. Upon entry, each ticket holder will receive a small charcuterie board to use to sample the foods and drinks on offer while vendors describe the items being showcased. There are three tasting sessions: afternoon, VIP, and evening.
Location: The Pipe Shop, 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver.
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8. Chutzpah Festival – November 2-23, 2024
The Chutzpah Festival provides various entertainment performances by Canadian artists across Canada. Choose from concerts, new dance works, comedy, theatre, film, and storytelling, with opportunities to interact with creative artists.
Performances are held at the Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre.
9. Dolly Parton’s Smokey Mountain Christmas Carol – The Musical – November 14- December 24, 2024
Parton’s one-of-a-kind songwriting and Dickens’s classic characters make this musical a winning combination. Set during the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, this heartwarming musical reimagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys of the season. As a Christmas Eve snowstorm approaches, Scrooge is visited by his deceased business partner and three ghosts who compel him to see life and love anew.
This lively musical performance takes place on the Stanley Industrial Stage.
10. Miracle on 34th Street – November 21, December 29, 2024
A new twist on the classic tale, Miracle on 34th Street. When Kris Kringle starts working as a Santa at Macy’s department store and begins to spread Christmas cheer, things tumble out of control. He’s truly Santa Claus, he insists, but skeptical adults and an unimaginative little girl doubt him. The stakes rise when store executives take Kris to court, where he must prove he’s the real thing. Can goodwill triumph in the end? Coming to life on stage, this endearing tale fills our hearts and restores a childhood sense of wonder.
Location: Granville Island Stage, 1585 Johnston St., Vancouver, BC
11. Broadway Across Canada – The Book of Mormon – November 12-17, 2024
The Book of Mormon is a nine-time Tony Award® -winning Best Musical.
What others say: The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.†The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.†And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.†Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show calls it “Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal.â€
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