Vancouver Adventures: Our Picks for April

With health orders in mind, safely enjoy virtual comedy, yoga, spring blossoms and more this April

1. The Art and Fungi Project – Various dates

Artists Willoughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac have created a series of art and fungi experiences to learn about the life of mushrooms and how they interact with other members of their ecosystem, including humans. Walks include artistic elements such as writing and drawing. 
Details online

2. Ruby’s Ukes – Various dates

Looking for a new hobby? Join the April semester of Ruby’s Ukes lessons for beginner, intermediate, and advanced online ukulele lessons this spring.
$185 for 10 weeks; Details online

3. North Shore Art Crawl – Until Sunday, April 12

Meet the artists living and working on Vancouver’s North Shore during the online North Shore Art Crawl. Virtually visit visual artists working in watercolour, acrylic, oil paint, photography, ceramics, glass, woodworking, fibre art and jewellery.
Details online

4. Comedy2Go – From Monday, April 5

Rawsome Comedy’s Comedy2Go is a new online comedy venture, with a regular New Blue Mondays event that kicks off each week with comedians from around the world working out new and blue comedy bits. Intended for an audience 18 and up.
Mondays at 6:30 p.m.; $6; Details online

5. Greater Vancouver Food Truck Fest – Saturday, April 3 to Sunday, April 25

Drive through to pick up your favourite food truck dishes at the Greater Vancouver Food Truck festival when it rolls into Abbotsford (Saturday, April 3rd and Sunday, April 4th), Maple Ridge (Saturday, April 10th and Sunday, April 11th), and Cloverdale (Saturday, April 24th and Sunday, April 25th).
Details online

6. Free Yoga with The Holistic Panda – Wednesday, April 7

Celebrate World Mental Health Day with a free yoga class with The Holistic Panda, which provides holistic wellness for the busy soul. This month’s offering is a free yoga and meditation class with life coach Drew Climie. 
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Free; Details online

7. More Than Dance, We Are a Movement – Wednesday, April 14 to Tuesday, April 20

DanceHouse and Digidance present the Canadian premiere of the film More Than Dance, We Are a Movement, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of contemporary Indigenous innovators, Red Sky Performance. They are one of Canada’s most prolific and acclaimed creators of contemporary Indigenous works.
Details online

8. Festival de Bois – Friday, April 16 to Friday, April 30

Vancouver’s Francophone festival moves online this year, bringing brilliant performers from across Canada, including traditional Québécois podorythmie, Innu singer/songwriters, and a Zydeco dance band, as well as special children’s programming.
Details online

9. Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – Saturday, April 17 to Sunday, April 25

Catch the cherry blossoms at Vancouver’s sakura celebration, featuring online festivities during the virtual Sakura Days (Saturday, April 17th and Sunday, April 18th) and the Sakura at Home event, which features special blossom-themed dishes to dine on, Sunday, April 25th.
Details online

10. Poutine with Purpose – Friday, April 23 to Saturday, May 1

Poutine with Purpose started in 2010 as a one-day poutine crawl in Calgary and, this year, it comes to Vancouver too. When you buy poutine from a participating vendor, a meal goes to a teen in need via Mealshare. 
Details online