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Bard on the Beach's Henry V set designer Amir Ofek creates an immersive tent-within-a-tent out of an unexpected reused material

The set designer and costume creator Mara Gottler conjure a timeless, slightly dystopian world of travelling actors for Lois Anderson’s new adaptation

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 29, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023

Dancing on the Edge opener Barocco Rave grows out of Wen Wei Wang's creative Italian connection

Residencies in Vancouver and Siena build a two-part show by Wen Wei Dance and

At Indian Summer Festival, Kenyan, South Asian, and Philippine cuisines meet at opening night party

The gala is a feast of flavours, reflecting theme of “inter/dependence”

CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 29, 2023Indian Summer Festival, Summer 2023

Cree 2-Spirit trans artist Quanah Style performs at 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

The drag queen, recording artist, dancer, and filmmaker is one-of-a-kind

Indigenous festival ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) releases 2023 lineup, with headliners Black Belt Eagle Scout and Reservation Dogs’ composer Mato Wayuhi

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

Indigenous music and culture in the spotlight at massive 2 Rivers Remix Music Feast LIVE

With more than 40 leading Indigenous artists and acts, the three-day fest by 2 Rivers Remix Society has a theme of Bring the Children Home

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJune 21, 20232 Rivers Remix Society, Indigenous, Summer 2023, Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Epic musical discovery awaits at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, July 14 to 16

Lineup of over 40 artists features L.A. band Las Cafeteras’s Afro-Mexican rhythm-influenced folk

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 20, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver’s Juno-nominated Ostara Project champions women in jazz

The all-female collective headed by basist Jodi Proznick and pianist Amanda Tosoff performs at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Spain's Sumrrá takes piano trio into striking new terrain at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Galician band’s gifted musicians welcome all influences for a singular sound

Talking Stick and Queer Arts fests celebrate with daylong Indigiqueer events, June 18

Virago Nation, Joshua Whitehead, and more in a three-event lineup

With Love in Exile, musicians Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily conjure their own shimmering, time-stretching universe

Performing at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the New York City trio has bonded “accidentally” through virtuosity and empathy

Pura Fe details the Indigenous roots of rock and jazz in a series of Vancouver appearances

The singer, songwriter, activist, and educator sings, speaks, and screens Rumble here, at Talking Stick, the Jazz Fest, and VIFF Centre

Queer Arts Festival 2023: Bharatanatyam dance artist Sujit Vaidya celebrates brown queerness

Breathe In the Fragrance is the performer-choreographer’s erotic new gender-ambiguous fantasy

Black Culture Celebration hits Vancouver's Sunset Beach, June 17

Kardinal Offishall, Rascalz, Maestro, and Choclair join Vancouver’s Juneteenth festival, with Black art, food, fashion, and more

FESTSGail JohnsonJune 15, 2023Black, Juneteenth, Summer 2023

Talking Stick Festival celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day with music and culture, June 21

Logan Staats, DJ Kookum to perform at events held by Full Circle: First Nations Performance

FESTS, CULTURE, MUSICStir VancouverJune 14, 2023Partner Content, Full Circle

Summer Arts Guide 2023: Vancouver's festivals keep creative energy going all summer long

A month-by-month roundup of all the pop-up park concerts, dazzling dance, and rocking street parties this season

Bard on the Beach's Julius Caesar is set squarely in the power struggles of contemporary times

Director Cherissa Richards’s casting of Jennifer Lines as Mark Antony is just one of the show’s modern takes on Shakespeare’s tragedy

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 9, 2023Bard on the Beach, Summer 2023, Homepage feature, SUMMER 2023

The Beatles-fuelled hit As You Like It returns to open Bard on the Beach festival, with previews starting June 8

Psychedelic sets, flower-powered costumes, and a live band help make the BC-set show the fest’s biggest hit

FESTS, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 8, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023

Summer Reverb Talking Stick Festival Gala fetes Indigenous music and dance, June 9

Fest and SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs celebrate with performers like Melawmen Collective, Jeanette Kotowich, and Michael Creber

FESTSJanet SmithJune 8, 2023Talking Stick Festival, Indigenous

Guest artists at this year’s PRISMA Festival include VSO’s Henry Shapard and Dutch oboist Pauline Oostenrijk

Events takes place at venues across Powell River from June 12 to 24

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 8, 2023Partner Content, PRISMA Festival

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