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Join us Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 to experience a transcendental evening of innovative World Electronic fusion music. Featuring Zar Electrik – An afro-Moroccan trio from Marseilles & PIQSIQ - and an Inuit throat-singing ambient electronic sister duo. This concert is guaranteed to be some of the most unique, inspiring, and
Join us as we celebrate Indigenous cuisine and creativity! A specially curated Indigenous dinner and welcome drink, plus a sneak preview fashion show and talk from a 2024 Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week Designer. Call Salmon N’ Bannock after 2 pm at 604-568-8971 to reserve your spot!
The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts presents the 2024 VIVA Awards to Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill and T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss in a special award ceremony on March 26, 2025 at Emily Carr University. Each artist will receive $15,000 in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the arts
Come join us at Howe Sound Taphouse & Kitchen - East Van as we celebrate Indigenous Day! This event is all about honoring the rich culture, traditions, and contributions of Indigenous communities. Enjoy this Drag show filled with wonderful performances, engaging speaches, food, art, and more. Let's come together to
A Métis love story. Music plays and ponies dance as the epic story of Marie Callihoo and generations of Alberta’s Métis women unfurls through time. Follow Marie, Iskwewo, Napew, and Mistatim (“horse” in Michif) in intertwined celebrations of love and resilience as the Métis Nation emerges across the plains. Robust
The Dance Centre presents a visionary World Premiere from Co.ERASGA. Eternal Gestures is a trilogy of evocative solo works commissioned from Indigenous Coast Salish-based choreographers Starr Muranko, Michelle Olson and Margaret Grenier, and performed by Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino. This poetic work uplifts the voices of Indigenous women, asserts
Ashleigh will facilitate a storytelling workshop grounded in Indigenous storytelling traditions and Talking Circle practices. Open to all who are curious about self-expression through writing, poetry, or spoken word, the workshop offers a welcoming, culturally rooted space where participants are gently guided by prompts and invited to share. Centring connection,
Urban Ink’s TRANSFORM Festival returns, in collaboration with The Cultch, for its sixth year with its biggest and boldest lineup yet, on stage from November 6-8 and 14 & 15, 2025 at the Vancouver Playhouse. The cabaret-style festival features Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists spanning live music, drag, dance, circus, and
The Cultch & Urban Ink present: The Mush Hole A theatrical dance performance about Canada’s first Indian residential school, The Mohawk Institute, a.k.a. The Mush Hole. From 1828 to 1970, State and Church systems worked to sever Indigenous children from their families, culture, and language. Through the eyes of two
Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the world premiere of NDN Giver, from September 17, 2025 – January 25, 2026. Curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator, member of the Tsiits Git’anee clan, and passionate Haida Nation scholar Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut, the exhibition examines reciprocity,
Join a hands-on beading workshop with Métis/Swampy Cree/Ojibwe artist Pam Nowell! In this 3-hour session, Pam will guide you through beading techniques as you create your own piece. You’ll bead a project of your choice, either a striking strawberry or a delightful mushroom. All materials and tools are provided. Pre-registration
O.Dela Arts, in partnership with The Dance Centre presents the eighth annual Matriarchs Uprising Festival, a celebration of contemporary dance by Indigenous women from Canada and Australia, offering 6 unique programs of live performance February 18-21, along with artist-led Talking Truths circle conversations, dance masterclasses, community workshops and the IndigiDance