New Season at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Upcoming Events: New Season at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Chan Centre Presents:

esperanza spalding – August 29, 2025: Grammy-winning American bassist, vocalist, and composer known for her unique mix of jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, and funk influences.
Natalia Lafourcade – The Cancionera Tour – September 27, 2025: Mexican singer, songwriter, and producer known for blending pop, rock, jazz, and traditional Latin folk music makes her Vancouver debut. As one of the most awarded Latin artists, she has won multiple Grammys and Latin Grammys for her influential career.
Carminho – October 2, 2025: Portuguese singer recognized as a standout voice in contemporary and traditional fado, blending Brazilian bossa nova and pop.
Arooj Aftab – October 25, 2025: Grammy-winning Pakistani-American singer, composer, and producer whose music blends jazz, folk, pop, and Urdu poetry into evocative global soul soundscapes.
Ray Chen – November 2, 2025: This Taiwanese-Australian violinist is known for his expressive performances. He was a winner of the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin and 2009 Queen Elisabeth competitions and has performed with top orchestras worldwide. He is also one of the most followed violinists in the world, with an impressive 1M followers on his social accounts.

Chan Centre EXP:

Tim Hecker and Fennesz – September 17, 2025: Tim Hecker, a Canadian electronic musician, and Fennesz, an Austrian guitarist and composer, are renowned for their innovative ambient sounds.
ganavya – November 18, 2025: A vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and scholar with roots in New York and Tamil Nadu makes her debut in Vancouver. Seamlessly weaves South Indian classical traditions, jazz, and contemporary music for an expansive musical experience.

Co-presented with Vancouver New Music and in collaboration with Indian Summer Festival

Dominique Fils-Aimé – March 7, 2026: Two-time Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter from Montreal, blending blues, jazz, and soul to explore African-American history and social realities, inspired by Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.

Chan Centre Made in Canada:

An Evening with Louise Penny – October 29, 2025: Canadian author renowned for her award-winning mystery novels set in Quebec. This event will be an evening of conversation in celebration of her latest novel, The Black Wolf.
Susan Aglukark and PIQSIQ – April 12, 2026: Inuk singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark and throat-singing duo PIQSIQ will share the stage for a powerful night of performances, blending Aglukark’s mix of Inuit folk, country, and pop with PIQSIQ’s modern twist on traditional throat singing.

Chan Centre Insights:

GOOD THINGS: An Evening with Samin Nosrat – October 16, 2025: An Iranian-American chef, author, and educator, renowned for her James Beard Award-winning cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, which also inspired the acclaimed Netflix documentary series, for the first time in Vancouver
An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi – February 25, 2026: Israeli-born British chef, bestselling author, and culinary innovator known for vibrant, vegetable-focused, Middle Eastern-inspired cuisine that has transformed modern cooking with bold flavours and creative recipes.

Information supplied by Emily Larman, Talk Shop Media

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Since its opening in 1997, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia has earned an international reputation for its striking design, stellar acoustics and exceptional programming. Artists, critics and audiences alike are unanimous in their praise of this multi-faceted facility, placing it among North America’s premier performing arts centres.

With innovative contemporary performers spanning an array of genres and disciplines, the Chan Centre is a vital place where artistic and academic disciplines merge to inspire new perspectives on life and culture. Past performers and guest speakers include Jeremy Dutcher, Oumou Sangaré, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Anoushka Shankar, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jon Batiste.

The Chan Centre includes a concert hall, black box theatre, and cinema. With this versatility, the Chan Centre has cemented itself as a dynamic venue that contributes to the vibrancy of arts and culture in the Greater Vancouver area.