778 event listings begin at the provincial level and can be narrowed by city, matching the code after its 2007 expansion. This makes the event experience distinct from 604, which remains Vancouver/Lower-Mainland focused. Use the live filters below for concerts, sports, theatre, family activities and festivals without changing the geographic meaning of area code 778.
778 has an unusual B.C. history: it began in 2001 as a concentrated overlay around Greater Vancouver, Abbotsford and Mission, then expanded province-wide in 2007. This guide uses that transition to explain why 778 is no longer a Vancouver-only code. Event dates and venue details are live information rather than permanent area-code facts, so confirm the final schedule, ticket availability and access information on the provider page before making plans.
Vogue Theatre-BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Orpheum Theatre - Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
Classical Event details ↗Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Victoria, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Rogers Forum
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Rogers Arena
Vancouver, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Prospera Place
Kelowna, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Sandman Centre
Kamloops, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗CN Centre
Prince George, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Casino Vancouver
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Casino Vancouver
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Vogue Theatre-BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗BC Place
Vancouver, British Columbia
Cricket Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, British Columbia
Magic & Illusion Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗Rogers Forum
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Theatre Event details ↗Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Theatre Event details ↗Casino Vancouver
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Magic & Illusion Event details ↗
MCPHERSON PLAYHOUSE
Victoria, British Columbia
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Kelowna Community Theatre
Kelowna, British Columbia
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Vancouver Playhouse
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Orpheum Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Vogue Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Vogue Theatre-BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗
Vogue Theatre-BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗
Vogue Theatre-BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Vogue Theatre-BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Royal Theatre
Victoria, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Royal Theatre
Victoria, British Columbia
Comedy Event details ↗Under the Big Top - Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Under the Big Top - Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Under the Big Top - Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Vogue Theatre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Variety Event details ↗Vogue Theatre-BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Variety Event details ↗Under the Big Top - Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
Miscellaneous Event details ↗Event listings and images are supplied by Ticketmaster Discovery API. Availability and details remain subject to change.
The 778 location question often starts with Vancouver, but the current answer is all of British Columbia. Its expansion from a concentrated southwest overlay to province-wide service is the key fact that separates 778 from 604. Venue coordinates are used only to place the current listings geographically; the event map is not a navigation service and does not redefine the numbering boundary of area code 778.
Modern 778 geography is all of British Columbia, even though many people still associate the code most strongly with Vancouver because of its original southwest footprint.
The guide deliberately balances Vancouver familiarity with island, Interior and northern B.C. reference points so current information matches the code after its province-wide expansion. Event discovery is therefore centred on the place or set of places that best represents 778 today rather than on an arbitrary city shared by every site.
778 has a two-stage history: it began in 2001 as an overlay concentrated around Greater Vancouver, Abbotsford and Mission, then expanded province-wide in 2007. That expansion makes 778 different from both 604 and later province-wide overlays: its current meaning cannot be understood from the 2001 launch geography alone. The historical and geographic explanation stays stable, while the actual concerts, sports, theatre and festivals are supplied from the current event feed.
A 778 number may still look Vancouver-specific to some users, but caller location and legitimacy cannot be inferred from that historical association. The events page is a local discovery utility connected to the area-code geography; it does not imply that someone using a 778 number is attending, living near or calling from those venues.