Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Performing alongside pakhavaj artist Tejas Tope, Dagar explores the virtuosity of dhrupad, India’s oldest-surviving classical style

The renowned group’s mission is to carry diversity and social relevance to the concert hall

Cutting-edge string musicians have recorded over 70 albums, won more than 40 awards, and collaborated with the likes of Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie

The New York City–based artist takes an unflinching look at grief, loss, and ecological collapse

Singer-songwriter’s first Vancouver concert in 15 years features tracks off her latest studio album, My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

Wolastoqiyik tenor-composer and Abenaki filmmaker-musician deliver an intimate two-part concert presented in partnership with VIFF and the Vancouver Art Gallery

Multimedia show immerses audiences in the intimacies of the Juno-winning musician’s Salluit community, located in the very north of Nunavik

Also appearing at the Indigenous-led festival are makers of everything from clothing to cookies

Ahead of her Come Toward the Fire festival performance, the JUNO award-winner shares how writing her latest album, Boundless Possibilities, helped her heal from loss and trauma

Hitting Indian Summer Festival, the poet, standup, and fashion and nonbinary icon strives to make the world “a little bit more magnificent”

Soul and folk singer Celeigh Cardinal and genre-defying singer-producer Sebastian Gaskin headline Indigenous festival on September 14; ANOHNI performs with the Johnsons on October 5

A first peek at the shows in three series, including the all-new Chan Centre Director’s Cut programmed by director Pat Carrabré

Gender-nonconforming artist and activist moves fluidly between standup comedy, poetry, and public speaking

When the RuPaul’s Drag Race winner hits the Chan Centre at UBC, she’ll talk politics and draw heavily from her book The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag

Spotlighting ragtime and Harlem stride at the Chan Centre, New York City musician pushes beyond limitations of easily marketable categories

Grammy Award-winning artist’s latest album Timbuktu tells of her journey from poverty to globally distinguished musician

As Cinderella and her Prince Charmant, soprano Alexandra Baird and mezzo Katie Fraser relish the chance to stage Massenet’s magic-dusted masterpiece at the Chan Centre

Saxophonist-flutist Shabaka is leading the British jazz renaissance, while El’Zabar and ensemble are commemorating a 50-year milestone

Guest conductor Gordon Gerrard leads a classic fairy tale-inspired performance of Jules Massenet’s 1899 French work

Vancouver soprano Cassie Chang to sing arias from La Bohème, Otello, and more

The prolific octogenarian artist coming to the Chan Centre played at Nelson Mandela’s 1994 inauguration

Pianist-composer is joined by Cleave Guyton on flute, piccolo, and saxophone, plus Noah Jackson on bass and cello

Composed by Leoš Janáček, 1924 piece pulls inspiration from a comic strip and unrequited love

Japan-born jazz pianist upends tradition with synthesizer textures and effects pedals on debut album

Uzume Taiko drummers and Vancouver Tap Dance Society percussive dancers celebrate rhythm on stage

A selection of 10 vendors are on site at Chan Centre selling handmade soaps, beadwork earrings, soy candles, and more

Headlining Chan Centre festival, singer-songwriter Katherine Paul melds Indigenous traditions and Pacific Northwest grunge influences

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

With clarinetist Kinan Azmeh and violinist Layale Chaker, gifted pianist-composer -conductor travel from Sufism to Syria in concert at the Chan Centre