This important exhibition explores the development of Cindy Sherman’s work from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s to the present day. The first retrospective of this internationally acclaimed artist’s work in Canada for 20 years, it includes selections from each of her major series, including new and rarely Read more [...]
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is Vancouver’s signature, mid-winter cultural event, taking place over three weeks each January in theatres and venues across the city. The PuSh Festival presents groundbreaking, contemporary works of theatre, dance, music, and multimedia by acclaimed local, national, and international artists. the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Read more [...]
Hosted by Linda Casano Get ready to reflect, dream, cut, paste, draw and colour creating your unique masterpiece of intention with the “missing key element”? Join us, January 30th from 5:30pm-7:30pm, for a unique approach to creating your visions for the coming year with PAM’S amazing Linda Casano, a Certified Read more [...]
The Vancouver Playhouse welcomes: Anywhere But Here is an external representation of the inner turmoil of exile. Using magic realism tropes, it follows a family on a journey back towards Chile from Canada. They drive in a mythological chrome convertible along the desert border between the US and Mexico, each with different Read more [...]
The Barber of Seville By Gioachino Rossini Queen Elizabeth Theatre Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™ projected above the stage Evening performances 7:30pm. Matinée performance 2:00pm. Thursday, February 13, 2020 | Saturday, February 15, 2020 | Thursday, February 20, 2020 | Sunday, February 23, 2020 • matinee Chase away the Read more [...]
For our 2019/20 season Ballet BC invites you to join us in celebrating life as movement. Dance has the power to transform and connect us in ways that echo across time, place and culture. Our artists, virtuosic physical storytellers, passionately share the complexity and fluidity of being alive. Welcome to Read more [...]
The annual Vancouver International Dance Festival features dance companies from around the globe in a spectacular showcase of unique contemporary dance. Please join us annually in March to share a lineup that is energetic, dynamic and notable for its unique artists and creations. 2020 Line-up March 6th – 7th: Read more [...]
Good things come in threes. Chef Meets BC Grape 3 EVENTS, 3 LOCATIONS, OVER 3 MONTHS Vancouver, Calgary, Okanagan Experience the largest tasting of BC wine and food in Western Canada at this multi-city event series celebrating all things grown, crushed, raised and produced in BC. Join us at the Read more [...]
Founded in 2015 by non-profit Vancouver Visual Art Foundation, Art Vancouver is dedicated to raising awareness of the up and coming art scene in Western Canada. This year we are host to an international art fair in a world class location under the sails of the Vancouver Convention Centre East. Read more [...]
2020 Vancouver Opera Festival April 23—May 3, 2020 Queen Elizabeth Theatre and Vancouver Playhouse In April and May of 2020 Vancouver Opera will present the 4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival. Enjoy two main stage operas, special events, speakers, family events, and more. Additional programming will be announced in Spring 2020. Read more [...]
Designed to celebrate the vitality of our hand-crafted world, Crafted Vancouver brings together exceptional local, national & international artisans & designers, studios, galleries and shops making, exhibiting or selling fine craft-based work. Festival events take place at a variety of venues throughout Metro Vancouver over 25 days in May. Our Event Read more [...]
Program 3 promises to be a momentous time for Ballet BC—we are thrilled to bring together two of the most influential artists in international dance today. The legendary Ohad Naharin returns to Vancouver to exhilarate audiences with the North American premiere of Hora . Luminous and intoxicating, Naharin ignites a Read more [...]
Theatre Under the Stars presents Mamma Mia! and Disney’s Newsies Audiences will bathe in the warmth of a Greek island and witness a fight for what’s right this summer, when Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) presents Mamma Mia! and Disney’s Newsies, running alternate evenings July 5–August 17, 2019, at Read more [...]
North America’s flagship dragon boat festival returns June 19-21, 2020 to the shores of False Creek! Enjoy three days of the continent’s most competitive racing, live headliner concerts, all on BC’s biggest outdoor patio. Over 6,000 racers from countries from around the world come together on False Creek to race Read more [...]
The Queer Arts Festival (QAF) is an annual artist-run professional multi-disciplinary arts festival at the Roundhouse in Vancouver, BC. Recognized as one of the top 5 festivals of its kind worldwide (Melbourne Sun Herald), QAF produces, presents and exhibits with a curatorial vision favouring challenging, thought-provoking work that pushes boundaries and Read more [...]
Celebrating our 42nd annual festival in 2019 at Jericho Beach Park! The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is a not for profit society building a world where folk music culture thrives. Already known around the world for the quality of its programming, friendly ambiance and beautiful park setting, the 2019 Vancouver Read more [...]
The Powell Street Festival is the largest event of its kind in Canada and the longest running community arts festival in the Lower Mainland. Inaugurated in 1977, the Powell Street Festival is free to the public. It is held in both outdoor locations and indoor venues around the Powell Street Read more [...]
Since 1995 The Vancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society has produced Word Vancouver (forrmerly The Word On The Street Vancouver), the primary literary festival for Western Canadian book lovers and literacy enthusiasts. In 2013 the festival rebranded as Word Vancouver. The Vancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society strives to promote Read more [...]
In BC, up to 600 free activities are presented across the province each year, inviting the public behind the scenes to connect with creative people in their community and discover new arts and cultural practices. Discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, and designers at work in their Read more [...]
Join us this September for the 9th annual Artists for Conservation Festival presented by RE/MAX – a multi-day art and environmental education event, featuring AFC’s annual show – the world’s top conservation-themed art exhibit and artist expo, benefiting wildlife. Meet leading artists from various countries, buy art, enjoy live music, art Read more [...]
Vancouver, B.C. — The Chutzpah! Festival returns during a new late Fall time period from October 24 to November 24, 2019 with performances at the Norman Rothstein Theatre, Vogue Theatre, Rickshaw Theatre, and The WISE Hall. Tickets range from $24 to $6. Now in its 19th year of celebrating culturally Read more [...]
Experience the power of creativity at Splash – Arts Umbrella’s annual art auction and gala. On Saturday, October 26, 2019, Canada’s leading non-profit arts organization for young people will be hosting an unforgettable art auction and gala featuring close to 100 works by prominent artists from BC and beyond. Arts Umbrella serves more than 24,000 young Read more [...]
