Vancouver Pride is hosting Canada Pride 2024 with a line up of events taking place around the city until August 4th. Parties, performances, dances, festivals and the centrepiece Pride Parade are joined by a Queer Rights Summit taking place August 1-3. Find some of the week’s activities around town at the following hot spots; Bubly…
The Dance Centre Announces 2024-2025 Season
Announcing its 2024-2024 season, The Dance Centre is planning a program of exciting performances, accessible community programs, residencies, and projects, featuring a diverse roster of artists working in a wide variety of dance genres. Highlights include the 14th edition of Dance In Vancouver, two new Associate Artist positions, two performance series, and national choreographic exchanges….
Alliance Française Vancouver Unveils New Cultural Facility Amid 120th Anniversary Celebrations
Vancouver is getting a new arts and culture hub thanks to the Alliance Française Vancouver (AFV). After nearly a decade of planning and preparation, the new, state-of-the-art cultural facility, at 6161 Cambie Street, will host its official opening ceremony on August 14, 2024. The $24-million, 30,000-square-foot community hub will serve as a bastion of francophone…
Picks of the Week – July 24, 2024
Hard to believe we’re already at the last week of July, but the entertainment and activities in these picks are certainly not last. Fireworks: The 2024 Honda Celebration of Light continues tonight with Team Malaysia and Saturday with the United Kingdom’s pyrotechnic teams lighting up the skies over English Bay. Get in place earlier to witness the…
UBC Opera 2024-25 Season Sets Sail With Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved H.M.S. Pinafore
The 29th season of UBC Opera is bringing three varied operas to the stage that highlight and challenge the talents of the UBC Opera Ensemble. Audiences are invited to experience a 2024-25 season that offers the full spectrum of opera with the jubilant humour in H.M.S. Pinafore, the realist tragedy of Street Scene, and the…
The Improv Centre Welcomes The Kids In The Hall’s Kevin McDonald
Love to Laugh?The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island is presenting The Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald for a weekend of hilarity this August. “Unhinged with Kevin McDonald” on August 24th is a night of improv and stand-up with the Canadian actor, voice actor, comedian, and co-founding member of The Kids in the Hall. …
Vancouver Foodster Celebrates 15 Years with Vancouver Culinary Fest!
Since July 2009, Vancouver Foodster, by writer, editor, creator Richard Wolak, has been an online food guide bringing readers reviews, news and insider tips to the culinary and hospitality scene in greater Vancouver, across Canada and around the world. Celebrating its 15th Anniversary Vancouver Foodster has a host of tasty events happening over the rest…