Are you still looking for Christmas gifts to check off your loved ones’ wish lists? With tickets to the new Coast City Country Festival going on sale today, it’s a great reminder that giving the sound of music as a gift someone or yourself is sure to love to receive under the tree! Let’s take…
6 Holiday-To-Go Dinner Options for 2023
As we flip the calendar to December, is it time to start thinking of what to do for your holiday meal? Start your shopping list to cook your own spread, book a table at one of the many local restaurants serving Christmas dinner, or enjoy the comforts of home with family and friends with a…
15 Lights Of Christmas + Chanukah! Holiday Light Displays for 2023
Brighten up the season’s dark nights with the city’s brightest and most festive displays of Holiday lights open to the public, here’s a list of light displays to enjoy the twinkle of the Holiday Season: (note many are closed Christmas Day) Lights of Hope At St Paul’s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, in the West End…
Make Spirits Sing With This Holiday Season’s Christmas Concerts
It wouldn’t feel like the Holidays without Yuletide music to set the mood. This year, we once again find plenty of seasonal concerts to make the Christmas spirits sing! Let’s take a look at the festive Christmas concerts to help you enjoy the sounds of the holiday season Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir: A Ringing Swinging…
25 Stages of Christmas : Family Favourites & New Plays Coming to the Theatres for the Holidays
‘Tis the season for our local theatre community to bring back the comfort and joy of holiday time productions to the stage. Check out what’s on the list this season to find a show that’s sure to tug at the heartstrings and bring humour to you and your family. Elf: The MusicalUntil December 31,…
Get Ready to Shop! 13 Christmas Craft Fairs and Holiday Markets for 2023
The holiday season is upon us, whether you’re looking for gifts to give, shopping for yourself or just searching for ideas, explore a superb selection of returning Christmas Craft Markets and Fairs to help with your local holiday shopping. Crafters, artisans and makers have been busy in their workshops preparing for the season’s Christmas Craft…
Metro Theatre’s Annual Panto – Sinbad! Is So Good!
For the 38th year, Metro Theatre brings Vancouver a traditional English Panto, this season presenting Sinbad! by Ellie King. Whether it’s your first panto or 38th, you’re in for a rollicking good time! Playwright Ellie King “The Queen of Panto” faithfully preserves the elements of a traditional English panto to be transplanted on the Metro…
A Baker’s Half-Dozen Spots To Find Holiday Baking Treats For The 2023 Festive Season
Christmas Cookies, Fruitcake, Stollen, Puddings, are all flavours of the Holidays, but baking them yourselves can be very time consuming. Your valuable time, and expensive ingredients you might tonly use once a year, is it worth it to do-it-yourselft? Why not leave the baking to someone else? Vancouver has a whole host of bakeries to help…
Picks of the Week – December 6, 2023
This weekend brings even more December Holiday entertainment and activities to our Picks of the Week Lights: Don’t miss out on making your spirits bright with many Christmas and Holiday illuminations taking place around Metro Vancouver Turkey: On now, until December 31st, the hilarious Mom’s The Word Collective return to The Arts Club Granville Island…
Celebrate the Students of Arts Umbrella
Since 1979, Arts Umbrella has been a non-profit centre for arts education where young artists ages 2–22 can develop their creativity in Art & Design, Dance, and Theatre, Music & Film. This month, the Theatre, Music & Film department is showcasing the talents of their students through a series of performances in their Winter Shorts…
Applause! wraps up the year with its 50th Musical In Concert
Applause! Musical Society brought its 2023 season to a close with its milestone 50th musical in concert presentation; Do I Hear A Waltz? at PAL Theatre this past weekend. Do I Hear A Waltz? is a 1965 collaboration by a trio of icons of the musical theatre stage; music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Stephen…