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Chor Leoni returns to live performances, unveiling a six-show 30th-anniversary season

Highlights include 20 commissioned premieres and new composer-in-residence Don Macdonald

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 4, 2021Chor Leoni

Master guitarist Stephen Fearing plays the Shadbolt Centre, October 7

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

Juno-winning singer-songwriter Celeigh Cardinal performs at the Shadbolt Centre, September 30

The 2020 Indigenous Artist of the Year appears live and via livestream on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 29, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Indigenous, music

Elektra Women’s Choir returns to live performance for 2021-22 season

The eminent choral ensemble celebrates its 35th season with a lineup of powerful, ambitious concerts

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 27, 2021Partner Content, Elektra Women's Choir

Vancouver Chamber Choir gets Together with expansive choral works, September 24

The choral ensemble kicks off its 2021-22 season tonight with a daring, live, in-person concert

MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 24, 2021Vancouver Chamber Choir, Kari Turunen, music

Sound of the City: Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Turunesh takes a free-form approach to neo soul

With roots in Tanzania and Ethiopia, the artist is feeling excited by pandemic-induced uncertainty

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 24, 2021Sound of the City, music

Sultry Argentine tango at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

A master clarinetist, a dynamic dance duo, and others take you to the world of old Argentine cabarets

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 23, 2021Partner Content, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre

VSO goes Back to the Future, to September 25

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra plays the score to the Michael J. Fox classic live under the big screen

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 23, 2021Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, music

Vancouver Bach Choir performs works by Mozart, Britten at the Orpheum this fall

Under the musical direction of Leslie Dala, VBC launches its 91st season with a return to live concerts

MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 22, 2021music, Vancouver Bach Choir, Leslie Dala

Lively Roma jazz as Lache Cercel and ensemble kick off Shadbolt Centre for the Arts' live season, September 23

Group mixes together sounds from around the world

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 22, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Vancouver Chamber Choir announces its first live performance in nearly a year

TOGETHER features a diverse program of enchanting choral works from near and far

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 20, 2021Partner Content

Sounds of Indian classical music beckon at the Mushtari Begum Festival, at the Massey Theatre on September 25

Ghazal singer and tabla virtuoso Cassius Khan performs in venue’s first return to live events

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 20, 2021Massey Theatre

Sound of the City: Vancouver singer-songwriter Dawn Pemberton talks humanity, balance, and Elvis: The Musical

The funk, soul, and R&B artist found freedom amid the pandemic

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 17, 2021Sound of the City, music, Dawn Pemberton

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to tune into for Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s live comeback concert

From Beethoven to Anishinaabekwe composer Barbara Assiginaak, the Orpheum performance kicks off the 2021-22 season

MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 17, 2021music, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Vancouver Opera to host two free outdoor concerts downtown, September 18 and 19

Afternoon shows span Rossini, Chopin, Previn, and Tesori

OPERA, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2021Vancouver Opera

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

Vancouver Chamber Choir releases new cinematic choral film, This Delicate Universe

The stunning film is now available for viewing on VANCC Digital

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 13, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Sound of the City: From sun dances to vogue, house-music diva Quanah Style finds comfort in creating

The 2-spirit trans recording artist hopes for more diversity in the local nightlife scene

SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2021Sound of the City, music

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

Orfeo Ed Euridice, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Cavalleria Rusticana, as Vancouver Opera unveils live Queen Elizabeth Theatre season

An outdoor celebration, a contemporary-dance collaboration, and the return of maestro Jonathan Darlington

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2021Vancouver Opera

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