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Celebrating Vancouver arts, culture, and lifestyle. The best events, restaurants, festivals, visual arts, performing arts, live music, comedy, and more.
Flats Fest returns Sept 6, 12–9 PM at 565 Great Northern Way. Free all-ages festival with live music from Yukon Blonde & more, kids’ zone, food trucks, local vendors, and community fun. Celebrate summer’s final weekend in Vancouver’s South Flats!
Step into a serene sanctuary designed to help you melt away tension and restore your inner calm. Melt & Massage is a carefully curated experience that blends gentle movement, sensory indulgence, and deep relaxation. This collaboration between The Beat Studio and Saje Wellness is the perfect antidote to modern stress.
The Dance Centre's 24th annual Open House offers a chance to experience a host of different dance styles, in a day of free classes, showings and events. Participating companies and artists include Co.ERASGA, Claire French/Restless Productions, Vidya Kotamraju, Wailele Wai Wai, and more, with a special guest performance by Poland’s
Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. More than 100 million people around the world have experienced the awe-inspiring visual artistry, the unforgettable music, and the uniquely theatrical storytelling of
World-renowned meditation master and peace ambassador Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar comes to Vancouver with The Journey Within—a unique pathway to profound peace and personal growth. Founder of the Art of Living, Gurudev has transformed the lives of over 450 million people worldwide. An internationally recognized figure, Gurudev has appeared
The Dance Centre’s popular and long-running Discover Dance! noon series begins a new season with a performance by the Vancouver-based Bharatanatyam artist Sujit Vaidya. Known for working both within and beyond traditional Bharatanatyam, he will share a stimulating presentation of excerpts from dances passed down through the generations, as well
Yes Shef, Vancouver’s most anticipated culinary event returns for its 5th anniversary. This one-night tasting, hosted at the Fairmont Pacific Rim’s opulent Star Sapphire Ballroom, brings together many of British Columbia’s top women chefs and their culinary mentees. Guests are invited to explore 15+ stations of unforgettable food and drink,
Join Dress for Success Vancouver, a local charity empowering women and gender-diverse individuals into good jobs, financial independence and personal success, to celebrate its community impact at its 13th annual Success Luncheon. Presented by Blueshore Financial, a division of Beem Credit Union, the Success Luncheon brings together business, philanthropic and
Choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Eric Cheung premieres his debut full-length work, Contra. Set within an ethereal world, Contra merges dance with interactive technologies, sculpting multi-laser projections and a sound-resonant water installation into an ever-changing environment. Bringing together an exceptional group of artists and collaborators from diverse disciplines, the work features
Come down to Rogers Arena for an exciting night of hard-hitting lacrosse action! It’s a fun and affordable way to enjoy a night out with family and friends! The Vancouver Warriors take on the Rochester Knighthawks in battle during Wrestling Night, presented by VEGAIN, on Saturday, February 7 at 7:00pm.
In collaboration with Netflix, Secret City presents a one-of-a-kind Murder Mystery Dinner experience. Set in the captivating, thrilling universe of the Knives Out film series, this immersive event will have you on the edge of your seat as you and your team work to uncover the truth. Extended run, now
From March 4–14, Vancouver International Dance Festival transforms our beautiful city into a hub for global dance that challenges norms and sparks connection. Featuring: WORLD PREMIERES * INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES * STREET DANCE TRIPLE BILL * COMMUNITY GATHERINGS * LOW-BARRIER ACCESS * Join us for live art that transforms, soothes, provokes