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Club Origami's folded paper allows kids' imaginations to flourish at Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Presented with Boca del Lupo, the accessible production by the U.K.’s Seven Circles encourages interactive learning

Kicking off Tremors Festival, Erin James infuses music with her passion for fashion

The violinist’s Fantasy Vignettes interweaves Baroque music, costume changes, and sewing machines

THEATRE, MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMay 20, 2025Tremors Festival, RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre, Spring 2025

Bard on the Beach presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona, June 13 to September 19

On the BMO Mainstage, director Dean Paul Gibson puts an ’80s spin on this resonant tale of young love

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverMay 20, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare

Queer Arts Festival steps into the future with 18th annual edition, June 6 to 28

Centred around portals, this year’s just-announced lineup includes several visual-art exhibitions, Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts, and more

Vancouver Short Film Festival unveils lineup for 15th annual edition, June 13 to 15

HATCH, Clementine, One Day This Kid, and Beyond the Salish are among the 47 Canadian shorts screening this year

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverMay 16, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF

Tanzanian percussion and indie icons as Vancouver Folk Music Festival unveils 2025 lineup, July 18 to 20

The Zawose Queens, The Milk Cartons Kids, and more to hit the Main Stage at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverMay 15, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF

At the rEvolver Festival, playwright Sarvin Esmaeili gives femme body hair a voice

In Hair Hair Everywhere, Shabnam debates whether or not she should shave

Dancing on the Edge unveils program full of local works by the likes of MascallDance and Ziyian Kwan, June 12 to 21

Moroccan and Spanish choreographers join the international contingent of event that runs at Firehall Arts Centre and SFU Woodward’s

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 13, 2025Dancing on the Edge, Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, SFU Woodward's

Much Ado About Nothing hits the BMO Mainstage at Bard on the Beach, June 10 to September 20

All is not as it seems as two of Shakespeare’s most tumultuous couples navigate secret love and mistaken identities

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverMay 13, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare

Rumble Theatre launches program guide with two ways to experience the Tremors Festival, June 6 to 8

At Progress Lab 1422, a pair of tracks feature multidisciplinary works by Howard Dai, Paige Louter, Cameron Peal, and more

Indian Summer Festival unveils dance, sarod music, and comedy shows for July event

Tickets on sale today for a Simran Sachar–Justine A. Chambers choreographic collab, comedian Kiran Deol, and Indian classical music star Alam Khan

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithMay 5, 2025Indian Summer Festival, Am Johal, Justine A. Chambers

Upintheair Theatre unveils lineup for 13th-annual rEvolver Festival, May 21 to June 1

Offerings at The Cultch span coming-of-age stories, puppetry, musical theatre, and more

Stir Q&A: At DOXA, Baljit Sangra throws a spotlight on an undersung Canadian jazz songstress

In Have You Heard Judi Singh?, Vancouver director interweaves archival footage, re-created moments, and mesmerizing music in tribute to late Punjabi-Black artist

At DOXA, Paul explores the loneliness and anxiety of a “cleaning simp”

Montreal filmmaker Denis Côté started out making a portrait of a shy BDSM worker and ended up capturing a generation’s encounter with the endless recursions of social media

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 25, 2025DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Spring 2025

Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again follows the flow of a multigenerational legal battle at DOXA

In NFB documentary, Lyana Patrick chronicles the environmental harm caused by the Kenney Dam

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 24, 2025DOXA Documentary Film Festival, DOXA, VIFF Centre, NFB, National Film Board

Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils full Granville Island Jazz programming

Another 30 concerts will take place at Performance Works, Ocean Artworks, and the Revue Stage from June 20 to July 1

Vancouver International Children's Festival shows range from a zany comedy to a book bonanza, May 26 to June 1

Among the theatre offerings in store are Same Same Different, I Wish I Was a Mountain, and The Libravian

Jane Siberry to Gnawa rock: Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces program

Tanzania’s Zawose Queens and Congo’s Les Mamans du Congo x Rrobin rub shoulders with Canadian names like Elisapie and Ocie Elliott at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park, July 18 to 20

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 24, 2025Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Elisapie, Ocie Elliott