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In Beatitude, Vancouver Cantata Singers launch season with Sherryl Sewepagaham's serene ode to land, October 24

The Cree-Dene composer’s new work joins a program aimed at instilling calm, bliss, and joy

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 21, 2026Vancouver Cantata Singers

Yankl and the Beanstalk brings Jewish pantomime to the Chutzpah! Festival, November 14 and 15

Hilarious production is bursting with outrageous innuendos and queer chaos

Stir Cheat Sheet: Author Sam Wiebe tags 10 Vancouver-shot horror films for the Halloween season

Cataloguing the campy to the harrowing, the writer behind Shot in Vancouver: Adventures in Hollywood North appears at the Vancouver Writers Fest on October 24 and 25

SCREEN, READStir VancouverOctober 20, 2026Vancouver Writers Fest, Sam Wiebe

Art with Heart: Zoë Pawlak brings creative vision to Canuck Place's annual Gift of Time Gala, October 24

Accompanying silent auction raises funds for children with serious illnesses across British Columbia and the Yukon

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 20, 2026Partner Content, Canuck Place

In Death and Taxes, Brass Tax and Gerardo Avila celebrate life through music and clowning

As part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, the new show nods to Mexico’s Día de los Muertos and similar traditions from other countries

Early Music Vancouver hosts the Magic of Monteverdi with France's Les Arts Florissants, November 17

Baroque masters William Christie and Paul Agnew lead the vocal ensemble in a revelatory program devoted to the lauded Italian composer

Poiesis Quartet takes musical approach founded on artistic and social inclusion

Featuring contemporary and canonical pieces, the acclaimed ensemble’s program at the Kay Meek Arts Centre reflects dedication to creating space for emerging and marginalized voices

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 19, 2026Kay Meek Arts Centre, Poiesis Quartet, Classical music, string quartet

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors takes a bite out of the gothic-horror classic’s sexual politics

Actor Steffanie Davis plays three roles in the Arts Club production, including the gleefully unhinged, bug-munching Renfield

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 19, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Homepage feature, Arts Club

CapU Centre hosts It's A Wonderful Life and The Importance of Being Earnest, November 12 to 21

Running in repertory, two plays shine light on what people don’t always see

Myra Melford and her trio set to make a splash as part of VanJazz ’26 on October 25

The American pianist’s project is part of her ongoing engagement with the work of post-abstract expressionist painter Cy Twombly

FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 17, 2026VanJazz, Infidels Jazz, Alliance Francaise

Acclaimed South Korean film Possible Love hits VIFF Centre starting October 23

Burning director Lee Chang-don takes a masterful look at the the wealth divide

SCREENStir VancouverOctober 17, 2026Partner Content, VIFF Centre, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF

Theatre review: Secret Ingredients is a sweet experiment in human connection and the pains of speaking honestly

Keely Rois O’Brien’s season opener at Gateway Theatre has a simple message: if you don’t know how to say it, say it with cake

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 16, 2026Gateway Theatre

Ballet BC Annex brings triple bill to the Anvil Theatre, November 15

Program features world premieres by Cameron Fraser-Monroe and Ballet BC company dancer Michael Garcia, plus Out Innerspace’s Last Flower

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 16, 2026Partner Content, Anvil Theatre, Ballet BC, Ballet BC Annex, Anvil Centre, BALLET BC

At Vancouver Opera, Tosca reveals the full complexity of one of Puccini’s smartest women

Director Brenna Corner dove deep into history to flesh out the corruption that surrounds a tragic character who lives life on her own terms

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 16, 2026Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA

Meera Sreenarayanan tells universal stories in wordless language of traditional dance

Performer’s lifelong immersion in the forms of Bharatanatyam will create space for new audience responses at Mandala Arts and Culture event

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 16, 2026Mandala Arts and Culture Society, bharatanatyam

European Union Film Festival launches 29th in-person edition, November 12 to 26

Continuing online from December 1 to 20, the program features a Ukraine solidarity screening of the powerful documentary Traces

At The Dance Centre, Wen Wei Wang’s Last Solo draws on a lifetime of movement and expression

The celebrated Vancouver artist reflects on his youth, sexuality, and aging in a final solo performance

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 15, 2026THE DANCE CENTRE, The Dance CEntre, Wen Wei Dance, Wen Wei Wang, Last Solo

Ghibli Jazz Orchestra pays a big-band tribute to beloved animation studio’s soundtracks

Isabel Leong and her 18-piece band play scores by Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi—but they don’t simply re-create the music of the films

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 15, 2026Infidels Jazz, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre EXP, VanJazz

The Vancouver Bach Choir performs Christopher Tin's The Lost Birds, November 14

Grammy-nominated composition draws on poetry to honour species that have vanished from the natural world

Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s ODE explores the relentless push for happiness

Dancers perform an increasingly surreal and unsettling ritual when the Montreal troupe brings its latest work to the DanceHouse program

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 15, 2026DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Vancouver Civic Theatres

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