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Elektra's Chez Nous embraces the holiday season, November 28 and 29

Annual Christmas concert features compositions by Shireen Abu-Khader, Srul Irving Glick, Marie-Claire Saindon, and Stephen Smith

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 27, 2026Partner Content, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women's Choir, Elektra Women’s Choir

Halloween at the Polygon takes a trip back to the era of slasher flicks and aerobics, October 31

The 1980s-themed party includes a free-play arcade, a pop-up tattoo parlour, and live performances by Trauma Novelle, Reveal Yourself, and Devours

EVENT, WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 27, 2026POLYGON Gallery, POLYGON, POLYGON GALLERY

With Epigone, playwright Kevin Kerr turns to ancient Greece to process contemporary loss

In new Electric Company Theatre play, premiering at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, real grief over his sister mixes with fictional elements and age-old myth

New Works hosts the world premiere of good loser, November 20 and 21

Captivating duet stars dancer-choreographer Alexa Solveig Mardon and drummer Jen Yakamovich

Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA explores Mexico’s vibrant culture and nature

The touring production returns to Vancouver after seven years, featuring a 14-metre rain curtain and giant treadmills powered by 28 car batteries

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 26, 2026Cirque du Soleil, LUZIA, Homepage feature

United Voices Choir performs Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass, November 22 and 27

Led by director Greg Caisley, concert features 60-voice choir, orchestra, and four outstanding soloists

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 26, 2026Partner Content, United Voices Choir

Review: At Vancouver Opera, knockout arias and inspired staging live up to Tosca expectations

Season opener, coproduced with Pacific Opera Victoria, features a strong central trio of singers and striking lighting and sets

Eastside Culture Crawl celebrates 30 years of opening doors to Vancouver art studios, November 19 to 22

Milestone year brings the Preview Exhibition to the Eastside Arts Society’s newly purchased building at 716 E. Hastings Street

Theatre review: Metro Theatre’s Nuncrackers puts an early festive twist on the musical franchise

This time out, the Nunsense sisters produce a chaotic Christmas special for cable-access television

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 26, 2026Metro Theatre

V-Unframed fuses art and technology at Alliance Française Vancouver, November 12 to 15

Virtual reality exhibition features works by local and international artists, including a special presentation of Martin Messier’s 1 Drop 1000 Years

Jonathon Paterson gets an actorly one-man workout in Daniel MacIvor’s House on November 6

Willow Lewmos directs the darkly comedic solo show as part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Barbara Matijević and Giuseppe Chico bring Forecasting to The Dance Centre, November 13 and 14

Intimate performance explores the absurd world of amateur YouTube videos

125, rue des Malaises finds humour in the most unlikely topic, October 27 at Alliance Française

Visions Ouest and Alliance Française present the Quebec comedy-drama about a healthy senior who gathers his clan at a cottage to announce his plans for MAID

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 23, 2026Visions Ouest, VISIONS OUEST, Alliance Francaise

Vancouver Chamber Choir and Belle Spirale Dance Projects join forces in The Little Match Girl, November 13 and 14

Vocals, movement, and lighting meet in a bold reimagining of David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize–winning choral composition

Culture Builds B.C. calls for greater commitment to the arts ahead of provincial election

Led by the BC Coalition of Arts, Culture, and Heritage, the nonpartisan campaign advocates for increased funding and a unified cultural strategy

Janet SmithOctober 22, 2026

Chapel Sound Art Foundation announces the Constellation Festival, November 12 to 15

Offerings spans queer cinema, live electronic music, and dance throughout this multidisciplinary collaboration between six emerging curators

Seven deadly sins await at the Beaumont Studios’ Flushment Day, to October 30

Immersive theatre experience arrives just in time for spooky season, featuring freaky performances and mischievous sewer rats

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 22, 2026Beaumont Studios, Flushment Day

The Shadbolt Centre hosts Ruby Singh and the Future Ancestors, November 20

Award-winning performer, composer, and producer leads a project that blends blues, gospel, hip hop, and griot traditions

Theatre review: All the feels, as Big Stuff takes an open-hearted look at the way we hang on to things

With plenty of laughter, improv-comedy veterans Naomi Snieckus and Matt Baram candidly explore loss and how we attach meaning to objects

COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 21, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club

The Chan Centre hosts National Geographic Live: Wild Cats Revealed With Sandesh Kadur, November 18

Award-winning filmmaker discusses his mission to highlight the unmatched diversity of wild cats in India

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