Connecting Vancouver’s Tourism Professionals and Indigenous Tourism First Host Gathering will be held at the Bill Reid Gallery and over a dozen Indigenous cultural tourism operators will be in attendance. This event invites members of the hospitality industry to interact with and learn about the key players in BC’s Indigenous tourism sector and to … Read more
Winery and Vineyard of 2017, named by Luxury Travel Guide Now that the Cowichan Valley is thawing out, Blue Grouse Estate Winery‘s Spring Schedule is blooming with activity. Here’s everything you need to know: Winery and Vineyard of the Year 2017 Hot news! The Luxury Travel Guide has named Blue Grouse Estate Winery and Vineyard the best in Canada. This … Read more
“Iván’s dancing is… intense and mesmerizing…the word “powerful” seems pitifully inadequate to describe his impact”
It was perfect. Outside a dull, dreary, and rainy Vancouver afternoon. Inside, an appreciative audience captivated by the lyrical outpourings of 30 young men; members of the world-renowned, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Great choirs require the ability to effortlessly move and sequence from one piece of music to another. There has to … Read more
Ambitious Line-Up features World-Class Stars & Groundbreaking Collaborations, including EMV’s First Period Instrument Performance of Handel’s Messiah Early Music Vancouver (EMV) announces its 2017 Vancouver Bach Festival and 2017/18 Main Season, bringing a staggering list of events to venues in and around Vancouver. Inspired by the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation, EMV’s entire Festival and … Read more
Renowned percussionist leads heart-pumping world music & jazz program in benefit concert for Arts Umbrella Preeminent percussionist Sal Ferreras presents the 31st annual Drum Heat, a concert uniting BC’s top jazz & world music talent to benefit Arts Umbrella students, Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 8pm at the Vogue Theatre. Performing in styles and … Read more
April Highlights from the VSO, including the 2017 PwC VSO SPRING FESTIVAL – A BRITISH FANTASY Featuring great British composers and their most popular works. The cherry blossoms are trying their best to burst forth as we turn the calendar to a new month. As we do, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra looks forward to presenting … Read more
Prepare to be moved — right out of your seat. Carlos Núñez, the wildly energetic platinum-selling and Grammy-winning sensation who masterfully fuses Spanish fire and Celtic energy, is making a much-anticipated return to Canada’s West Coast this spring with a new show that further explores the Atlantic corridor of Spain’s Celtic roots that now extend into … Read more
Intricate narrative of intertwined lives unravels through a poetic combination of mathematical metaphor & choreographed movement Pi Theatre presents a refreshed remount of Peter Dickinson’s otherworldly and resonant Long Division, April 26 – 30, 2017 at the Annex Theatre (823 Seymour Street). Directed by Richard Wolfe, with choreography by Lesley Telford and musical score by Owen Belton, the intellectually-charged, … Read more
Otello, Dead Man Walking and The Marriage of Figaro Vancouver Opera feature superb singers, stunning designs. Vancouver Opera Festival will be a wide ranging celebration of the vocal arts, designed to appeal to diverse audiences, all set conveniently in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Programming also includes a new commissioned video art installation by award-winning … Read more