As other festivals come and go, Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver is still going strong after more than a quarter century. Centred on the Ambleside Waterfront from Ambleside Pier to John Lawson Park, the festival packs August 4th to 13th with music, arts, film and food, much of it free! Highlights of the…
Category: Music
Neil Diamond – 50th Anniversary Tour
Neil Diamond – Rogers Arena – July 24, 2017 This week Neil Diamond’s 50th Anniversary Tour made a stop at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The arena was nearly sold out as the lights dimmed, a video montage played and the band took their places onstage, then the solitary man walked out to take centre stage…
Picks of the Week – July 26, 2017
Where does the time go? July is already coming to a close but never fear there’s plenty of fun in these picks of the week… Kick off: The 2017 Downtown Pride Premiere brings a taste of things to come with entertainment, Queens, food trucks, games and more at Robson Square, today from 3pm – 10pm…
The Drowsy Chaperone wakes up Theatre Under The Stars
For its 71st season, Theatre Under The Stars welcomes the Tony Award winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone to the stage. Alternating with Mary Poppins, the slapstick musical parody is a hilarious good time. The Drowsy Chaperone is a play- within-a-play format, opening on the single room apartment of a downtrodden musical-theatre lover (Shawn MacDonald,…
Picks of the Week – July 19, 2017
Mid-July and summer fun is in full swing with more than enough activities to full two sets of picks of the week Highschool: Opening tonight, Excavation Theatre presents Girls! Girls! Girls! a story relating the angst and traumas of high school life told in nursery rhyme-rap style at Havana Theatre until July 29th Punk: British…
2nd Annual Vancouver Bach Festival Aug 1-11, 2017
Following the success of last year’s festival, Early Music Vancouver welcomes the 2nd Annual Vancouver Bach Festival, August 1 – 11, 2017. With performances at the Christ Church Cathedral downtown Vancouver, and at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, EMV offers a remarkable program of 14 concerts, ranging from intimate chamber music…
Mary Poppins flies into Theatre Under The Stars
The 2017 Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) season got under this week with the opening of Mary Poppins. A summer tradition for over seventy years, TUTS brings another great family favourite musical to Malkin Bowl. One of the most beloved Disney movies of all time comes to the stage as Mary Poppins the Musical. Like…