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Looking for something to do on Saturday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 48 events happening in or around Vancouver on Saturday, December 28.

CONCERTS

Day Two of the CONTACT Winter Music Festival at BC Place Stadium features performances by Tiesto, Rezz, and Fisher.

Mike Henry performs a holiday tribute to Ray Charles at White Rock's Blue Frog Studios.

Christmas at Canada Place features the Woodward’s Windows, Canada’s North light display, the iconic Sails of Light, and the festive Avenue of Trees, until January 1.

The Aurora Winter Festival runs through December 31 on the PNE Grounds, featuring various rides and attractions, including a tube park.

The Soulgood Annual Fake New Year's Party at Cabana Lounge features a midnight countdown, confetti cannons, and a complimentary glass of champagne for the first 100 guests.

FOUR EYES PORTRAITS

For CAG Family Day the Contemporary Art Gallery invites all ages to drop in for short exhibition tours and free art-making activities that respond to the current exhibitions.

SPORTS

The Vancouver Canucks take on the Los Angeles Kings in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.

The Vancouver Giants take on the Kelowna Rockets in Western Hockey League action at the Langley Events Centre.

COMEDY

Comedian, cartoonist, and writer Jacob Samuel performs the second of two nights of standup at Yuk Yuk's Vancouver.

Vancouver TheatreSports presents 2019 Year in Review, a comedic look at the year’s top headlines, at the Improv Centre.

ARTS ETCETERA

Cirque du Soleil presents a performance of Luzia under the Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) at Concord Pacific Place.

THEATRE

Performance at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage of the romantic musical The Sound of Music.

Zee Zee Theatre presents Holiday at the Elbow Room Cafe, a festive tribute to Vancouver's iconic eatery, at the Historic Theatre.

Theatre Replacement presents a performance at the York Theatre of the East Vancouver-set family show East Van Panto: Pinocchio.

Performance at the Waterfront Theatre of Bad Hats Theatre's adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale, Peter Pan.

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents a performance of Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley at the Granville Island Stage.

Performance at Richmond's Gateway Theatre of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, a reimagining of the biblical story of Joseph, Jacob, and the coat of many colours.

Performance at Metro Theatre of the holiday musical pantomime Alice In Wonderland: The Panto.

The (Musical!) Beast of Mr. Seymour at Deep Cove Stage is a modern panto about a friendly sasquatch, written by Toph Whitmore.

Performance of It's a Wonderful Life, Peter Jorgensen's musical adaptation of the holiday favourite, at New Westminster's Anvil Centre.

GALLERIES

Rapture, Rhythm and the Tree of Life: Emily Carr and Her Female Contemporaries at the Vancouver Art Gallery is drawn primarily from the gallery’s permanent collection.

Cindy Sherman at the Vancouver Art Gallery explores the development of Sherman’s work from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s to the present day, with selections from each of her major series, including new and rarely seen works.

Transits and Returns at the Vancouver Art Gallery explores the dynamic between place and movement in the work of twenty-one Indigenous artists from around the Pacific.

Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty at the Vancouver Art Gallery features photography, sculpture, collage, and installation, including new massive murals created in 2019.

Robert Rauschenberg 1965-1980 at the Vancouver Art Gallery features rarely seen prints, drawings, collages, sculptural works, and large-scale works from one of the most experimental periods in the artist's career.

MUSEUMS

Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC showcases ceramic works by 11 B.C.-based artists expressing strong opinions on urgent social issues.

There is Truth Here at the Museum of Vancouver focuses on rare surviving artworks created by children who attended the Inkameep Day School (Okanagan), St. Michael’s Indian Residential School (Alert Bay); the Alberni Indian Residential School (Vancouver Island); and Mackay Indian Residential School (Manitoba).

Ship's Company: The Royal Canadian Navy at Work & Play at the Vancouver Maritime Museum features photography by Kathryn Mussallem celebrating the diverse humanity of Canadian naval forces.

In a Different Light: Reflecting on Northwest Coast Art at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC features more than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to Indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands.

Haida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition at the Museum of Vancouver is guest-curated by Kwiaahwah Jones and features more than 450 works by carvers, weavers, photographers, and printmakers, collected as early as the 1890s.

ATTRACTIONS

Festival of Lights is a winter wonderland with over one-million lights decorating 15 acres of VanDusen Botanical Garden, until January 5.

Canyon Lights at the Capilano Suspension Bridge features festive light displays on the suspension bridge, Cliffwalk, and Treetops Adventure areas, until January 26.

North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain features a Skyride to the peak with views of the city and the Pacific Ocean, plus ziplines, skiing and snowboarding, a sliding zone, snowshoeing, and a skating pond.

Parq Vancouver is a 24-hour casino with 600 slot machines and 75 table games, eight restaurants and lounges, and the sixth-floor outdoor Parq.

Science World features hundreds of interactive exhibits in five permanent galleries, live science demonstrations and workshops, and giant movies in the Omnimax Theatre.

At the Bloedel Conservatory you can take in more than 200 free-flying exotic birds and 500 exotic plants and flowers.

The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and Museum features permanent galleries devoted to Terry Fox and Rick Hansen, a rock-climbing wall, a virtual sports simulator, and history galleries.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is an authentic representation of an age-old garden tradition that reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

West Vancouver's Cypress Mountain features skiing and snowboarding lessons, snowtubing park, cross-country ski trails, downhill skiing and snowboarding trails, and snowshoeing tours.

North Vancouver's Mount Seymour features skiing and snowboarding, lessons, chairlifts, terrain parks, tubing and tobogganing, and snowshoe trails.

The Vancouver Aquarium features almost 800 animal species in galleries ranging from Canada's Arctic to the Amazon rainforest.

The Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition features more than 250 privately-owned bikes from around the world.

Stanley Park features 400 hectares of trails, with scenic walking and biking along the 8.8-kilometre seawall and totem park featuring eight poles by First Nations artists.

Take a ride in an exterior glass elevator and get a 360° view of Metro Vancouver and the North Shore mountains at Vancouver Lookout.

Nitobe Memorial Garden is a traditional Japanese garden located at the University of British Columbia with waterfalls, stone lanterns, audio guides and tours, and a ceremonial teahouse.

MOVIES

Screening at Vancity Theatre of director Russ Meyers' sexy 1970 cult/camp classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

Afternoon screening at the Rio Theatre of Dosed, director Tyler Chandler's documentary about one woman’s quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines. Q&A to follow.

Screening at the Cinematheque of Akira Kurosawa's 1958 swords-and-samurai dramedy The Hidden Fortress.

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