The 11th annual BC Culture Days is coming up September 25 to October 25, 2020, featuring a line-up of free, interactive, socially distant or virtual events around the province. British Columbians are invited to experience the ‘unexpected intersections’ of creative connection and artistic discovery during this celebration of arts and culture. The digital hub at culturedays.ca/bc—is…
Author: Jay Minter
Harrison Festival Uprooted and Still Running
Harrison Festival may have cancelled but it is still running, throughout the summer the festival has continued to entertain its audiences. With the Still Running Online Concert Series, now three quarters of the way through its programming, the Festival brings some fantastic artists to intimate live events, and some recorded for home viewing. The latest…
Gateway Theatre Connects Artists and Audiences
Like many Arts organizations, Richmond’s Gateway Theatre is adapting to the Covid era with new programming to keep connected to its audiences and performers. Through a host of interactive, virtual and socially distant events the Gateway team is maintaining its education programs and developing new ways to support its artist community while keeping audiences engaged….
Picks of the Week – September 2, 2020
Can you believe it’s September already?! Let’s see what’s happening with these Labour Day entertainment picks Sunflowers: It’s the last weekend to take in the reimagined Chilliwack Sunflower Experience, before it closes on September 7th – safe family-friendly, physically distanced way to visit the fields of colourful fields of sunflowers and gladiolas Dine: Dine Out Vancouver’s summertime spin-off Dine…
Word Vancouver Festival Returns For Its 26th Year, Free Online
Western Canada’s largest free literary festival, Word Vancouver, is returning for its 26th year from September 19 – 27, 2020. The Festival brings authors and readers together to share stories, fictional accounts, poems, tall-tales, picture books and points-of-view. In these difficult times of the COVID-19 precautions, the Festival organizers are providing nine days of free online…
Vancouver Fringe Festival Returns For Fall 2020
The Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society is joining many of other Vancouver Arts organizations introducing reimagined Fall seasons. The Society recently announced it is moving forward with staggered dates for the 2020 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Limited live performances and events will take place from September 10 to 20 and extend to select dates in the subsequent…
The Cultch Fall Season Is Coming Soon
The Cultch has recently released the line-up for their 2020 Fall Season. With the Spring Season interrupted with an early closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic precautions, The Cultch spent the last few months examining its place in the community to come up with a reimagined season to support its artists and entertain its audiences. …