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

Friday screening of Backrooms at the Park Theatre includes intro and post-show Q&A with editor Greg Ng and sound designer Eugenio Battaglia.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, May 1 to 3

Screening at the Park Theatre on Friday of a 4K restoration of director Robin Hardy's 1973 folk-horror classic, The Wicker Man.

On Saturday at VIFF Centre guitarist-composer Tony Wilson’s The Homeless Project shines a sympathetic light on Canada’s urban dispossessed.

Screening at VIFF Centre on Sunday of the documentary I Am the Blues, preceded by a one-hour set by bluesman Robert Connely Farr.

Canadian rock legend Neil Young performs the first of two outdoor concerts with his band the Chrome Hearts at Deer Lake Park.

American comedian Kevin Nealon, best known for his nine-year stint on Saturday Night Live, performs an evening of standup at the Rio Theatre.

Texas blues-rock legends ZZ Top, featuring guitarist-vocalist Billy Gibbons, play the Great Canadian Casino Vancouver on Friday.

Screening at the Rio on Wednesday of blur: Live at Wembley Stadium, director Toby L's concert film that captures the Britpop quartet in 2023.

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.

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

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

Screenings at the Cinematheque on Friday and Sunday of Ran, director Akira Kurosawa's epic reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear.