Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s–2000 the Chinese Canadian Museum’s feature exhibition has been extended by two months to allow more visitors to experience the acclaimed installation, now due to close July 19, 2026. In addition to its public popularity, the exhibition has recently been recognized with the 2025 Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement: Exhibitions, a…
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Lunar New Year Celebrations Kick Off This Weekend
Sun Nin Fei Lok!The Year 4724 of the Chinese Calendar – Year of the Horse – starts Tuesday, February 17 in the Gregorian Calendar, but celebrations for the 15-day Lunar New Year Spring Festival begin this weekend. Here’s a selection of events to entertain your spirits and taste buds The 52nd Vancouver Chinatown Spring Festival Parade…
Vancouver Opera Reveals Three Iconic Works for 2026-2027 Season
As Cosi Fan Tutte, now playing, marks the midway points of its current season, Vancouver Opera has announced a 2026–2027 season featuring three iconic fan-favourite works by Puccini, Rossini, and Verdi. With season tickets now on sale for the upcoming season that opens in October 2026 Puccini’s Tosca, followed by Rossini’s classic comedy The Barber…
Vancouver Opera Brings Mozart’s Comic Cosi Fan Tutte to Stage
Mounties, Mischief, Manipulation! Vancouver Opera’s season hits its midway point bringing Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, for two more performances, February 12thand 15th. Rob Herriot makes his Vancouver Opera debut directing this update of the 18h century opera buffa (a comedic genre of opera) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with libretto…
Dancers of Damelahamid present 19th Annual Coastal Dance Festival
For the 19th annual Coastal Dance Festival, Dancers of Damelahamid once again bring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world to the stage. Performances take place March 3rd at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster, and from March 4-8 at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC in Vancouver. The two spaces will be transformed through a dynamic offering of…
Early Music Vancouver’s LUMEN Festival Returns February 27 & 28
Early Music Vancouver (EMV) has announced the return of LUMEN Festival, its annual winter concert series powered by the light of music to brighten the dark days of February. Taking to the stage to end the month, the 2026 festival features two performances: the exuberant ensemble Ruckus Early Music plays Christ Church Cathedral on February 27, 7:30pm, while…
Bill Reid Gallery Highlights Salish Art With The World Premiere Every River Has a Mouth
Following its recently wrapped retrospective exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art prepares to present the world premiere of Every River Has a Mouth: the visual languages that connect us, guest curated by Snuneymuxw artist Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun. On display from February 14, 2026, Every River Has a Mouth finds its flow in the…