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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
When the world’s gone down the toilet… don’t forget to flush. The Beaumont Studios’ annual Halloween spectacle is back October 15–30 with Flushment Day, a dark, campy and deliciously dystopian theatre experience unlike anything else in the city. You’re one of the lucky few to receive a mysterious invitation aboard
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
Celebrating Paul Plimley, one of Vancouver's beloved pianists! Some of Vancouver’s finest improvising musicians will pay tribute to the joyful tornado of sound that was Paul. Featured artists and NOW colleagues on the bill include Nikita Carter and Bruce Freedman, saxophones; Clyde Reed, bass; Brian Horswill and Lisa Cay Miller,
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
Vancouver alt-country artist Shiloh Lindsey celebrates the vinyl release of her new album The Western Veil with a full-band show at the Fox Cabaret on October 16. Dark, warm and cinematic, The Western Veil moves through mortality, resilience, desire, reckoning and transformation, pairing Lindsey’s vivid songwriting with atmospheric guitars, pedal
Discover the wonderful world of bees through the senses. You will learn about the benefits of different products from the hive including propolis, pollen, and honey. Through exploring the products of the hive, we will learn how and why the bees create them, and will even have an extensive honey
The Midlife Symposium returns Saturday, October 17th. An inspiring afternoon of expert-led conversations, evidence-based education, wellness experiences, and meaningful connection, all designed with women in midlife in mind. This year, you’ll also be able to choose the breakout sessions that matter most to you and create your own symposium experience. Best
Join us for an intimate early evening of 8½ curious snacks, 10 strangers and a long table full of conversation. We’ll taste some surprises and sample a few familiar favourites. You may question what exactly is a snack along the way. Snacks included (obvs) but no snack expertise needed. Curiosity
Ashdale Gallery presents Love is Love, an exhibition celebrating the extraordinary multi-decade career and visionary practice of Two-Spirit Plains Cree artist George Littlechild. Love is Love offers a powerful window into a lifetime dedicated to reclamation, storytelling, and visual resistance. A Sixties Scoop survivor who painstakingly scoured national archives to
Stand-up comedy meets Polynesian dance at Ohana Comedy Show! Ohana Comedy Show brings together hilarious stand-up comedy and vibrant Polynesian dance performances for a one-of-a-kind night of live entertainment at China Cloud Studios. Hosted by Yumi Nagashima (Just For Laughs, Comedy Central, CBC’s The Debaters), the October lineup features headliner
The Firehall Arts Centre presents Hideki Noda’s Red Demon, October 8–18, 2026, directed by Mayumi Yoshida and produced by rice & beans theatre and Gokko Creative Society. This darkly funny, thought-provoking play follows a mysterious outsider who washes ashore and is feared by a community unable to understand him. With
The team: four brilliant thieves—the conman, the hacker, the cat burglar, the muscle—and the mastermind who brought them together. The target: a multimillion-dollar ruby. The plan: orchestrate the perfect crime. But when the job goes awry, will a daring second-chance scheme put them back on top? As the stakes rise,