• Jóhann Jóhannsson: Cinematic Suites

    Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, Canada

    This unforgettable production celebrates the remarkable collaboration between the late composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and visionary director Denis Villeneuve. This special performance, Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Cinematic Suites – The Denis Villeneuve Scores, brings to life the evocative musical landscapes of three acclaimed films: Prisoners, Sicario, and Arrival. In addition to those scores,

    $30
  • Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves Celebrate John Coltrane

    The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver

    In September 2026, the jazz world marks the centennial of one of its greatest musicians: John Coltrane. To honour his enduring legacy, luminaries Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves unite for a remarkable tribute, revisiting Coltrane’s 1963 collaboration with Johnny Hartman.

  • Julian Lage Quartet

    Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, Canada

    Hailed as one of the most gifted guitarists of his generation and “one of the highest category of improvising musicians,” (The New Yorker) Julian Lage has spent decades exploring the many strains of American music with boundless curiosity and technical mastery. With roots tangled up in jazz, folk, classical, and

  • An Evening with Zadie Smith

    Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, Canada

    Join us for a captivating conversation with Zadie Smith, one of the most prolific writers of her generation, whose work has helped shape the literary landscape for over two decades. Two of Smith’s novels, White Teeth and NW, have been named among the best books of the 21st century by

  • Palace

    Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, Canada

    Palace have been making music together for over a decade. What started out as carefree jam sessions between Leo Wyndham, Rupert Turner and Matt Hodges in an airless studio in North London established a DIY ethos that remains intrinsic to the spirit of the band to this day. In early

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  • Ghibli Jazz Orchestra

    Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, Canada

    Under the direction of Isabel Leong, Vancouver’s Ghibli Jazz Orchestra is composed of 18 musicians who combine their love of Studio Ghibli films & video games with a deep reverence of the big bands of the 1940s. Their repertoire consists of compositions by Joe Hisaishi featured in Studio Ghibli films

  • An Evening with Min Jin Lee

    Chan Centre for the Perfroming Arts 6265 Crescent Road, Vancouver, Canada

    Born in Seoul and raised in Queens, Min Jin Lee is the preeminent author of the Korean diaspora. A masterful storyteller who illuminates the complexities of identity, migration, and belonging with great empathy, her novels have been recognized with some of the highest honours in the literary world. Lee made