Things to do this weekend

Eighties new wave legends land at The Pearl on a Tuesday

EJEAN plays The Fox Cabaret, doodles and all, on a Tuesday

The Fixx bring new wave nostalgia to a nineteen-plus Tuesday

Ninety minutes of Whitecaps drama at BC Place makes a bold date

Young bluesman who makes heartbreak sound like a good time

Gravel-voiced troubadour at a room the size of your living room

Spread a blanket on the Deer Lake festival lawn, share a beer-garden pint, and let live blues drift over the water as the sun drops.

Mount Pleasant's successor to the Mural Fest street party: car-free Main Street, four free music stages, local vendors and food trucks for one August Saturday.

Bass-heavy chaos for couples who like their dates loud

Emo throwbacks for the date who peaked in 2007

Post-hardcore loud enough to test your new relationship

Dance-punk legends who understand your existential dread perfectly

Ninety minutes of soccer and shared snack-based bonding

CFL football, giant stadium, endless excuses to grab hands

Dreamy, moody indie rock in a very fancy room

Sweet retro soul made for holding hands outdoors

Soulful qawwali that fills a room with longing

Arena sized pop with enough sparkle for two

Prince of Whales runs heated catamarans out of Granville Island after orcas and humpbacks, with a 95 percent sighting rate and hot chocolate on board.

Whistler's cooler, cheaper neighbour sits 45 minutes up the Sea-to-Sky with a gondola, a giant rock, and brewery rewards at every trailhead.

A 20-minute ferry from Horseshoe Bay, a wood-stove cottage, and the moment the last ferry leaves and Snug Cove is entirely yours.

The cliche that earned it. Eight free volleyball nets, a driftwood log, and English Bay going full pink.

The literal end of Highway 101: two ferries, cardamom buns, Hawaii-blue water at Savary Island, and glassy Desolation Sound fjords.

Since 1931, this 137-metre saltwater pool at Kits Beach has been making Vancouver look embarrassingly good.

Granite railway tunnels over a turquoise gorge, 80-plus chainsaw carvings, and a 90-minute drive most people waste by not stopping.

Two ferries past Vancouver Island to BC's warmest saltwater beach, which happens to look exactly like Hawaii.

Cross the Duffey Lake Road and land in BC's best-kept secret: a sun-baked canyon, a milky-turquoise lake, and actual gold-rush history.

The glacier-fed lake so clear you'll forget there's a Costco 40 minutes away, paddle included.

Forty-plus boutique Okanagan wineries on a 16-km lakeside road, best done by e-bike so nobody has to drive.

Drive 30 minutes past Whistler into a valley of seed-potato farms and glaciers, with three turquoise reservation-only lakes at the top.

A coal town that swapped mining for singletrack, then added a heritage hostel and a brewery to handle the aftermath.

Port Moody's waterfront park: free spray park, a regionally famous skate-and-bike-trials park, and the best spectating in the Lower Mainland.