March rolled in with an eclipse, and a mixed bag of weather but a full bag of entertaining picks of the week.
Connections: Tonight, The Improv Centre and The Georgia Straight present I Saw You – based on The Georgia Straight’s famed ‘I Saw You’ column – an improv inspired by the audiences hopeful notes and missed connections.
Party: Two-days of Rugby, Fancy Dress, and a global audience – Vancouver’s biggest party of the year, HSBC SVNS Vancouver returns to BC Place this weekend, March 7 & 8
Habit: One of the longest-running off-Broadway productions, Dan Goggin’s NUNSENSE – following a mishap The Little Sisters of Hoboken need to raise emergency funds for their convent and put on a madcap variety show at the Metro Theatre until March 21
Pop: Korean-Canadian singer-songwriter JUNNY brings his [null] North American tour for a stop at The Vogue Theatre tonight, Wednesday March 4
Pucks: Tonight, March 4 Vancouver Canucks play host to Carolina Hurricanes on the ice at Rogers Arena
Murder: The Arts Club previews its production of Dial M for Murder Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of the classic psychological thriller by Frederick Knott, until March 8 at the Stanley BFL CANADA Stage
Golden: Glen and Sandy Golden head to the cottage where they have celebrated the last 49 wedding anniversaries but is their 50th, Golden? Find out as The Arts Club On Tour continues with The Golden Anniversaries at Surrey Arts Centre until March 7
Circus: Run away and join the circus as Europa Super Circus begins its West Coast tour under the big top at Richmond’s Lansdowne Centre, March 5-15.
Francophone: March 6 to 8, Festival du Bois takes over Mackin Park, in Coquitlam’s Maillardville community filling it with music and dance, fabulous food, a range of engaging on-site activities and a warm and welcoming atmosphere.
Zulu: Saturday March 7, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the nine-member a cappella ensemble from South Africa blends traditional Zulu music and gospel, combines call-and-response, harmonization, and soulful melody to vigorously uplifting effect.
Warrior: The Cultch fights the winter blahs with its second annual Warrior Festival, until March 29 it calls audiences to all three Cultch stages to celebrate the artists who are reclaiming space, rewriting narratives, and advocating for justice, inviting audiences to be part of something bigger than entertainment.
Folk: Don’t miss the world premiere of Tracey Power’s House of Folk: A Lost Canadian Folk Show, – Firehall Arts Centre has turned into a 1960s coffeehouse in the height of the Canadian folk music.
photo: Jon Benjamin Photography
Dance: 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
A Cappella: Chor Leoni’s signature pop-choral mix, PopCappella returns to St. Andrew’s-Wesley United, Friday and Saturday with spectacular new arrangements of favourite pop-songs, backed by a band of Vancouver’s finest musicians.
Ball: National Lacrosse League’s Vancouver Warriors welcome the Toronto Rock to the box at Rogers Arena on Friday March 6
Comedy: Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, one of the world’s most successful and highest grossing touring stand-up comedians brings The 1976 Tour: “A Fluffy Celebration” to Rogers Arena on Saturday March 7
Mother: Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) is presenting the world premiere of Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother an exhibition featuring a varied collection of naaxiin (Chilkat) weavings and their digital translations, until March 29th
Colours: Until April 5th, Richmond Art Gallery presents major new group exhibition, The Chromophiliacs, featuring major works by Diyan Achjadi, Moozhan Ahmadzadegan, Charlene Vickers, and Jan Wade, alongside new commissions by Maru Aponte, Sandeep Johal, Yaimel López Zaldívar, Laura Meza Orozco, Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, and Malina Sintnicolaa
Photography: The Polygon Gallery sprouts a major new exhibition by acclaimed artist, curator, and scholar Tania Willard, Photolithics, showcasing the artists inventive approach to photography – on view from March 7th to May 24th.
Border: On view until May 30, 2026, The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford presents Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–U.S. Border / Perspectives sur la frontière Canada–É.-U., an ambitious exhibition that looks at the history of the 49th parallel that separates Canada and the US, and its lasting impacts on Indigenous communities
Dream: The Chinese Canadian Museum’s award-winning feature exhibition; Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s–2000’s has been extended by two months to allow more visitors to experience the acclaimed installation, held over until July 19, 2026.
River: 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 until February 14, 2027