The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival celebrates its 35th year honouring its history while looking ahead to the future by highlighting its passionate community connection, commitment, and perseverance that helped mark this milestone anniversary festival.
The 2025 festival again welcomes a lineup of Canadian and international artists, presenting live performances, masterclasses and workshops from September 20 to 28 including both ticketed and free events. Audiences will experience powerful and diverse programming by artists from Spain, the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Iran, Morocco and Canada.
Festival highlights include Soulfulness by Flamenco Rosario at the Vancouver Playhouse in celebration of 35 years of passion and dedication with a showcase of ensemble and solo works. Guest musicians José El Cachito’ Díaz (voice) and Caroline Planté (guitar), long time collaborators with Flamenco Rosario, will also present a special music concert at the Mel Lehan Hall.
The program also features Karen Flamenco’s Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, blending classical music with flamenco; Palabra Flamenco’s Dark Sounds, an exploration of poetry and flamenco from Victoria; and Seffarine, an internationally recognized group that combines flamenco with world music traditions (Co-presented by Caravan World Rhythms).
The 35th Vancouver International Flamenco Festival runs September 20 to 28 getting underway with a free event before a week of great performances including;
September 20 & 21:FREE outdoor events at Picnic Pavilion Granville Island
September 23: Be/Sois – Short Film Screening, Live Guitar Performance & Artist Talk (Montreal/Vancouver/Salt Spring Island) @ Alliance Française
Co-Presented by Alliance Française
September 24: DARK SOUNDS – Palabra Flamenco (Victoria) @ Waterfront Theatre
Community partner Vancouver Writers Fest
September 25: DE FEZ A JEREZ- Seffarine (USA/Morocco/Spain/Iran/Cuba) @ Waterfront Theatre
Co-presented by Caravan World Rhythms
September 26: VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS Karen Flamenco (Vancouver) @ Waterfront Theatre
September 27:SOULFULNESS-Flamenco Rosario & Guests (Vancouver/Montreal/Mexico/Spain) @ Vancouver Playhouse
September 28: LA MÚSICA DEL FLAMENCO with Caroline Planté (guitar) José Díaz El Cachito (voice) with opening support by local artists Jafeline Palacios (voice) and Gerardo Alcalá (guitar) @ St James Community Square, The Mel Lehan Hall
Masterclasses & Workshops
September 20: Free Introductory Class with Rosario Ancer (Flamenco Rosario) @ Scotiabank Dance Centre
September 24:Masterclass with Manuel Gutierrez @ Scotiabank Dance Centre
September 28: Masterclass with Macarena López @ Scotiabank Dance Centre
September 28: Cante (Voice) & Palmas (percussive hand clapping) with José Díaz El Cachito (Spain) @ St James Community Square
The 35th Annual Vancouver International Flamenco Festival runs September 20-28, 2025 at various venues around Vancouver. Find full program details and register for free and ticketed events at vancouverflamencofestival.org