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Textiles and language become vessels for lived experiences in Surrey Art Gallery show In the Folds of Memory

Shaped by South Asian artistic traditions, Farheen Haq and Russna Kaur explore personal and collective histories across mediums

Chor Leoni honours Remembrance Day at The Soul Flies Away, November 11

Program features a world premiere, a new arrangement, and the return of Don Macdonald’s High Flight, which pays tribute to a Canadian airman’s journey

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 7, 2026Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, Erick Lichte, Don Macdonald

The Cinematheque enters Forbidden Rooms filled with unique Halloween horrors

Richard Martin’s locally made 1989 feature Matinee takes its place among dread-charged classics from around the world in this monthlong series

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 7, 2026The CInematheque, Horror, Halloween, Homepage feature

Heather Lamoureux steps away from artistic director role at Vines Art Society

Society founder grew the Vines Art Festival from a one-day event into a multiday celebration of live music, dance, and more in city parks

NEWSJanet SmithOctober 7, 2026Vines Art Society

The Six String Nation Guitar Celebrates the Great Canadian Songbook at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, November 8

Four artists play iconic Canadian songs on an instrument made from pieces of national history

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 7, 2026Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek

After last year’s hit local debut, The Effect explores love and brain chemistry, at The Cultch October 15 to 25

Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO coproduction digs into Succession writer Lucy Prebble’s critically acclaimed play as it builds unease along with the dosage

Sculptor David Robinson’s The Art of Community campaign supports Canuck Place this October

Following a meaningful evening of creativity and connection, the artist is raising funds for the Children’s Hospice

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 6, 2026Partner Content, Canuck Place, David Robinson, Robinson Studios

With new outfit Elephant, Adam O’Farrill’s musical language evolves into more direct expression

The composer and trumpeter moves from head to heart through the adventurous nature of the four-piece ensemble, coming to VanJazz ’26

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 6, 2026jazz, VanJazz

Chutzpah! Festival presents An Evening with Ari'el Stachel, November 9 and 10

Tony and Grammy Award–winning actor shares deeply personal, politically urgent, and darkly funny performance and conversation

Get your best salsa and cumbia moves on at VLACC's I Like It Like That! on October 10

Featuring live music, DJs, and dance lessons, the event is part of Latin Expressions 2026, hosted by the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre

WHAT'S STIRRING, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 5, 2026Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre

BlackGate brings new sounds from Ireland to the Music on Main stage, November 3

Acclaimed double bassist Caimin Gilmore performs compositions from his debut album alongside cellist Kate Ellis and harpist Lavinia Meijer

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 5, 2026Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music On Main, music on main

Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves pay tribute to John Coltrane at the Chan Centre on October 13

In Coastal Jazz and Chan copresentation, the pair mark the centennial of saxophonist Coltrane’s birth by performing songs from his 1963 album with singer Johnny Hartman

Whistler Writers Festival offers literary events amid spectacular natural scenery, November 5 to 8

Whistler hosts a wide range of award-winning authors for readings, conversations, workshops, and more

The Array: Supermassive Black Hole lands at What Lab care of Upintheair Theatre, October 21 to 23

Showcase of sci-fi and experimental theatre features performances by Jarin Schexnider, Plastik Theatriks, and more

Film reviews: At VIFF, New German Cinema finds, Argentine analogue horror, and Vietnamese-Canadian reflections

Sometimes, I Imagine Them All at a Party’s wrenching return to a femicide attack; Trial of Hein’s strange seaside fable; Family Fears Another Night of Terror retro-’80s TV scarefest; and more

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 4, 2026vancouver international film festival

Alliance Française hosts a French author talk with Camille de Peretti and Marie NDiaye, October 22

UBC’s Magali Blanc moderates discussions about the novelists’ works, most notably L’Inconnue du portrait and Le Bon Denis

Theatre review: The Search Party’s JOB ratchets up the tension in provocative look at digital anxiety

At The Cultch, strong acting and a sharp script that’s packed with memorable lines give life to a play that’s hit an intergenerational nerve

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 2, 2026THE CULTCH, The Search Party

Surrey Civic Theatres presents Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey, October 14 to 24

Arts Club Theatre Company production infuses the holidays with humour and humanity

Blackout Art Society's production of English lands at the Kay Meek Arts Centre, October 29 and 30

Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize, this quietly powerful play explores cultural displacement with warmth, humour, and piercing insight

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 2, 2026Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek

Artists confront dominant narratives and stir collective action at Burnaby Art Gallery show RESIST!

Featuring works by Rawan Hassan روان حسن, Gord Hill, Laurence Hyde, and Elizabeth MacKenzie, the exhibition explores how art and print can be used as a method of resistance

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