With the very timely theme of “A Shift in Perspective”, the 2020 Vancouver Fringe Festival has wrapped up a successful premiere mini-festival of small capacity live performances, virtual workshops and gatherings. The Festival’s second mini-festival is coming up October 1-10 on Granville Island at Performance Works The lineup for the second mini-festival’s staggered performances includes:…
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Picks of the Week – September 23, 2020
We move into the first weekend of Fall, wrapping up a lot of the activities and entertainment extended from the Summer picks Rides: Playland gives you one last weekend of fun and thrills, including extended Saturday Park in the Dark, late openings 6pm-11pm Music: The Firehall Arts Centre wraps up its final weekend weekend of Music in the…
See Red for Day of Visibility
Don’t be surprised if you’re seeing red tonight. Hundreds of live event and performance venues are banding together for Day of Visibility, today September 22, 2020. Created by Live Event Community, a group founded to help support workers in the Canadian event industry who have lost their livelihoods due to Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns and protocols. …
Vancouver Opera Rolls Out A 2020-2021 Digital Season
Vancouver Opera has added their reimagined 2020–2021 season to Vancouver’s growing Covid-era Fall Arts scene. Embracing digital content with diverse and high-quality series of programming this marks Vancouver Opera’s first-ever digital season. “Vancouver Opera is taking the performances off the stage and reimagining a season for the screen and at-home enjoyment,” explains Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General…
Fall For The Vancouver Writers Festival – Tickets On Sale Now
Tickets are now on sale for The Vancouver Writers Festival 2020 Fall Programming. Adapted to the Covid era the line-up of 40+ virtual events is designed to entertain, provoke and inspire, including the flagship Festival, running October 19-25, as well a host of events from September to December. As Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig says of…
Laugh With Presentation House Theatre All-Star Stand-up Comedy Nights
Need a good laugh? You’re in luck, Presentation House Theatre’s 5th annual really funny fundraiser is back for 2020. This year’s Stand-up Comedy Nights brings audiences three nights of laughter, featuring CBC radios The Debaters, October 6,7,8, 2020. Hosted by the fun and fabulous Erica Sigurdson, Stand-up Comedy Nights also features; John Cullen, Julie Kim…
Picks of the Week – September 16, 2020
The last week of Summer 2020 has been a smoky one but there’s still plenty to entertain us as we move to the September equinox. Dine: This is the final week to take part in Dine Out Vancouver’s summertime spin-off Dine OutSide , wrapping up September 21. Rides: Playland,continues to bring some fun and thrills to your weekends throughout…