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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
The Arts Club Theatre Company is set to ignite the stage with its 2024–2025 season opener, Jersey Boys, at the historic Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Transport yourself back in time to experience the meteoric rise of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons—a journey through fame, fortune, and the timeless music
Qi Pao is a short play about a young mixed Asian girl who must confront her full Chinese and White self in order to feel whole. It’s a play about self-love, self-acceptance and understanding. TOTALLY 80s is a comedy about a 15-year-old girl in 1984 London who is trying to
'I have told my story... so many times. I think they thought it would make me feel less lonely. Haver you ever felt better by sharing something?' Last One Standing is an immersive theatre experience for one audience member, a phone and a mailbox. Listen to the story of your
Vancouver's first Gin Festival! With over 60 of the finest craft gins from British Columbia and around the world, this is the ultimate gathering for gin enthusiasts and cocktail lovers alike. Whether you’re a seasoned connoisseur or just beginning your gin journey, this festival offers a unique opportunity to explore
This full-length contemporary dance work from Montreal choreographer Johanne Gour is an absorbing meditation on our fickle physical body, and the ways in which it works as we expect and ways in which it doesn’t. (Jen Zoratti - Winnipeg Free Press, July 24, 2024.) In My toes striving till the
The 'Mortuary Market', hosted by the Vancouver Police Museum & Archives is the perfect experience to start your spooky season! It will feature vendors specialising in the esoteric, macabre, and spooky. Including; art, jewelry, taxidermy, spiritual tools, glass works, witchy homewares, ritual decore, books, photography, paranormal investigation equipment and more.
Music, innovation and art take centre stage at Flats Fest 2024! Join us on Saturday, September 7th, from 12pm to 9pm at 565 Great Northern Way for a free-to-enter, all ages event that will feature musical performances, an immersive and inspiring innovation zone, children’s activities, an artisan market, food trucks
Celebrate with your family and friends, meet others in the community, and enjoy the exciting flavours of Polish culture and food at the Polish Festival Vancouver, presented by the Belweder North Shore Polish Association. Everyone is welcome! Free Admission. Proudly sponsored by Province of British Columbia and media sponsors Global
How do people of faith transcend incarceration, torture, and execution? “When the Moment Comes” shares the harrowing journey and the heartbreaking stories Bahá’í women and men who were persecuted in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. This play is based on the memories of Ruhi Jahanpour, an Iranian
I want to wander with you through the tangled mess of life and the art it births. We get to peel back the layers of an artist’s soul, where every scar tells a story, and every triumph feels hard-won. This show does not shy away from the real stuff. We
Enter if you dare! Join spooky sisters, Gina & Victoria of Haunted History BC, for their first-ever immersive event, Dead of Night- Creepy Campfire Stories, at the Vancouver Police Museum & Archives. There is nothing quite like the gathering in the dark, around a cozy campfire to tell stories about
A comedy clown show that embraces loneliness and longing. Join the one-woman powerhouse, Ouzla the Okay, in this interactive story full of physical humour, unexpected guests, and puppetry. Fun for the whole family, relatable to adults everywhere. Some clowns can tell a story that both breaks your heart and uplifts