November comes to a close with holiday activities in full throttle and loading up the picks of the week with festive spirit! Market: Until December 24th, Vancouver Christmas Market welcomes more than 90 artisan huts, a lively line-up of holiday entertainment – performing on the Flying Stage from Vancouver’s only Christmas Pyramid – and Christmas Carousel. Buddy:…
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The Comedy Department Is Laughing All The Way To New Year!
Ready for some laughs? In December, The Comedy Department brings holiday cheer to the Vancouver’s The Show Cellar, 1755 Davie Street and Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way, with Holiday Comedy Rumble: Every Elf for Themselves. A one-of-a-kind comedy competition Holiday Comedy Rumble: Every Elf for Themselves, promises to swap the ho-ho-ho’s with boisterous…
East Van Panto – Beauty & The Beast is a Beaut!
The holiday tradition continues as Theatre Replacement and The Cultch bring the 11th Annual East Van Panto to the stage! Beauty & The Beast plays at The York Theatre until January 7, 2024. Lead by playwrights Jivesh Parasram and Christine Quintara, and directed by Anita Rochon the East Van Panto creative team has created a…
Picks of the Week – November 22, 2023
The final weekend of November brings the holiday season even closer, with plenty more festive fun in this week’s picks. Ice: Visit Arendelle and the Mountains of Columbia, see Anna, Elsa, Mirabel, and the Madrigal family live, as well as fan favourites Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald, Goofy, and many more take to the Pacific…
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Announces 2024 Lineup
Last night, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh) announced its 2024 festival lineup, coming January 18th to February 4th, to venues around Vancouver. For two decades, PuSh Festival has been the Lower Mainland’s signature, mid-winter cultural event delivering radical, innovative, contemporary works of live art by acclaimed local, national, and international artists. Tickets go on…
Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre presents EBONY ROOTS: CONCERT (Part 1)
December 2nd, Strathcona Church, in the heart of “Black Strathcona”, will be filled with the sounds of British Columbia’s best Black/African Descent musicians and performing artists as Sound the Alarm (STA) hosts Ebony Roots: Concert, Part 1. The first of a two-part concert project presenting an authentic celebration of Black music and culture in the historic venue…
Picks of the Week – November 15, 2023
The Holiday season is racing rapidly towards us, with more seasonal activities coming into each picks of the week Mean: The “Mean One” is coming to town – Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical is coming for 7 performances only, until November 18, at The Centre in Vancouver. Pizza: Tonight, Vancouver Foodster’s 4th annual Pizza Palooza offers…