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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Come to a Holiday Mahjong Social at Chinatown Storytelling Centre for an afternoon filled with nostalgia, community, and holiday cheer! In collaboration with Lucky Tile Mahjong, enjoy a friendly drop-in game or two of Mahjong. Bring the whole family—there will be mahjong-themed holiday gifts available at Foo Hung Curios and a
Enjoy a tasty lunch for a great cause! Join us December 2, 2025 (11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) at ACCESS Head Office, 108-100 Park Royal South, West Vancouver. $18 admission includes chili, bannock, and a drink, plus baked goodies, raffles, and a 50/50 draw. Proceeds support ACCESS and Urban Spirit
Let’s get together and celebrate Yalda! An intimate gathering in North Vancouver. • Only 35 spots • Ticket $60 • Includes dinner, dancing, DJ, and prizes • Bring your own drinks Expect a warm night with a small group and strong Yalda energy. Private location in North Vancouver (location shared
Join Richmond Public Library for a full day of festivities as we kick off our celebrations for Black History Month with a number of events and community programs. You will enjoy vibrant music, lively conversation and deep discussion from key and notable figures in our community. Programming will also include
An exclusive community screening of Jon Chiang's Spring After Spring, only at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre. Join us for a community screening of Jon Chiang’s Spring After Spring at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre. Winner of Best Canadian Feature at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, the film follows the Ho sisters
What do you get when you mix Robbie Burns Day, Lunar New Year, haggis, dim sum, kilts, and dragon dances? You get the one-and-only Robbie Burns Gung Haggis Fat Choy Celebration, galloping back in 2026 — the Year of the Fire Horse! Part Scottish, part Chinese, all Canadian — Gung Haggis Fat
One More Life Gallery is starting 2026 off with a group exhibition featuring local Asian artists! This show is to celebrate our identity, culture, arts, heritage, and creativity, however they look and feel for each of us. As You Are: Celebrating Asian Artists at One More Life Gallery 2111 Main
A celebration for Black History Month 2026, led by Fade to Black Entertainment Society (FTBE). This event will highlight the visual arts, music, literature, and film that have shaped Vancouver’s Black cultural landscape, while also opening a space for dialogue and healing within our creative community. Building on FTBE’s long-standing
This powerful concert celebration of music from the Black experience traces a 300-year journey—from work songs and spirituals to the rise of Soul, R&B, Blues, and Motown. The program highlights the evolving emancipation and cultural impact of African Descent communities from a North American perspective. Both entertaining and insightful, the
Celebrate Lunar New Year weekend with live Chinese cultural performances, tastings, family-friendly workshops, arts and crafts and more! On Saturday, February 21, the weekend festivities begin with a joyful opening celebration. Fire Horse–themed arts and family-friendly workshops, lantern viewing throughout the Garden, Lunar New Year tea ceremonies, calligraphy, and Nian
The annual LunarFest Concert returns to the Orpheum with our favourite local musicians and international artists. Join friends, family, and community for a night of music and storytelling that stretches from Vancouver across the Pacific. Featuring the inaugural Pancouver Awards, Taiwanese family theatre troupe Fooderlon Theater, Jade Music Fest artists,
Join us for a Sunday afternoon of dumplings and whisky cocktails! Your ticket includes a whisky cocktail* and delicious dumpling creations from each participating dumpling maker. Participating makers: Dicky's Dumps, Chef Warren Chow + Ah Nui Asian Foods, Daan Go Cake Labs, House of Yee Fine Foods, Kam Wai Dim