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Hills come alive with music during Cascade Peaks ChamberFest in Princeton, B.C.

Hills come alive with music during Cascade Peaks ChamberFest in Princeton, B.C.

Inaugural festival, hosted by the Langley Community Music School, regaled attendees with rousing concerts, valuable coaching, and idyllic views

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 26, 2024Festivals, Borealist String Quartet, Cascade P, Summer 2024

Vancouver's Lumière Festival brings performing arts to outdoor, public spaces

Vancouver's Lumière Festival brings performing arts to outdoor, public spaces

The re-imagined fest features everything from pop-up flamenco to Persian jazz

FESTS, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 17, 2022Lumiere Festival, Julie-anne Saroyan, Cory Philey, outdoor, Festivals, Homepage feature, Holiday 2022

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 diverse events to catch at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 diverse events to catch at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

An opera blending Cantonese song, jazz, and Indigenous drumming; an immersive sound experience; and a collaborative dance work are among the highlights

FESTSStir VancouverOctober 26, 2022Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Downtown Eastside, Festivals, Karen Jamieson, Vancouver Cantonese Opera

ARTIVISM 2021 presents QUEER Coded: Slam + Spoken Word at MOA Haida House, October 13

ARTIVISM 2021 presents QUEER Coded: Slam + Spoken Word at MOA Haida House, October 13

Desi poet Anjalica Solomon headlines the event that’s part of the month-long UBC festival

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021What's Stirring, Festivals, ARTIVISM, UBC, spoken word, slam poetry

BC Culture Days readies for month-long series of arts events throughout Metro Vancouver

BC Culture Days readies for month-long series of arts events throughout Metro Vancouver

The free hybrid festival focuses on reconnecting with community

FESTS, NEWSGail JohnsonSeptember 8, 2021BC Culture Days, Festivals, fests

Stir Pairing: Food and wine from the land to savour during the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival

Stir Pairing: Food and wine from the land to savour during the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival

An Indigenous World Winery red, bannockwich from Salmon n’ Bannock go hand in hand with the multidisciplinary fest that celebrates Canada’s diverse Indigenous cultures

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 2, 2021CULINARY, Festivals, Talking Stick, Indigenous cuisine, Indigenous World Winery, Salmon n' Bannock, Full Circle, Stir Pairing

Vancouver Chinatown Walkabout dives into history, culture, culinary arts, May 16

Vancouver Chinatown Walkabout dives into history, culture, culinary arts, May 16

The Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC hosts a virtual tour as part of the explorASIAN Festival

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 10, 2021culinary, Chinatown, ExplorASIAN, Festivals, fests

The beauty of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival lives on, online

The beauty of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival lives on, online

Newly released drone film, along with virtual haiku readings and piano performances, preserve the magic of sakura season

FESTSStir VancouverApril 30, 2021Festivals, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, sakura, Christopher Gaze, Patrick Weir

Talking Stick's InterSocial Nations is a Virtual Dance Party, February 27

Talking Stick's InterSocial Nations is a Virtual Dance Party, February 27

DJ O Show and DJ Kookum bring the fest’s Winter Lodge to a celebratory close

FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 26, 2021Fests, Festivals, What's Stirring, Talking Stick, Talking Stick Festival

From Talking Stick to Microphone honours Indigenous poets Zaccheus Jackson Nyce, Taran Kootenhayoo

From Talking Stick to Microphone honours Indigenous poets Zaccheus Jackson Nyce, Taran Kootenhayoo

Nyla Carpentier curates the beloved Talking Stick Festival event that highlights spoken word and music

FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 22, 2021Fests, Festivals, Talking Stick, Talking Stick Festival, Indigenous, Nyla Carpentier, Margo Kane, Spoken word, Poetry

Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival focuses on belonging

Us: A Black Peoples Month Festival focuses on belonging

The free virtual fest reminds that all Black voices are not the same

FESTSGail JohnsonJanuary 28, 2021Festivals, Fests, Ensemble Theatre Company, Black Peoples Month, Black History Month, BIPOC, Black artists, Black Lives Matter

PuSh projects feature dance, theatre, music, walks, and forest

PuSh projects feature dance, theatre, music, walks, and forest

The 2021 festival takes audiences on virtual and real-life journeys

FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 26, 2021Partner Content, Festivals, Fests, PuSh Festival

Culture tripping through food: Bookings open for Dine Out Vancouver Festival

Culture tripping through food: Bookings open for Dine Out Vancouver Festival

Without travel on the books, multicultural-dining experiences can help fill the pandemic void

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonJanuary 25, 2021CULINARY, Festivals, Dine Out Vancouver Festival, Dine Out

Not your basic cup: Hot Chocolate Vancouver elevates the drink's art, to February 14

Not your basic cup: Hot Chocolate Vancouver elevates the drink's art, to February 14

The 2021 edition features 87 creative flavours

CULINARY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJanuary 17, 2021CULINARY, Festivals, fests, what's stirring

Stir Pairing: Stride Burnaby Arts Festival calls for Dageraad beer and Cioffi’s antipasti

Stir Pairing: Stride Burnaby Arts Festival calls for Dageraad beer and Cioffi’s antipasti

With so much community pride behind the cultural event, we’re sticking to the ’hood for our food and drink

CULINARY, DRINK, FESTSGail JohnsonJanuary 13, 2021CULINARY, Festivals, DRINK, art and design, Stir Pairing

Genre-bending performer Ben Caplan brings klezmer-influenced folk music to the virtual Chutzpah! stage

Genre-bending performer Ben Caplan brings klezmer-influenced folk music to the virtual Chutzpah! stage

The booming baritone will perform songs off of the concept album Old Stock

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 13, 2020Festivals, fests, Ben Caplan, klezmer, Chutzpah Festival

Indigenous artists and knowledge keepers share untold stories of Vancouver’s Eastside in In the Beginning

Indigenous artists and knowledge keepers share untold stories of Vancouver’s Eastside in In the Beginning

The cultural-sharing events will fill in blanks in the area’s recorded past

FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 30, 2020Festivals, fests, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Firehall Arts Centre, Indigenous People, Indigenous

5X: Race to the Stage festival celebrates South Asian youth culture

5X: Race to the Stage festival celebrates South Asian youth culture

Taking place on an app for the first time, the Surrey-based fest unites South Asian millennials beyond physical borders.

FESTSGail JohnsonOctober 13, 2020Festivals, South Asian, 5X, Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, bhangra, bharata natyam

Rob Teszka: Magic Dropout works psychology into sleight of hand at October Mini-Fringe, to October 9

Rob Teszka: Magic Dropout works psychology into sleight of hand at October Mini-Fringe, to October 9

There’s more to that card trick than you might think.

FESTS, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 1, 2020Festivals, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Fringe Fest, Rob Teszka, what's stirring

At the TRANSFORM Cabaret Festival, Le Gateau Chocolat takes drag into unexpected terrain

At the TRANSFORM Cabaret Festival, Le Gateau Chocolat takes drag into unexpected terrain

Le Gateau Chocolat explodes expectations in a show that explores everything from depression to Olivia Newton John.

FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2020Festivals, Le Gateau Chocolat, Drag, Cabaret, Transform Festival, The Cultch, Icons