Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, December 12 to 14

The Pack A.D. performs at the sold-out Keith Richards birthday bash and Vancouver Food Bank fundraiser at the Rickshaw on Saturday.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, December 8 to 12

Vancouver blues-rock quartet Terminal Station, featuring singer-guitarist Scott Smith, plays White Rock's Blue Frog Studios on Friday.

American comedy superstar Dave Chapelle performs standup at Rogers Arena on Sunday, with various comics warming up.

Screening at the VIFF Centre on Thursday of I Am Not Your Negro director Raoul Peck's documentary Orwell: 2+2=5.

The Vancouver Vinyl Record Show at Heritage Hall on Sunday features vendors selling LPs, 45s, CDs, posters, and music memorabilia.

Canadian author Chris Walter reads from his upcoming book Born Too Loose: A Messy & Incomplete History of Punk at the Rio on Thursday.

Vancouver rocker Rich Hope plays a release party for new album Live at the ANZA Club at Green Auto on Saturday.

25th-anniversary screening at the Rio on Friday of a restoration of director Darren Aronofsky's hard-hitting drama, Requiem for a Dream.

Tribute band Maiden Vancouver plays a set of Iron Maiden classics and a full setlist from 1985 at the Tsawwassen Legion on Saturday.

Bif Naked performs an acoustic set at the Rio on Tuesday, preceded by a screening of Pollyanna Hardwicke-Brown‘s new documentary about her.

Go to a local sports bar and watch the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2025 World Series on Friday or Saturday.

British guitar-rock quartet the Darkness, featuring brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins, plays the Commodore Ballroom on November 15.

Screening at the Rio on Monday of director Brian DePalma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling supernatural-horror novel Carrie.