There’s a saying about April Showers but what do March showers bring? How about more entertaining picks of the week!
Awards: Canada’s biggest night in Music – The JUNO Awards – returns to Vancouver March 30th at Rogers Arena hosted by Michael Buble – bringing along a whole array of special JUNO related events throughout the week
Party: Kick off JUNO Week with the three day Let’s Hear It Live JUNO Block Party, featuring a range of Canadian talent and emerging artists taking over the plaza north of the Vancouver Art Gallery March 27-29
Laughs: Vancouver Playhouse hosts Sirius XM Canada JUNO Comedy Show, hosted by Ola Dada, March 27th with a bevy of standout comedy performances from Courtney Gilmour, Debra DiGiovanni, Ivan Decker, Jess Salomon, and Nathan Macintosh.
Fest: CBC Music’s JUNOfest lights up Vancouver stages and bars for two sound-filled nights, showcasing the dynamic talents of over 100 artists across all genres including JUNO nominees performing live at over 10 venues across the city March 28 and 29
Carpet: Before the ceremony starts, see your favourite Canadian artists up close at JUNOS | Skip Orange Carpet Fan Zone Sunday at 1pm at BC Place Stadium
Afters: Once the ceremony is over, the party keeps on celebrating Canadian music at the official JUNO Awards After Party, in support of MusiCounts at the Commodore Ballroom Sunday night
Art: The Vancouver presentation of The Art of Banksy Without Limits is a brilliantly comprehensive and educational exhibition features 200+ pieces of art celebrating Banksy’s works, on display until May 25 at 1 Alexander Street in Gastown
Moon: Touchstone Theatre presents Behind the Moon, a play by award-winning playwright and novelist Anosh Irani, about intertwined lives of three South Asian men navigating their migration journeys in Canada – at The Cultch, Vancity Culture Lab March 27-April 6
Cash: It’s the last week to ‘cash’ in on The Arts Club Theatre On Tour with Ring of Fire: The Music Of Johnny Cash on the road, at Courtenay’s Sid Williams Theatre on March 27, and then at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby March 29-30 to close the tour.
Rock: History meets Rock as Cambodian Rock Band a funny, genre-defying play tells the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor returning to Cambodia after thirty years, running until April 6 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
Mom: Previews begin tomorrow for The Arts Club’s Burning Mom, the story of Dorothy who that life is too short to waste so after losing her husband, she decides to take their RV on the road trip of his retirement dreams: she’s going to Burning Man at the Granville Island Stage until April 20
God: The Cultch presents Urban Inks production of Children of God, Corey Payette’s powerful musical about an Oji-Cree family whose children were taken away to a residential school in Northern Ontario at The Cultch York Theatre until March 29
Beauty: March 28-April 6, The Cultch Historic Theatre welcomes the World Premiere of Niall McNeil’s Beauty and The Beast: My Life which assembles an incredible team of collaborators and performers, including: Veda Hille, Billy Marchenski, Sophia Wolfe, Kate Franklin, and Peter Anderson—who come together to centre Niall’s unique approach to art-making.
ShantyTok: Saturday night, The Wellermen bring their century-old folk song – TikTok famous sounds to the Biltmore Cabaret
Folk: Sunday spend An Evening with Judy Collins. a special, rare opportunity to spend time with an engaging storyteller and legendary singer from the golden age of folk, at the Massey Theatre March 30
Turner: The Queen Elizabeth Theatre welcomes Broadway Across Canada’s TINA The Tina Turner Musical to the stage March 25-30
VIVA: Vancouver’s Iranian Visual Arts (VIVA) Alliance has announced the launch of a new venue, Medias Res Gallery, at 401-353 Railway Street, with the gallery’s inaugural exhibition Henna Night II / Shabe Kheena II by Hangama Amiri, the Afghan-Canadian artist’s first solo exhibition in British Columbia, on view from March 27–May 2.
Photographs: On display until May 25th, The Polygon Gallery presents the Canadian premiere of Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Tranquility of Communion an exhibition of the brief but influential career of the late British-Nigerian artist
Haida: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Vancouver premiere of the retrospective exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist running until February 1, 2026.
Nuxalk: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is presenting the world premiere of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, on display at MOA until January 5, 2026.
Canadian: Showing until May 18, Griffin Art Projects presents a new group exhibition, Seriously? Comedy and Satire in Canadian Art 1970s–Now, the exhibition is guest curated by Melissa E. Feldman, the groundbreaking show challenges traditional perceptions of Canadian contemporary art.
Aging: Until June 1st, MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver presents the Feature Exhibit, Echoes of Memory: Featuring A Crow A Day, weaving together untold stories of aging, memory loss & dementia, and the power of community on our collective human experience