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Dancing on the Edge announces 2024 lineup featuring more than 30 performances of cutting-edge works

36th annual festival of contemporary dance to present world premieres, Western Canadian debuts, and works-in-progress throughout Metro Vancouver from June 13 to 22

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 9, 2024Dancing on the Edge, dance, fests

Monsoon Festival: Leading singers Pav Dharia and Gurtêj, aka NY Virtuoso, hit Punjabi Market Live, August 27

South Asian Arts Society’s free street party also features dance, drag, food, and more

Stir Cheat Sheet: All the things to eat at the 2022 Vancouver Folk Music Festival

New options include lobster rolls, liquid-nitrogen ice cream, and Japanese-Hawaiian fusion food

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJuly 13, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, food, fests

Asian Persuasion All-Stars take to the stage in support of Elimin8Hate, September 19

Local musicians put on a fundraising concert for the advocacy arm of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival

MUSIC, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2021What's Stirring, music, fests, Elimin8hate, Vancouver Asian Film Festival

F-O-R-M's films show the human body in motion, online to September 18

This year’s Festival of Recorded Movement features its largest group of commissioned artists in its history

Stir Pairing: Prohibition inspires one-woman Fringe show, and a new Vancouver restaurant

A Toast to Prohibition is Melanie Gall’s new historic musical; Laowai is a hidden lounge and eatery in Chinatown

CULINARY, FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 11, 2021CULINARY, Vancouver Fringe Festival, fests, theatre, Fringe Fest, the Fringe

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

The Neverland Night Circus brings a seductive Peter Pan to Vancouver Fringe Festival

The Geekenders’ immersive production is a family-friendly affair

THEATRE, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 3, 2021fests, Fringe Fest, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Geekenders, Homepage feature

TAIWANfest's New World Concert forges cross-cultural connections through music

Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra principal conductor Ken Hsieh sees the festival as a chance to discover Taiwanese and Korean cultures

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonAugust 30, 2021TAIWANfest, Vancouver Metropolitan Opera, Ken Hsieh, fests

Snotty Nose Rez Kids co-host Indigifest 2021's final concert, August 26

Singer-songwriter Nimkish joins the hip-hop duo in hosting the Indigenous festival’s virtual blow-out show

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonAugust 25, 2021Indigifest, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, festivals, fests

Light Up Chinatown! celebrates Vancouver’s historic neighbourhood, September 11 and 12

Live music and dance, culinary collaborations, and more aim to reconnect people with the community that’s been hard hit by the pandemic

Candace Curr, Rob Thomson host next installment of Indigifest, August 19

Among the other B.C. Indigenous musicians on the lineup is folk-pop singer-songwriter and storyteller Myc Sharratt

FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonAugust 14, 2021Indigifest, Indigenous, fesets, fests, What's Stirring

INDIGIFEST 2021 announced for August, the virtual celebration featuring Indigenous music, arts, and culture from across B.C.

The First Peoples’ Cultural Council presents the fest, with Squamish Nation Elder Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph and music industry trailblazer Elaine Bomberry among the show’s hosts

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 26, 2021INDIGIFEST, Indigenous, First Peoples Cultural Council, fests, music