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Vancouver's Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts celebrates South Asian culture

Vancouver's Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts celebrates South Asian culture

Through music, dance, visual art, a marketplace, workshops, and more, diverse South Asian artists share their culture

FESTS, MUSIC, DANCE, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonJuly 30, 2021Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts, Homepage feature, South Asian

Indigenous, Downtown Eastside, and other underrepresented Vancouver artists receive funding for new music projects

Indigenous, Downtown Eastside, and other underrepresented Vancouver artists receive funding for new music projects

Vancouver Music Fund, by the City of Vancouver in partnership with Creative BC, is the first municipal funding program of its kind in North America

MUSIC, NEWSGail JohnsonJuly 29, 2021music, City of Vancouver, Creative BC, Kapok, NADUH, Indigenous, Downtown Eastside

Live music guide: Concerts to catch at Metro Vancouver parks, stages, and public spaces this summer

Live music guide: Concerts to catch at Metro Vancouver parks, stages, and public spaces this summer

From hip hop to pedal steel to chamber music, live concerts line the local calendar

MUSIC, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 29, 2021Italian, Italian food, giovane bacaro, Vancouver food, music, Vines Art Festival, Blueridge Chamber Festival, Firehall Arts Centre, Massey Theatre, QAF, Music on Main, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Homepage feature

Renae Morriseau shares Indigenous songs and sisterhood, as M'Girl opens Firehall's Music in the Courtyard concerts

Renae Morriseau shares Indigenous songs and sisterhood, as M'Girl opens Firehall's Music in the Courtyard concerts

Protocols and a sense of responsibility power the rhythms of hand drums and rousing harmonies

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 28, 2021Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL

Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates 50th anniversary 2020-21 digital concert season on VANCC DIGITAL

Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates 50th anniversary 2020-21 digital concert season on VANCC DIGITAL

The virtual concert platform features new full-length performances recorded at stunning local venues, free pre-concert talks, educational videos, and more

MUSICStir VancouverJuly 28, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Vancouver Pride Festival’s Symphonic Pride features music exclusively by queer composers, July 30

Vancouver Pride Festival’s Symphonic Pride features music exclusively by queer composers, July 30

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs works by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, Rodney Sharman, Aaron Copland, and more

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 27, 2021Music, What's Stirring, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Pride Festival, Vancouver Pride Society, Pride

INDIGIFEST 2021 announced for August, the virtual celebration featuring Indigenous music, arts, and culture from across B.C.

INDIGIFEST 2021 announced for August, the virtual celebration featuring Indigenous music, arts, and culture from across B.C.

The First Peoples’ Cultural Council presents the fest, with Squamish Nation Elder Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph and music industry trailblazer Elaine Bomberry among the show’s hosts

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 26, 2021INDIGIFEST, Indigenous, First Peoples Cultural Council, fests, music

Film review: Baroque beauty and exquisite instruments onscreen at Vancouver Bach Festival

Film review: Baroque beauty and exquisite instruments onscreen at Vancouver Bach Festival

Series at The Cinematheque travels from Belgian historical site to Métis chansons

MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithJuly 25, 2021Early Music Vancouver, Vancouver Bach Festival

Fiddling meets frenzied footwork as PEI's Gordie "Crazy Legs" Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys hit Mission Folk Music Festival

Fiddling meets frenzied footwork as PEI's Gordie "Crazy Legs" Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys hit Mission Folk Music Festival

The Maritime musician can’t imagine standing still for a performance

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJuly 23, 2021Mission Folk Festival

Sound of the City: DJ-musician Yu Su chimes in on home, her dream collaborator, and finding comfort in her kitchen

Sound of the City: DJ-musician Yu Su chimes in on home, her dream collaborator, and finding comfort in her kitchen

The artist focused on compositional-based projects throughout the pandemic

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverJuly 23, 2021Sound of the City, music

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 standout songs streaming at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Stir Cheat Sheet: 4 standout songs streaming at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival

From a Mexican-flavoured party starter to trips into blues and Celtic fiddle, here are a few online highlights

LIVESTREAM, MUSICStir VancouverJuly 22, 2021Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces first live concerts of the 2021-22 season

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announces first live concerts of the 2021-22 season

The return to full audiences at the Orpheum starts with a gala performance on September 18

MUSIC, NEWSGail JohnsonJuly 22, 2021VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk

Singer-songwriter Leela Gilday reconnects with the land and reflects on a year of reckoning

Singer-songwriter Leela Gilday reconnects with the land and reflects on a year of reckoning

Appearing at this year’s online Mission Folk Music Festival, the Dene artist sings of hard truths and resilience

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJuly 20, 2021Mission Folk Festival

Sound of the City: Floetic emerges from the pandemic maintaining his message of unity

Sound of the City: Floetic emerges from the pandemic maintaining his message of unity

The Vancouver DJ is optimistic about the future despite the difficulties of the past year—as an artist and as a member of the BIPOC community

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverJuly 16, 2021Sound of the City, music, Floetic

Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Cuba plays live locally, July 14, 15, and 18

Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Cuba plays live locally, July 14, 15, and 18

Drawing on jazz, pop soul, and rock, the B.C. artist has multiple JUNO, Grammy, and Latin Grammy nods to his name

MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 14, 2021Music

Firehall Arts Centre's Music in the Courtyard concert series comes back July 30 to September 5

Firehall Arts Centre's Music in the Courtyard concert series comes back July 30 to September 5

Indie-pop, salsa, classical, jazz, and more on the roster, in copresentation with Vancouver Independent Music Centre

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2021FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Early Music Vancouver announces all its concert tickets will now be free for Indigenous peoples

Early Music Vancouver announces all its concert tickets will now be free for Indigenous peoples

The new ticketing policy was conceived by Cree-Métis two-spirit baritone Jonathon Adams, the group’s summer artist-in-residence

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 13, 2021Early Music Vancouver

VSO wraps up Chamberfest with Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, Böhme Brass Sextet, now streaming

VSO wraps up Chamberfest with Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, Böhme Brass Sextet, now streaming

Tacofino, Takenaka, Old Country Pierogi among the mobile eateries setting up at Shop the Block—Brentwood Market

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 13, 2021culinary, Music, What's Stirring, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Soul singer Dawn Pemberton shares feel-good tunes at Vancouver Folk Music Festival At Home

Soul singer Dawn Pemberton shares feel-good tunes at Vancouver Folk Music Festival At Home

The vocal coach and pianist is going for joy and gratitude in her upcoming concert with her band

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonJuly 13, 2021Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Dawn Pemberton, Homepage feature

Singer-songwriter Marin Patenaude channels the loss and pain of past year into emotionally virtuosic music

Singer-songwriter Marin Patenaude channels the loss and pain of past year into emotionally virtuosic music

Vancouver Folk Music Festival appearance might finally help bring the artist’s career-defining 2020 release Sight Unseen the attention it so deserves

FESTS, LIVESTREAM, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 12, 2021Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Marin Patenaude, Homepage feature