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Stanislav Kochanovsky conducts Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony at the VSO, April 11 to 13

Program also features virtuoso British pianist Stephen Hough, who hosts a Pyatt Hall masterclass on April 10

MUSICJanet SmithApril 7, 2025VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Vancouver Cantata Singers wraps its 2024-25 season with Reflection, May 3

Program honours special people and moments in the choir’s history with works by Bach, Mahler, and more

MUSICStir VancouverApril 7, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Spring 2025

Kidd Pivot's Assembly Hall wins Best New Dance Production prize at U.K.'s prestigious Olivier Awards

Vancouver choreogapher Crystal Pite has won previous Oliviers for Revisor, Betroffenheit, and Flight Path

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 6, 2025Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite

Hubert Hazebroucq and Doulce Mémoire revive 15th- and 16th-century performance art in Now, Let Us Dance!, April 12

Early Music Vancouver program features a piffari, or wind band, accompanied by the early dances of French and Italian court festivities

Monumental exhibition Riopelle: Crossroads in Time preserves a Québécois abstract artist's legacy

At the Vancouver Art Gallery, Jean Paul Riopelle retrospective covers five decades of his work, from 1942 to 1992

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Legally Blonde The Musical to alternate at Theatre Under the Stars for summer 2025

Subscription packs on sale today for Stanley Park stage series that runs June 27 to August 16

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithApril 4, 2025Theatre Under the Stars, TUTS

Vines Art Society honours six years of collective work with Land Back Rewind, April 19 to 29

Opening night of the multi-artist exhibition features karaoke, storytelling, and music

Stitched: Merging Photography and Textile Practices pushes lens-based art into multidimensional new realms

New Capture Photography Festival exhibition at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art moves the form through beadwork, weaving, handstitching, and more

VIFF champions local artists for Canadian Film Week with 18 features, April 11 to 17

Program includes Vancouver premieres, returning classics, and a tribute to Tracey Friesen and free screenings on National Canadian Film Day

SCREENStir VancouverApril 4, 2025Partner Content, VIFF Centre, VIFF, Spring 2025

Stir Q&A: At Palestrina 500, Kari Turunen throws a birthday bash for a 16th-century composer

Vancouver Chamber Choir concert features some of the Italian virtuoso’s most enduring Renaissance music

MUSICJanet SmithApril 3, 2025Spring 2025, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Kari Turunen

Royal City Musical Theatre stages Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 The Musical, April 25 to May 11

Fast-paced feminist adventure follows three coworkers who rebel against their boss

THEATRE, MUSICStir VancouverApril 3, 2025Partner Content, Royal City Musical Theatre, Spring 2025

Ndidi O reflects on reinvention and defying expectations ahead of Massey Theatre show

In musical travels from rock and electronica to folk and blues, the roving artist has followed her curiosity and intuition beyond industry-drawn boundaries

MUSICJanet SmithApril 3, 2025Massey Theatre, Spring 2025, Homepage feature

Activism and B.C.-made world premieres as DOXA Documentary Film Festival unveils more of its programming

New paraDOXA initiative will highlight experimental films like To Use a Mountain

SCREENJanet SmithApril 3, 2025DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Chor Leoni brings signature choral festival The Big Roar to the Chan Centre, May 3

Event marks 10th anniversary with more than 250 singers, $5 TD Community Roar Tickets, and a world premiere from Marie-Claire Saindon

MUSICStir VancouverApril 3, 2025Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, The Big Roar, Spring 2025

Artists from Scotland, Fiji, and beyond announced for Mission Folk Music Festival's 38th edition

B.C. surf-rockers Empanadas Ilegales, powerhouse Australian vocalist Lloyd Spiegel, and more will perform at the Fraser River Heritage Park from July 25 to 27

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 2, 2025Mission Folk Music Festival

Vital Spark Theatre expands on a Jane Austen plot in The Watsons, May 2 to 18

Playwright Laura Wade picks up where Austen’s novel about 19-year-old Emma Watson’s love life left off

THEATREStir VancouverApril 2, 2025Partner Content, Vital Spark Theatre, Spring 2025

In fateful times, Alfredo Santa Ana's music draws on deeper meanings of day-to-day life

As part of Music on Main series, the Mexican Canadian composer’s luminous works respond to current chaos and ancient ties to the natural world

MUSICJanet SmithApril 2, 2025Alfredo Santa Ana, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Spring 2025

DEAD DRONE's comedic take on technology and apocalypse is serious business

Combining live action, music, video, and puppetry, Upintheair Theatre offers a darkly funny vision of collapse that features strange insect hybrids and familiar human flaws

THEATREJanet SmithApril 2, 2025Theatre, Upintheair Theatre, Russian Hall, Spring 2025