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With familiar faces and moving musical favourites, Music for the Winter Solstice has been called the “antidote to the holly-jolliness of the season” (Stir Vancouver), trading over-the-top commercialized bustle for meditative stillness and reflection. Vancouver musicians Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, Robyn Jacob, Asitha Tennekoon, and Jonathan Lo return to provide audiences
Karen's Diner is on tour, taking the world by storm! Clearly, we're popular with over 14 locations across Australia, the UK and USA, so we are popping up for a short time only in your city! If you've got a mate who's a bit up their own ass, you now
Funny. Sexy. Fierce. Unapologetic! Anvil Theatre is thrilled to present Shield Maiden on Saturday, December 16 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. This presentation will be performed alongside an ASL interpreter. Imagine a 10th century Viking TED Talk on what it means to be a Viking warrior woman. As Garrison Commander Ingrid
Miss Delta Daggers presents A Vintage Burlesque Bingo - Holiday Edition at The Cascade Room! An enchanting evening of vintage glamour featuring Bingo, classic burlesque, cabaret & many other treats with prizes to be won at the end of each Bingo game! DOORS OPEN: 7:30 PM SHOW/GAMES START: 8:00 PM Multiple
Jillian, founder of The Métis Bannock Queen, grew up in Fort McMurray, Treaty 8, a First Nation territory in northwestern Canada. Till today, she reminisces about eating her grandfather’s bannock straight out of the oven, covered with jam, butter and honey. When Jillian first moved to Vancouver eighteen years ago,
Vancouver music legends play the Princeton Pub! Rat Silo performing two sets with Combine The Victorious adding the cherry on the cake with their disco-soaked, mesmerizing set - a night not to be missed!
Glow Langley is a family-friendly outdoor walk-around Christmas Festival running from November 23-December 30, 2023. This year's new theme is Christmas Carnival. Along with a scavenger hunt, food trucks, live performances, playgrounds, carnival-themed games, a craft corner, "Glow-comotive" train ride, a gift shop, a full market featuring goods from local
Join us for a night of independent alternative rock and pop at The Pearl on December 30th! Bring your friends and lets send off the year in style! FLØVER "The soundtrack of Tony Hawk Pro Skater Game set in the World of Darkness." Alternative Rock, Shoegaze, Post-Punk, from West Vancouver,
The Dance Centre presents interdisciplinary artist Nellie Gossen’s Returns, an imaginative convergence of dance, labour and garment fabrication: an innovative installation performance, and a month-long artistic enquiry into the standard 30-day retail return policy. Garments are purchased and brought to the studio where they are carefully disassembled, and reimagined into
Presented by Lipont Gallery and curated by scholar Wu Tiehan, the Observing the Growth of Life – Art by Shuyu Yin Exhibition will open on January 13, 2024. This exhibition will display over ten exquisite flower and bird ink-on-rice paper prints by Yin. The famous art critic Mr. Yongnian Xue
Join us for a movie screening in the historic City Morgue! Doors open at 6pm, giving you 1 hour to explore the museum, including the Autopsy Suite and Coroner's Courtroom. The Exorcist (1973) "When a young girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two
The exhibition has been extended to January 18th, 2024. Please join us at the closing reception of this exhibition and meet the artists once again on January 18th between 2-5pm! At the Lipont Gallery, we are proud to introduce the visionary works of the Vancouver and Richmond-based artist duo, Wenli