After many months of closure, audience can prepare to hear music from Vancouver’s legendary Commodore Ballroom once again, albeit online with Live From Inside. Live Nation Canada and Embrace partner to bring audiences a multi-part livestream series broadcast from inside two iconic Canadian venues – the Commodore Ballroom and the Velvet Underground (Toronto). Live From…
Author: Jay Minter
Picks of the Week – August 12, 2020
Half-way through our Covid summer of 2020, and we’re still finding lively picks to keep you entertained… Meteor: Tonight, watch the Perseid meteor shower from home, with a HR MacMillan Space Centre YouTube live stream. Register by donation, to be sent the live stream link to learn about and celebrate the peak of the meteor…
The Dance Centre Announces 2020-2021 Season
The Dance Centre has revealed a 2020-21 season adapted to the COVID-19 era with digital and small-scale live events. The season will feature a diverse range of dance from different genres. Fall events including the annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House and Discover Dance! series will be online, with live events for small audiences resuming in…
Vancouver Opera Reveals Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program Participants
While the global pandemic has kept stages dark, Vancouver Opera continues to work on its behind the scenes, education and advancement programs. Vancouver Opera has announced this seasons’ six participants in the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program. The residency program is a bridge between formal educational programs and the professional opera world and…
Harrison Festival Still Running Concert Series welcomes Jill Barber
The Harrison Festival keeps bringing live music to small audiences with the second instalment of the Still Running Concert Series, featuring Jill Barber. The intimate outdoor concert is set to take place at Holberg Farm on Aug 15th for two shows, 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm. After the success of last month’s sold out Bentall Taylor…
Find Bard Beyond the Beach this summer.
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival has announced its mission for this summer will focus on creating new digitally delivered content and experiences, available to local Festival followers as well as to new audiences around the world online. The Festival’s 2020 virtual season brings with it a refashioned Bard logo, (designed by Carter Hales Design Lab),…
Picks of the Week – August 5, 2020
As we move into August and the peak of summer, let’s see what’s on offer for our entertaining picks of the week Latincouver: Wrapping up this weekend, Carnaval del Sol brings to a close the festival of the sounds, flavours and dances of Latin America, at local restaurants or smaller in-person events. Symphony: Vancouver Island Symphony is bringing back…