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Chan Centre hosts the buoyant Afro-pop sound of Mariam of Amadou & Mariam, November 7

Moving tribute features music from the duo’s forthcoming album L’Amour à la Folie

UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14

Saved from demolition in the late ’90s, the venerable concert hall has played host to notable names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dylan Thomas

OPERAStir VancouverOctober 8, 2025UBC Opera, UBC

Music on Main explores the future of sound with biennial Modulus Festival, November 7 to 10

Offerings range from the world premiere of Hildegard Westerkamp’s cinematic tone poem Klavierklang to the multidisciplinary project Resonant Transmutations

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 8, 2025Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Modulus Festival

With picket lines gone, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concerts set to resume October 10 with Saint-Saëns' Third Violin Concerto

With the help of a mediator, the musicians and the VSO Society have come to a tentative agreement

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 8, 2025VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

The Improv Centre gears up for the holidays with 'Tis the Sitcom, November 20 to December 30

In new show created by Jacki Gunn, a group of friends living in the big city navigate festive dilemmas

COMEDYStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Partner Content, The Improv Centre

Guy Davis brings the healing power of the blues to the Shadbolt Centre on October 10

The veteran performer is an actor, a singer-songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist—but first and foremost, he’s a storyteller

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Théâtre la Seizième examines ethical principles in Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice, October 30 to November 1

No-holds-barred comedy offers insights into the legitimacy of artists appropriating the experiences of others in their work

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme, Théâtre la Seizième

Kate Hamill’s Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B puts a feminist spin on the iconic detective duo

Despite the play’s modern twist, fans of Arthur Conan Doyle will find plenty of familiar nods to the source material

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Gateway Theatre, Theatre, Kate Besworth, Homepage feature

Chor Leoni honours Remembrance Day with The Songs Will Remain, November 11

Sorrow meets solace with a program that spans classical, folk, and pop, including Ken Cormier’s arrangement of Army Dreamers

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, Remembrance Day

Theatre review: Metro Theatre's pitch-perfect Lend Me a Tenor hits all the right notes

A louche opera star brings comedic chaos to a Cleveland hotel in Ken Ludwig’s Tony Award winner

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025Metro Theatre

Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions present Lucy Prebble's The Effect, November 7 to 22

Dark, timely thriller from the Emmy-winning writer of Succession explores passion, power, and pharmaceutical control

Pacific Theatre's Wakey, Wakey remount offers profound meditations on life, October 15 to November 2

Will Eno’s powerful play garnered five Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations with its Canadian premiere in 2021

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythOctober 6, 2025Pacific Theatre, Will Eno

Theatre review: Outside Mullingar is a gently restrained tale of two Irish families

Jericho Arts Centre’s production deals with grief, grievances, and lives unlived, but the dramedy remains surprisingly buoyant

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025theatre review, Jericho Arts Centre

Justen LeRoy's Lay Me Down in Praise continues at Surrey Art Gallery and UrbanScreen this October

Three-channel film exhibition asks what the Earth sounds like, drawing on Black environmentalism, resistance, and liberation

Music review: Mad Professor brought earth-shaking dub bass to the Chan Centre

The British producer was joined by Vancouver visual artist Saghi Ehteshamzadeh for a show that went beyond the expected Massive Attack hits

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025VIFF, Chan Centre EXP, Chan Centre

National Film Board doubles down on defining what it means to be Canadian for an “elbows up” era

Attending VIFF, NFB chair Suzanne Guèvremont has a new strategic plan that strives to reach out to the next generation

SCREEN, FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 3, 2025NFB, National Film Board

Firehall Arts Centre stages profound dance-driven piece Myokine, October 30 to November 1

Work by Anne Plamondon Productions is centred on the molecules released by the muscles during physical effort

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 3, 2025Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

In Eternal Gestures, Alvin Erasga Tolentino embodies multifaceted relationships to the land

Co.ERASGA world premiere features commissions by three Indigenous women choreographers: Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson

DANCE, CULTUREEmily LythOctober 3, 2025Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino

Chet Doxas makes magic with CapU Jazz ensembles, October 24 at BlueShore at CapU

The Montreal-bred saxophonist, praised for his versatility, is now a prolific performer in New York

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 2, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU

Review: Circa's Wolf kicks acrobatics into artful hyperspeed

At the intimate York Theatre, honed Aussie performers mix feral energy with a new level of circus sophistication

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 2, 2025CIrca, THE CULTCH, York Theatre, circus, the Cultch, The Cultch, Homepage feature

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