As we move further into February, big events abound in these picks of the week Celebration: Tonight, at long last, the postponed Madonna’s Celebration Tour brings her greatest hits to Rogers Arena Seven: Get out your fancy dress costumes and head to BC Place for the three day spectacle that is HSBC Vancouver SVNS –…
Category: Music
Dancers of Damelahamid present 17th Coastal Dance Festival March 1-3
Honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, the 17th annual Coastal Dance Festival presented by Dancers of Damelahamid comes to the Anvil Centre, March 1st – 3rd This year’s festival will feature an exclusive excerpt from Dancers of Damelahamid’s upcoming full-length work, Raven Mother, created in honour of the…
Catch Vox.Infold II, part of MOTHER CLOUD, Spatial Sound Festival
From February 21 to 25, Performance Works on Granville Island is home of MOTHER CLOUD Spatial Sound Festival, the only music festival powered by 4DSOUND special sound technology in North America. Part of the Festival’s events on Friday, February 23, include a mesmerizing sensory experience with Ruby Singh, PIQSIQ’s Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Moses, Dawn…
The 6th Matriarchs Uprising Festival Opens February 19
The sixth edition of Matriarchs Uprising Festival, presented by O.Dela Arts, in partnership with The Dance Centre, is a celebration of contemporary dance by Indigenous women artists. Offering live performances, conversations, masterclasses, workshops and an online dance film series at The Dance Centre, Morrow and online February 19th to 25th. Curated by Olivia C. Davies,…
Picks of the Week – February 14, 2024
Happy Valentine’s Day, as the occasion fills restaurants and florists with customers we still find plenty to choose from in the picks of the week Chocolate: It’s the final day to sample sweet sips of the 14th Annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival at 100 locations with in neighbourhoods across Greater Vancouver. Opera: The Vancouver Opera season continues with…
Donizetti’s Don Pasquale Brings Hijinx To Vancouver Opera.
Vancouver Opera’s season continues with two more performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera, Don Pasquale February 15 and 18. Opening last Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Don Pasquale is another opulent production, with whimsical sets, comic turns, and soaring vocals – and laundry! Before the curtain raises a full-height Fotoromanzo (romantic-comic photo novel) teases audiences with…
Montreal’s La Nef Sets Sail To Join Chor Leoni In The Return Voyage
Yo Ho! Montreal’s award-winning La Nef travels west to join Vancouver’s own JUNO-nominated Chor Leoni for The Return Voyage, a rousing night of nautical songs. February 16th and 17th at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church, listen along to the tales of those lives led abroad in the 18th and 19th centuries, embodying the thrill of…