Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, July 28 to August 1

Screening at the Polygon Gallery of Léon: The Professional director Luc Besson's 1997 sci-fi action-adventure flick, The Fifth Element.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, July 25 to 27

Vancouver's Babe Corner performs at the Rickshaw Theatre on Friday as one of the opening acts for indie-pop singer-songwriter Young Friend.

Pink Floyd tribute band Brit Floyd plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday as part of its Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Tour.

Canadian blues artist Sue Foley is among the performers taking part in the 48th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival at Jericho Beach Park.

Late-night screening at the Rio Theatre of director Roger Vadim's cheesy 1968 sci-fi sex romp Barbarella, starring Jane Fonda.

Screening at the Rio on Saturday of a remastered and remixed (it now goes to 11) version of director Rob Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap.

Screening at VIFF Centre on Thursday of Oldboy, South Korean director Park Chan-wook's 2003 revenge thriller.

Late-night screening at the Rio Theatre on Sunday of director Ari Aster's unsettling 2018 horror flick Hereditary, starring Toni Collette.

Coast to Coast performs its tribute to Scorpions, UFO, and the Michael Schenker Group at Surrey Canada Day on Tuesday.

American guitarist and political activist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine fame plays two nights at the Commodore Ballroom.

Screening at the Rio on Sunday of a 30th anniversary restoration of Paul Verhoeven's controversial satire and camp classic Showgirls.

Italian jazz-fusion and progressive-rock guitar virtuoso Matteo Mancuso plays the Rickshaw Theatre on Tuesday.

Former Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell leads his current band the Dirty Knobs at the Vogue Theatre on Sunday.