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Entertainment & Performing Arts

Performance art is a powerful form of expression. Seemingly ordinary scenes become captivating, haunting, and insightful. British Columbia is a creative hub with hundreds of theatres, troupes, orchestras, and teachers across the province.

British Columbia’s theatre scene extends from intimate heritage stages to open-air amphitheatres beneath the stars. Across the province, community-driven performances, large-scale musicals, and professional productions bring powerful stories to life through live performance. From vibrant urban centres to smaller communities, theatres serve as cultural touchstones—places where audiences gather, connect, and share in the creativity, emotion, and storytelling that define BC’s performing arts landscape.

British Columbia brings the world to the stage, and with Art-BC.com you can see it all.

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Anvil Centre Theatre

New Westminster
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Anvil Centre is a modern and vibrant gathering place conveniently located in the historic cultural district of the City of New Westminster—and the geographical centre of Metro Vancouver. If you’re looking for a boutique venue that ignites the imagination, inspires ideas, and stimulates the senses, Anvil Centre is the place where commerce, culture, and community meet. Anvil Centre features 18,000 Read more...
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Arts club Theatre

Vancouver
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The Arts Club Theatre Company is the largest theatre company in Western Canada. Each year, over a quarter of a million people experience the best in professional theatre at its three venues: the Stanley BFL CANADA Stage, Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island, and Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, as well as on tour throughout the province. Read more...
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Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival

Vancouver
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The 2026 Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival will return to Sen̓áḵw/Vanier Park in Vancouver from June 9 to September 19, 2026. The 2026 Season offers a thrilling journey through comedy, tragedy, and myth, presenting bold new visions of timeless stories. Playing in repertory on the BMO Mainstage, The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Rebecca Northan, is a lively music-filled comedy set in a soccer-obsessed suburb, packed with trickery and Read more...
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Brackendale Eagle Festival | Tourism Squamish

Squamish
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Squamish is a bird watcher’s paradise. In the winter months, as the eagles gather en masse, it is truly a sight to behold. Every fall, Squamish becomes home to one of North America’s largest congregations of wintering Bald Eagles ((Haliaeetus leucocephalus). In the first 3 weeks of October, 10,000 salmon make their annual journey upstream to spawn, attracting over 1,300 Read more...
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Cowichan Performing Arts Centre

Duncan
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Since 1978, the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre has been the premiere entertainment venue in Cowichan welcoming thousands of visitors, patrons, performers and artists to this exceptional 731-seat venue. With outstanding programming offering music, theatre, comedy, dance and film, we bring local, national and internationally renowned performers to the largest stage on Vancouver Island. Visit our website at www.cowichanpac.ca for a Read more...
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Cranbrook Community Theatre

Cranbrook
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Cranbrook Community Theatre (CCT) has considered the Studio/Stage Door their home for 50 years (1974-2024). A City owned heritage building, the Studio/Stage Door has a 1050 square foot hardwood dance floor and an 83 seat theatre. This charming building is very eye-catching, and was built in 1909 by the local Masons as their Temple. There have been hundreds of plays and musical Read more...
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Evergreen Cultural Centre

Coquitlam
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The Evergreen Cultural Centre is the Tri-Cities premiere venue + cultural hub for live arts events, experiences, and exhibitions. Located beside Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam BC, The Evergreen features a wide variety of arts presentations by local, regional, and international artists every year. Our mission is to provide our community with engaging, quality entertainment, exhibitions, and arts programs in a Read more...
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Gallery 7 Theatre

Abbotsford
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Gallery 7 Theatre Abbotsford is a community-based, semi-professional theatre company located in the heart of the Fraser Valley. The team at Gallery 7 Theatre is passionate about creating impactful and entertaining theatre experiences that delve into the spiritual, relational, and social aspects of the human experience, with a focus on hope, reconciliation, and redemption. Each season, Gallery 7 Theatre produces a Read more...
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Harrison Festival Society

Harrison Hot Springs
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For 38 years, the Harrison Festival Society has presented a lively Season of Performing Arts between September and May. The Season consists of eight to ten shows featuring local, national and international performers at the Harrison Memorial Hall in our beautiful lakeside community. Read more...
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Hidden Wonders

New Westminster
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Hidden Wonders is a speakeasy-style performance venue hidden behind a fake business facade in New Westminster’s historic downtown. It is part of a new trend in magic entertainment that focuses less on grand-scale illusions and more on intimate experiences that leave the audience awestruck and moved. Confirmed guests will only be given the address for the venue once their tickets have been purchased. Shawn Farquhar, Two-Time Read more...
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Kelowna Community Theatre

Kelowna
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The Kelowna Community Theatre is Kelowna’s professional presenting house and one of the Interior’s largest performing arts venues. Each year the Theatre is home to over 250 events ranging from comedy to music, dance, theatrical performances and everything in between. Since opening its doors on September 13, 1962, the Theatre has grown from a small community theatre to a vibrant performance hub Read more...
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Meadowlark Nature Festival

Penticton
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Taking participants from Canada’s unique desert environment in the south, to the alpine meadows high above the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys, the Festival connects people with nature, engaging and inspiring them to protect the unique habitats and species of this region and indeed our planet. Meadowlark Festival is geared to appeal to a wide cross-section of people and interests, and Read more...
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Rotary Centre for the Arts

Kelowna
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Located in the heart of Kelowna’s Cultural District, the Rotary Centre for the Arts is a multidisciplinary visual and performing arts centre. At the Rotary Centre for the Arts, the community can experience artists and performers in action or take part in courses and workshops year-round. This City of Kelowna facility includes the Mary Irwin Theatre, a set-building workshop, artist Read more...
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Royal Theatre

Trail
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We fell in love. Not in a way you might think, but in a way we never thought we would. Let us explain…. When we purchased our run down, desolate, dirty theatre in 2009, we wanted to clean it up and hopefully breath new life into it. With very little knowledge of the movie industry we wanted to leave the Read more...
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Sooke Fine Arts Show

Sooke
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 July 24, 2027  – August 2, 2027 See what happened in 2026 … PURCHASERS’ PREVIEW……………………… FRIDAY JULY 24, 7-10PM Be one of the first of over 9,000 to view 370+ original artworks before the gallery’s public opening. The evening includes hors d’oeuvres, refreshments and live music. Whether a first-time buyer, seasoned collector, or passionate art lover, you won’t want to miss this Read more...
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The Bailey Theatre

Trail
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The main venue for the Performing Arts in Trail is the beautiful Bailey Theatre. The Bailey hosts concerts, theatre, comedy and more from well-known acts like the Barenaked Ladies to smaller emerging talent such as Lisa Nicole. With a seating capacity of 721, the Theatre has an intimate atmosphere and all seats provide an excellent view of the stage. Smaller Read more...
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The Nanaimo International Jazz Festival Association

Nanaimo
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The Nanaimo International Jazz Festival Association plans annual jazz festivals in Downtown Nanaimo and professional jazz events throughout the year. OUR GOALS To present an annual jazz festival in Downtown Nanaimo To provide local opportunities for local and internationally known jazz artists To increase tourism to downtown nanaimo through live jazz performance To develop a greater appreciation and audience for Read more...
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The Royal Canadian Theatre Company

Surrey
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Excellent, affordable, locally produced family theatre. The Royal Canadian Theatre Company is a not-for-profit society with a focus on: professional & semi-professional Theatre productions live entertainment events theatrical training and skills workshops youth mentor-ship and involvement Royal Canadian Theatre Company’s goal is to leave you wanting more each and every time you experience one of its productions – whether it be the big-stage Read more...
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The Ryga Arts Festival

Summerland
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The Ryga Arts Festival is an annual multidisciplinary arts festival held in Summerland, BC, that celebrates the legacy of George Ryga, a prominent Canadian playwright, author, and poet. The festival, run by the Ryga Festival Society, aims to advocate for social justice through the arts by presenting a variety of events including  spoken word, theatre and music through workshops, presentations, Read more...
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Theatre Under the Stars – TUTS

Vancouver
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Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) is a not for profit society that entertains families through popular musical theatre shows while providing a vibrant outlet and training ground to develop amateur performers and technicians both young and old.  TUTS values an atmosphere of inclusion and mentorship in order to build strong character and to promote positive values. In 1940, Theatre Under Read more...
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Tidemark Theatre

Campbell River
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The Tidemark Theatre is a historic performing arts venue located in downtown Campbell River on Northern Vancouver Island. Originally built in 1946 as the Van Isle Theatre, this art deco building opened in 1947 and was later transformed into the Tidemark Theatre in 1987 after being purchased by the city. Today, it operates as a 467-seat community theatre and cultural Read more...
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Trickster’s Hideout | Tourism Squamish

Squamish
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Trickster’s Hideout is a unique, multi-purpose arts and entertainment venue tucked away in a downtown Squamish alley, blending the energy of a live music space with the intimacy of a café, bar, and creative hub. Designed as a collaborative arts community, it hosts a wide range of programming—from live music, DJs, and comedy to improv, storytelling, workshops, and community meetups—making Read more...
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Vancouver Opera

Vancouver
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Vancouver Opera is the second largest opera company in Canada. It is regarded worldwide for its fine mainstage productions; for its country-leading education programs, which have reached more than 1.6 million children and their families in more than 40 years; for its innovative and award-winning community programs; and for forging groundbreaking cross-cultural creative partnerships that have brought opera to new Read more...
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VIFF Centre – Vancouver International Film Centre

Vancouver
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Beyond film exhibitions. VIFF strives to engage and empower communities, encourage dialogue, educate, and champion local artists. Enjoy great movies at the luxurious VIFF Centre, voted one of the best cinemas in Vancouver and home to the prestigious Vancouver International Film Festival. Be sure to subscribe to VIFF NEWS to find out what’s on now and the latest scoop on the annual festival. Beyond film exhibition Read more...

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Momentum: Power and Identity in Sports | Chinese Canadian Museum

Chinese Canadian Museum
Vancouver
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June 10, 2026
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September 5, 2027
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Sport is where identity, belonging, and national pride are put on the line. Momentum transforms the gallery into an electrified, sports bar–inspired environment that captures the energy of collective spectatorship, where history, media, and contemporary art collide. Through archival objects, striking photographic portraits, and a newly commissioned moving image work, the exhibition traces over a century of Chinese Canadian presence in Read more...
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Desirée Patterson: Interglacial | The Reach Gallery

The Reach Gallery Museum
Abbotsford
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July 11, 2026
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March 20, 2027
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Interglacial, a solo exhibition by Vancouver-based environmental artist Desirée Patterson, focuses on the present as a critical moment in deep history, one in which the global climate crisis puts the future well-being of our planet, and all the living beings it hosts, in the balance. Crucial to the regeneration of our planet, ice ages are expansive cycles of geologic time, in Read more...
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MOA | Museum of Anthropology
Vancouver
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July 21, 2026
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November 30, 2026
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Ancient Andean Cosmovision Cosmovisión Ancestral Andina Opens March 19, 2026 Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision explores the enduring worldviews of ancient Andean civilizations through nearly 100 exquisite pre-Columbian ceramic, textile, bone and wood works, some dating back more than 2,500 years. These works were collected by former UBC Professor Alan R. Sawyer and donated to MOA. The Andes are home to some of the world’s most complex cultural traditions, and its knowledge lives Read more...
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Prince George Symphony Orchestra

Prince George
Prince George
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July 21, 2026
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December 31, 2026
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The Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) is a cornerstone of northern British Columbia’s arts and culture scene, bringing live orchestral music to the region for over 50 years. As a unique blend of professional musicians and talented community performers, the orchestra presents a dynamic range of concerts from classical masterworks to family-friendly and contemporary programs, across multiple venues in Prince Read more...
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Every River Has a Mouth: The Visual Languages That Connect Us | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
Vancouver
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July 21, 2026, 10:00 am
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February 14, 2027, 6:00 pm
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Guest curated by Salish artist Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun, the exhibition will showcase 11 Coast and Interior Salish artists working across sculpture, printmaking, textiles, painting, and mixed media. This unique exhibition will illuminate the deep cultural, linguistic, and artistic connections shared across the Salish world. To date, most institutions have focused on Coastal Salish art; however, with this exhibition, the Bill Read more...
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Highlights from the Collection | Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
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July 21, 2026, 10:00 am
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January 6, 2030, 6:00 pm
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Highlights from the Collection April 1, 2026–January 6, 2030 Highlights from the Collection at the Vancouver Art Gallery is a long-term exhibition (2026–2030) that showcases works drawn entirely from the Gallery’s permanent collection. This exhibition offers a dynamic overview of the Gallery’s holdings, presenting a visual history of British Columbia while connecting it to broader global art movements. Featuring everything Read more...
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Free Admission Fridays I Bill Reid Gallery

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
Vancouver
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August 7, 2026
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March 31, 2028
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Every first Friday of the month from 2 to 5 pm, enjoy complimentary admission to the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Admission includes all our current exhibitions, as well as our permanent Bill Reid collection. Make sure to have a look at our Shop when you’re here! We would like to thank our Community Access Partner, Downtown Van, Read more...
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Vancouver Now! Emily Hermant

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
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August 7, 2026
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November 22, 2026
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Emily Hermant is the inaugural artist in our new Vancouver Now! exhibition series, highlighting artists whose work is both timely and closely tied to this city. Since arriving in Vancouver in 2016, Hermant has steadily built a reputation as an artist to watch. The exhibition will highlight her weavings, which are laboriously crafted from the wires and data cables of the technologies Read more...
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