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Alliance Française Vancouver presents the family production Petit Pois, April 25

French tragicomedy for young audiences tells the story of a little pea who’s been displaced and must find his way home

With End of Greatness, Maiko Yamamoto and Veda Hille explore the microscopic and the cosmic

Longtime friends and Theatre Replacement collaborators cross genres at The Cultch in a work that explores existence through music, science, lecture, art installation—and cake

All-female Solidaridad Tango showcases the many sides of Argentina’s national art form

At the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts the all-female Canadian ensemble’s Tango Fantasia intends to show that tango is music for both the body and the mind

MUSICJanet SmithApril 10, 2026Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Homepage feature, tango

Martin Harley melds folk and blues on slide guitar at BlueShore at CapU, May 10

After opening for Bonnie Raitt’s sold-out U.K. shows, the singer-songwriter tours solo across Canada

rEvolver Festival unveils adventurous lineup of form-mashing theatre arts

In Upintheair Theatre’s annual event at The Cultch, opera, standup, puppets, and more mix together in experimental stage works about everything from eco disaster to cats

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 9, 2026Upintheair Theatre, The Cultch, THE CULTCH

Chor Leoni showcases the next generation of choral artists with The Big Roar, May 8 and 9

Hundreds of singers come together for an epic concert featuring a world premiere by Amplify Artist in Residence Miranda Currie

MUSICStir VancouverApril 9, 2026Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, The Big Roar

Vancouver Folk Music Festival announces 2026 lineup, from global icons to local heroes

U.K. legend Billy Bragg and Brazil’s Bia Ferreira share stages with Canadian names like Aysanabee and Empanadas Illegales at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park, July 17 to 19

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 9, 2026Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Cuban-born Eliades Ochoa draws on his countryside roots at the Chan Centre, May 9

Original member of the Grammy Award–winning Buena Vista Social Club performs vibrant Latin tunes alongside a quartet

Ibram X. Kendi sheds light on authoritarian ideas in Vancouver Writers Fest talk, April 13

In conversation with UBC poli-sci prof Terri Givens, the historian and antiracist scholar discusses his new book, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age

READJanet SmithApril 8, 2026Vancouver Writers Fest, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

In Stephanie Lake Company’s Manifesto, thundering percussion meets dance

In this DanceHouse and Vancouver New Music copresentation, the Australian performers feed off the energy of nine drum kits on a stylized stage

Step back into the 1950s as CTORA Productions stages Grease, May 8 to 17

Vibrant musical brings a beloved story to life with a dynamic cast, nostalgic design, and live orchestra

THEATREStir VancouverApril 8, 2026Partner Content, CTORA Theatre

Theatre review: Metro Theatre’s Shakespeare in Love breezily captures backstage intrigue

Lee Hall’s stage adaptation of the well-known screenplay revels in what we think we know about the most famous playwright of all time

THEATREJanet SmithApril 8, 2026Metro Theatre, Shakespeare

At the Firehall Arts Centre, Enemy Lines illuminates a historic injustice, May 6 to 9

Mayumi Lashbrook’s dance-theatre piece centres the forced removal of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War

Local lens-based artists share their influences in The Cinematheque x Capture Film Series, to April 25

As part of Capture Photography Festival, Dana Claxton, Althea Thauberger, and Stephen Waddell screen the films that shaped them

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 7, 2026Capture Photography Festival, The CInematheque

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

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