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Surrey Art Gallery spotlights Expo 86 with In the Shadow of the Pavilions, April 18 to June 7

Multidisciplinary exhibition features archival works by 40 artists created in the Lower Mainland from 1984 to 1988

Gli Incogniti explores a musical enigma in Early Music Vancouver presentation, April 17

Amandine Beyer and her Baroque ensemble play compositions by an Italian violinist whose life and music are shrouded in mystery.

The Dance Centre secures long-term site, with $6 million land purchase at Davie and Granville

With its lease coming up in 2029 on land owned by Scotiabank, the future of the dance hub had been uncertain

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithApril 7, 2026DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre, The Dance CEntre, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Canadian Psycho attacks with satirical questions about white-male hold on serial killing

At the Firehall Arts Centre, Marlene Ginader’s comedic solo show sinks its teeth into media myths fuelled by true crime

THEATREJanet SmithApril 7, 2026Firehall Arts Centre, Firehall Theatre, ITSAZOO Productions, vACT

At Ballet BC's UNITY, Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber deliver a world premiere, May 7 to 9

Batsheva Dance Company alumni draw on Gaga movement for the searingly intimate piece with a full-company cast

DANCEStir VancouverApril 7, 2026Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Sakura Days Japan Fair brings vibrant Nikkei culture to VanDusen Botanical Garden, April 11 and 12

In its 20th edition, the annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates Japanese artistry and eclectic cuisine

Mission Folk Music Festival unveils lineup for 39th annual event, spanning swing duo Blue Moon Marquee and soul singer Tanika Charles

From July 24 to 26, Fraser River Heritage Park hosts artists from B.C. and beyond

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 2, 2026Mission Folk Music Festival

Vetta Chamber Music hosts its season finale Celebration, May 1 to 4

Violinist Joan Blackman, violist Hung-Wei Huang, cellist Zoltan Rozsnyai, and pianist Angela Cheng play pieces by Franck, Brahms, and Mozetich

MUSICStir VancouverApril 2, 2026Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Listening as Activism explores the power of sound, vision, and a decolonized conception of time

Vancouver New Music event brings together artists and activists for a roundtable discussion and performances

DOXA Documentary Film Festival unveils program of 40 features, including live, opening-night cinematic performance Bella Sutra

Running April 30 to May 10, 25th annual event features a South Korean spotlight, Fire of Love director Sara Dosa’s Iceland-set Time and Water, and world premieres Under the Red Roof, Illustrated Legacies: Graveyard of the Pacific, and more

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 2, 2026DOXA Documentary Film Festival, DOXA

Some Assembly Theatre Company launches its 26th season with GLITCH, May 6 to 9

Play written and directed by Valerie Methot in collaboration with diverse Metro Vancouver youth makes its world premiere

THEATREStir VancouverApril 2, 2026Partner Content, Some Assembly Theatre

Stir Cheat Sheet: Four boundary-busting concerts to experience at Music on Main's Month of Tuesdays

From Caroline Shaw’s pop-tinged Ringdown project to Ryan Davis’s heady looping viola, April means aural adventure at the intimate Fox Cabaret

MUSICStir VancouverApril 1, 2026Music on Main, MUSIC ON THE MAIN

At the Arts Club, Kimberly Akimbo magnifies the highs and lows of adolescence

Lisa Horner plays a 16-year-old girl whose rare genetic condition gives her the appearance of a 72-year-old woman

THEATREJanet SmithApril 1, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club

Elektra's Tapestry International Festival unites four adult treble choirs, May 8 and 9

Triennial gathering features Chicago’s La Caccina, Halifax’s Aeolian Singers, and the Bay Area’s Peninsula Women’s Chorus

MUSICStir VancouverApril 1, 2026Partner Content, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Elektra Women's Choir

Rachel Fenlon expands solo piano performance to encompass folk

The standout soprano returns to B.C. at the Kay Meek Arts Centre with a blend of her beloved Schubert and Benjamin Britten’s arrangements of traditional British and French songs

MUSICJanet SmithApril 1, 2026Kay Meek Arts Centre, Schubert

Sundar Prize Film Festival unveils this year's award nominees

Among the titles nominated across 14 categories are Bikas Ranjan Mishra’s Bayaan, Josias Tschanz’s The Fire in Our Hearts, and more

SCREENStir VancouverApril 1, 2026Partner Content, Sundar Prize Film Festival

Isaiah Collier, Keyon Harrold, and more as Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils first ticketed shows

Running June 19 to July 5, event also unveils Performance Works Series that includes Haleluya Hailu Plays Ethiopia and Stranger Friends Orchestra with Fredrik Ljungkvist

Krystle Dos Santos and Dawn Pemberton’s ode to Hogan’s Alley hits VIFF Live, April 4

Powerhouse vocalists preview songs from stage show Meet Me at Vie’s alongside a screening of local documentary Union Street

Corey Payette’s musical On Native Land adds layers of tradition-based nuance with song and dance

At The Cultch’s York Theatre, the acclaimed writer and director turns to genre-blending Indigenous practices to open new perspectives on identity, land claims, and hope

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 31, 2026Urban Ink Theatre, the Cultch, Raven Theatre, Homepage feature

Throat-singing duo PIQSIQ inspire with tales of complex heroes and eerie creatures of the North

Ahead of their Chan Centre show alongside renowned singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark, sisters Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik discuss Legends and the power of traditional Inuit storytelling

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 31, 2026Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE, PIQSIQ, piqsiq

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