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B.C. government injects $30 million into festivals still struggling to recover after pandemic

Events are eligible for the onetime rescue funding if they take place anywhere between April 2023 and December 2024

NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 16, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Pi Theatre hosts Black Space Jam at the Biltmore Cabaret on March 3

The multidisciplinary evening is produced by Black Space Media/Afro Van Connect

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 16, 2023Partner Content, Pi Theatre

Theatre review: Teenage Dick talks disability, cruelty, and power—and has some killer dance moves

Christopher Imbrosciano brings his lived experience to the role of a student with cerebral palsy in captivating dark comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s Richard III

Genre-hopping poet, musician, filmmaker Saul Williams expands the possibilities of sound and words at the Chan Centre

Fresh off the triumph of Neptune Frost, the artist wrestles with defining Afrofuturism

Elektra Women's Choir presents Humanity: A Musical Exploration of the Human Experience, March 10 at Pacific Spirit United Church

Photos by Elizabeth Larsen and piano by Stephen Smith accompany concert’s deep dive into despair, hope, love, solidarity, and boldness

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 16, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, ELEKTRA

From South Africa, Broken Chord shares the overlooked story of The African Native Choir

South African vocalists join performer-choreographer Gregory Maqoma and Vancouver Chamber Choir in the ambitious dance work’s Canadian premiere

Massey Theatre presents A Dinosaur Tale on March 18 and 19

With larger-than-life prehistoric puppets, the live-action fantasy tale is an adventure the whole family can enjoy

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 15, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Ever-trailblazing comedian Margaret Cho has a lot to sound off about in her Live and LIVID! Tour

The activist, appearing at Just for Laughs Vancouver, talks racism, Asian role models, and the joys of becoming a “crass old lady”

COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2023Just for Laughs Vancouver, Margaret Cho

Friends of Chamber Music present Barcelona's Casals Quartet at the Vancouver Playhouse on February 28

The sensational evening of music features B.C.-born guest pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko.

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverFebruary 15, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Ballet Jörgen draws on the age-old and the contemporary for its fresh take on Cinderella

Canadian dance icon Bengt Jörgen has devoted his company to making the art form accessible

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2023Ballet Jorgen, Massey Theatre, ballet

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts presents sax innovator Colin Stetson, March 3

Montreal artist, known for daring explorations of extended techniques, is joined by trumpeter Justin Walter

Mononk Jules tells the story of a forgotten Indigenous hero

Montreal playwright Jocelyn Sioui shares his great uncle’s remarkable history in the documentary-theatre piece with video, puppets, and more

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 14, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, Quebecois, French Canadian, Indigenous, puppetry

BlueShore at CapU presents West African Music with Kofi Gbolonyo on March 3

Adanu Habobo also takes the stage, along with Awal Alhassan and Sheimawu Abubakari

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 14, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

Vancouver International Jazz Festival announces Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily, and The Bad Plus, for June 23 to July 2 event

Fest opts for a smaller, more sustainable event as it moves forward for 2023

MUSIC, NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2023Jazz Fest, Coastal Jazz & Blues

Review: Vancouver Opera's A Midsummer Night's Dream conjures heady music and big laughs

Rare staging of Britten opera mixes the mysterious and the farcical

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2023Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Civic Theatres

At KDocsFF, The YouTube Effect explores the streaming site’s lack of regulation

Alex Winter’s documentary about the power and perils of the Google-owned tech behemoth has its Canadian premiere at the social-justice film festival

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 13, 2023KDocsFF, documentary, film festival

Vetta Chamber Music presents Joan and Joe from March 3 to 6

Artisan gifts from local makers include serene ceramics, hand-loomed textiles, and much more

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 13, 2023Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Stir Q&A: Dil Ka playwright Lee Nisar talks biryani, being queer and South Asian, and food as the great unifier

Her new work, set in a traditional Pakistani family’s kitchen, debuts as part of Ruby Slippers’ Advance Theatre Festival at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts