Coastal Jazz celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival with free programming to ensure everyone has access to great performances and music. The free performances start on opening weekend, with the Downtown Jazz series at the Vancouver Art Gallery on . Then the music follows with five, free happy hour concerts at Bentall Centre on the…
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Picks of the Week – June 11, 2025
Summer is warming up, and so are the activities and entertainment in these picks of the week Art: Continuing to June 22nd, the Vancouver presentation of The Art of Banksy Without Limits is a brilliantly comprehensive and educational exhibition features 200+ pieces of art celebrating Banksy’s works, on display 1 Alexander Street in Gastown Dancing: Dancing on the…
Summer Swing takes over Fairmont Hotel Vancouver’s The Roof for One Night Only
This summer, for ONE-NIGHT-ONLY, the glamour, energy, and timeless music of Vancouver’s golden era returns to Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. On Friday, June 20th Summer Swing, a time-travelling celebration of vintage elegance, live jazz, and refined dining, takes over the hotel’s iconic 15th floor venue, The Roof. The elegant evening is a tribute to a golden…
Neworld Theatre’s Eyes of the Beast tells of Climate Disaster Through Survivor Stories
The Vancouver premiere of the timely and deeply human work, Eyes of the Beast, presented by Neworld Theatre, in partnership with the Climate Disaster Project, in association with the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts, and supported by Simon Fraser University, is on stage June 18 -22 at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre…
37th Dancing on the Edge Festival hits the stage June 12-21
Dancing on the Edge Festival (DOTE), one of the highlights of Vancouver’s contemporary dance season, presents its 37th annual festival at Firehall Arts Centre and SFU Woodwards June 12 to 21. An impressive line-up of established and emerging dancemakers present a wide range of eclectic world and Canadian premieres, as well as works in progress,…
Picks of the Week – June 4, 2025
Another month, and more summer entertainment is coming in the picks of the week Dreamcoat: Go Go Go to Metro Theatre until June 8th, as the season wraps up with the dazzling spectacle that is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Meet: From a real-life meeting room at Pacific Theatre, the world premiere of Meeting, presented by…
The First Web Summit Vancouver Wraps up With Record Numbers.
The inaugural Web Summit Vancouver wrapped up on Friday after welcoming 15,727 attendees from 117 countries to the Vancouver Convention Centre. On opening night, Web Summit founder and CEO Paddy Cosgrave said, “We’re at a pivotal moment in history – technology is advancing faster than ever, transforming how we live, work, and connect. The world…