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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 shows to set emotions on fire at the Vancouver Flamenco Festival

Montreal-based guitarist Philippe Jean, Spanish innovator Víctor Fernández, and more hit Flamenco Rosario’s annual celebration

DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 15, 2026Vancouver Flamenco Festival

The Chan Centre presents An Evening With Zadie Smith, October 15

Award-winning writer captivates readers with her acclaimed novels and essays on class, race, culture, art, and politics

The Steve Maddock Quintet pays tribute to Tony Bennett at the Shadbolt Centre, October 15

Fresh arrangements bring the enduring artist’s legacy to life at the all-new VanJazz festival

Other Light explores the power of light as a political and spiritual force, to November 28

The installation at the Western Front includes hourly screenings of Uzbekistani artist Saodat Ismailov’s films Melted into the Sun and To the Throat of the Sun

ART & DESIGN, SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2026Western Front

Playful show Secret Ingredients comes to Gateway Theatre, October 14 to 17

Keely Rois O’Brien’s intimate experimental work transforms a personal message into a subversive cake

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2026Partner Content, Gateway Theatre

With its technically demanding production of Heist, the Arts Club aims to wow the audience

Arun Lakra’s play is like a caper movie crossed with a whodunit, and director Andrew Kushnir says pulling it off requires the combined forces of an A team of designers and actors

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Homepage feature

At Burnaby Art Gallery, artists spur social change in RESIST!, September 11 to November 15

Exhibition brings together significant works by Rawan Hassan روان حسن, Gord Hill, Laurence Hyde, and Elizabeth MacKenzie

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverSeptember 12, 2026Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery

221A and Ethọ́s Lab open new cultural innovation hub for youth and artists in Mount Pleasant

Owned by the City of Vancouver, the newly retrofitted Cultural Amenity Space at 177 East 3rd Avenue includes a multipurpose performance studio, art studio, and sound booth

Just-published book Raven Transforms spotlights Haida argillite carver Kihl’yahda Christian White

Available at local retailers and online, monograph features nearly 200 photographs of the accomplished artist’s argillite carvings

READStir VancouverSeptember 11, 2026Partner Content, Figure 1 Publishing

Domestic life and video-game music shaped Basia Bulat’s most recent batch of songs

Montreal-based singer-songwriter talks about the dreamy layers of sound that went into her latest album—and stripping them away for her new EP and solo tour

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 11, 2026Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Little Miss Higgins celebrates fall with her Harvest Tour at the Shadbolt Centre, October 1

Audiences can expect a heartwarming set, plus a merch table filled with homegrown garlic and handmade soap

Pop Up Dances turns Vancouver Public Library into a stage

Two-day festival from New Works Dance allows companies like Generous Mess to find new freedom of movement in non-traditional spaces that include staircases and rooftop gardens

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 10, 2026VPL, New Works

Hideki Noda's Red Demon opens the Firehall Arts Centre’s 2026–27 season, October 8 to 18

Darkly funny play examines whether coexistence is possible in a society fraught with prejudice and discrimination

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 10, 2026Partner Content, Firehall Art Centre, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

At Come Toward the Fire, singer-songwriter Logan Staats values connections—to both audiences and other Indigenous artists

The Mohawk musician’s career trajectory has taken him from bar shows to The Launch to Nashville, but he’s always stayed grounded in his Six Nations community

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2026Come Toward the Fire, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

Tasha Faye Evans' Cedar Woman debuts at The Dance Centre, October 1 to 3

Global Dance Connections piece tells a Coast Salish story of ancestral resilience and hope

Chutzpah! Festival unveils 2026 programming, with actor Ari’el Stachel, comedian Jacob Samuel, dance artist Meghann Michalsky, and more

The 26th annual edition spans theatre, dance, comedy, and music from November 3 to 15

FESTS, MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 9, 2026Chutzpah! Festival, Jewish Community Centre

Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves celebrate John Coltrane at the Chan Centre, October 13

The pair of Grammy Award winners honour the jazz legend’s legacy in honour of his centennial

In “Sisters”, Vancouver’s Maria Munro honours the life of her long-lost sibling

The filmmaker’s directorial debut, screening at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, traces her personal journey to unite with a sister she never knew existed

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2026Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, The CInematheque, VLAFF