It isn’t quite Remembrance Day, and it’s still too early for Christmas shopping, so why not hit up a few of these fine events?
Check out the Vancouver Events Calendar for more.
Russell Peters
- What: Canada’s favourite son of comedy, Russell Peters comes to the Hard Rock Casino tomorrow through Friday. You’ve heard his bits repeated by your coworkers and family members a hundred million times, now hear them live!
- Where: Hard Rock Casino –2080 United Boulevard, Vancouver
- When: Thursday, November 5; 8 p.m.
Buckcherry at Commodore Ballroom
- What: Ah, Buckcherry. What can be said about Buckcherry that hasn’t already been said by dozens of bad boy older brothers already? Get your fix or in-your-face rock tonight, or get it never.
- Where: Commodore Ballroom – 868 Granville Street, Vancouver
- When: Thursday, November 5; 8 p.m.
Ballet B.C. at Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- What: Nobody goes the ballet anymore! At least that’s what my grandmother drunkenly yelled at us at dinner the other week. Do your grandmother proud with a visit to one of the most legitimately beautiful art forms humanity has ever conceived of.
- Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre – 649 Cambie Street, Vancouver
- When: Thursday, November 5; 8 p.m.
The Bard in Bombay Festival
- What: This festival explores the influences of England’s legendary playwright and poet on the films of the Indian Subcontinent. Tonight’s showing is Shakespeare Wallah, a film about an Indian Shakespeare troupe plying their dwindling trade before the rise of Bollywood.
- Where: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
- When: Thursday, November 5; 6 p.m.
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
- What: Canada’s longest running Jewish Film Festival begins tonight, with a showing of Yidlife Crisis, in which comedians Chaimie and Leizer discuss love, life, and food in this entirety Yiddish movie.
- Where: Cineplex Fifth Avenue Cinemas – 2110 Burrard Street, Vancouver
- When: Thursday, November 5; 7 p.m.