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Oscar: Homage to the Rebel Maestro of Flamenco honours a dance luminary’s extraordinary legacy

Co-producer Lia Grainger reflects on the storied life of Oscar Nieto, who helped establish flamenco’s presence in Vancouver

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 29, 2025Oscar Nieto, flamenco, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, Caravan World Rhythms, Lia Grainger

Eastside Culture Crawl gears up for biggest edition yet with over 500 artists, November 20 to 23

Pre-festival events put on by the Eastside Arts Society include the annual Take Flight fundraiser and Preview Exhibition

Theatrical triple bill spotlights stories of motherhood at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, November 5 to 7

To Mum With Love, XO features plays by seasoned fringe artists Jonathon Paterson, Jacques Lalonde, and Jim Sands

BC Achievement Foundations honours Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design winners with a ceremony, November 25

A free public exhibition highlighting the recipients’ work is on view at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre from November 18 to 25

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 29, 2025Partner Content, BC Achievement Foundation

Drawing on globe-spanning influences, Gord Grdina’s Ru’ya creates kaleidoscope of melody and rhythm

Christ Church Cathedral performance by the renowned Vancouver musician’s latest project will blend intercultural virtuosity with poetry from a troubled Middle East

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 28, 2025CapU, CapU Global Roots, Homepage feature

Theatre review: CTORA conjures Roald Dahl’s playful magic in James and the Giant Peach

Imaginative puppetry and powerhouse performances embody the wicked wit and heartfelt emotion of a classic children’s tale

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 28, 2025CTORA Theatre

Audrey Gaussiran brings culturally diverse piece MOSAÏCO to the Shadbolt Centre, November 21 and 22

Dance and digital art combine onstage with a colourful projection that reacts to the movements of five dancers

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 28, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Gertrude and Alice is both a great love story and a look at language and the act of creation

Director Lois Anderson talks about legendary 20th-century partners Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, portrayed in a production by Western Gold Theatre in partnership with Touchstone Theatre and in association with United Players of Vancouver.

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 28, 2025Touchstone Theatre, Western Gold Theatre, United Players of Vancouver

The Cultch hosts the Canadian premiere of Pony Cam’s Burnout Paradise, November 20 to December 7

Chaotic, cardio-filled show features four performers on treadmills juggling life’s endless to-do lists

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 28, 2025Partner Content, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch

All-Indigenous burlesque collective Virago Nation performs at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, November 4

Seven artists are on an empowering mission to reclaim Indigenous sexuality from the effects of colonization

Rio Theatre and team of private film industry financiers step in to take over Vancouver’s Park Theatre

Filmmakers including Chris Ferguson back plan to save Cambie Street’s Art Deco cinema that Cineplex had shut down Sunday

NEWS, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 27, 2025Rio Theatre, Park Theatre

Taiwan's internationally acclaimed Hung Dance brings Birdy to Vancouver care of DanceHouse, November 28 and 29

The anticipated performance, a captivating cry for freedom, marks the first time DanceHouse presents a Taiwanese work

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 27, 2025Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE

Music review: Heavenly singing in Vancouver Opera’s Rigoletto lights up a dark Victorian world

Easing off some of the more disturbing themes and melodrama, the production feels somehow lighter, stripped-down, and relatably human

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 27, 2025Vancouver Opera, Homepage feature, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Canadian pianist Louis Lortie plays Ravel’s Piano Concertos with the VSO, November 14 and 15

Program also features George Benjamin’s Concerto for Orchestra, dedicated to the memory of British composer Oliver Knussen

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 25, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

At the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, departed loved ones draw near in Spirit Encounters

Mexican-born artist Gerardo Avila helps celebrate the Day of the Dead and highlights the joys of the holiday through the magical migration of monarch butterflies

Glitch Theatre hosts the world premiere of Faye’s Room by Alex K. Masse, November 8 to 23

Production tells the story of an autistic lesbian who gets trapped in a magical sensory room with her least favourite coworker

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 24, 2025Partner Content, Glitch Theatre, Realwheels Theatre

Big Top’s dark musical tones a natural fit for the unsettling silent-movie vision of The Unknown

One of the weirdest Hollywood films ever made helped bring local bandleader Scott McLeod back to shadowy instrumental soundscapes

SCREEN, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 24, 2025Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Tod Browning

Vancouver Chamber Choir performs the rarely heard Eton Choirbook, November 21

Kari Turunen directs 10 singers in a concert of English sacred music composed during the late 15th century

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 24, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Florent Vollant, Innu reflects on the extraordinary life of a Quebec music icon, October 24

Visions Ouest and Alliance Française present moving documentary on singer-songwriter behind Kashtin

Rebecca Baker-Grenier and Gordon Dick receive this year's Polygon Award in First Nations Art

BC Achievement Foundation also named Kari Morgan the Crabtree McLennan Emerging Artist and presented the Award of Distinction to Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 23, 2025Partner Content, BC Achievement Foundation, Polygon Award

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