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Vancouver Chamber Choir celebrates its network of supporters with Chosen Family, October 3

Program features a 2023 work by the choir’s composer-in-residence Stuart Beatch, plus the singers of the Intertidal Choral Ensemble

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 5, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Théâtre la Seizième unveils 2025-26 season, including two productions by Brussels-based Compagnie Chantal & Bernadette

Other works in store range from Mammalian Diving Reflex’s innovative Nightwalks With Teenagers to Théâtre Gauche’s offbeat humour–filled Parler mal

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2025Théâtre la Seizième, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Studio 16

Have a Senior Moment Festival launches with the world premiere of HOME, October 3 to 5

Western Gold Theatre festival continues to October 11 with play readings, a karaoke dance party, improv classes, and more

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 4, 2025Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre, Have a Senior Moment Festival

Moscow-born, Berlin-based pianist Alexander Malofeev makes his VSO debut, September 12 and 13

With several major award wins under his belt, the 23-year-old is among the leading musicians of his generation

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 4, 2025VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

West Vancouver Memorial Library names Liam Hockley as 2025 Sound Artist in Residence

Canadian avant-garde clarinetist is exploring improvisation that incorporates custom-built live electronic processing

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 4, 2025Partner Content, West Vancouver Memorial Library

Yota Kobayashi explores the nature of perception and reality in Shiki & Kū

The locally based soundscape artist and his global collaborators have crafted an immersive experience at VIVO Media Arts Centre, with Formscape Arts, Vancouver New Music, and IM4 Media Lab

Queer people with intellectual and developmental disabilities flourish through self-advocacy in A Place Where I Belong

Documentary at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival highlights peer-led groups working to overcome a long history of stigma and isolation by creating connection to the broader queer community

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 3, 2025Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Cineplex

Théâtre la Seizième gives voice to Vancouver's youth in Nightwalks with Teenagers, September 25 to October 4

Performance created by Toronto-based company Mammalian Diving Reflex takes place outdoors in French and English

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 3, 2025Partner Content, Théâtre la Seizième, Theatre la Seizieme

Film reviews: Vancouver Latin American Film Festival ranges from subtle meditation to absurd comedy

With sharp visions of life in Mexico, Venezuela, and early-’70s Quebec, the event continues to reveal a deeply interconnected world where history is ever-present

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 2, 2025Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, VLAFF, Homepage features

Take Form grows to 10 pieces by Ballet BC dancers, at the BMO Centre from September 11 to 13

The rare chance to see performers choreograph their own cutting-edge pieces regularly sells out

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 2, 2025BALLET BC, Ballet BC

Sarah Slean plays a Shadbolt Centre for the Arts show with the Black Dog String Quartet, October 4

Canadian singer-songwriter who blends cabaret, pop, and orchestral influences has opened for the likes of Chris Isaak and Alanis Morissette

Chor Leoni unveils 2025-26 season of annual concerts, including The Big Roar and PopCappella

Northern Indigenous multidisciplinary artist Miranda Currie takes part in the inaugural Amplify residency program

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 2, 2025Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI

Anne-Marie McDermott joins the VSO for Beethoven Piano Concertos, September 19 to 21

Program also features Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 and the overture to Mozart’s comic opera Così fan tutte

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 1, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

L’Attachement delves movingly into life, loss, and found family, at Alliance Française on September 3

Strong performances in the story of a French bookstore owner who forms bonds with a father and child make Visions Ouest’s final summer installment a must-see

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 29, 2025VISIONS OUEST, Visions Ouest, Alliance Francaise

Archie Barry's Try Keeping an Open Channel debuts at Western Front, September 6

Australian artist’s video-based solo exhibition explores themes of death, disembodiment, and transness

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverAugust 29, 2025Partner Content, Western Front

Stir Q&A: Dancers break free from the fog of routine in Shion Skye Carter’s in the wake of a sleeping machine

New ensemble work presented by Odd Meridian Arts draws inspiration from Studio Ghibli film Howl’s Moving Castle

Still Moon Arts Society welcomes autumn with the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, September 12 to October 4

With a Wetlands theme, the 23rd annual festival features an afternoon of artmaking, a labyrinth walk, a lantern procession, and much more

Stir Q&A: With Cicadas, filmmaker Luna Marán reflects collective vision that shapes Oaxaca life

Through its mix of Indigenous artists, musicians, and technicians, the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival feature puts the common good at the centre

SCREENJanet SmithAugust 28, 2025Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, VLAFF