Starting tonight, January 30th, Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts welcomes Ruby Slippers Theatre’s Advance Theatre Festival. A showcase of new plays written and directed by female identifying and gender non-conforming artists who also identify as BIPOC (Indigenous, Black or Person of Colour). In addition to the first week’s five staged readings, this year’s Advance…
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Picks of the Week – November 16, 2022
The holiday season is swiftly ticking towards us, and with it, a plethora of activities and entertainment in these picks of the week. Chutzpah: Continuing until November 24, The Chutzpah! Festival‘s exciting and dynamic lineup of music, theatre, comedy, dance and multimedia arts at venues across town including the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Wosk Auditorium, and…
3rd Annual IndieFest returns in-person November 16-27
The third annual IndieFest returns for 2022, with its first fully in-person festival bringing 14 events to venues around Vancouver, over 11 days. Taking place November 16-27, the festival showcases new and genre-defying musical performances, highlighting the stories and people that have been overshadowed by history and tradition. From modern opera, new music, and Indigenous…
Picks of the Week – November 3, 2022
Halloween is behind us, the temps are cooling off to get us into the mood for the Holidays to come but the entertainment in these picks of the week keep things warm Stage: The Arts Club Theatre Company brings back the city’s favourite moms with their new comedy Mom’s The Word: Talking Turkey opening tonight and already held over…
22nd Annual Chutzpah! Festival returns November 3-24,2022
From November 3-24, The Chutzpah! Festival returns with another exciting and dynamic lineup of music, theatre, comedy, dance and multimedia arts. An eagerly anticipated, annual highlight of Vancouver’s arts season, for over two decades the Chutzpah! Festival has been connecting communities and celebrating the vibrancy of its stories. Sharing their work in person and…
The 6th Annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival Looks Outside Traditional Arts Spaces
The 6th annual Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF) presented by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV) is coming to the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, from October 14–16, 2022. As Canada’s first and only outsider art festival, VOAF provides a much-needed platform to celebrate artists who live and work outside of mainstream cultural…
First Pick Handmade Fall 2022 Market Pops Up September 24-25
As the season’s change, shopping local starts to turn from outdoor Farmer’s Markets to indoor arts and handcrafts. First Pick Handmade’s Fall Pop Up Market returns this September 24-25 to help kick start your season’s shopping, with a curated collection of thoughtfully made fashion, accessories and art from 20 designers and artists. Transforming Heritage Hall,…