Rifflandia Festival returns bigger and bolder than ever bringing Victoria with six days of programming over two weekends this September. Since 2008, Rifflandia has been a beloved staple in the Western Canada concert calendar. The Festival is complimented by the Capital city’s local food & beverage entrepreneurs and creative artisans helping create a truly community…
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Mission Folk Music Festival announces its 36th Annual Artist Line-Up
The Mission Folk Music Festival (MFMF) recently announced the 2023 lineup of music acts slated to perform at the 36th annual festival, July 21, 22, 23, 2023 at Fraser River Heritage Park in Mission, BC. After a flurry of worry earlier this year about the state of local live music festivals, Mission Folk Music Festival…
EMV Season Wraps & Prepares For Summer Festival
As one season closes, another one nears. This past weekend, Early Music Vancouver (EMV) closed out its 2022/2023 season with a live concert collaboration, Schubertiade with The Leonids and Chor Leoni at St Andrew’s Wesley United Church. Starting off a busy month of music, the sounds of the choir and its professional ensemble, The Leonids, rang…
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival Turns 21
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival turns 21 in 2023, while the festival may have left its youth behind, the eclectic festival is still programmed and curated entirely by members of The Cultch’s Youth Panel. When the Femme Festival comes to a close on May 14th, it makes way for IGNITE!, Western Canada’s largest youth-run arts…
DOXA 2023 Industry Program Returns In-Person
As DOXA Documentary Film Festival prepares for its in-person opening this week, the festival also announces it’s also bringing back its Industry program in-person venues, offering a chance to learn from leading documentary professionals, activists and academics. DOXA’s 2023 Industry program kicks off on Saturday, May 6 at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at…
Chiliwack Tulip Festival Brings Colour Back to the Fraser Valley
The Fraser Valley’s annual burst of spring colour returns this month with the 17th annual edition of the Chilliwack Tulip Festival bursting into bloom starting Wednesday, April 19. Since launching in 2006 as the first local event of its kind, pioneering promotion of agritourism and the Fraser Valley’s integral role in BC farming. At BC’s…
Picks of the Week – March 29, 2023
Wrapping up March we hope there’s no fooling with this weekend’s picks! Sense: Wrapping up this Sunday, The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage breathes new life into the world of the Dashwood Sisters with its creative staging of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility by Kate Hamill. Mystery: Also only until Sunday, the Firehall Arts Centre is presenting the Vancouver premiere…