Stir
Music Screen Art & Design Fests Culinary Read
Events Calendar
Theatre Dance Comedy
Culture Podcasts News Festive Guide Digital Magazine RSS FEED
Stage Theatre Dance Comedy MusicScreenArt & DesignFestsCulinaryRead More Culture Podcasts News Festive Guide Digital Magazine RSS FEED
Stir
Events Calendar
 
Tickets go on sale for Chutzpah! Festival's full lineup of live and online shows, November 4 to 24
Tickets go on sale for Chutzpah! Festival's full lineup of live and online shows, November 4 to 24

Radical System Art, Avi Liberman, Iris Bahr, and more join international roster

Read More
FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 15, 2021Partner Content, Chutzpah Festival
5X Festival celebrates South Asian youth culture with art installations, pop-up dances, live music, and more,
5X Festival celebrates South Asian youth culture with art installations, pop-up dances, live music, and more,

The multi-day fest in Vancouver and Surrey culminates in a pandemic-friendly Block Party at the Beaumont Studios


Read More
FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 15, 2021Partner Content, 5X
Powell Street Festival Society's Paueru Gai Dialogue explores mental health and art, online September 18
Powell Street Festival Society's Paueru Gai Dialogue explores mental health and art, online September 18

Psychotherapist-researcher Sue Arai hosts latest installment of discussion series

Read More
CULTURE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2021Powell Street Festival
Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling celebrate 50 years of creative collaboration
Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling celebrate 50 years of creative collaboration

The artists are co-founders of Vancouver Moving Theatre and its flagship Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Read More
THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 15, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Moving Theatre, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Vancouver pastry chef crafts creative mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival
Vancouver pastry chef crafts creative mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival

Buttermere Patisserie’s Jamie Tung launches a new collection inspired by the Chinese moon goddess

Read More
CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2021Buttermere, Mid-Autumn Festival, Asian food, mooncakes
Asian Persuasion All-Stars take to the stage in support of Elimin8Hate, September 19
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

Read More
MUSIC, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2021What's Stirring, music, fests, Elimin8hate, Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Théâtre la Seizième unveils a season of the numerical, the whimsical, and the historical
Théâtre la Seizième unveils a season of the numerical, the whimsical, and the historical

Amid the offerings, the interactive Nombre and a work based on the autobiography of Gabrielle Roy

Read More
THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2021Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme
F-O-R-M's films show the human body in motion, online to September 18
F-O-R-M's films show the human body in motion, online to September 18

This year’s Festival of Recorded Movement features its largest group of commissioned artists in its history

Read More
DANCE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2021F-O-R-M, SFU Woodward's, Co.ERASGA, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, 605 Collective, dance, fests, What's Stirring
Firehall Arts Centre kicks off 2021-22 season with world premiere by Raven Spirit Dance
Firehall Arts Centre kicks off 2021-22 season with world premiere by Raven Spirit Dance

The Vancouver theatre’s “reunion” season includes a work by the late Taran Kootenhayooalso

Read More
THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 13, 2021Firehall Arts Centre
Art inspired by nature: the Malcolm Lowry Trail leads to cultural discoveries
Art inspired by nature: the Malcolm Lowry Trail leads to cultural discoveries

Culture Trails by North Shore Culture Compass guide people to the region’s arts-filled history and heritage

Read More
ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 13, 2021Partner Content, North Van Arts, North Shore Culture Compass, North Vancouver
Disaster preparedness comes into play in interactive Revelations
Disaster preparedness comes into play in interactive Revelations

Board games, escape rooms, and the end of the world all inform the hybrid show by Upintheair Theatre in association with Rumble Theatre

Read More
THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 13, 2021Upintheair Theatre, Rumble Theatre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Homepage feature
Vancouver Chamber Choir releases  new cinematic choral film, This Delicate Universe
Vancouver Chamber Choir releases new cinematic choral film, This Delicate Universe

The stunning film is now available for viewing on VANCC Digital

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 13, 2021Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir
Stir Pairing: Prohibition inspires one-woman Fringe show, and a new Vancouver restaurant
Stir Pairing: Prohibition inspires one-woman Fringe show, and a new Vancouver restaurant

A Toast to Prohibition is Melanie Gall’s new historic musical; Laowai is a hidden lounge and eatery in Chinatown

Read More
CULINARY, FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 11, 2021CULINARY, Vancouver Fringe Festival, fests, theatre, Fringe Fest, the Fringe
Artist Alan Storey plays with time, space, and motion under the ever-swinging Pendulum
Artist Alan Storey plays with time, space, and motion under the ever-swinging Pendulum

Exhibition marks new creative inspiration, with pieces on a smaller scale than his well-known public works

Read More
ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 11, 2021Pendulum Gallery, Public Art
Obsession and outsiders in first installment of Werner Herzog: Lessons of Darkness retrospective
Obsession and outsiders in first installment of Werner Herzog: Lessons of Darkness retrospective

Aguirre: Wrath of God, Stroszek, and other 1970s standouts kick off The Cinematheque series

Read More
WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 10, 2021The Cinematheque
Sound of the City: From sun dances to vogue, house-music diva Quanah Style finds comfort in creating
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

Read More
SOUND OF THE CITY, MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2021Sound of the City, music
Zen philosophy permeates Kokoro Dance's new duet
Zen philosophy permeates Kokoro Dance's new duet

Vancouver butoh artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi contemplate transience and imperfection in Wabi-Sabi

Read More
DANCEGail JohnsonSeptember 10, 2021dance, Kokoro Dance, butoh, Homepage feature
Co.ERASGA presents TOGETHER/A P A R T, a new collection of digital duets
Co.ERASGA presents TOGETHER/A P A R T, a new collection of digital duets

The online dance project part of Co.ERASGA’s 2021 season programming premieres in celebration of BC Culture Days this fall

Read More
DANCEStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2021Partner Content, dance, Co.ERASGA
Rumble, in association with New Works presents world premiere of LAKBAY by Josh Ongcol with music by Miguel Maravilla
Rumble, in association with New Works presents world premiere of LAKBAY by Josh Ongcol with music by Miguel Maravilla

The queer Filipinx artist journeys to the natural world of the West Coast rainforest in new piece

Read More
Stir VancouverSeptember 9, 2021Partner Content, RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre
East meets West in worldly chef Denice Wai’s fusion food
East meets West in worldly chef Denice Wai’s fusion food

Splitting her time between Hong Kong and Vancouver, the culinary artist creates a multicultural dish for TAIWANfest

Read More
CULINARY, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 9, 2021TAIWANfest, food, Vancouver food
Newer Older
 
 


Check out our Instagram
@stirvancouver

Happy New Year ✨
How did @coryweeds become one of the best things that’s ever happened to mainstream jazz in Vancouver? It’s simple. “I always liked reward,” says the saxophonist and entrepreneur. 

Read on at Stir. 

#vancouverarts #vancouver
Jaad Kuujus honours her ancestors with Chilkat weavings at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, to March 29. 

Artist’s intricate ceremonial regalia and everyday garments feature mountain goat wool as a key material. 

Read more at Stir. 

#stir
Burning Mom parks its camper at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, the Anvil Theatre, and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in January. 

Playwright Mieko Ouchi’s story of one woman’s self-discovery in the Nevada Desert is rooted in her mother&rsqu
Innovation was the overriding impulse in the 2025 stage scene, whether in form-pushing multimedia theatre, reimagined classics, or surreal, mind-bending dance programs.

Head to Stir for a few of the stand outs, but by no means all, of the stage mome
Vancouver photo artist Dina Goldstein talks about her stunning new series “Mistresspieces” with Stir. 

Read about the Conversation-provoking odes to some of art history’s most iconic women were shot—with elaborate detail&mdas
 

CONTACT US

Email us at hello@createastir.ca

We are grateful to live, work, create, and play on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

LINKS

What is Stir?
Support Stir
Diversity & Inclusion
Advertising
RSS FEED

Festive Guide

Subscribe

Get the latest arts and culture news, things to do, and great swag

Thanks for subscribing! Check your inbox for a confirmation email.

 

Legal | Site Credits

© 2025 Stir Publishing Vancouver Inc.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.