Vancouver’s second largest film festival is readying its return to screens, at-home. Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) presented by Out On Screen is returning in a virtual format this summer from Thursday, August 13 to Sunday, August 23, 2020. Recently announced new VQFF and Out On Screen Interim Executive Director, Brandon Yan says, “I am…
Category: Music
Vancouver Island Symphony Summer Pop-Up Concerts
The Vancouver Island Symphony is bringing live music back! This summer, under artistic director Pierre Simard, the symphony is offering a series of four Summer Pop Up Concerts in and around Nanaimo, BC. Featuring four different ensembles from the Vancouver Island Symphony over July and August. These ensembles include: Trio of Flute, Violin and Bass String Quartet…
Harrison Festival Welcomes Summer With Music
The annual Harrison Festival usually brings scores of visitors to pack the village of Harrison Hot Springs for a season of great entertainment, arts and culture. However, in this COVID era, like all Arts events and organizations the Festival has had to adapt to the changing times. Harrison Festival of the Arts organizers have cancelled…
Picks of the Week – July 8, 2020
Even though we are still in the thick of COVID-19 restrictions, we still find plenty of July entertainment and activities with a slightly new look for some of the picks of summer 2020 Play: It wouldn’t be summer in Vancouver without Playland, this year you will find different procedures but the fun begins July 19th….
The Polygon Magic Hour Kicks Off Its Summer Season
A jewel on the North Vancouver Lonsdale Waterfront, The Polygon is open and the Gallery recently announced its summer exhibition line-up. Kicking off the season this Friday evening by inviting the public to Magic Hour, a physically distanced community gathering taking place from 5-9pm. Cates Deck is one of North Vancouver’s newly designated outdoor drinking…
Picks of the Week: Canada Day 2020
Happy Canada Day! Celebrating Canada Day is taking on a very different format in this COVID era of physical distancing and group gathering restrictions. Most of the annual celebrations have moved online for the health and safety of citizens. Here’s a look at a few of the local celebrations that you can tune into for…
Queer Arts Festival makes a ‘Wicked’ reimagining
The 12th annual Queer Arts Festival (QAF), Vancouver’s artist-run, professional, multi-disciplinary roister of queer arts, culture and history, takes place July 16 – 26, 2020 with this year’s theme: Wicked. Art keeps us connected, especially during the age of physical distancing. The QAF and SUM Gallery are committed to artists amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with…