Upcoming Events In Vancouver

Brought To You By The Best Western Sands Hotel

~ Sporting Events ~

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

Checkers Bar & Grill

Best Western Sands Hotel is licensed to show exclusive Pay-Per view
Canucks games at no charge!
For more information call 604-682-1831

Vancouver Canucks Hockey At GM Place

Sat March 13
Canucks vs. Ottawa Senators
Sun March 14
Canucks vs. Calgary Flames
Tues March 16
Canucks vs. New York Islanders
Thurs March 18
Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks
Sat March 20
Canucks vs. Detroit Red Wings
Wed March 24
Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks
Tues March 30
Canucks vs. Phoenix Coyotes
Tues April 6
Canucks vs.Colorado Avalanche
Sat April 10
Canucks vs. Calgary Flames

www.canucks.com / www.ticketmaster.ca

GM Place 3km/1.8 miles from the Best Western Sands Hotel
For information and game schedules please call 604-899-GOAL

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

BC Lions Football At BC Place

www.bclions.com / www.ticketmaster.ca

Approx 3km/1.8 miles from the Best Western Sands Hotel
All home games are at BC Place Stadium
Tickets available through Ticketmaster 604-280-4444

13th Man - A Canadian Football Fan Community
Discussion Forum, Extensive Canadian team information for Football,
Weekly Pick Em Pool, Hall of Fan and much more!

www.13thman.com

Vancouver Giants Hockey At The Pacific Coliseum

ww.vancouvergiants.com / www.ticketmaster.ca

Fri March 12
Giants vs. Kelowna
Sat March 13
Giants vs. Kamloops Blazers

For more information and game schedules please: ticketmaster 604-280-4444

Vancouver Canadians At Nat Bailey Stadium

www.canadiansbaseball.com

For ticket information and game schedule please call 604-872-5232

Vancouver White Caps Soccer &
Vancouver Whitecaps Women's Soccer

www.whitecapsfc.com

For tickets and game information please call 604-669-9283

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~ Music, Concerts & Live Entertainment ~

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

GM Place

www.ticketmaster.ca

March 25 (7:30pm)
Southern Voice Tour: Tim McGraw w/Lady Antebellum & The Lost Trailers

April 1 (8pm)
John Mayer w/ Special Guest Michael Franti & Superhead

April 11 (7:30pm)
Black Eyed Peas

May 14 (7:30pm)
Sears Stars on Ice presented by Samsung

May 15 (8pm)
Celtic Woman - Songs of the Heart

Queen Elizabeth Theatre

www.ticketmaster.ca

Feb 15 (8pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: City & Colour

Feb 21 (7pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: National Dance Company

Feb 27 (7pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Quantum Bhangra feat Harbhajan Mann

March 2 (7:30pm)
Unique Lives & Experiences: Lisa Ling

March 13, 16, 18 & 20 (7:30pm)
VO: Nixon in China

March 21
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Culture Shock

March 21
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad:
Before & After

March 25 - 27 (7:30pm)
Shen Yun

March 27 & 28 (2pm)
Shen Yun

April 9 (7:30pm)
Mark Knopfler

April 24, 27, 29, May 1 & 4 (7:30pm)
VO: The Marriage of Figaro

Orpheum Theatre

www.orpheumtheatre.ca

Wed Feb 10
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: The Passion of Russia - Uliana Lopatkina & Yuri Bashmet

Sun Feb 14
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: DBR/VSO - A Voodoo Valentine!

Tues Feb 15
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Spirit of Uganda

Feb 16 (8pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Maria Pages Flamenco

Feb 17 (8pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Feist

Feb 18 (8pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Stars

Fri Feb 19
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Stars

Thurs Feb 25
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: K'Naan & Tinariwen

March 6 & 9 (8pm)
VSO Masterworks Diamond: Janina Fialkoska

Tues March 9
Heart

March 12 (8pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Gomez

March 13 & 15 (8pm)
VSO Musically Speaking: Adrian Anatawan

March 14 (2pm)
VSO Kids' Koncerts: Inspector Tovey Investigates the instruments of the Orchestra

March 18 (2pm)
VSO Tea & Trumpets: The Land of Smiles

March 19 & 21 (8pm)
VSO Pops: The Swinging Sixties & Seventies

March 20 (8pm)
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad: Rapheal Saddiq & India.Arie

March 23 (7:30pm)
Unique Lives & Experiences: Buffy Saint-Marie

Sat March 27
Vancouver Bach Choir: Bach's St. John Passion

April 2 (8pm)
Vancouver Chamber Choir: The Love That Moves The Universe

April 10 (8pm)
VSO Musically Soeaking: Joyce Yang

Sun Apr 11
Spoon

April 15 (2pm)
VSO Tea & Trumpets: An English Country Garden

April 16 & 17 (8pm)
VSO Pops: Cirque de la Symphonie

April 18 (2pm)
VSO Kids Kincerts: Classical Kids Entertainers - Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery

April 20 (7:30pm)
Unique Lives & Experiences: Cloris Leachman

Thurs May 13
Vancouver Recital Society - Yuja Wang

Fri May 14
Vancouver Bach Choir: Last Night of the Proms

Wed June 23
The Three Cantors

Live at the Rock

www.riverrock.com

Feb 11 & 12
Kuka

Feb 11 - 17 & 23 - 26
Russian Club House

Feb 13
Laughn' N Lovin

Feb 14 & 16
Gennady Khazanov

Feb 14 & 17
Valeriya

Feb 15
F.I.R - Will & Wing Concert

Feb 19 & 20
One World Celebration

Feb 23 & 24
AM / NA

March 6
Jose Mari Chan

March 7
Crowd Lu

March 12
America

March 17
Spirit of the West

March 20
Alannah Myles

March 26
Thunder From Down Under

March 31
44th Athlete of the Year Awards

Lulu's Lounge

www.lulus_lounge.com

Feb 10 & 11
Tim Hewitt Xperience

Feb 12 & 13
Jeff St Germain

Feb 14
March Hare

Feb 15
Hitman

Feb 16
Last Resort

Feb 17 & 18
Mike Weterings

Feb 19 & 20
Nearly Neil & The Solitary Band

Feb 21
Ten Souljers

Feb 22
Bobcats

Feb 23
Deborah Ledon

Feb 24 & 25
Bardley McGilivray Blues Band

Feb 26 & 27
So Tight

Feb 28
March Hare

The Center in Vancouver for
Performing Arts

www.centreinvancouver.com

Feb 13, 14, 16 -21 (2pm & 7:30pm)
Monkey King

March 12, 13, 18 - 20 (8pm)
Cirque Eloize Rain

April 2 (7pm)
Owl City

April 10 (8pm)
Ron James - Mental as Anything

April 17 (1pm)
Franklin & the Adventures of the Noble Knights

April 18 (7pm)
Buddy Guy

May 1 (8pm)
Pat Methany

May 5 (7:30pm)
Jesse Cook

May 29 (8pm)
Manhattan Transfer

Commodore Ballroom

www.ticketmaster.ca

Feb 12 & 13 (9:30pm)
Collective Soul

Feb 14 & 21 (9:30pm)
Icekubodore featuring The Town Pants

Feb 16 & 21 (4:30pm)
Fox "Home Team" Hockey at the Commodore

Feb 16 & 17 (9:30pm)
Steel Panther

March 2 (9:30pm)
311

March 6 (9:30pm)
Black Rebel Motocycle Club

March 7 (9pm)
Snoop Dogg

March 10 (10pm)
The Cool Kids

March 17 (9:30pm)
Dragonette

March 19 (9:30pm)
Devendra Banhart and the Grogs

March 20 (9:15pm)
Jamie Cullum with special guest Imelda May

Pacific Coliseum

www.pne.ca

March 23 (7pm)
Oldtimers Hockey Challenge

April 1 (7pm)
MUSE with Silversun Pickups

See above Giants Schedule for
Home Games

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Check out the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra's upcoming events at:

www.vancouversymphony.ca

Vancouver Recital
Society

For information and events
please call 604-602-0363

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~ 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

Ticketmaster 604-280-3311

Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

March 11 - April 11
Paradise Garden

May 13 - July 11
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story

July 22 - Aug 22
Glengarry Glen Ross

Granville Island Stage

March 25 - April 17
Billy Bishop Goes To War

May 6 - June 5
Becky's New Car

June 17 - July 31
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

April 15 - May 15
My Granny the Goldfish

Vancouver East Cultural Centre

www.vecc.bc.ca

Ticketmaster 604-280-3311

Feb 9 - 14
Fear of Flight

Feb 16 - 20
BASH'd

March 9 - 13
The Greatest Cities in the World

March 16 - 20
Elephant Wake

March 31 - April 3
At Nightfall

April 13 - 24
Ali and Ali 7

April 27 - May 1
The Tooth Fairy

Metro Theatre

www.metrotheatre.org

Tickets and info 604-266-7191

Feb 3 - 13
Strictly Murder

Feb 26 - March 27
A Nice Family Gathering

April 2 - May 1
Opening Night

May 7 - June 5
And Then There Were None

Firehall Arts Centre

www.firehallartscentre.ca

Feb 25 - March 6
Where The Blood Mixes

March 11 - 17
Body and Soul

April 7 - 17
Blood. claat,

May 21 - 23
BC Buds

Studio 58

www.langara.bc.ca/studio58

March 25 - April 18
Where's Charlie

April 6 -11
The Risky Nights 2

For Upcoming BC Ballet Listings
please check out:

~ Special Events, Festivals & Conventions ~

BC Place

www.bcplacestadium.com

Feb 12 (5pm)
2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony
www.vancouver2010.com

Feb 14 - 26
2010 Olympic Victory Ceremony
www.vancouver2010.com

Feb 28
Closing Ceremony
www.vancouver2010.com

March 1 - 12
2010 Paralympic

March 30 - April 4
Auto Show
www.vancouverinternationalautoshow.com

April 6 - May 31
BC Places CLOSED for Renovatons
www.bcplace2011.com

For more info on what's happening in Vancouver
visit www.tourismvancouver.com

Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre

www.vcec.ca

Feb 12 - March 21
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games

March 24 - 26
GLOBE
www.globe2010.com

April 8 - 9
BC Real Estate Convention 2010
www.bcrealestateconvention.com

April 10 - 11
Spring Women's / Wedding Show
www.vancouverweddingshow.ca

April 10 -11
International Cheerleading Competitions 2010
www.internationalcheeralliance.com

April 14
TOPS 2010
www.pppc.ca

April 15 - 17
Pacific Dental Conference
www.pdconf.com/cms2010

April 22
Wood Solutions Fair 2010
www.cwc.ca

April 29 - May 2
Wellness Show 2010
www.thewellnessshow.com

April 30 - May 4
Pediatric Academic Societies' 2010 Annual Meeting
www.pas-meeting.org

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~ Vancouver Attractions ~

Science World

www.scienceworld.ca

Science World and the OMNIMAX Theatre at TELUS World of Science are currently closed and will reopen on March 8.

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

Granville Island

www.granvilleisland.com

For current listings for shows, and events call 604-666-5784
to find out what is happening on Granville Island

The Museum of Anthropology

www.moa.ubc.ca

10Km/6.25miles from the Best Western Sands Hotel
For more information call 604-822-5087

Vancouver Art Gallery

www.vanartgallery.bc.ca

Info line 604-662-4719

Ongoing Exhibitions

Jan 23 - April 18
Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual

Jan 23 - May 2
Michael Lin: A Modest Veil

Jan 23 - March 21
CUE: Artists' Videos

Jan 23 - Sept 6
Offsite: Ken Lum

Feb 6 - May 2
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man

Feb 6 - May 16
Visceral Bodies

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For more information on what is happening in Vancouver, call the Best Western Sands by the Sea at 604 682 1831 or 1 800 661 7887.

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~ Special Events at the Best Western Sands ~

	Ride to Live Raffle - Purchase your tickets at the Best Western Sands Hotel - Help support the battle against prostate cancer Save BC MEN - FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER Westcoast Motorcycle Ride to Live - Motorcycle Raffle Tickets are on SALE for $20 each Tickets are available by credit card by Emailing info@ridetolive.ca & calling 604+574-5100 (Mon-Fri) Tickets are available at Trev Deeley Motorcycles 1875 Boundary Road Vancouver Tickets are being sold at Westcoast Motorcycle Ride to Live Events until sold-out and the Best Western Sands Hotel Last day of sales 5 PM May 20th 2010 Click on the poster thumbnail to the left to view a larger image
	Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games at the Best Western Sands Hotel February 12 - 28 2010 The Olympics are here and the Best Western Sands by the Sea welcomes the world to join them in celebrating. Checkers Bar & Grill and the Bayside Lounge will be featuring the Olympic Games on their many TV screens and welcomes you to watch. For more information on what events are taking place please visit www.vancouver2010.com
	Celebration of Light at the Best Western Sands Hotel Dates coming soon Four 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 Sands Hotel End of July to Early August 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 Sands Hotel January 1st, 2011 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
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Contact Info

Best Western Sands by the Sea Vancouver Hotel 1755 Davie Street Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6G 1W5
Ph: 604.682.1831 Fax: 604.682.3546 Toll Free: 1.800.663.9400 Email: info@bestwesternsandshotelvancouver.com

Wherever life takes you, Best Western is there™

Best Western Sands Hotel By the Sea!

Upcoming Events In Vancouver

Brought To You By The Best Western Sands Hotel

~ Sporting Events ~

Checkers Bar & Grill

www.canucks.com / www.ticketmaster.ca

www.bclions.com / www.ticketmaster.ca

ww.vancouvergiants.com / www.ticketmaster.ca

~ Music, Concerts & Live Entertainment ~

~ Theatre & Dance ~

~ Special Events, Festivals & Conventions ~

~ Vancouver Attractions ~

~ VancouverInfoCentre.com Mini Calender ~

~ Special Events at the Best Western Sands ~

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