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Mission Folk Music Festival unveils lineup for 39th annual event, spanning swing duo Blue Moon Marquee and soul singer Tanika Charles

From July 24 to 26, Fraser River Heritage Park hosts artists from B.C. and beyond

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 2, 2026Mission Folk Music Festival

Vetta Chamber Music hosts its season finale Celebration, May 1 to 4

Violinist Joan Blackman, violist Hung-Wei Huang, cellist Zoltan Rozsnyai, and pianist Angela Cheng play pieces by Franck, Brahms, and Mozetich

MUSICStir VancouverApril 2, 2026Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Listening as Activism explores the power of sound, vision, and a decolonized conception of time

Vancouver New Music event brings together artists and activists for a roundtable discussion and performances

Stir Cheat Sheet: Four boundary-busting concerts to experience at Music on Main's Month of Tuesdays

From Caroline Shaw’s pop-tinged Ringdown project to Ryan Davis’s heady looping viola, April means aural adventure at the intimate Fox Cabaret

MUSICStir VancouverApril 1, 2026Music on Main, MUSIC ON THE MAIN

Elektra's Tapestry International Festival unites four adult treble choirs, May 8 and 9

Triennial gathering features Chicago’s La Caccina, Halifax’s Aeolian Singers, and the Bay Area’s Peninsula Women’s Chorus

MUSICStir VancouverApril 1, 2026Partner Content, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women's Choir

Rachel Fenlon expands solo piano performance to encompass folk

The standout soprano returns to B.C. at the Kay Meek Arts Centre with a blend of her beloved Schubert and Benjamin Britten’s arrangements of traditional British and French songs

MUSICJanet SmithApril 1, 2026Kay Meek Arts Centre, Schubert

Isaiah Collier, Keyon Harrold, and more as Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils first ticketed shows

Running June 19 to July 5, event also unveils Performance Works Series that includes Haleluya Hailu Plays Ethiopia and Stranger Friends Orchestra with Fredrik Ljungkvist

Krystle Dos Santos and Dawn Pemberton’s ode to Hogan’s Alley hits VIFF Live, April 4

Powerhouse vocalists preview songs from stage show Meet Me at Vie’s alongside a screening of local documentary Union Street

Throat-singing duo PIQSIQ inspire with tales of complex heroes and eerie creatures of the North

Ahead of their Chan Centre show alongside renowned singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark, sisters Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik discuss Legends and the power of traditional Inuit storytelling

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 31, 2026Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE, PIQSIQ, piqsiq

The Passion of Joan of Arc screens at the Shadbolt Centre with a live score, May 2

Local duo Beautiful Violence performs original music for silent film about the titular 15th-century teenage warrior

Vancouver Cantata Singers caps its 2025–26 season with Brahms's A German Requiem, April 25

Special guests include baritone Tyler Duncan, soprano Mireille Asselin, and the Bergmann Piano Duo

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 30, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Stir Q&A: Joëlle Rabu talks about the roots of her musical match with Buwa

Voices soar as Canadian chanteuse and Nigerian-born singer connect over classic songs in Just the 2 of Us at Anvil Theatre

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 30, 2026Anvil Centre, Anvil Theatre

The world-renowned Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain returns to the Vancouver Recital Society, May 3

Founded in 1985, the group of virtuosic musicians sing and strum across genres, from bluegrass tunes to Broadway hits

In the Same Room unites CapU Choirs and featured artists for an evening of cultural sharing through song, April 11

Saina Khaledi and Shruti Ramani are among the talented musicians joining the program of Baroque music, contemporary Indigenous songs, and beyond

Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 culture-crossing concerts to take in at the Sound of Dragon Music Festival

Performances span an ambitious ode to the animals of the Chinese zodiac to a spotlight on three new Vancouver ensembles

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 27, 2026Sound of Dragon Music Festival, Sound of Dragon

Peruvian band Novalima and Vancouver’s Empanadas Ilegales host a Latin music party at the Rickshaw Theatre, April 26

The two bands bring the spirit and soul of traditional South American sounds into the 21st century

At mesmerizing concert, Music on Main and David Pay honoured with Barbara Pentland awards

All-star team of vocalists and instrumentalists successfully brings to life Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, a technical feat acting as a pulsing reaffirmation of humanity

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 26, 2026Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Steve Reich, Vern Griffiths, David Pay