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The New Pornographers step in to headline second day of Squamish Constellation Festival

Black Pumas cancel due to “circumstances out of our control”

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 19, 2022Squamish Constellation Festival, SUMMER

Create! Arts Festival launches public-art works as part of expanded hands-on event July 23 and 24

A giant mosaic of local wildlife and a vibrant mural are just two of the projects visitors can help make

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 18, 2022Create! Arts Festival, Eastside Culture Crawl, SUMMER

The Firehall Arts Centre announces 40th-anniversary season

Diverse lineup for 2022-23 ranges from kathak dance to stories of the Holocaust, democracy in Hong Kong, and more

THEATREJanet SmithJuly 18, 2022The Firehall

At Vancouver Bach Festival, violinist David Greenberg fuses the Baroque with Cape Breton fiddling knowhow

Early Music Vancouver’s artist-in-residence “enlivens” classical music with Scottish style

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 18, 2022SUMMER, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Singer-songwriter Haley Blais rocks DIY spirit at Squamish Constellation Festival

YouTube videos have propelled the Vancouver-based artist to musical success

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJuly 18, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Squamish Constellation Festival

Black Breath Spectacle explores oppression, power, to August 13

Charles Campbell’s audiovisual exhibition at Surrey Art Gallery responds to Black Lives Matter by “putting the focus on breath rather than death"

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 17, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Surrey Art Gallery

Dance reviews: Final weekend of Dancing on the Edge features masked figures and circling time

BABY pairs life-sized puppets and humans, while When I Think It Has Yet to Begin works looping movement to mesmerizing effect

Stir Cheat Sheet: Food trucks to seek out at the 2022 Mission Folk Music Festival

“Follow your folk” to the music then your nose to the nosh

MUSIC, FESTS, CULINARYStir VancouverJuly 15, 2022Mission Folk Music Festival, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide

Zombie folk and the talharpa: Estonia's Puuluup rocks an ancient instrument in new ways at Mission Folk Music Festival

Duo uses loopers and percussive techniques to conjure driving rhythms

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Mission Folk Music Festival

Wreck Beach Butoh by Kokoro Dance returns to spectacular summer setting

Mother Nature provides the set, lighting, and costumes for 28th annual performances

DANCEJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Kokoro Dance, Partner Content, SUMMER

On the Squamish Constellation fest stage or in their car, Ocie Elliott’s gentle harmonies soothe the soul

The Victoria duo who first connected at a Salt Spring Island café reach listeners from front seat of their Honda

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022SUMMER, Squamish Constellation Festival, Summer Arts Guide

Seagrass Music Society presents The Piano Diaries outdoors, July 20 and 27

Artists perform in East Vancouver parks on an upright acoustic Baldwin piano at the free concerts

MUSICJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, Seagrass Music Society, Heather Beaty

Gimme Shelter, Harold and Maude kick off VIFF Centre's Ragged Glory: Summer in the 70s series

Summerlong curated series of nearly 70 films pays tribute to the birth of revolutionary “New Hollywood”

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022VIFF Centre, VIFF

7 must-see highlights as the Vancouver Queer Film Festival announces its programming August 11 to 21

A documentary on a divine drag icon, a groundbreaking Filipinx drama, and more

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJuly 14, 2022Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Madison McFerrin headlines Indian Summer Festival closing party, July 16

The bash also features Ruby Singh, DJ Kookum, DJ LIL India, and Chimerik Collective

FESTSJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022SUMMER, Indian Summer Festival, Summer Arts Guide

North American orchestras and music fans mourn Bramwell Tovey, as former Vancouver Symphony Orchestra maestro dies at 69

Charismatic conductor and composer remembered as a “kind and generous man”

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022Bramwell Tovey, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Paris/Vancouver Curatorial Residency Program announced for 2022

The Polygon Gallery and Griffin Art Projects appoint Marseilles-based curator and writer Clelia Coussonnet to the three-month local residency

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery

Stir Cheat Sheet: All the things to eat at the 2022 Vancouver Folk Music Festival

New options include lobster rolls, liquid-nitrogen ice cream, and Japanese-Hawaiian fusion food

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverJuly 13, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, SUMMER, Summer Arts Guide, food, fests

Opera in the Movies brings cinematic arias and overtures to Deer Lake Park in free family concert July 17

Music from The Godfather and Mission Impossible as Jonathan Darlington conducts the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and singers

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithJuly 13, 2022Vancouver Opera, City of Burnaby

Firehall Arts Centre, Dancers of Damelahamid among winners in one-off Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Awards

Alexandra Lainfiesta, C.E. Gatchalian, Ruby Singh, Valerie Sing Turner, Jodi Proznick, and Russell Wallace also among honourees

NEWS, CULTUREJanet SmithJuly 12, 2022Lieutenant Governor’s Arts and Music Awards

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