Hard to believe the new year is already two weeks old, and we’re fully racing into another year full of fantastically, entertaining picks. Lights: Continuing to illuminate the dark winter nights, one of Metro Vancouver’s largest festive light displays, Lights at Lafarge keeps the illuminations on at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park until February 16th. Bard: January…
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2026 Advance Theatre Festival returns to the Shadbolt Centre for Arts
Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts once again welcomes the Advance Theatre Festival January 26 to 30. Co-presented by Ruby Slippers Theatre, the Shadbolt and Playwrights Guild of Canada, the innovative and inspiring festival, presents five new staged readings over five days all written and directed by female identifying and gender non-conforming artists who also…
Carousel Theatre for Young People brings its 1st Family Forward Festival to Family Day Weekend
This Family Day long weekend just got more fun as Carousel Theatre for Young People presents its 1st Annual Family Forward Festival. Families of all kinds are invited to gather on Granville Island from Saturday, February 14 to Monday, February 16 for a weekend of by-donation events, plays, documentaries, live music, drag, storytelling and dance parties,…
TINA: The Tina Turner Musical Lights Up The Victoria Stage
There’s only one and will ever be only one Tina Turner but TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, now playing at Victoria’s Royal Theatre, introduces the audience to the two women embodying the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Packed with hits, the jukebox musical, directed by Phyllida Lloyd with book by Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins,…
The 8th Annual Matriarchs Uprising Festival celebrates dance by Indigenous Women
In partnership with The Dance Centre, O.Dela Arts presents the eighth annual Matriarchs Uprising Festival, February 16 to 21. The celebration of contemporary dance by Indigenous women from Canada and Australia, offers unique programs of live performance, along with artist-lead Talking Truths circle conversations, dance masterclasses, community workshops and the IndigiDance on Screen film series. Once again curated…
Picks of the Week – January 7, 2026
As quickly as the Holiday Season passes by the first weekend of the New Year is already upon us. Fight your desire to hibernate with this selection of picks to start the year’s entertainment. Panto: Keep laughing until January 11, 2026, with Theatre Replacement’s East Van Panto: West Van Story at The Cultch York Theatre – the…
Vancouver International Boat Show Sets Sail January 14-18, 2026
Vancouver International Boat Show (VIBS), Canada’s second largest, returns to the waters of Granville Island and inside Vancouver Convention Centre West from January 14 to 18. Hosted by Boating BC, VIBS 2026 brings boating enthusiasts together to celebrate their love of the water and boating lifestyle. With vendors and exhibitors presenting an array of watercraft…