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Festival du Bois, Maillardville’s annual music festival, announces 2021 lineup

B.C.’s largest fest of French Canadian and Francophone music and culture celebrates online with artists from all across Canada

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 24, 2021Partner Content, Festival du Bois, Maillardville, Francophone

Sound and taste: Lobe Studio and Bar Gobo team up to offer a sensory date night

The writer from the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations cites Stephen King as an influence

CULINARY, MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 23, 2021Culinary, Wine, Andrea Carlson, Bar Gobo, Lobe Studio, Music, Homepage feature

Young string sensations Benjamin Baker and Timothy Ridout play for Vancouver Recital Society, March 24 at 10 am

The fast-rising violinist and violist kick off a four-part online concert series

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2021Vancouver Recital Society, VRS, livestream

VSO streams an Afternoon of Mendelssohn, starting March 28

The virtual concert features David Lakirovich and his 1920 Stefano Scarampella violin

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 22, 2021Music, What's Stirring, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra puts out call to BC musicians and ensembles for Day of Music event May 15

Honorariums available for more than 100 videos, livestreams, and pop-up events

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2021VSO

Music to our ears: 3 places to hear musicians playing live in Vancouver right now

The Keefer Yard, Cardero’s, and the Sandbar have brought live music back

CULINARY, MUSIC, DRINKGail JohnsonMarch 20, 2021Music, Culinary, live music, the Keefer, Cardero's, the Sandbar

Sound of the City: NADUH

The five-piece femme power group talks Venus, the VPD, and Vancouver talent

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 19, 2021Sound of the City, music, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: At Sonic Boom, piano sensation Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa tackles 10 pieces by 10 BC composers

Practising Japanese, morning smoothies, and walks at Trout Lake help get her in the right mindset to tackle range of works

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 19, 2021Sonic Boom, livestream, Homepage feature

Vancouver Folk Music Festival cancels plans for 2021 event due to pandemic uncertainty

The organization was also forced to abandon last year’s outdoor celebration

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 15, 2021Folk Festival

Corbin Murdoch’s new “Denialist” video offers art as a way to overcome fears

Local costume designers Barbara Clayden and Alaia Hamer turn kids’ terror into triumph

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 15, 2021Corbin Murdoch

Music on Main brings back hit Graveyards and Gardens on demand, from March 18 to 23

Staged for only two nights in January, the sound and dance exploration has been creating buzz ever since

Sound of the City: LOSCIL

Electronic-music composer and multimedia artist Scott Morgan sounds off on new artists, Vancouver’s lack of affordability, and his cat

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 12, 2021Sound of the City, music, Loscil

From folk art to architecture, the multilayered inspiration for The Music Shop's whimsical sets

Scenic designer Omanie Elias follows a “winding road” to create striking world of Vancouver Opera comedy

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithMarch 11, 2021Vancouver Opera, livestream

Stir Q&A: Van Django violinist Cameron Wilson sounds off on the ensemble's upcoming concert with the VSO

Known for crisscrossing musical genres, the musician and composer loves gypsy jazz of 1920s and ‘30s Paris

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 10, 2021Wine, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Painting Music: One-Page Score Project

Vancouver New Music and Laboratorio team up for a new edition the graphic-score series, this one from the Sunshine Coast world of glacial forms and live plants.

ART & DESIGN, MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 10, 2021Music, Vancouver New Music, Laboratorio

VSO, dancer Ralph Escamillan perform Carnival of the Animals; streaming starts March 7

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra takes a walk on the wild side with works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Bohuslav Martinů

DANCE, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonMarch 6, 2021VSO, Ralph Escamillan, what's stirring, dance, music

Bassist Jodi Proznick brings joy of jazz to Vetta Chamber Music—and aims to get more women in the field

Tango Klezmer Jazz is a new virtual concert featuring four of Canada’s leading female musicians

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 5, 2021Music, Vetta Chamber Music, Jodi Proznick, jazz

Sound of the City: Christie Lee

The full-time mother and hip-hop lover incorporates her traditional knowledge and ancient hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ dialect into her rap music

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 5, 2021Sound of the City, music, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Behind the surreal stop-motion music-theatre video "We Teach Our Objects How to Speak Our Language"

Animator Margaret Krawecka talks metaphorical blinds, analogue machines, and patience, in new project by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre

THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 5, 2021Rumble Theatre, Theatre Conspiracy, Cold Calculi

Rollicking sailors’ songs come to life in Shanties!, a digital concert by Chor Leoni and La Nef

The rousing performance helps explain why #ShantyTok is a thing

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 4, 2021Music, Chor Leoni

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