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OKAN blends a colourful Cuban palette of influences, and brings it home to Canada

At the Mission Folk Music Festival, percussion-strings-and-singing duo draws on a vibrant mix of everything from Santeria to Latin and jazz

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2023Summer 2023, Mission Folk Music Festival

The Magic Flute and more uplifting arias and overtures, at open-air Opera in the Park July 16

Vancouver Opera music director emeritus Jonathan Darlington takes the podium for the concert by Deer Lake

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 12, 2023Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, City of Burnaby, Summer 2023

Amythyst Kiah turns her tumultuous past into music with revolutionary force, at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Guitar in hand, the genre-defying “Black Myself” singer brings together everything from blues and Americana to alt-pop

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 10, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Summer 2023

Cultural currents flow in composer-sitarist Mohamed Assani's new Watersmeet, at Indian Summer Festival

The artist brings together an array of Western and South Asian musicians for an aquatically inspired new suite of music

MUSIC, CULTURE, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 7, 2023Mohamed Asani, sitar, Summer 2023, Indian Summer Festival

Yukon Blonde gets ready to give fans the weirdness they want at Khatsahlano Street Party main stage

In anticipation of its sixth album Shuggie, Vancouver band rolls out songs that beeline for the listener’s pleasure centres

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 6, 2023Khatsahlano Street Party, Summer 2023, Yukon Blonde

David Bui conducts a mix of cinematic hits and classics at VSO's Symphony in the Park

Relaxed Deer Lake Park concert on the grass features beloved blockbuster tunes from Star Wars, Harry Potter, and more

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 6, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Early Music Vancouver hosts Renaissance-inspired Our City of Ladies on August 1

Performance on EMV Summer Festival lineup speaks to women’s rights

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJuly 6, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr

Toubab Krewe takes West African traditions in new global directions, at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

“Damn fine” American band mixes kamelngoni and kora with funk rhythms and a touch of surf guitar

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 5, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Summer 2023

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 patios and food trucks to fuel the fun at Khatsahlano Street Party

Pull up a sidewalk seat for tortas or Greek ‘za, or grab a bite and head to the fest’s music stages

CULINARY, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 4, 2023Khatsahlano Street Party, Summer 2023

City of Burnaby hosts Symphony in the Park on July 15, and Opera in the Park on July 16

Free Deer Lake Park concerts feature artists of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Opera

West Coast Modern Week hosts Itamar Erez Quartet in concert, July 6

The free show takes place at Swáy̓wi Temíxw, the rooftop garden of the West Vancouver Memorial Libray

MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 2, 2023West Vancouver Art Museum, West Coast Modern Week

Khatsahlano Street Party is a thriving celebration of Vancouver’s creative spirit

The annual West 4th Avenue festival returns, with more than 50 musical acts on seven stages across 10 blocks

Emerging from fire, pandemic, and floods, 2 Rivers Remix now moves its Feast of Indigenous Music & Culture to Tk’emlúps (Kamloops)

Preparing for three days of free concerts, artistic director Meeka Noelle Morgan reflects on a fest she helped start in Lytton

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 30, 2023Summer 2023, 2 Rivers Remix Society

All-female festivELLE devotes event to late Jocelyn Morlock and her advocacy for mental health

Allegra Chamber Orchestra and Astrolabe Musik Theatre revisit the composer’s moving work, and perform pieces including one by her mentee Mari Alice Conrad

Cree 2-Spirit trans artist Quanah Style performs at 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

The drag queen, recording artist, dancer, and filmmaker is one-of-a-kind

Experience a perfect day of music on West 4th Avenue at the Khatsahlano Street Party on July 8

Fun-filled event also features delectable drinks, tasty bites, and family-friendly activities

Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra's Summer Concert Series has a few surprises in store

Conductor Janna Sailor talks about a programme of music that’s so new even the conductor hasn’t heard it yet

MUSICJanet SmithJune 22, 2023VICO, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, Summer 2023, Janna Sailor

Indigenous festival ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) releases 2023 lineup, with headliners Black Belt Eagle Scout and Reservation Dogs’ composer Mato Wayuhi

Second annual celebration of Indigenous culture, creativity, and community is a presentation of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Musqueam

Indigenous music and culture in the spotlight at massive 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

With more than 40 leading Indigenous artists and acts, the three-day fest by 2 Rivers Remix Society has a theme of Bring the Children Home

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 21, 20232 Rivers Remix Society, Indigenous, Summer 2023, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Epic musical discovery awaits at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July 14 to 16

Lineup of over 40 artists features L.A. band Las Cafeteras’s Afro-Mexican rhythm-influenced folk

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 20, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival

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