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Richmond Maritime Festival drops anchor in Steveston for 22nd edition, August 23 and 24

Roots musicians Murfitt & Main and the jugglers of Cause & Effect Circus are among the acts in store at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 21, 2025Richmond Maritime Festival, Steveston

Touchstone Theatre opens landmark 50th season with Women of the Fur Trade, September 24 to October 4

Frances Končan’s historical satire follows three women as they share their views on life, love, and Louis Riel

Nebula Performances Society brings Carmen up close and personal

Group’s first full-scale opera production aims to provide a new, intimate platform for established and emerging artists

MUSICJanet SmithAugust 21, 2025Nebula Performances, opera

In La Marée Noire, dancers express hope and despair in the aftermath of an oil spill

Presented in Vancouver by Pi Theatre, Fleuve | Espace danse’s site-specific piece references the pollution caused by the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster

DANCEJanet SmithAugust 19, 2025Pi theatre, Pi Theatre, Pi Provocateurs

Ensemble Theatre Company’s Summer Play Reading Festival brings monstrous stories to the Jericho Arts Centre, August 21 to 24

Titles include Jeff Ho’s antigone: 方, Hannah Moscovitch’s Little One, and Francis Dowlatabadi’s My Roommate Ahriman

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 19, 2025Ensemble Theatre Company, Jericho Arts Centre

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open screens at the Shadbolt Centre, September 12

Award-winning feature film tells the story of two Indigenous women who meet during a chance encounter

SCREENStir VancouverAugust 19, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Pop Up Dances and Isak Enquist’s Fall(se) Cirque(us), as New Works reveals 2025-26 season

Packed program features Dance Film Masterclass, Jezebel at the PuSh Festival, residency showings, and more

DANCEJanet SmithAugust 19, 2025New Works, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Cetnre

Menteuse builds a chaotically funny multiverse out of little white lies, August 20 at Alliance Française

People-pleasing goes haywire as Visions Ouest presents the sequel to the hit Quebec comedy Menteur

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 19, 2025VISIONS OUEST, Visions Ouest, Alliance Francaise, Summer

Belle Spirale Dance Projects announces 2025-26 season that reaches from Kelowna to Spain

Highlights include a new piece by Wen Wei Wang, a commission for Ballet BC Annex, and the return of The Dance Deck in summer 2026

Vancouver Latin American Film Festival launches three brand-new series, September 4 to 14

Opening with The Best Mother in the World, the fest features diverse titles as part of Vanguardias, Migraciones, and Mexico Today

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverAugust 18, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, VLAFF

Theatre review: Black Box Theatre Co.'s The Play That Goes Wrong gets the chaos right

At the Waterfront, actors embrace mishaps while set pieces are programmed to go awry on cue

THEATREJanet SmithAugust 16, 2025Black Box Theatre Co.

On Granville Island, 221A makes shortlist to turn former Emily Carr building into an arts and innovation hub

Nonprofit’s proposal for the 125,000-square-foot building revolves around a concept by Musqueam weaver Debra Sparrow

NEWS, CULTUREJanet SmithAugust 15, 2025granville island, Granville Island, 221A, CMHC, Emily Carr University

Nebula Performances stages powerful opera La tragédie de Carmen, August 28 to September 7

Company’s first full-scale production is presented as part of The Chee Series

MUSICStir VancouverAugust 14, 2025Partner Content, Nebula Performances

In Maker + Mother, artists explore the tension between creative identity and motherhood

Parker Street Gallery exhibition features works by 10 artists, including co-curators Felicia Fraser and Emiko Mizukami

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithAugust 14, 2025Parker Street Gallery, Felicia Fraser

Vancouver Queer Film Festival unveils September program of 100 films, under new artistic director Mary Galloway

Local documentary A Place Where I Belong makes world premiere, while Starwalker musical movie makes its Vancouver debut

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithAugust 14, 2025Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Out on Screen

All Over the Map brings capoeira moves, traditional Nahuatl songs, and more to Granville Island, August 17

Part two of New Works series highlights artists Sudhesna Mohapatra, Judith Colibrí, Ysadora Dias, and Punit & James

DANCEJanet SmithAugust 13, 2025New Works, All Over the Map, Summer 2025

Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 acts performing at Music on Main’s sun-speckled Summer Pop-Up Concerts

Mount Pleasant Park performers include M’Girl, the 240 Northern Percussion Ensemble, and pianists Bogdan Dulu and Forest Benson

MUSICStir VancouverAugust 12, 2025Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Summer 2025

The 2025 Polygon Award in First Nations Art goes to Rebecca Baker-Grenier and Gordon Dick

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun receives Award of Distinction, while Kari Morgan earns Emerging Artist award

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithAugust 12, 2025BC Achievement Foundation, Indigenous art, Indigenous

Turning 100, Oscar Peterson’s brilliance fills live music and film at VIFF Centre, August 16

As part of VIFF Live series, a performance by all-star jazz ensemble Triology sets up screening of two films powered by music of a Canadian legend

MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithAugust 12, 2025Oscar Peterson, VIFF Centre

Sarah Slean, John Boutté, and more to play BlueShore at CapU’s just-announced fall season

More offerings include tributes to the Beatles and Lucinda Williams, Chet Doxas w/ CapU Jazz Ensembles, and Gord Grdina’s Ru’ya

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