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
 
Affect Flow celebrates the music of Montreal-based artist and composer Erin Gee, November 19 at the Annex
Affect Flow celebrates the music of Montreal-based artist and composer Erin Gee, November 19 at the Annex

Vancouver New Music presents a show that brings together Gee with musica intima, pianist Andrea Wong, and a community ensemble

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 5, 2022Partner Content, Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, musica intima, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Vancouver’s MICHELIN-Recommended Bar Gobo launches Joyride pop-up, Sunday evenings
Vancouver’s MICHELIN-Recommended Bar Gobo launches Joyride pop-up, Sunday evenings

The new female-led event features wine, food, and musical picks by DJ Dimanche

Read More
WHAT'S STIRRING, CULINARYJanet SmithNovember 4, 2022Vancouver food, MICHELIN, Andrea Carlson, Bar Gobo, Burdock & Co, Harvest Community Foods, Vancouver restaurants, Vancouver chefs, wine, win bar
Firehall Arts Centre, in association with Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, presents world premiere of Courage Now
Firehall Arts Centre, in association with Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, presents world premiere of Courage Now

Manami Hara’s new play tells the story of Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara, who helped over 6,000 Polish and Lithuanian Jews escape the Nazis in 1940

Read More
THEATREStir VancouverNovember 4, 2022Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre
With Un.Deux.Trois, Mani Soleymanlou brings the largest production to date in the history of Franco-Canadian theatre to Vancouver
With Un.Deux.Trois, Mani Soleymanlou brings the largest production to date in the history of Franco-Canadian theatre to Vancouver

Thirty-six French-speaking performers take a deep dive into identity, probing what it means to be “Franco-Canadian”

Read More
THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Mani Soleymanlou, French, French theatre
Film review: Haunting atmosphere and powerful performances drive The Wonder's probing look at science and faith
Film review: Haunting atmosphere and powerful performances drive The Wonder's probing look at science and faith

Florence Pugh is riveting as a 19th-century nurse sent to the Irish Midlands to observe a “fasting girl”

Read More
SCREENJanet SmithNovember 4, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre, Homepage feature
Vetta Chamber Music's all-woman ensemble explores Bach & Mendelssohn, December 2 to 5
Vetta Chamber Music's all-woman ensemble explores Bach & Mendelssohn, December 2 to 5

Concert is the second in a new mentorship program pairing young artists with professional players

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 4, 2022Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music
Vancouver Chamber Choir sings in honour of the patron saint of music, November 4
Vancouver Chamber Choir sings in honour of the patron saint of music, November 4

CECILIA is a mixed program that features three works by composers who share the titular saint’s first name, among other stirring pieces

Read More
WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 4, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir, chamber music, choir, Kari Turunen
Alexis Fletcher and Arash Khakpour find an intimate new dance language at the Chutzpah! Festival
Alexis Fletcher and Arash Khakpour find an intimate new dance language at the Chutzpah! Festival

Inspired by Persian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, their All my being is a dark verse resonates amid women’s calls for freedom in Iran

Read More
DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 4, 2022Chutzpah Festival, Alexis Fletcher, Arash Khakpour
Massey Theatre presents Michael Kaeshammer live in concert
Massey Theatre presents Michael Kaeshammer live in concert

The internationally acclaimed pianist, singer, and songwriter promises an uplifting evening of music and storytelling

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 3, 2022Partner Content, Massey Theatre
CultureBrew.Art launches national database of Indigenous and racialized artists
CultureBrew.Art launches national database of Indigenous and racialized artists

Project by Vancouver-based Visceral Visions hosts launch event November 18

Read More
NEWSJanet SmithNovember 3, 2022CultureBrew.Art, Visceral Visions, BIPOC
Whistler Film Festival announces 2022 lineup, with 86 releases in its 22nd edition
Whistler Film Festival announces 2022 lineup, with 86 releases in its 22nd edition

Highlights include White Noise starring Adam Driver; Thierry Donard’s Human Extreme; and the Canadian fest premiere of Guillermo del Torro’s Pinocchio

Read More
FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2022Whistler Film Festival, Whistler
Bill Reid Gallery and Jewish Museum & Archives of BC explore decades-old potlatch recordings in Keeping the Song Alive
Bill Reid Gallery and Jewish Museum & Archives of BC explore decades-old potlatch recordings in Keeping the Song Alive

The mixed-media exhibition highlights work by late ethnomusicologist Ida Halpern and Kwakwaka'wakw Chiefs Billy Assu and Mungo Martin to document hundreds of sacred, traditional songs

Read More
ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2022Bill Reid Gallery, Jewish Museum & Archives of BC, Indigenous, Indigenous art
Elektra Women's Choir presents beloved holiday concert Chez Nous on November 26 and 27
Elektra Women's Choir presents beloved holiday concert Chez Nous on November 26 and 27

Familiar carols meet Canadian compositions and two contrasting works from Berlin

Read More
MUSIC, HOLIDAY22Stir VancouverNovember 3, 2022Partner Content, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women's Choir, Holiday, Holiday 2022
Hourglass comes to fruition with a full journey through Philip Glass's Piano Études, at the Chutzpah! Festival November 5 and 6
Hourglass comes to fruition with a full journey through Philip Glass's Piano Études, at the Chutzpah! Festival November 5 and 6

Leslie Dala is at the keyboard while eight dancers take the stage

Read More
FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEJanet SmithNovember 2, 2022Chutzpah Festival, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance
Friends of Chamber Music brings The Juilliard String Quartet to Vancouver
Friends of Chamber Music brings The Juilliard String Quartet to Vancouver

The ensemble is celebrating its 75th anniversary this season

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 2, 2022Partner Content
Duos to quintets, IronFest III offers up fresh jazz juxtapositions, November 3 to 5 at IronWorks
Duos to quintets, IronFest III offers up fresh jazz juxtapositions, November 3 to 5 at IronWorks

One-off combo nights span local and international names, from Josh Zubot and François Houle to Jay Clayton and Kate Gentile

Read More
FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 2, 2022IronFest, Coastal Jazz & Blues, Modulus Festival, Music on Main, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Stir Q&A: Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey sees the mothers come home for the holidays
Stir Q&A: Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey sees the mothers come home for the holidays

The five members of the Moms the Word Collective dish on credit-card bills, family, and how challenging the festive season can be

Read More
THEATRE, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 2, 2022Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, Mom's the Word, Holiday 2022, Christmas, festive, women, moms
Florence Pugh takes centre stage in The Wonder, set to open at VIFF Centre on November 4
Florence Pugh takes centre stage in The Wonder, set to open at VIFF Centre on November 4

The critically lauded exploration of science and faith is set in mid-19th-century Ireland

Read More
SCREENStir VancouverNovember 2, 2022Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre, Vancouver International Film Festival
Chor Leoni projects peace in 2022 Remembrance Day concert, We Sang Our Songs
Chor Leoni projects peace in 2022 Remembrance Day concert, We Sang Our Songs

Vancouver’s revered 65-member male choir aims to offer solace in unsettling times

Read More
MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 2, 2022Chor Leoni, Remembrance Day, choir, Don Macdonald, Erick Lichte, Homepage feature
Zee Zee Theatre’s annual storytelling project returns with The Rainbow Elders & Allies Collection
Zee Zee Theatre’s annual storytelling project returns with The Rainbow Elders & Allies Collection

Community-engagement project gives people the chance to hear queer histories one-on-one, 20 minutes at a time

Read More
WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithNovember 2, 2022Zee Zee Theatre
Newer Older
 
 


Check out our Instagram
@stirvancouver

Details are expected in the coming year for a new cultural hub on Granville Island, for a reimagined Vancouver Art Gallery site, and for other announcements.

Head to Stir for 5 Vancouver arts and culture stories to watch for in 2026. 

#vancouver #v
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
 

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.