We’re just one week away from the opening of the re-envisioned Lumière Festival, illuminating the city from November 17 to November 27. The 2022 festival features an expanded footprint across Downtown Vancouver shining a light on local artists to brighten the dark city nights. This year’s festival theme, Dream the Future, weaves the elements of…
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Picks of the Week – November 9, 2022
This week, please take a moment to honour the fallen as we highlight Remembrance Day concerts around the region, along with plenty of other picks of the week. Ceremonies: While many November 11th Remembrance Ceremonies are again by invitation, Vancouver’s Victory Square and Victoria’s service at the BC Legislature will be broadcast live on Global…
3rd Annual IndieFest returns in-person November 16-27
The third annual IndieFest returns for 2022, with its first fully in-person festival bringing 14 events to venues around Vancouver, over 11 days. Taking place November 16-27, the festival showcases new and genre-defying musical performances, highlighting the stories and people that have been overshadowed by history and tradition. From modern opera, new music, and Indigenous…
Soweto Gospel Choir stops in Vancouver & Victoria
This weekend, the three-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir returns to Vancouver and Victoria for the only two Canadian stops on its North American tour. Presented by Caravan World Rhythms, the group will perform their new concert, “HOPE: It’s Been a Long Time Coming” on Saturday, November 12 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver and…
Picks of the Week – November 3, 2022
Halloween is behind us, the temps are cooling off to get us into the mood for the Holidays to come but the entertainment in these picks of the week keep things warm Stage: The Arts Club Theatre Company brings back the city’s favourite moms with their new comedy Mom’s The Word: Talking Turkey opening tonight and already held over…
Chor Leoni Opens Season With We Sang Our Songs
We Sang Our Songs, Chor Leoni’s 31st annual Remembrance Day concerts, begins the ensembles new season, November 10 at 7:30pm, and November 11 at 2pm and 5pm, at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church. We Sang Our Songs offers a moving program of music and readings featuring diverse perspectives on war and injustice. Highlights include works by…
2nd Annual STAND Festival returns to Presentation House Theatre November 2-8
From November 2 to 8, Presentation House Theatre (PHT) and Blackout Art Society co-present the 2nd annual STAND Festival, a celebration by and for immigrant and refugee artists at PHT. Featuring a diverse line up of 19 performances and free workshops, STAND showcases and amplifies the voices of newcomers to Canada in a global line-up…