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Inspired by true events, Casey and Diana is set in 1991, the peak of the AIDS crisis, at Toronto’s Casey House, Canada’s first freestanding AIDS hospice. Casey House has just received uplifting news: Diana, Princess of Wales, will be making a historic visit. Experience this poignant portrayal of the residents
The Beaumont Artist Studios is celebrating 20 years with Art Icognito art party! Don’t miss 40+ open studios, food trucks & cocktails, live music & DJs, fun games and performances, and an art sale like no other. Art Incognito, a unique one-night-only fundraising gala, features over 200+ anonymous artworks each
Arts Umbrella is proud to present this year's Expressions Festival, bringing inspired, cutting-edge performances, and innovative showcases – centered around celebrating our talented young artists. The 2025 line-up includes: Seasaw The Forests WIld Newsies JR Between The Lines L.O.V.E Expressions Festival is presented by RBC.
Mark your calendars! Join us on April 26-27, 2025 at The Heritage Hall in Vancouver for our Spring Market — a weekend to support 50+ local small businesses in YOUR community! This simple act of shopping local has major ripple effects for our whole local economy. @madeinthe604 has been part
Vancouver, get ready! Touch by Asoebi Girl is bringing bold, modern African fashion to the city. Shop unique, ready-to-wear styles and accessories that celebrate culture and craftsmanship and discover something vibrant, stylish, and new—right here in Vancouver. Join us on Friday (April 25th) at Rise Up Marketplace from 3-7pm and
Renowned Canadian chef and sustainable food systems advocate Ned Bell returns to restaurant service this April with a 12-night-only pop-up at Burnaby Heights’ beloved Gray Olive Cafeteria. “In The Heights” is a vibrant, prix fixe dining experience celebrating BC’s peak-season ingredients—from ocean to field to farm. Enjoy a three-course menu
The time has come, Warriors fans! The Vancouver Warriors first-ever home playoff game is set for Saturday, April 26 at 7:00pm against the Rochester Knighthawks at Rogers Arena! Riding a six-game winning streak, the Warriors are entering the playoffs playing some of their best lacrosse of the season, and we
Madama Butterfly tells the poignant story of Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese woman who marries American naval officer B.F. Pinkerton, only to face heartbreak and tragedy. Puccini's lush and emotive score guides the audience through themes of love, betrayal, and hope, making it one of the most enduring works in the
DanceHouse presents the BC premiere of Peeping Tom’s intriguing theatrical dream world Diptych: The missing door and The lost room, on stage at the Vancouver Playhouse April 24-26, 2025. The multiple-award-winning Belgian dance theatre company takes on a surreal and highly cinematic storytelling approach, featuring extraordinary physicality and pushing the
Get tickets for the MAESTROS OF AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ concert series and catch for the 1st time in Vancouver and direct from Cuba, the ALAIN PEREZ TRIO. Join us for an evening of island-flavoured jazz with one of the greatest Cuban musicians of our time. Singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, arranger, orchestra
Some Assembly Theatre Company is thrilled to launch its 25th season with Our Last Tree from Wednesday, April 30 to Saturday, May 3 at the Roundhouse Performance Centre in Vancouver. A raging storm has taken the lives of many, including three at a climate protest. Observed by a ghostly figure,
Zahida Rahemtulla (The Wrong Bashir) returns to the Firehall to bring another comedic drama to its stage. Directed by vAct’s Derek Chan, The Frontliners takes audiences to an East Vancouver hotel in early 2016, where three beleaguered employees find homes for new families from Syria in the midst of a