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Ionesco's Cabaret mixes absurdist theatre with a playful art party, July 23 to 25

Homage to Eugène Ionesco is presented by Rumble Theatre and produced by Theatre Conspiracy in association with Pi Theatre

THEATREStir VancouverJune 23, 2026Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Theatre

Theatre review: Bard on the Beach's spirited, soccer-mad take on The Merry Wives of Windsor builds a wonderfully no-frills sense of place

In a shamelessly fun update, the comedy’s colourful schemers, lovers, and busybodies are regulars at a Vancouver community centre during World Cup fever

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 22, 2026Homepage Feature, Bard on the Beach, Summer 2026

Step through the looking glass and rock out to local music at the Khatsahlano Street Party, July 11

Indie-rockers Uncle Strut, post-punk stars Concrete Vehicles, and soul powerhouse Leo D.E Johnson are among the talents hitting the Burrard Stage

Vancouver International Jazz Festival artist-in-residence Wendy Eisenberg got in touch with her 13-year-old self to craft self-titled album

The singer and guitarist makes music that veers from lushly orchestrated American to wildly experimental free-jazz improv

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 19, 2026Coastal Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Summer 2026

The Offering of Curtis Andrews puts a worldly spin on jazz at Performance Works, July 4

The Newfoundland-born, Vancouver-based percussionist and scholar brings influences from Africa and South Asia to his musical explorations

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJune 19, 2026Coastal Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Summer 2026

Myfanwy MacLeod’s Trophies unpacks frat-house history of Burnaby Art Gallery site

Beer kegs to donkey heads, Vancouver artist’s expansive new exhibition uncovers Ceperley Mansion’s past while linking it to masculinity rites, from Ancient Greece through to today’s headlines

Fin’Amor takes the hurdy-gurdy into uncharted territory at the Queer Arts Festival

Composer Jeffrey Ryan, librettist James Fagan Tait, and tenor Bud Roach explore contemporary art song with the medieval era’s version of the synthesizer

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 18, 2026Queer Arts Festival, Firehall Arts Centre, Jeffrey Ryan, Summer 2026

Trumpet virtuoso Cuong Vu sees music as a path to reconnection in an alienated world

Acclaimed musician and educator will draw on an innovative career in collaboration when he joins local outfits Tom Wherrett Trio and Malleus Trio at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Bard on the Beach stages a riotous Goblin:Oedipus in the Douglas Campbell Theatre, launching July 5

WUG, KRAGVA, and MOOG return to the Shakespeare festival for a hysterical take on the titular Greek tale

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverJune 18, 2026Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Summer 2026, Shakespeare

Nonprofit organization 221A announces the first official asset in the Cultural Land Trust

A bequest from the estate of the late SFU professor Evelyn Pinkerton, the 1920s house will provide community housing for the arts

NEWSJanet SmithJune 17, 2026221A, Cultural Land Trust

Screenings at The Cinematheque and VIFF Centre bring past and future into focus on National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21

Ranging from 1970s-era experiments in animation to an urgently current documentary, the offerings delve into the meaning of community and the power of place names

CULTURE, SCREENJanet SmithJune 17, 2026National Indigenous People's Day, Summer 2026

Josh Epstein’s job is to ensure everything goes right in The Play That Goes Wrong

The Arts Club director says the smash-hit U.K. show is one of the most technically demanding comedies ever written

THEATREJanet SmithJune 17, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, comedy

Singer Darynn Dean teams up with Daniel Hersog for June 25 North Shore Jazz performance

The local trumpeter leads his eponymous Jazz Orchestra in a home-field appearance featuring the rising-star Los Angeles vocalist

Early Music Vancouver's 2026 Summer Festival opens with Orfeo, July 31 and August 2

Bold production of Monteverdi’s influential opera features director Guillaume Bernardi, conductor Alexander Weimann, and singer Marc Mauillon

Women outwit Iran’s ban on watching World Cup in Offside, at Deckchair Cinema, June 25

Screened outdoors at Cates Deck, outside The Polygon Gallery, Jafar Panahi’s guerrilla-style 2006 comedy captures the mood of World Cup fever

SCREENJanet SmithJune 15, 2026Polygon Gallery, POLYGON GALLERY, Deckchair Cinema

For Vancouver’s Missy D, music is a way to communicate, no matter what the language

The rapper and singer performs at Alliance Française Vancouver’s annual Fête de la Musique, alongside Kaya Ko, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Phantom Jungle, and many other eclectic acts

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithJune 15, 2026Alliance Française Vancouver, Summer 2026

Dance reviews: Rising voices, fresh talent, and vivid worlds at Dancing on the Edge's second week

Quick takes on three atmospheric works: Modus Operandi’s Wound, Dance//Novella’s Soft Animals, and O.Dela Arts’ Where You Go

Keyon Harrold and Ron Di Lauro pay homage to the mastery of Miles Davis by taking their own paths

At this year’s Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the two acclaimed trumpeters find unique ways of expressing the legend’s enduring influence

Deckchair Cinema returns to The Polygon Gallery's waterfront Cates Deck this summer, starting June 25

This year’s series features al fresco screenings of top-tier sports films, from Shaolin Soccer to A League of Their Own

Theatre review: Sophie's Surprise 29th throws the season’s wildest party, mixing offbeat laughs and high-calibre acrobatics

At The Cultch’s York Theatre, wonderfully weird characterizations meet gravity-defying feats in a raucously unpretentious banger that has “hit” written all over it

THEATREJanet SmithJune 11, 2026The Cultch, THE CULTCH, The York Theatre, circus

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