Filmmaker Shannon Walsh turns her lens on a labyrinthian fantasy world and an all-consuming love that transcends death

Veteran roots, blues, and slide guitarist has played everywhere from his home base in the U.K. to the Troubadour in L.A.

Choral concert featuring contemporary world music will include works by Moshe Denburg, Farshid Samandari, and Niel Golden

Some Assembly Theatre Company play, created in collaboration with diverse youth, reminds audiences of the internet’s exciting opportunities and frightening risks

Monumental exhibition unites works by celebrated Canadian contemporary artists, including Jin-me Yoon, Ian Wallace, Cameron Kerr, and Stan Douglas

Taboo-buster Cheyenne Rouleau traverses more personal terrain in new one-woman show

Events are in store from Action at a Distance, OURO Collective, Ralph Escamillan, and Hustle at RS Dance Society

Centred at The Cultch, contemporary-performance celebration spans bioacoustic opera and African-dance-infused theatre

British composer and musicologist Paul Rissmann will present the work alongside contemporary composer Michael Oesterle’s Entr’actes

The Cultch, Savage Society, and NAC Indigenous Theatre coproduction balances joy and solemnity for a transporting vision

L.A.-based group’s sound with Afro-Mexican and Americana influences spans soul, son jarocho, roots, rock, hip-hop, and more

Pi Provocateur performance featuring stand-up comedians and Tightrope Impro Theatre will take place at brand-new Little Mountain Gallery

Event will feature a red carpet, live performances, complimentary drinks, exclusive lounge access, and more

In the wake of loss, family and friends struggle to navigate inner turmoil, even as they inadvertently hurt each other in the process

Presentation by Time Will Tell Arts Society and Caravan World Rhythms features live music and Vaidya’s guru, A. Lakshman,

Company to showcase scripts by Jordyn Wood, Alex Masse, and Adam Grant Warren at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre

Choreographers Racheal Prince and Brandon Lee Alley reflect on shifting realities, fear of losing loved ones, and intense imagery

Play tells true story of an economist whose stroke left him aphasic—and his character communicates with the help of an audience member

Choir will be joined by harpist Vivian Chen and saxophonist Julia Nolan for new commissions from Melissa Dunphy and Kile Smith

Additional screenings of Food, Inc. 2, A Difficult Year, and Silvicola will be shown throughout late April at the VIFF Centre

French filmmaker probes themes of free will, psychopathy, and perversity in his two most recent works at The Cinematheque

Season finale program features acclaimed works Chamber and SWAY alongside a world premiere

Quick character switches, overt set changes add to the laughs in adaptation of classic tale

When the RuPaul’s Drag Race winner hits the Chan Centre at UBC, she’ll talk politics and draw heavily from her book The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag

Performance with band to feature songs off Juno Award-winning artist’s newly released 13th album Spark Bird

Evening hosted by Mark Chavez will be followed by a month’s worth of hilarious improv events on Granville Island

Event presented in partnership with the Vancouver Tsung Tsin Hakka Association revives a centuries-old tradition

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Bach Choir bring the work of Jean Paul Riopelle to musical life

The artist and politician draws on her own Callihoo ancestors, and fills new play with fiddle and dance

Shannon Walsh’s Adrianne & the Castle (2023) opens the festival’s screenings at the Vancouver Playhouse on May 4