Moving into to the final weekend of April, the entertainment keeps springing up throughout the picks of the week…
Sexy: Vancouver playwright Michele Riml’s Sexy Laundry returns, 20 years after its debut, to the Arts Club Theatre Granville Island stage until May 12th
Writer: Tonight, Vancouver Public Library-Central Branch hosts a Vancouver Writer’s Festival event Incite: A Reading with Michael Ondaatje – A Year of Last Things – the acclaimed writer’s return to poetry. Following the reading will be a conversation with Jenny Penberthy,
Poetry: Continuing until April 27th Canada’s largest spoken word festival, the 14th Verses Festival of Words presented by Vancouver Poetry House comes to venues around the city bringing together generations of poets under this year’s theme of “Learning and Remembering.”
Market: The 2024 Richmond Night Market, North America’s Largest Night Market, opens this weekend, themed ‘Summer Sweet Dragon’ join hundreds of vendors, just one block from Bridgeport SkyTrain Station each weekend at until October 14
Luminati: Saturday night, BC Place makes music history as Diljit Dosanjh becomes the first Punjabi artist to perform at the stadium as he launches his 2024 Dil-luminati Tour, the sold out show is expected to be the largest Punjabi performance outside of India
After: From BC Place head to Commodore Ballroom for the Dil-Luminati – The Official After Party Featuring: Sultaan, BK & Intense
Stage: Until April 28 at Firehall Arts Centre, Keith Baker’s This Is How We Got Here follows a close-knit family still dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss.
Comedy: Sunday, Stand-Up at The Improv makes a return to Granville Island. Prepare for an evening of local and touring stand-up comedians as they deliver their most hilarious material – hosted by Vancouver comedian Lukas Purm.
Nanny: Practically perfect in every way, the Royal City Musical Theatre’s production of Mary Poppins flies into the Massey Theatre from April 25 – May 12.
Dance: Thursday April 25 at 12 noon, The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series wraps up its 2024 season with an exciting new dance theatre work Night is the Mother by Dance//Novella a company founded by former Ballet BC artists Racheal Prince and Brandon Lee Alley.
Opera: Queen Elizabeth Theatre welcomes Vancouver Opera‘s production of Bizet’s Carmen, with the famed opera on stage for 5 performances April 27 to May 5
Challenges: It’s your last chance to try out the entries in Vancouver Foodster’s Best Spring Drink Challenge and Best Pizza Challenge then vote for your favourite before they wrap up April 28th
Femme: The Cultch’s Femme Festival continues with Savage Society and NAC Indigenous Theatre’s brand new production of Tai Amy Grauman’s You used to call me Marie…, running until April 28 at the York Theatre. Joining the Festival tomorrow, the world premiere of Neworld Theatre’s Fat Joke, by Cheyenne Rouleau, in association with Rumble Theatre, running April 25 – May 5 at the Vancity Culture Lab
Photo: The 11th annual Capture Photography Festival welcomes the community to experience and explore Western Canada’s largest lens-based art festival until April 30, 2024.
Riot: Part of Capture Festival, Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia, a survey exhibition of the feminist art collective, at The Polygon Gallery running until June 2, 2024.
Pitch: The Vancouver Canadians are in the midst of a six-game home stand at Nat Bailey Stadium, until Sunday April 28 against Spokane
Moonlight: Metro Theatre brings its 2024 season to a close with Moonlight & Magnolias – April 27 – May 18 – taking a comical look behind the scenes at the development of classic film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind
Flamenco: Saturday evening at The Annex, Flamenco Rosario presents Regeneration: Por Derecho, featuring Carmen Young Pérez (Spain), with Yurie Kaneko, and Katia Flores.
Concert: Friday April 26th, the Studio Theatre at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts welcomes a performance from the acclaimed group Amai Kuda Et Les Bois described as a “tantalizing Afro-soul combo of folk, roots, desert blues and African continental music” by NOW Magazine
Blooms: The first ever Harrison Tulip Festival is now blooming, bringing the biggest and most beautiful bounty of bulbs to the Fraser Valley, until May 5th
Tomorrow: Justin Timberlake’s The Forget Tomorrow World Tour, his first in five years, gets under way with its first show at Rogers Arena on Monday night.