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…
Category: Music
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…
A Taste of The PNE Celebrates the Best of BC
The PNE has made our BC Day Long Weekend tastier by bringing back A Taste of the PNE with two delicious dining events, once again bringing some of the province’s favourite flavours to satisfy our taste buds. The celebration of BC’s best bites, can be enjoyed in two ways; at an intimate outdoor event at…
PPE – Pride Performance Empowers! Firehall Arts Centre this weekend
Firehall Arts Centre brings Pride to the East Side this weekend with PPE – Pride Performance Empowers! PPE celebrates Pride weekend with empowering and entertaining theatre, drag and music performances taking place in the Firehall’s courtyard*. Curated by Artistic Producer Donna Spencer, PPE – Pride Performance Empowers! runs July 31 to August 2, 2020,…
Picks of the week – July 29, 2020
And just like that…it’s already the August Long Weekend! BC Day us upon us bringing it’s usual host of activities to our picks, although in re-imagined ways. Pride: Vancouver Pride’s 2020 reimagined #VanVirtualPride is underway bringing you a variety of events and entertainment right to your living room. Powell: The 44th Annual Powell Street Festival…
Vancouver Pride 2020 celebrates…virtually
As the Pride Week proclamation and flag raising has taken place at City Hall for another year Vancouver Pride is ready to celebrate. Congratulations to those who also celebrated their nuptials at City Hall yesterday! This year’s Pride festivities take on a different look due to Covid-19 but pride can’t be cannot be cancelled. A…
Vines Art Festival continues to celebrate The Arts & Lands, for Free.
The 6th annual Vines Art Festival, is just days away. The free, all-ages multidisciplinary arts festival returns Wednesday August 5 – 15, 2020. However, like most Arts organizations in the COVID-ear, Vines is helping keep patrons and artists safe by offering mainly online programming, with a few limited in-person outdoor gatherings. The Vines Art Festival…