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
 
Dance artist Elle Sofe Sara draws on Sámiland roots in Vástádus eana – The answer is land
Dance artist Elle Sofe Sara draws on Sámiland roots in Vástádus eana – The answer is land

The choreographer who spends her summers reindeer herding with her family creates a piece that integrates joiking, megaphones, and proud red hats

Read More
DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2024DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Dancers of Damelahamid, Sami, Indigenous People, Indigenous, Homepage feature, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Théâtre la Seizième hosts French philosophical show Malaise dans la civilisation, March 7 to 9
Théâtre la Seizième hosts French philosophical show Malaise dans la civilisation, March 7 to 9

Presentation with Pi Theatre features four people who encounter improbable situations and mundane accidents

Read More
THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 15, 2024Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme, Pi theatre, Spring 2024
At KDocsFF, "Neurodivergent" takes a playful, personal look inside the ADHD mind
At KDocsFF, "Neurodivergent" takes a playful, personal look inside the ADHD mind

Documentary filmmaker Afton Quast Saler turned a camera on herself and her family to explore why she and other women are so often underdiagnosed

Read More
FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2024KDOCSFF, KDocsFF, KPU, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF, Homepage feature
Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, March 3
Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, March 3

Kay Meek Competition-winning pianist Merett Khamis takes the lead in concert conducted by Ian Parker

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 14, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Academy of Music
Theatre review: Bunny's journey down the rabbit hole of female desire is well worth taking
Theatre review: Bunny's journey down the rabbit hole of female desire is well worth taking

Emma Slipp and Lucy McNulty find complex layers in The Search Party’s story of self discovery and the struggle against society’s sexual norms

Read More
THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2024The Search Party, Emma Slipp, Anvil Centre
Gateway Theatre presents Jasmine Chen's Jade Circle in Mandarin and English, March 6 to 17
Gateway Theatre presents Jasmine Chen's Jade Circle in Mandarin and English, March 6 to 17

Multidisciplinary storytelling performance is a deeply personal exploration of identity, connection, and the power of language

Read More
THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 14, 2024Partner Content, Gateway Theatre
Emerging Artists of Ballet BC and New Coast Players come together for Absence; Creation, February 17
Emerging Artists of Ballet BC and New Coast Players come together for Absence; Creation, February 17

Ballet by Jack Campbell and Antony Knight makes its world premiere at Arts Umbrella

Read More
DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2024Ballet BC, UBC School of Music, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, BALLET BC, New Coast Chamber Ensemble
All things azure, as Vancouver Cantata Singers perform BLUE, February 18 at the Annex
All things azure, as Vancouver Cantata Singers perform BLUE, February 18 at the Annex

Webern, Górecki, and a premiere by Marcel Bergmann, plus more meditations on the serene hue

Read More
MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2024Vancouver Cantata Singers, Vancouver Civic Theatres
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts Meow Meow: Pandemonium on March 2
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts Meow Meow: Pandemonium on March 2

Led by conductor Nicholas Buc, international siren and comedienne extraordinaire Meow Meow performs Piazzolla tangos, Brel, and Radiohead

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 13, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO
BC films Seagrass and Satan Wants You receive honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
BC films Seagrass and Satan Wants You receive honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

BlackBerry, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, and To Kill a Tiger also receive nods for best in Canadian film

Read More
SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2024VIFF
Elektra Women's Choir celebrates International Women’s Day with At the Spring Dawn, March 10
Elektra Women's Choir celebrates International Women’s Day with At the Spring Dawn, March 10

Program features works by Cree-Dene composer Sherryl Sewepagaham, Ukrainian composer Iryna Aleksiychuk, and more

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 13, 2024Partner Content, Elektra Women's Choir
Celebrate LOVE MONTH at The Improv Centre with a variety of February Valentine's Day events
Celebrate LOVE MONTH at The Improv Centre with a variety of February Valentine's Day events

Check out Gal-entine’s Day on February 13, and even some shows for those who hate V-day with a passion

Read More
WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2024The Improv Centre, Valentine's Day
Ballet BC presents NOW from March 7 to 9 in Vancouver, celebrating West Coast women creators
Ballet BC presents NOW from March 7 to 9 in Vancouver, celebrating West Coast women creators

Program that lands on International Women’s Day includes return of Crystal Pite’s The Statement along with two highly anticipated world premieres

Read More
DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 12, 2024Partner Content, Ballet BC
Theatre review: Juliet: A Revenge Comedy hits the sweet spot between witty fun and deeper insights on Shakespeare
Theatre review: Juliet: A Revenge Comedy hits the sweet spot between witty fun and deeper insights on Shakespeare

Slapstick, sound effects, and female characters upending their fates

Read More
THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2024THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Monster Theatre
Justin Adams and Mauro Durante perform unique worldbeat music at BlueShore at CapU, February 28
Justin Adams and Mauro Durante perform unique worldbeat music at BlueShore at CapU, February 28

Guitarist for Robert Plant and peerless Italian multi-instrumentalist mesmerize audiences with synergistic playing

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 12, 2024Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU
Review: Vancouver Opera's Don Pasquale takes an entertaining trip to stylized retro Rome
Review: Vancouver Opera's Don Pasquale takes an entertaining trip to stylized retro Rome

Flowing bel canto music meets a production full of comedic stage business, side characters, and cat figurines

Read More
MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2024Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Homepage feature
Theatre review: Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen's dreamlike tribute still holds poetic magic, at the Firehall Arts Centre
Theatre review: Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen's dreamlike tribute still holds poetic magic, at the Firehall Arts Centre

Tracey Power and Steven Charles’s sung-through musical, first staged in 2012, returns with its inventive staging and intimate interpretations of Cohen’s songs

Read More
THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2024FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre
Newly opened Richmond Cultural Centre Annex to provide city with expanded arts-and-culture space
Newly opened Richmond Cultural Centre Annex to provide city with expanded arts-and-culture space

Revitalized building features a pottery studio, History Lab for Richmond Museum, artist-exhibition space, and more

Read More
NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2024City of Richmond, Richmond Cultural Centre Annex, Richmond Museum
Vancouver Chamber Choir focuses on hope in War & Peace concert
Vancouver Chamber Choir focuses on hope in War & Peace concert

Program features aspiring artists from VCC’s Conductors’ Symposium

Read More
MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir
Vancouver International Dance Festival presents solo works by Conan Amok and Tony Chong, March 6 to 9
Vancouver International Dance Festival presents solo works by Conan Amok and Tony Chong, March 6 to 9

Amok showcases butoh work The Folds, while Chong dances Le Collectif RNTF’s multidisciplinary piece Invisible 无形

Read More
DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2024Partner Content, VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival
Newer Older
 
 


Check out our Instagram
@stirvancouver

Happy Holidays from the team at Stir ❤️
Nikkei Mochitsuki celebrates a year-end Japanese tradition, December 29. 

Taiko drums and dance add to the festivities at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. 

Read more at Stir. 

#vancouverarts #stirvancouver #taikodrums
From family-friendly theatre in the afternoon to celebratory shows as midnight approaches, here’s a look at what’s on offer around the city this New Year’s Eve—plus a couple of New Year’s Day festivities too.

Head to St
O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy serves up a whimsical party at the Massey Theatre, December 28

James & Jamesy’s family-friendly show sails through a series of slapstick and sometimes surreal journeys. 

Read more at Stir ❄️

#yvrarts #yv
Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the longest night of the year, December 21. 

Secret Lantern Society’s annual offering includes outdoor processions, workshops, song and dance performances, and more across Yaletown and Granville Isl
Ballet BC has just announced that its artistic director Medhi Walerski will leave his role as of June 30, 2027, following the company’s big 40th-anniversary season.

Read more at Stir. 

#balletbc #ballet #vancouverarts #contemporarydance
 

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.