If you're looking for family-friendly events across Metro Vancouver, the Sea to Sky Corridor, Fraser Valley, & the Sunshine Coast this month, we've got you covered from Whistler to Chilliwack and everything in between. From festivals to concerts and seasonal celebrations, we've got the inside scoop on all the fun & active outings happening this month!
There are even more events in our seasonal Pumpkin Patch Guide plus the popular Family Halloween Activities, Apple Picking & Farmer's Market articles. You can find our September 2024 events archive here.
Family Events & Activities Near You
Cirque du Soleil - echo
in Vancouver
When: October 9, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Where: Concord Pacific Place
Cirque du Soleil is a mesmerizing adventure into the world of imagination and possibilities that is loved by all! ECHO tells a tale of connection, intention, and the bond between humans, the animal kingdom, and the world we share. Through a stunning show of acrobatics, tech, and artistry, ECHO highlights our interconnectedness and takes us on a journey of hope, youthful optimism, and empathy. Perfect for a date night or an adventure for the whole family! Save 40% off all child admissions for shows running until November 10th, 2024. Grab your tickets now - matinees & evening shows are available under the big top in downtown Vancouver!
Fang-Tastic Halloween Event in Squamish
When: October 19, 20, 26 & 27, 2024
Where: Britannia Mine Museum
Evil and fear lurk in the darkest shadows, for the Halloween season is finally here and Britannia Mine Museum is the place to be for family-friendly chills & thrills! Festivities at the Museum run over four days, with spooky activities to chill adults and kids alike including a train tour into the eerie, shadowy underground mine tunnel, the 'Castle of Myth's' vampire chamber, "Bat out of the Darkness" exhibition with Bat Ambassadors from the Community Bat Program of BC. This event is a blast for the whole family and typically sells out, so pre-booking is highly recommended!
Canyon Frights
in North Vancouver
When: October 11 - 31, 2024
Where: Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Take a thrilling journey through Capilano Suspension Bridge Park’s Canyon Frights—if you dare! Step into the frightful forest and meet your haunted hosts, Elizabeth & Mac, the former owners of Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. The spirited duo will pop up throughout the park, adding a spooky charm to your visit. Grab your best (family-friendly) costumes for piles of pumpkins and spooky surprises. Kids of all ages can get in on Halloween-themed games with petrifying prizes. And if that wasn’t enough of a hoot, the owls of Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey are in the Park on weekends!
Maan Farm - Fall At The Farm
When: October 4- November 3, 2024
Where: Maan Farm, Abbotsford
The Maan Farm family can't wait to welcome you back to live out all your fall fantasies at the farm. Whether it’s snapping the perfect selfie in the Forest Pumpkin Patch, or indulging in Signature Fall Treats like our Double Pumpkin Spice Cream, they have everything you need to make your fall dreams come true. Want to bring your furry friend to enjoy a day on the farm? Visit on designated Dog Days where pups are welcome in the Pumpkin Patch, Daytime Corn Maze, and Barnyard Adventureland. Dogs must be kept on leash, cleaned up after , and be kept away from the Barnyard animals.
ABBOTSFORD
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- October 6th, 2024 - Learn to Fish
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 18th - 20th, 2024 - Canada Women's Expo
- Until November 3rd, 2024 - Fall at the Farm
Burnaby
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 8th, 2024 - Piper Spit Bird Count
- October 12th, 2024 - Environmental Stewardship Events
- October 12th, 2024 - Noons Creek Hatchery Tour
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 14th, 2024 - Turkey Toonie Skate
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 25th, 2024 - Central Spark
- October 28th, 2024 - Monster Mash
CHILLIWACK
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 19th, 2024 - Around the Lake Give R Take 30
- October 27th - November 2nd, 2024 - Rotary Book Sale
COQUITLAM
- October 5th, 2024 - Repair Cafe
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 6th, 2024 - Makers Market
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 18th, 2024 - Diwali Coquitlam
DELTA & Tsawwassen
- Ongoing in 2024 - REACH Down Syndrome Support Group
- Ongoing in 2024 - Get Crafty
- Ongoing in 2024 - Family Games Afternoon
- October 5th, 2024 - Restoring Nature at the Air Park
- October 5th, 2024 - Delta Ukulele Circle
- October 5th & 19th, 2024 - Ready, Set, Pull!
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 19th, 2024 - Flashlight Mysteries: Nature Unnamed
LANGLEY
- Ongoing in 2024 - Close Knit Langley
- October 5th, 2024 - Derby Reach Park Day
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 6th, 2024 - Indigenous Plant Knowledge Workshop: Tea Making
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- Until December 12th, 2024 - Hope Meets Action: Echoes Through the Black Continuum
MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS
- Ongoing in 2023 - Baby Social
- Ongoing in 2024 - Museum Sundays
- Ongoing in 2024 - Toddler Dance Party
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 12th, 2024 - Spawntaneous Salmon
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 19th, 2024 - Celebrate the Night
- October 19th, 2024 - Repair Cafe
- October 20th, 2024 - Salmon Survivors
- October 23rd, 2024 - Hometown Heros Night
- October 27th, 2024 - Pumpkin Cross Cycling Event
MISSION
- Ongoing in 2024 - Mission Ukulele Circle
- Ongoing in 2024 - Baby Social
- Ongoing in 2024 - Wiggle Time
- Ongoing in 2024 - Nature Works at Heritage Park
- October 4th, 2024 - MMIWG2S+ Candle Light Vigil
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 24th, 2024 - Diwali, The Festival of Lights
NEW WESTMINSTER
- Ongoing in 2024 - Rotary Community Bottle Drop
- Ongoing in 2024 - Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop
- Ongoing in 2024 - Kids Day Sundays
- Ongoing in 2024 - ArtStarts Explores
- Ongoing in 2024 - Hidden Wonders Speakeasy Magic Experience
- October 4th - 6th, 2024 - The New West Culture Crawl
- October 5th, 2024 - Fire Department Open House
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 26th, 2024 - Fangtastic Family Fun
NORTH VANCOUVER
- Ongoing in 2024 - Baby & Me at Cates Park
- Ongoing in 2024 - Family Fun Time
- Ongoing in 2024 - Farm Programs at Maplewood Farms
- October 5th, 2024 - Cedar Bark Weaving
- October 5th & 6th, 2024 - Kids First at the Polygon
- October 6th, 2024 - Cedar and Salmonberries
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 11th - 31st, 2024 - Canyon Frights at Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 20th, 2024 - Sensory Friendly Sunday at MONOVA
- October 22nd, 2024 - Love Bugs
- Until October 23rd, 2024 - Shipyard Pals
- October 26th, 2024 - Coho Commotion
- October 27th, 2024 - Beautiful Bats
PORT COQUITLAM
- Ongoing in 2024 - Artist Open Studio - Drop In
- October 5th, 2024 - Repair Cafe
- October 5th, 2024 - Salmon Day
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 26th, 2024 - Diwali: Festival of Lights
- October 26th & 27th, 2024 - Carney Annual Garage Sale 2024
PORT MOODY
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- Until October 25th, 2024 - Construction Toys: Creativity Unleashed
- October 26th, 2024 - Salamander Searchers
- October 27th, 2024 - Ioco Heritage Scavenger Hunt
RICHMOND
- October 5th, 2024 - London Farm Country Fest
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 6th, 2024 - Steveston General Swap Meet
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 19th, 2024 - Friends of the Richmond Library Mini Sale
SQUAMISH
- Ongoing in 2024 - Baby + Me Social Hike
- Ongoing in 2024 - Paige's PopUp Sewing & Mending
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 12th & 19th, 2024 - Lavendel Farms Pumpkin Patch
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 19th - 27th, 2024 - Fang-tastic Halloween Event at Britannia Mine Museum
- October 20th, 2024 - Halloween at Sea to Sky Gondola
SUNSHINE COAST
- Ongoing in 2023 - Learn to Juggle
- Ongoing in 2024 - Family-Friendly Trivia Night
- October 5th - 27th, 2024 - Pumpkin Patch at Little Red Wagon Farm
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Saturday Nights in Space
- October 6th, 2024 - Pender Harbour Fall Faire
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 12th & 13th, 2024 - Gibsons Annual Fall Fair
- October 12th - 26th, 2024 - Sechelt ArtWalk
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 18th - 20th, 2024 - Sunshine Coast Art Crawl
- October 19th, 2024 - Pumpkin Festival
SURREY
- Ongoing in 2024 - Kids Day Sundays
- Ongoing in 2024 - Park Cleanups
- October 5th, 2024 - By a Thread
- October 5th, 7th, & 16th, 2024 - Sensory-Friendly Swims
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 9th, 2024 - Canada Soccer National Championships
- Until October 9th, 2024 - Tree Sale
- October 11th, 2024 - Youth Art Jam
- October 12th, 2024 - Community Tree Planting
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 25th, 2024 - School's Out Drop-In: Textiles
- October 25th, 2024 - Light Up the Night
- Until November 23rd, 2024 - Nature Storytime in the Park
VANCOUVER
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- October 5th, 2024 - Butterfly Run
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- October 9th, 2024 - January 5th, 2025 - Cirque du Soleil ECHO
- October 9th, 2024 - What's in the Night Sky
- October 12th, 2024 - Halloweeen Free Swap
- October 12th, 2024 - Repair Cafe
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 13th, 2024 - The Spirit Horse Returns
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 24th - 27th, 2024 - Vancouver Fall Home Show
- October 27th - 30th, 2024 - Our Children, Our Way
- October 30th, 2024 - Big Halloween Run
VANCOUVER ISLAND
- Ongoing in 2024 - Games Night
- Ongoing in 2024 - Tiny Tots Playgroup
- Ongoing in 2024 - Turkish Mosaic Lamp Workshop
- October 5th, 2024 - Storywalk with the Greater Victoria Public Library
- October 5th, 2024 - Hawk Watch
- October 5th, 2024 - Butterfly Run
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- October 6th, 2024 - Sensory-Sensitive Screening at IMAX Victoria
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- Until March 30th, 2025 - Lions Free Skate
WEST VANCOUVER
- Ongoing in 2024 - Drop In Play & Storytime
- Ongoing in 2024 - Orff Kodaly Music for Children
- October 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th, 2024 - Cineplex Family Favourites
- October 6th, 2024 - PumpkinFest 2024
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 5th, 2024 - Book Buddies
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 19th, 2024 - Celebrate Diwali
- Until October 27th, 2024 - Ambleside Artisan Farmer's Market
WHISTLER
- Ongoing in 2024 - Whistler Indoor Playgroup
- Ongoing in 2023 - Family and Child Education Program
- Ongoing in 2023 - Sea to Sky Postpartum Support Group
- Ongoing in 2023 - Music & Rhymes in the Park
- October 5th, 2024 - Whistler 50 Relay & Ultra
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- Until March 2024 - Vallea Lumina: Winter Edition
WHITE ROCK
- Ongoing in 2023 - Chess Club
- Ongoing in 2023 - Art Club
- October 2nd, 2024 - Free Ice Skate
- October 6th, 2024 - It's DINOWEEN!
- Until October 6th, 2024 - Go by Bike Week
- Until October 13th, 2024 - Culture Days
- October 16th, 2024 - All-Season Herbal Gardening
- October 17th, 2024 - The Great ShakeOut BC
- October 25th, 2024 - Pro-D Day Skate
ONLINE/VIRTUAL
- Ongoing in 2024 - Artstarts Explores: A Province at Play
- Ongoing in 2024 - Generation Health
- Ongoing in 2024 - AutismBC Meets
- Ongoing in 2023 - Online Toddler Time for Chinese-Speaking Families
- Ongoing in 2024 - A Year of Blessings: Celebrating Traditional Chinese Festivals
- Ongoing in 2023 - Sea to Sky Postpartum Support Group
- October 24th, 2024 - Go Green Live Series
- October 30th & 31st, 2024 - Creep, Crawl, & Slither
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