Musicians celebrate ancestral connections to Africa with a unique fusion of genres

Prior to the concert, the Orpheum hosts traditional art-making activities and lion dancing

Production by Presentation House Theatre draws on Maurice Sendak’s beloved storybook

T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods heralds an exciting new voice, while Carmina Burana strips the work down to its essence

Dan Goggin’s popular production follows five nuns who must stage an emergency fundraiser after an unfortunate cooking accident

The Dance Centre and O.Dela Arts present the piece that draws on the performers’ Indigenous ancestors

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs presents the 1893 masterpiece Mass in D major and contemporary work Hosanna of the Clouds

Visions Ouest and Alliance Française present poignant documentary about a woman retracing her roots to a vibrant but deeply troubled country

Set handsomely in a hotel lounge in the Canadian Rockies, the show features a strong and comedically adept cast that helps finesse a fun new spin on Mozart’s original

Samoan poet Grace Iwashita-Taylor describes working with accomplished director Fasitua Amosa to honour the stories, struggles, and joys of a vast and diverse region

Classic film scholar Michael van den Bos hosts evening that mixes vintage film clips with the jazz sounds of the Laura Crema Sextet

Abrasive production by award-winning playwright Caroline Bélisle depicts the paralyzing anxiety that can come with motherhood

Visitors can hit gamelan and percussion rooms, plus custom DJ sets and more, at the Roundhouse on February 15

Each show is an immersive cinematic experience featuring a live band, film, and dance

Three B.C.-connected directors bring distinct visions to Tosca, The Barber of Seville, and La Traviata

Titles elevate local artists whose work deserves national recognition, while also highlighting the creativity that shapes B.C.’s cultural landscape

Tracey Power’s new show features songs by Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, and other folk icons

Organist Neil Cockburn and theorbo player Konstantin Bozhinov join the choir to play Schütz’s monumental final composition

AO Roberts’s installation for Vancouver New Music creates oscillating drones that are equal parts comforting and unsettling

One-day gathering for artists, educators, and choreographers explores how leadership can be more responsive to the dance world

The Arts Club and Theatre Calgary coproduction focuses on a disgruntled husband who plots to kill his wife when he finds out she’s cheating

Musicians present the premiere of Dorothy Chang’s new composition, in this brief moment together

Artists like Dee Daniels, Brandon Thornhill, and Krystle Dos Santos are performing around the city this February

Partners in music and life, the pianist-singer and sax master share a love of jazz’s rich history, plus a fresh warmth and energy on their first album together, At Home

Drawing on everything from absurd comedy to cabaret, Leah Shelton ties family tragedy to a system that still pathologizes women as “hysterical”, “high-strung”, or god forbid, “hormonal”

Songs on the program range from Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr. Blue Sky” to John Denver’s “Country Roads”

In a short documentary, the Vietnamese Canadian queen reflects on becoming the country’s first drag artist-in-residence

Dance artist has explored gesture and her Black matrilineal heritage, while curator has made her mark at Artspeak Gallery, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and far beyond

Performers include Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Delhi 2 Dublin, and bluegrass band Bagatelle

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs’ Valentine’s fundraiser program spans Christopher O’Riley’s arrangements of the band’s songs and Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor