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Stir Cheat Sheet: 18 concerts and opera performances to catch in Vancouver this spring

Mongolian traditions, Czech strings, Baroque beauties, and more on the music calendar

Anda Union revives cultural music from the rolling grasslands of Inner Mongolia

Caravan World Rhythms presents the 10-piece band at the Massey Theatre

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithMarch 5, 2025Caravan World Rhythms, Anda Union, Massey Theatre, Spring 2025, SPRING 2025

Iris Bahr’s Stories From the Brink comes to Chutzpah! Plus Spring Edition, March 19

One-woman solo show follows the creator’s own near-death experiences, from her childhood in the Bronx to travels in Israel, Asia, and South America

Jin-me Yoon, Peter Pierobon, and Daina Augaitis amid Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts winners

Honourees from across the country, including Bruce LaBruce and Kent Monkman, take home $25,000 and a bronze medallion

The Polygon Gallery presents Nowruz: Farsi Tour + Film Screening of One Must Wash Eyes, March 20

Sepideh Yadegar’s film tells the story of an Iranian international student photographed at a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Vancouver

ART & DESIGN, SCREENStir VancouverMarch 5, 2025Partner Content, The Polygon Gallery, Spring 2025

At Vancouver New Music’s Parallel 07, Martin Howse uncovers the magic in hidden connections

Interdisciplinary artist melds software with sound performance in experimental workshop and presentation

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 5, 2025VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, Martin Howse

Pacifica Quartet returns to Vancouver for Friends of Chamber Music concert, April 1

American string players to perform compositions by Bartók and Shostakovich, plus Samuel Barber’s film-famous adagio

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 4, 2025Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2025

Festival du Bois features Métis Village and more family fare at Mackin Park, March 7 to 9

Maillardville’s music and culture event hosts free contra dance, Youth Zone Tent, and more

FESTSJanet SmithMarch 4, 2025Festival du Bois, Mackin Park, Francophone, Maillardville, Spring 2025

Lighting designer Itai Erdal honours his late mother's legacy in How to Disappear Completely

Through projected footage and photographs, Erdal chronicles the last nine months of his mother’s life following a terminal cancer diagnosis

Registration is now open for Arts Umbrella's Spring Break Dance Intensive, March 24 to 28

Week-long, half-day program is designed for beginner students ages eight to 15

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 4, 2025Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, Spring 2025

Acclaimed U.K. band Still House Plants headlines a night of experimental music at Western Front, March 15

The three-piece squeezes something jagged yet soulful from its sparse guitar-drum-vocal setup

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICAdrian MackMarch 4, 2025Western Front, Spring 2025

Documentarian Frederick Wiseman gets a big screen upgrade at The Cinematheque

The series presents 14 titles by the master of nonfiction film, rarely seen in the cinema

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 3, 2025The CInematheque, documentary, Spring 2025

A double bill of feminist cinema runs at the VIFF Centre from March 7 to 17

Housewife of the Year unpacks a long-running Irish TV show, while There’s Still Tomorrow follows a working-class Italian woman in the 1940s

SCREENStir VancouverMarch 3, 2025Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre, International Women's Day, Spring 2025

After 50 years, Québécois trad-folk icon Yves Lambert has no plans to slow things down

The veteran musician, hitting Festival du Bois, revisits the breadth of his career with Le Grand Orchestre

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2025Festival du Bois, Quebec, Francophone, Mackin Park, Spring 2025

Opera West Society and UBC Opera stage Jules Massenet’s Manon, March 28 and 30

French Romantic masterpiece stars soprano Emily Pogorelc as Manon and tenor Frédéric Antoun as Chevalier des Grieux

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 3, 2025Partner Content, Opera West Society, UBC Opera, Spring 2025

Stir Q&A: At GEMFest, One Must Wash Eyes takes a nuanced look at Women, Life, Freedom protests

Director Sepideh Yadegar’s debut feature follows Iranian international student Sahar as she stands up for women’s rights in Vancouver

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2025GEMFest, VIFF Centre, Stir Q&A, Spring 2025

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts hosts Silkroad Ensemble: Uplifted Voices, March 30

Concert shines a light on previously under-recognized Japanese, Armenian, Irish, Scottish, and Indigenous music

Saxophonist Julia Nolan joins The Four Jays—Live! for a celebration of International Women’s Day

Vetta Chamber Music concert features a quartet that also includes violinist Joan Blackman, bassist Jodi Proznick, and pianist Jane Hayes

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2025Vetta Chamber Music, Julia Nolan, Spring 2025

Internationally trained Ballet BC dancers harness their power in ZENITH program

Taiwan-born Pei Lun Lai and Costa Rica-raised Eduardo Jiménez Cabrera negotiate new challenges in the studio—and in their adopted Vancouver hometown

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2025Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Homepage feature, Spring 2025

A Doll's House, Kimberly Akimbo, and much more as Arts Club Theatre Company announces 2025–26 season

Disney FROZEN, Dial M for Murder, and Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women are all on the books

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Ashlie Corcoran

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