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113 events tracked (86 hidden, 27 featured) · Updated July 25, 2026 12:55 UTC

Founders Running Club :: Vancouver Hidden
Sat, Jul 25 at 04:00 PM · The Grind by VEGAIN · 72 going
startupnetworkingfounders
Hosted by Founders Running Club, Yash Arya, Melissa L'Heureux-Hache, Omar Asaker, Yash Arya
VFC 23: DJI Day at Big Baby Hidden
Sat, Jul 25 at 05:00 PM · Strathcona · 97 going
arts & culturetechgeneral
Hosted by Richard Lam, Big Baby Studios, Filmgear Canada
YG BUILD CLUB Hidden
Sat, Jul 25 at 05:00 PM · Young Guns Studio · 18 going
networkinggeneral
Hosted by Pete Young, Itamar Titievsky
TechWalk | Vancouver, 7/25 Hidden
Sat, Jul 25 at 07:00 PM · Kitsilano · 109 going
networkingtechgeneral
Hosted by Caroline Gomes, Christine Farrier Rosemin, Jen McGavin
akārā-fest — movement, nourishment & community. Featured
Sun, Jul 26 at 05:00 PM · Willoughby Estate
socialhealthgeneral
Hosted by akārā
Dolly Workshop 101 Featured
Sun, Jul 26 at 06:00 PM · East Vancouver · 50 going
workshoparts & culturegeneral
Hosted by Gurlz Just Wanna Load Trucks - Vancouver
Core Coffee - In-Person Shipaton 😺 Edition Featured
Sun, Jul 26 at 06:00 PM · Prototype Coffee · 31 going
technetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Kai, Malin
Dog Walk & Social Featured
Sun, Jul 26 at 07:00 PM · Kitsilano Beach Tennis Courts · 24 going
socialgeneral
Hosted by Dalena Luong, Amanda Hoang
Soft Healing: A Ladies Self Love Journaling Circle ✨ Featured
Sun, Jul 26 at 08:00 PM · FUNK. Coffee Bar · 15 going
healthworkshopgeneral
Hosted by The Ripple Room
Atelier · UBC #142 Hidden
Sun, Jul 26 at 08:00 PM · UBC
designnetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Kai, Diana Alhany, Leonard, shradha o7, Iris D. Liu
YG Flow Club: Offline Sundays Featured
Sun, Jul 26 at 11:30 PM · Young Guns Studio · 8 going
socialgeneral
Hosted by Young Guns Studio, Pete Young
VAM! Weekly AI Reading Group - Bias in Generative AI 🤖📖 Hidden
Wed, Jul 29 at 01:00 AM · Northeastern University - Vancouver · 50 going
aiworkshopengineers
Hosted by Issam Hadj Laradji, Naghmeh Babaee
Atelier · Weeknights #105 Hidden
Wed, Jul 29 at 01:00 AM · Kerrisdale · 2 going
networkinggeneral
Hosted by Kai, Rae, Diana Alhany, Kaitlyn, shradha o7, Lily Watt, Jonah Larsen, Dali Kapanadze, Iris D. Liu
Althra x MNP Masterclass: Building the Financial Foundations of Your Startup Hidden
Wed, Jul 29 at 11:30 PM · Central Vancouver · 29 going
startupworkshopfounders
Hosted by Sanket Mittal
BMO SME Climate Clinic Industry Night Hidden
Thu, Jul 30 at 12:00 AM · The University of British Columbia · 25 going
healthpanelgeneral
Vancouver AI Community Meetup Hidden
Thu, Jul 30 at 01:00 AM · H.R. MacMillan Space Centre · 84 going
ainetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Kris Krüg
DC604 - Personal homelab environment Featured
Thu, Jul 30 at 01:00 AM · Microsoft Campus Vancouver - 725 · 120 going
developernetworkingengineers
Hosted by Amiran Alavidze
LLM Paper Reading Group Hidden
Thu, Jul 30 at 01:00 AM · Downtown Vancouver · 2 going
aiworkshopgeneral
Hosted by Megha Kalia
AMA (Ask Me Anything) - Toronto! Hidden
Thu, Jul 30 at 02:00 PM · Prototype Coffee
startupnetworkingfounders
Hosted by Spring
The Future of Women: Money, Power & Influence Featured
Fri, Jul 31 at 12:00 AM · Microsoft Campus Vancouver - 725 · 401 going
techpanelgeneral
Hosted by Bibiana Souza
Impact Mixer - Vancouver [founder edition] Hidden
Fri, Jul 31 at 12:00 AM · Olympic Village
startupnetworkingfounders
Hosted by Spring
Vancouver Bitdevs Hidden
Fri, Jul 31 at 02:00 AM · FUNK. Coffee Bar · 13 going
cryptonetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Leo
Vancouver VibeStation Hidden
Fri, Jul 31 at 05:00 PM
cryptonetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Superteam Canada
SneakyArt Studio Hours Featured
Fri, Jul 31 at 11:00 PM · The Beaumont Studios · 32 going
designworkshopgeneral
Hosted by Nishant Jain
ISSofBC x Tech2Step Walk & Connect – Vancouver Hidden
Sat, Aug 01 at 12:30 AM · Downtown Vancouver
networkinggeneral
Hosted by Khristine Carino, Shaunah Majcher, Dolan H., Lydia Alili, Frentzen Taslim
HYBRED CULTURE CLUB X HO YUEN CAFE Featured
Sat, Aug 01 at 04:00 PM · Ho Yuen Cafe · 68 going
healthsocialgeneral
Hosted by Hybred Culture Club
YG BUILD CLUB Hidden
Sat, Aug 01 at 05:00 PM · Young Guns Studio · 2 going
networkinggeneral
Hosted by Pete Young
Diversity in Games Pride Parade Meetup 🌈 Hidden
Sun, Aug 02 at 07:00 PM · Artigiano Roundhouse · 1 going
networkingsocialgeneral
Hosted by Diversity In Games
Atelier · UBC #143 Hidden
Sun, Aug 02 at 08:00 PM · UBC
designarts & culturedesigners
Hosted by Kai, Diana Alhany, Leonard, shradha o7, Iris D. Liu
Lucky Tile Mahjong 101: Intro to Mahjong Hidden
Wed, Aug 05 at 12:00 AM · Fairmont Pacific Rim
socialworkshopgeneral
Hosted by Lucky Tile Mahjong
Lucky Tile Mahjong Social Featured
Wed, Aug 05 at 12:00 AM · Fairmont Pacific Rim
socialgeneral
Hosted by Lucky Tile Mahjong
Atelier · Weeknights #106 Hidden
Wed, Aug 05 at 01:00 AM · Kerrisdale
technetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Kai, Rae, Diana Alhany, Kaitlyn, shradha o7, Lily Watt, Jonah Larsen, Dali Kapanadze, Iris D. Liu
Full Indie Game Dev August Meet Up (at LaSalle) Hidden
Wed, Aug 05 at 01:00 AM · LaSalle College Vancouver · 12 going
developernetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Aryo Nazaradeh
AI Ethical Futures Lab #6 Hidden
Wed, Aug 05 at 01:30 AM · Parker Street Studios · 6 going
aipanelgeneral
Hosted by Kris Krüg, Tanya Slingsby, Jesi Carson
East Van Bitcoin Meetup Hidden
Thu, Aug 06 at 12:00 AM · Container Brewing Ltd. · 3 going
cryptonetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Leo
Machine Learning Reading Group Hidden
Thu, Aug 06 at 01:00 AM · Northeastern University - Vancouver
aiworkshopgeneral
Hosted by Matt Emery
Time Out Market Vancouver - An Intro to Mahjong Hosted by Lucky Tile Mahjong Events Hidden
Thu, Aug 06 at 02:00 AM · Time Out Market Vancouver
socialworkshopgeneral
Hosted by Lucky Tile Mahjong
44th YVR Hardware Meetup @ Sky Lounge | HardTech Happy Hour Featured
Fri, Aug 07 at 12:00 AM · Doane Grant Thornton LLP · 97 going
networkingstartupgeneral
Hosted by MistyWest, Matt Li, Armin Ghauforian
Summertime Social Vol.2 x Best Buy Canada Hidden
Fri, Aug 07 at 12:30 AM · Best Buy Canadian Headquarters · 73 going
networkingdesigndesigners
Hosted by Vancouver Design Community
Vol. 003: One Day Choir x Vancouver Featured
Fri, Aug 07 at 01:30 AM · Central Vancouver
arts & culturemusicgeneral
Hosted by Tricia Jose, Mikey Jose
Vancouver VibeStation Hidden
Fri, Aug 07 at 05:00 PM
cryptonetworkinggeneral
Hosted by Superteam Canada
Tech2Step Walk & Connect – Vancouver Hidden
Sat, Aug 08 at 12:30 AM · Downtown Vancouver
networkingtechgeneral
Hosted by Khristine Carino
Ladies Cafe and Sunset Hang (Kits) 🌅✨ Featured
Sat, Aug 08 at 02:00 AM · KITS Cafe & Eyewear · 54 going
socialnetworkinggeneral
Hosted by The Ripple Room
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Luma Events in Vancouver

Looking for Luma events in Vancouver? This page tracks every public event on Luma (lu.ma) in Vancouver — 113 right now, including the 76% that never appear on Luma's discover page. We refresh the full Vancouver Luma calendar every 4 hours. See also all Luma events by city.

Vancouver events at a glance

113
tracked events
76%
hidden from Luma discover
25
events this week
~25
events per week on average
Networking
most active category (37)
Wednesday
busiest day of the week

Vancouver’s tech community is smaller than Toronto’s but has a specific character that makes it worth understanding on its own terms. The gaming industry is probably the most under-appreciated aspect of the city’s tech economy: EA, Ubisoft, Roblox, and a large number of independent studios have offices here, and there’s an active game developer community with its own event circuit that runs separately from the startup scene. The AR/VR and spatial computing community is disproportionately large relative to the city’s overall tech density, partly because of the gaming adjacency. The city also functions as a significant Asia-Pacific tech bridge — Japanese, Korean, and Chinese tech companies often use Vancouver as their North American entry point, and that shows up in the business event calendar with more cross-Pacific networking than you’d find in any other Canadian city.

The Pacific Northwest vibe is real: there’s a deliberate pace to how Vancouver’s tech community operates, and events tend toward substantive topics over social performance. Outdoor culture bleeds into the professional calendar in visible ways — morning hikes framed as networking, waterfront runs, and evening events that end in time for people to get home to their actual outdoor activities. Downtown Vancouver and Strathcona hold most of the recurring tech events; Coal Harbour hosts more formal corporate-sponsored events. The climate tech thread here connects with Seattle’s PNW Climate Week community across the border, and you’ll find the same organizers running events in both cities. Wednesday evening is the consistent peak. The community is small enough that attending two or three events puts you in front of most of the active organizers.

Frequently asked questions about Vancouver events

How many events are happening in Vancouver?
We're tracking 113 upcoming events in Vancouver, sourced from 127 Luma organizer calendars. 86 of those are hidden — they don't appear on Luma's discover page. The full list refreshes every 4 hours.
How many events are happening in Vancouver this week?
There are 25 events happening in Vancouver this week (3 AI, 4 startup, 1 tech, 9 networking events). Scroll up to see the live list, refreshed every 4 hours.
What percentage of Vancouver events are hidden from Luma's discover page?
76% of Vancouver events are hidden — they exist in organizer calendars but never get featured on Luma's discover page. We surface all of them: 86 hidden and 27 featured events right now.
How many events does Vancouver have per week on average?
Vancouver averages about 25 events per week based on the last 9 weeks of historical data. Some weeks run higher when conferences or hackathons cluster; quieter weeks still hit our baseline.
What kinds of events are most common in Vancouver?
Networking events are the most active category in Vancouver, with 37 upcoming events. Other strong categories include startup, tech, networking, and crypto.
What day of the week has the most events in Vancouver?
Wednesday is the busiest day for Vancouver events, with 29 events currently scheduled. Weekday evenings tend to anchor the calendar — meetups, demo nights, and founder dinners.
What time of day do Vancouver events usually start?
Most Vancouver events run in the evening (5 PM–11 PM) — 58% of events start in that window. The single most common start time is 6 PM local time.
What are the top neighborhoods for events in Vancouver?
The most active neighborhoods for events in Vancouver are Downtown Vancouver, Strathcona, Coal Harbour. Click any event in the list above to see its exact venue and location.
Who hosts the most events in Vancouver?
The most active hosts in Vancouver right now include Kris Krüg, Kai, Diana Alhany. Hosts that put up the most public events tend to be community calendars, coworking spaces, and recurring meetup organizers.
What's the biggest upcoming event in Vancouver?
The largest event currently on our radar in Vancouver is "The Future of Women: Money, Power & Influence" with 401 guests RSVPed. See the full event list above for time and venue.
How do I find hidden events in Vancouver?
This page is the directory — every public Luma event in Vancouver, including the hidden ones that never reach Luma's discover page. Filter by date, category, or just scroll. Each event links straight to Luma to RSVP. Data refreshes every 4 hours.

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