Weekend events

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – There are plenty of things to do across the Lower Mainland as we get into the holiday season.

The Got Craft? Holiday Edition is on this weekend at the Maritime Labour Centre on Triumph Street in Vancouver.

The Bright Nights Christmas Train in Stanley Park is back for another season running until January 6th.

Check out Make It Vancouver this weekend at the PNE Forum.

Bah Humbug! is playing now at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts on Hastings until the 16th.

A Christmas Carol is playing now at the Gateway Theatre in Richmond until the 24th.

Beauty and the Beast is now playing at the Stanley until January 13th.

Bring the kids out to Breakfast with Santa on Saturday at the Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre.

Stop by the Christmas Carnival at the Coal Harbour Community Centre on Saturday.

The Robson Square ice rink is now open in downtown Vancouver.

Visit the VanDusen Festival of Lights on now until January 7th.

The Vancouver Christmas Market is on once again at Jack Poole Plaza until December 24th.

The Polar Express returns to the West Coast Railway Heritage Park for an extended run this weekend and on December 16th and 17th.

The Nat Bailey Stadium Winter Market is on Saturday’s until April.

The Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant 2017 happens this weekend at the Convention Centre downtown.

The Abbotsford Police Department is hosting a free community appreciation day on Saturday at the Tradex in Abbotsford.

Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art is on now until December 10th at the Bill Reid Gallery in Downtown Vancouver.

The Vancouver Maritime Museum presents The Lost Fleet on now until next March.

Mark National Skating Day on Sunday with free skating at all Vancouver Park Board ice rinks.

The Day Before Christmas is playing now until the 24th at the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.

Check out Christmas Queen Drag Race at the Improv Centre on Granville Island running on select nights until December 23rd.

East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves is on until to January 9th at the York Theatre on Commercial.

Vancouver Theatresports presents Christmas Queen 4 – Secret Santa on now until December 23rd on Granville Island.

The Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market at the PNE Fairgrounds is on Sundays until April.

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum presents Life in Colour on now until February.

Entangled: Two Views on Contemporary Canadian Painting is on now until January 1st at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Cirque du Soleil presents: KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities – on now until the end of December under the Big Top at Concord Pacific Place.

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC presents The Fabric of Our Land: Salish Weaving on now until April.

The Vancouver Art Gallery presents Emily Carr: Into the Forest on now until mid-December.

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature on now until January at the Museum of Anthropology.

Portrait of the Artist: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection is on now until February 4th at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

If you have a weekend event you’d like us to consider mentioning, email Ben.Wilson@news1130.rogers.com or Tweet him at @benwilson1130.