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Ralph Moore Quartet headlines sixth edition of Jazz at the Bolt, February 13 to 15

Hosted by the Cellar Music Group at the Shadbolt Centre, festival opens with a special concert by the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra with Champian Fulton and Klas Lindquist

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 20, 2026Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, shadbolt centre for the arts, Shadbolt Centre, Jazz @ The Bolt, Jazz at the Bolt

John Irving, Claire Sicherman, and more celebrated authors set to join 41st annual JCC Jewish Book Festival, February 21 to 26

Programming spans the festival’s beloved annual Book Clubs epilogue event and pre-festival events with photographer Dina Goldstein and cookbook author Rachel Simons

READ, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2026Partner Content, Jewish Book Festival, JCC Jewish Book Festival, Jewish Community Centre

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 shows to startle and spellbind at PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Productions that “push” forms include dance works that play with props and stereotypes, as well as ethereal odes to nature and the northern lights

FESTS, DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 16, 2026Chan Centre, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, PuSh Festival, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Dance Centre, DANCE CENTRE, plastic orchid factory

Carousel Theatre for Young People hosts first annual Family Forward Festival, February 14 to 16

Offerings range from storytelling event The Family Flame to dance parties, documentary screenings, drag performances, and more

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 16, 2026Partner Content, Carousel, Carousel Theatre for Young People, Carousel Theatre

Daily human cost of the Russo-Ukrainian war revealed in PuSh Fest’s Eight Short Compositions

The starkly moving show by the Czech Republic’s Archa Centre of Documentary Theatre recounts true stories of lives upended by the conflict

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2026PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival, Ukraine, Homepage feature

Capture Photography Festival unveils 2026 selected exhibitions

Marian Penner Bancroft, Angela Grossmann, Vance Wright, Maya Fuhr, and Simranpreet Anand among names showing at galleries and museums around town

Cherish Menzo's JEZEBEL lands at PuSh Festival in copresentation with New Works, January 22 and 23

Electrifying performance reclaims hyper-sexualized “video vixen” of hip hop’s golden era

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 9, 2026Partner Content, New Works, Cherish Menzo

Community mourns former Vancouver Writers Fest artistic director Hal Wake

The former CBC radio host is being remembered for his long, deep relationship with the literary community

FESTS, NEWS, READJanet SmithJanuary 8, 2026Hal Wake, Vancouver Writers Fest

Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 movies to catch at the New Spanish Cinema festival, January 9 to 14

A historical adventure about Cervantes and documentaries about a flamenco guitarist and a matador are among the must-sees at the expanded event at the VIFF Centre

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 8, 2026VIFF, VIFF Centre, New Spanish Film, New Spanish Cinema

Matriarchs Uprising spotlights stunning contemporary dance by Indigenous women, February 16 to 21

Festival brings live performances, conversations, and community workshops to the Scotiabank Dance Centre and Morrow

FESTS, DANCEStir VancouverJanuary 7, 2026Partner Content, Matriarchs Uprising, O.Dela Arts

Advance Theatre Festival brings five staged readings to the Shadbolt Centre, January 26 to 30

Ruby Slippers Theatre presentation features new works by Irene (Fan) Yi, Abi Padilla, Marcia Johnson, Alexandra Lainfiesta, and Sewit Eden Haile

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 6, 2026Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, shadbolt centre for the arts, Advance Theatre Festival, Ruby Slippers Theatre

At interplay_2026, artists blur the lines between digital and physical realms

Chimerik 似不像 and New Works XR partner to continue the online festival with new artistic producer Caroline Chien-MacCaull

FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 6, 2026interplay_, chimerik, Chimerik Collective, Chimerik, Sammy Chien

Six world premieres hit Vancouver stages at PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, January 22 to February 8

Multidisciplinary offerings include Jerahuni Movement Factory’s Kamwe Kamwe (One by One) and Plastic Orchid Factory’s Catching Up to the Future of Our Past

FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 5, 2026Partner Content, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival

Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the longest night of the year, December 21

Secret Lantern Society’s annual offering includes outdoor processions, workshops, song and dance performances, and more across Yaletown and Granville Island

FESTSJanet SmithDecember 19, 2025Winter Solstice Lantern Festival, Secret Lantern Society, Holiday 2025

The Cultch unveils lineup for second annual Warrior Festival, February 11 to March 29

Six fierce, funny shows are in store, ranging from Australian artist Leah Shelton’s Batshit to The Search Party’s People, Places & Things

FESTSStir VancouverDecember 18, 2025Partner Content, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Warrior Festival

Corbin Murdoch steps in as Vancouver Folk Music Festival executive director

The musician, cultural programmer, and producer is set to work alongside artistic director Fiona Black

FESTS, NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 11, 2025Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Corbin Murdoch

Film reviews: Mile End Kicks to Influencers, quick takes from Whistler Film Festival

Chandler Levack’s love letter to Montreal and her early 20s offers a new kind of female heroine; Kurtis David Harder unveils a super-energetic sequel; and Wədzįh Nəne’ (Caribou Country) takes viewers to B.C.’s snow-dusted northern reaches

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 28, 2025Whistler Film Festival, Whistler

Keeper producer Chris Ferguson comes to Whistler Film Festival with renewed fervour for analogue cinema experience

Vancouver visionary behind innovative thrillers like Longlegs and The Monkey is also helping to revive the Park Theatre as a hub for a new generation of cinemagoers

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 27, 2025Whistler Film Festival, Osgood Perkins, Chris Ferguson