A leap year gives us an extra day to find plenty of entertaining picks of the week!
Dates: It’s the last chance to turn Wednesday into Date Night with the performers celebrating dating, relationships, and everything between in a night full of laughs about love at The Improv Centre tonight.
Things: Until March 3rd, find the joy in everything as Every Little Thing by Duncan Macmillan, opens at The Arts Club Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre
Italy: Music, Food, Family are all on the table with The Arts Club’s Made in Italy, On Tour around the region until April; this week playing at The Surrey Arts Centre February 28-March 9
Father: Tonight, The Arts Club Granville Island Stage opens the new comedy about life on The Rez, Father Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure running until March 24th
Discover: February 29th, The Dance Centre’s popular Discover Dance! noon series features Voirelia Dance Hub, an innovative Vancouver company bringing a contemporary dance work choreographed by Alina Sotskova, De/Formed Revival inspired by Renaissance art and sculpture.
Japan: The Kawaii Japan Market returns from March 1 to 3 with music, dance, fashion and cosplay taking over UBC Robson Square
Puck: On Thursday, Vancouver Canucks take to the ice at Rogers Arena, to play host to the LA Kings.
Box: On Friday, the Buffalo Bandits pay a visit to take on the Vancouver Warriors for a night of lacrosse at Rogers Arena
Ball: On Saturday, Vancouver Whitecaps open their 50th Anniversary home season with a visit from Charlotte FC at BC Place Stadium.
Wine: The Vancouver International Wine Festival continues through to March 3rd, with spectacular events like International Festival Tastings, California Wines Sun Fest, The Grand Cru and more
Cohen: Also until March 3rd, celebrate the legendary musicians works with the audience favourite production Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen at Firehall Arts Centre
Opera: City Opera Vancouver presents the Canadian premiere of composer Missy Mazzoli’s contemporary masterpiece Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, with the title role performed by mezzo-soprano Marion Newman, on stage February 29 to March 3 at the York Theatre
Drag: March 1st at the Commodore Ballroom, Drag Race winner Sasha Colby: Stripped Tour takes to the stage
Kids: Pacific Theatre, in collaboration with Eastside Story Guild, presents the world premiere of CHILD-ish in which adults speak children’s exact words about love, life, and the big questions, from February 9 to March 9
Absurd: Presentation House Theatre and Blackout Art Society are thrilled to present The Emigrants, Exact Resemblance’s production of the absurdist comedy by acclaimed Polish playwright S?awomir Mro?ek, translated by Henry Beissel.
Comedy: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Meow Meow: Pandemonium brings the international siren and comedienne extraordinaire to the Orpheum Stage with the VSO on March 2nd
Singer: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre presents an Evening with Dariush, bringing the Persian icon to the stage on March 2nd
Dancers: Honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, the 17th annual Coastal Dance Festival presented by Dancers of Damelahamid comes to the Anvil Centre, March 1st – 3rd
Festival: Through the week, The Vancouver International Dance Festival presents a host of performers, choreographers and creators on the city’s stages including; Compagnie Virginie Brunelle in Les corps avalés at Vancouver Playhouse, Catherine Gaudet in Se dissoudre at The Annex, Fakeknot in Whip and Ferenc Fehér’s Disco Boys at Roundhouse.