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New Works hosts inaugural dance-focused Leadership in Practice Symposium, March 22

One-day gathering for artists, educators, and choreographers explores how leadership can be more responsive to the dance world

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2026Partner Content, New Works

Tyrell Crews brings audiences on a suspenseful ride through a 1950s affair in Dial M for Murder

The Arts Club and Theatre Calgary coproduction focuses on a disgruntled husband who plots to kill his wife when he finds out she’s cheating

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club

Vetta Chamber Music spotlights its Mentorship Orchestra at A Look to the Future, March 6 to 9

Musicians present the premiere of Dorothy Chang’s new composition, in this brief moment together

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2026Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver arts groups mark Black History Month with film screenings, live music, and more

Artists like Dee Daniels, Brandon Thornhill, and Krystle Dos Santos are performing around the city this February

American-Swedish couple Champian Fulton and Klas Lindquist stoke their musical rapport at Jazz at the Bolt

Partners in music and life, the pianist-singer and sax master share a love of jazz’s rich history, plus a fresh warmth and energy on their first album together, At Home

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2026Jazz at the Bolt, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Homepage feature

In Batshit, Aussie artist unpacks grandmother’s psychiatric mistreatment in unexpected ways

Drawing on everything from absurd comedy to cabaret, Leah Shelton ties family tragedy to a system that still pathologizes women as “hysterical”, “high-strung”, or god forbid, “hormonal”

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2026THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Warrior Festival, Homepage feature

Chor Leoni hosts annual PopCappella concert with hits by the Beach Boys, B-52s, and more, March 6 and 7

Songs on the program range from Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr. Blue Sky” to John Denver’s “Country Roads”

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 4, 2026Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI

Ahead of the Family Forward Festival, Ruby Chopstix praises their mom’s unconditional support

In a short documentary, the Vietnamese Canadian queen reflects on becoming the country’s first drag artist-in-residence

Justine A. Chambers wins 2025 VIVA Award, while Lorna Brown receives 2025 Alvin Balkind Curator’s Prize

Dance artist has explored gesture and her Black matrilineal heritage, while curator has made her mark at Artspeak Gallery, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, and far beyond

Festival du Bois launches 2026 lineup rooted in vibrant Canadian fiddle traditions, March 6 to 8

Performers include Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Delhi 2 Dublin, and bluegrass band Bagatelle

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2026Partner Content, Festival du Bois, Mackin Park, francophone, Francophone

Radiohead on the roster as Leslie Dala plays piano recital at Behind the Keys, February 13

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs’ Valentine’s fundraiser program spans Christopher O’Riley’s arrangements of the band’s songs and Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor

Theatre review: Everything Has Disappeared explores what we owe to the Filipino diaspora

In The Cultch, PuSh Fest, and Live Biennale copresentation, technicolour visuals complemented Hazel Venzon’s larger-than-life energy in a ride that spoke directly to today’s global economy

Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods braids Indigenous storytelling with classical dance

Rising Tla’amin choreographer Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe draws on a tale he heard growing up for a large-scale work that joins Carmina Burana on a double bill

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 2, 2026Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Homepage feature, Cameron Fraser-Monroe, Indigenous

Fluevog Shoes unveils pretty pink heels to mark Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s 20th annual event

The sakura-inspired look is just one of the styles on offer at a February 5 shopping-night fundraiser for the fest

FASHION, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 2, 2026Fluevog Shoes, sakura, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Vancouver Cantata Singers perform a golden selection of beloved pieces, February 28

At Cantata Gold, a new commission by Sam Dabrusin honours bass Doug Colpitts’s 50th year of singing with the choral ensemble

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Review: SLUGS wriggles into an anarchic world of clowning, theatre, puppetry, rave energy, and “bad ideas”

At PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, the Creepy Boys duo who created and perform the show, want to make sure it’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, except fun, fun, fun

COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2026PuSh International Performing Arts Festival