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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Dancers of Damelahamid presents the 19th annual Coastal Dance Festival, honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, on stage March 3, 2026 at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster, and from March 4-8, 2026, at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC in Vancouver.
From March 4–14, Vancouver International Dance Festival transforms our beautiful city into a hub for global dance that challenges norms and sparks connection. Featuring: WORLD PREMIERES * INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES * STREET DANCE TRIPLE BILL * COMMUNITY GATHERINGS * LOW-BARRIER ACCESS * Join us for live art that transforms, soothes, provokes
Entering its 21st year, the Gender Equity in Media Festival (GEMFest), formerly Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), showcases an impressive line-up of short and feature-length films (narrative, documentary, experimental and animation) by established and emerging women and gender diverse filmmakers from around the world.
Join the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC) for the 10th Annual Herstory Fundraising Gala, an inspiring evening celebrating resilience, community, culture, and impact in support of women’s leadership and empowerment. This milestone event brings together leaders, advocates, and supporters for a memorable night of connection, live entertainment, impactful storytelling, a
Flourish is an opportunity to support VCC students in changing their lives with real-world, hands-on education. Alongside 15 tasting stations, brought to you by top chefs and VCC alumni, and local wine, drinks, and dessert, you will have the chance to meet industry and business leaders, government representatives, and other
InspireHealth is the only community organization in B.C. that provides free support for cancer patients and their loved ones’ physical and emotional health - right from diagnosis, through treatment and beyond. Every year, thousands of people affected by cancer rely on InspireHealth for care, guidance, and connection. As demand continues
The Birth Standard Prenatal Class is a three day workshop designed to support and empower you through the transition into parenthood—both mentally and physically. Grounded in evidence-based education, this comprehensive course guides you from pregnancy and labour through the early days at home with your baby. Led by Blair Graham
The Polygon Gallery presents Tania Willard: Photolithics from March 7–May 24, 2026. The exhibition is Willard’s first since winning the 2025 Sobey Art Award — Canada’s biggest contemporary art prize — and is her largest solo show to date. Photolithics, a portmanteau of ancient words for “light” and “stone,” highlights
Clear your schedule and sharpen your senses, the Spring Mortuary Market is coming back on Saturday, March 7! Whether you’re looking to deck out your altar, find the perfect taxidermy centrepiece, or hunt for curiosities that would make a Victorian ghost blush, we’ve got you covered. What to expect: Haunting
Join us for our first market pop-up of the year at the iconic Pipe Shop in the heart of the Shipyards District! Browse 50+ incredible local vendors offering unique finds, thoughtful gifts, and those “just because” treats you didn’t know you needed. It’s the perfect place to support small businesses
Join us for our first market pop-up of the year at the iconic Pipe Shop in the heart of the Shipyards District! ✨ Browse 50+ incredible local small businesses offering unique finds, thoughtful gifts, and those “just because” treats you didn’t know you needed. It’s the perfect place to support
Celebrate 25 years of community, culture, and care at the Nikkei Place Foundation’s Sakura Gala on Saturday, March 7, 2026. This elegant evening will feature the Thomas Shoyama Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to two outstanding Japanese Canadian leaders in recognition of their lifelong contributions and lasting impact on the community.