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Special Events at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Sands Hotel

Music | Concerts | Live Entertainment

For tickets and more information call Ticketmaster at 604-280-4444 or go to www.ticketmaster.ca

Rogers Arena

www.rogersarena.ca

Date

Time

Event

January 17 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Los Angeles Kings
January 21 1:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS San Jose Sharks
January 22 12:00pm 2012 Canucks for Kids Fund Super Skills powered by Rogers
January 24 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Edmonton Oilers
January 31 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Chicago Blackhawks
February 2 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Detroit Red Wings
February 13 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Phoenix Coyotes
February 15 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Colorado Avalanche
February 18 4:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Toronto Maple Leafs
February 24 7:00pm Harlem Globetrotters
March 1 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Louis Blues
March 3 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Buffalo Sabres
March 6 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Dallas Stars
March 8 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Winnepeg Jets
March 10 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Montreal Canadians
March 14 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Phoenix Coyotes
March 17 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Columbus Blue Jackets
March 24 7:00pm Hedley with Guests
March 26 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Los Angeles Kings
March 28 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Colorado Avalanche
March 30 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Dallas Stars
March 31 7:00pm Vancouver Canucks VS Calgary Flames

BC Place

www.bcplacestadium.com

January 19 5:00pm Costa Rica VS Cuba – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 19 7:30pm Canada VS Haiti – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 20 7:30pm Dominican Republic VS USA – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 20 5:00pm Mexico VS Guatemala – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 21 5:00pm Haiti VS Costa Rica – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 21 7:30pm Canada VS Cuba – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 22 2:00pm Mexico VS Dominican Republic – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 22 4:30pm USA VS Guatemala – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 23 5:00pm Cuba VS Haiti – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 23 7:30pm Canada VS Costa Rica – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 24 5:00pm Guatemala VS Dominican Republic- 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 24 7:30pm USA VS Mexico – 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying
January 27 5:00pm 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Semi-final #1
January 27 8:00pm 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Semi-final #2
January 29 5:00pm 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Final
www.canadasoccer.com

Pacific Coliseum

www.pne.ca

Date

Time

Event

January 17 7:00pm Vancouver Giant vs Lethbridge Hurricanes
January 20 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Evertt Silvertips
January 22 5:00pm Vancouver Giant vs Seattle thunderbirds
January 27 7:00pm Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best Live Tour Ever!
January 28 12:00pm & 3:00pm Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best Live Tour Ever!
January 29 1:00pm & 4:00pm Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best Live Tour Ever!
February 3 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Kamloops Blazers
February 9 7:00pm LMFAO
February 10 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Everett Silvertips
February 11 7:00pm Simple Plan
February 12 & 13 Vancouver Gift Expo
February 17 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Edmonton Oil Kings
February 19 5:00pm Vancouver Giant vs Deer Rebels
February 24 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Kamloops Blazers
March 2 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Medicine Hat Tigers
March 3 and 4 Pet Expo
March 7 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Tri-City Americans
March 9 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Kelowna Blazers
March 10 7:30pm Dead Meat with Steve Aoki
March 11 5:00pm Vancouver Giant vs Victoria Royals
March 16 7:30pm Vancouver Giant vs Kelowna Rockets
March 19 7:00pm Lady Antebellum

The Centre In Vancouver for Performing Arts

www.centreinvancouver.com

Date

Time

Event

January 21 and 22 8:00pm LA LA LA HUMAN STEPS: New Work by Edouard Lock
February 7 7:30pm Unique Lives: RT. Hon. Michaelle Jean Canada’s 27th Govenor General
February 15 7:30pm Dierks Bentley
February 16 8:00pm David Hasselhoff
February 18 7:00pm and 9:30pm Betty White
February 19 8:00pm Margaret Cho
February 25 8:00pm Closing Night Gala with Bob Odenkirk & David Cross

The Commodore Ballroom

www.ticketmaster.ca

Date

Time

Event

January 19 8:15pm Fitz & The Tantrums
January 29 8:00pm Beats Antique
January 30 and 31 7:00pm In Flames
February 4 9:30pm Charlie Winston
February 5 2:00pm Canada’s Official Super Bowl XLVI Party
February 10 8:00pm The Jayhawks
February 14 TBD Iced Earth & Symphony X
February 19 8:00pm Die Antwoord
February 24 8:00pm The Darkness
February 25 7:00pm Hadag Nahash
March 1 8:00pm G. Love & Special Sauce
March 17 7:00pm Spirit of the West
March 24 8:00pm Kaiser Chiefs
March 27 8:00pm The Ting Tings

Orpheum Theatre

 

Date

Time

Event

January 24 7:30pm Theory of a Deadman
February 5 8:00pm Wilco
February 17 8:30pm Carol Burnett – Laughter and Reflection: Audience Q&A
February 21 8:00pm Jann Arden
February 26 7:30pm The Fray
March 8 8:00pm Murray Perahia
March 14 8:00pm The Legend Of Zelda: Symphony Of The Goddesses
April 6 8:00pm Vancouver Chamber Choir – Bach In Excelsis
April 10 8:00pm Elvis Costello
April 30 7:30pm Snow Patrol

Queen Elizabeth Theatre

www.ticketmaster.ca

Date

Time

Event

January 19 & 20 7:30pm City and Colour
January 22 7:30pm Mythbusters Live
February 7 – 11 8:00pm Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
February 11 & 12 2:00pm Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
February 12 7:30pm Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
February 16 – 18 8:00pm National Ballet of Cuba: Don Quixote
February 18 2:00pm National Ballet of Cuba: Don Quixote
February 26 7:30pm Deep Purple
March 8 – 10 8:00pm Alberta Ballet: Walking Mad & Other Works
March 17, 20, 22, 24 7:30pm Barber Of Seville
March 25 1:30pm Barber Of Seville

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

www.vancouversymphony.ca
For information and events please call 604-602-0363

January 14 and 16 8:00pm Power And Beauty: Tchaikovsky And Beethoven
January 26 2:00pm Opera Goes Symphonic
January 27 and 28 8:00pm Classic Crooning With Tony DeSare
January 29 & 31 2:00pm Al Simmons: Something’s Fishy At Camp Wiganishie
February 4 8:00pm Musically Speaking – Peter and The Wolf
February 6 8:00pm Surrey Nights – Peter and The Wolf
February 11 and 13 8:00pm Romantic Rachmaninoff and Ravel: A Valentine Celebration
February 18 and 20 8:00pm John Lill Plays Beethoven
February 24 and 25 8:00pm Bach & Beyond – Jupiter! The Magnificent Music of Mozart

Theatre | Dance

For tickets and more information call Ticketmaster at 604-280-4444 or go to www.ticketmaster.ca

Arts Club Theatre

www.artsclub.com

Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

Date

Event

Jan 26 – Feb 26 Calendar Girls

Arts Club Theatre

www.artsclub.com

Granville Island Stage

Date

Event

Jan 19 – Feb 11 Do You Want What I Have Got?
Feb 9 – Mar 10 Intimate Apparel

Firehall Arts Centre

www.firehallartscentre.ca

Date

Event

December 2 – 4 Shadow Catch
December 7 – 10 Portraits and Scenes of Female Creatures

Metro Theatre

www.metrotheatre.org

Date

Event

Nov 19 – Dec 3 MY THREE ANGELS

Vancouver East Cultural Centre

www.vecc.bc.ca

Date

Event

Nov 17 – Dec 17 Penny Plain

Special Events | Conventions

For tickets and more information call Ticketmaster at 604-280-4444 or go to www.ticketmaster.ca

Vancouver Convention Centre

www.vcec.ca

Date

Event

November 19 – 20 Zoomer Show
November 19 – 21 Canadian Fitness Professionals 2011
November 24 – 27 Grey Cup Festival
Nov 28 – Dec 1 2011 Canada’s West Market place Trade Show
November 30 Vancouver Education & Career Fair
December 3 – 4 Marketing Mastery Summit
January 18 – 20 Know? Show
January 19 – 22 11th Annual Taboo Naughty But Nice Show
January 22 – 23 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference
Febuary 16 – 20 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting
Febuary 23 22nd Annual Symphony Lovers’ Ball

Vancouver Attractions

Science World

www.scienceworld.ca

Information desk (10am – 5pm) 604-443-7440
Showtimes & Information 604-443-7443

Omnimax

September 6 – November 24, 2011

Times

Show

Mon-Fri (except Holidays) 11am and 1pm Hubble
Mon-Fri (except Holidays) 12pm and 2pm Dinosaurs Alive!
Sat/Sun/Holiday 12pm, 2pm, 4pm Dinosaurs Alive!
Sat/Sun/Holiday 1pm and 3pm Hubble

The Museum of Anthropology

www.moa.ubc.ca

10Km/6.25miles from the BEST WESTERN PLUS Sands Hotel
For more information call 604-822-5087

Vancouver Art Gallery


www.vanartgallery.bc.ca

Info line 604-662-4719
Ongoing Exhibitions

Date

Event

Feb 12 – Sept 25 Ken Lum
Apr 2 – Sept 5 Walking & Falling Jim Campbell, Chris Marker & Eadweard Muybridge
Jan 22 – Sept 5 From the Collection: Unreal
May 28 – Sept 25 The Colour of My Dreams – The Surrealist Revolution in Art
For more info on what’s happening in Vancouvervisit www.tourismvancouver.com

Special Events at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Sands Hotel


Celebration of Light at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Sands Hotel
July 28, Aug 1 & 4, 2012
Three nights of World Competition Fireworks is just across the street from the Vancouver Best Western Sands by the Sea at English Bay. Please note: the West End of Vancouver is closed off to all automotive traffic after 7 p.m. on selected dates. Be sure to check in early.
www.celebration-of-light.com
Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Sands Hotel 2012
Vancouver’s West End hosts a terrific Pride Parade and Festival. With a vast assortment of concerts, parties, lectures, boat cruises and art exhibitions Pride weekend has something for everyone! The Parade begins at Robson and Thurlow, heads West down the hill to Denman street across from the Sands Hotel and follows Denman to Pacific.
www.vancouverpride.ca

Vancouver Polar Bear Swim at the BEST WESTERN PLUS Sands Hotel
January 1st, 2012

Adjacent to Best Western Sands at English Bay, on January first of every year a 2:30 p.m. join in on the fun with thousands and test the water. This is the day that you can get your Official POLAR BEAR T-shirt and Badge registration starts at noon.
www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/events/polarbear
For more info on what’s happening in Vancouver
visit www.tourismvancouver.com