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5X Pride brings 5X Festival to a celebratory close at the Beaumont Studios, June 17

Desi drag queen Jolene Sloan performs at the wrap-up party for the fest all about South Asian youth culture

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonJune 12, 20225X Festival, drag, South Asian, What's Stirring, SUMMER

Soprano Golda Schultz makes Canadian debut, at Vancouver Playhouse on June 14

The South African-born, Munch-based artist is hailed worldwide for her versatility

Forev Circus brings its stunts to Evergreen Cultural Centre, November 24 and 25

Former Cirque du Soleil performers, a husband-and-wife duo start their own circus act

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2021Evergreen Cultural Centre, Forev Circus, circus, Cirque du Soleil, What's Stirring

Dan Mangan announces world premiere of new documentary, online on October 30

ALL TOGETHER NOW - A Dan Mangan Film by Amazing Factory captures his 2019 Vancouver homecoming show at the Vogue

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 12, 2021music, Dan Mangan, documentary, the Vogue, What's Stirring

ARTIVISM 2021 presents QUEER Coded: Slam + Spoken Word at MOA Haida House, October 13

Desi poet Anjalica Solomon headlines the event that’s part of the month-long UBC festival

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021What's Stirring, Festivals, ARTIVISM, UBC, spoken word, slam poetry

Between Two Pandemics, Ballroom Has Something to Say, a talk by Michael Roberson, happens at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts October 14

The activist, artist, and U.S. LGBTQ community leader discusses ballroom’s response to marginalization, presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonOctober 8, 2021LGBTQ2SAI, SFU, What's Stirring

Master guitarist Stephen Fearing plays the Shadbolt Centre, October 7

The cofounder of Blackie and the Rodeo King performs live and via livestream

Canoe Cultures :: Ho’-ku-melh pulls into Vancouver Maritime Museum, to July 2022

Twenty Indigenous artists share work in the multidisciplinary exhibition, which celebrates canoe culture and resilience

Comedians Phil Hanley, Yumi Nagashima hit the Hollywood Theatre, September 27

Kevin Banner hosts the next edition of Comedy Here Often?’s monthly stand-up series

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 20, 2021Comedy Here Often?, Hollywood Theatre, Standup comedy, What's Stirring

Asian Persuasion All-Stars take to the stage in support of Elimin8Hate, September 19

Local musicians put on a fundraising concert for the advocacy arm of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival

MUSIC, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2021What's Stirring, music, fests, Elimin8hate, Vancouver Asian Film Festival

F-O-R-M's films show the human body in motion, online to September 18

This year’s Festival of Recorded Movement features its largest group of commissioned artists in its history

Pop-up music series Funk N’ Mink unites jazzy soul and chocolate, September 11, 18, 25

The free outdoor concerts by the Kristin Fung Trio happen in downtown Vancouver outside Mink—A Chocolate Café

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 8, 2021music, What's Stirring, jazz

New Fire Dragon Festival comes to Vancouver’s Chinatown, September 24 to 26

The art-filled event coincides with Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations

East Vancouver artist Reece Terris's Bridge pops up at Audain Art Museum, to October 17

The Whistler museum’s micro-exhibition illustrates how the four-storey-tall installation was less about the structure itself and more about the space in between