The Cultch battles through winter with its second annual Warrior Festival, calling audiences to all three Cultch stages from February 11 – March 29. The Warrior Festival celebrates artists who are reclaiming space, rewriting narratives, and advocating for justice, inviting audiences to be part of something bigger than entertainment. For its second festival, six fierce and funny shows…
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Recirquel’s Paradisum Thrills in its North American Premiere in Vancouver
DanceHouse Vancouver & The Cultch bring their annual collaboration of contemporary circus, Paradisum from Hungary’s Recirquel to Vancouver Playhouse, until January 24. A breathtaking display of strength, agility and grace, intertwined with contemporary dance, Paradisum moves swiftly between the acrobatic acts making beautifully creative use of modern circus apparatus; aerial pole, hoop, and straps, as…
Picks of the Week – January 21, 2026
Unlike the recent fog, January is swiftly moving along and filling the calendar with plenty of picks to entertain audiences. Lights: For another few weeks one of Metro Vancouver’s largest festive light displays, Lights at Lafarge keeps the illuminations on at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park until February 16th Premiere: The Vancouver Playhouse welcomes the North American premiere…
Art & Cuisine Pair Perfectly with PuSh Festival and Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2026
Experience a feast for the senses as both Dine Out Vancouver Festival (January 21-February 8) and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (January 22-February 8) begin this week, bringing the city world-class performing arts and a bounty of prix fixe menus. To take advantage of both festivals to make your date nights special, here’s few PuSh Festival performances with nearby…
BIG BANG Festival Comes Back for Family Day Weekend
This Family Day weekend, the second BIG BANG Festival returns to the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, for another day filled with musical adventures for young audiences. While BIG BANG Festival welcomes children from 5 years of age, this is no ordinary kids’ event. Founded in Belgium by Zonzo Compagnie 2010 and growing to nineteen cities around…
Picks of the Week – January 14, 2026
Hard to believe the new year is already two weeks old, and we’re fully racing into another year full of fantastically, entertaining picks. Lights: Continuing to illuminate the dark winter nights, one of Metro Vancouver’s largest festive light displays, Lights at Lafarge keeps the illuminations on at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park until February 16th. Bard: January…
2026 Advance Theatre Festival returns to the Shadbolt Centre for Arts
Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts once again welcomes the Advance Theatre Festival January 26 to 30. Co-presented by Ruby Slippers Theatre, the Shadbolt and Playwrights Guild of Canada, the innovative and inspiring festival, presents five new staged readings over five days all written and directed by female identifying and gender non-conforming artists who also…