Culture Calendar
Chinatown, Kingsway, and Richmond Golden Village corridors plus West Coast diaspora festivals.
Use the city guide for neighborhoods and meal starts, then this calendar for Richmond Night Market, Powell Street Festival, and one-offs.
Vancouver, British Columbia
VAFF lists its 30th festival November 5–15, 2026. A launch date of September 24 is already past. Venues, titles, and tickets are not posted. The dedicated festival page is still thin.
Image: Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Vancouver, British Columbia
Diwali Fest lists a free, registration-required Diwali in Vancouver Saturday, November 7, 2026, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Roundhouse Community Centre in Yaletown.
Image: Diwali Fest / Diwali Celebration Society
Surrey, British Columbia
RED FM lists a free Diwali Dhamaka Saturday, November 7, 2026, noon to 8 p.m. at Surrey Civic Plaza, 13450 104 Avenue. Sarthi K is the named performer. Surrey's city calendar does not yet list the booking.
Image: RED FM Canada / Eventbrite
Past Vancouver listings stay live for recaps and next-year bookmarks.
Burnaby, British Columbia
Nikkei National Museum lists Season of Japan Sunday, October 4, 2026, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby. Exhibits stay open until 5 p.m. A free reserved screening of Kokuho runs 1:00 to 4:15 p.m.
Image: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond Night Market runs Friday–Sunday evenings through September 20, 2026 at 8351 River Road, a short walk from Canada Line Bridgeport Station, with food, retail, and late-night hours.
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond Night Market's last weekend at River Road is September 18–20, 2026, after 26 seasons and a lease that ends this year.
Image: GoToVan (CC BY 2.0)
Richmond, British Columbia
Gateway Theatre's Mid-Autumn Melodies returns Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in Minoru Chapel with a family concert by Jason Sakaki and Tiana Jung, then crafts at Gateway Theatre.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Fire Dragon Festival returns September 18–19, 2026 in Vancouver Chinatown, with the main fire dragon performance at 7 p.m. near 578 Carrall Street.
Image: Fire Dragon Festival
Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver TAIWANfest is free September 5–7, 2026 on Granville Street and the Art Gallery plaza, with a Dialogue with Scotland theme.
Vancouver, British Columbia
VTWFF marks its 20th anniversary September 4–5, 2026 at the VIFF Centre with the theme New Generation Lenses, spotlighting emerging Taiwanese filmmakers through screenings, panels, and industry programming.
Image: Vancouver Taiwanese Film Society
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Kimchi & K-Food Festival returns August 28–29, 2026 to Coquitlam Town Centre Park with free admission, K-street food, kimchi and hanbok experiences, K-beauty workshops, and main-stage contests.
Image: Republic of Korea (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Film, TV, music, and culture coverage from Goldscene. Not just what's on the calendar.
What to Watch
Netflix Tudum announces Best of the Best, a dance comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia as childhood friends competing on a college Bollywood fusion team, streaming Sept. 18.
Today's Radar
The Goldscene Desk rounds up the Asian pop culture moments most likely to dominate diaspora group chats this week, from tour news to red carpet returns.
Brand Watch
Bulgari named aespa's Ningning a brand ambassador on Sept. 21. The first pictures put her in Divas' Dream earrings and a Serpenti watch, months after she wore the house to the Met.
Get Friday's concise edit of Asian entertainment, a finished watch queue, and culture dates worth saving.
