The bold and beautiful setting for Bard on the Beach, the traditional Shakespeare productions at Vanier Park, becomes the location for the UBC Opera Ensemble and members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra to present Opera and Arias: Bold and Beautiful. On a lovely summer evening with the ocean and setting sun visible through the window … Read more
Canada’s premier luxury lifestyle and automotive event returns to VanDusen Botanical Garden, September 8 & 9 Luxury & Supercar Weekend (L&SW) is accelerating into its biggest year yet, bringing over $250M in modern luxury and exotic cars to automobile enthusiasts arriving from across the world on September 8 & 9, 2018.The annual event is set against … Read more
The Dance Centre presents the 17th annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House Saturday September 15, 2018 | 11am-5pm Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street (at Granville), Vancouver Free admission Information: 604 606 6400 www.thedancecentre.ca Presented with the support of Scotiabank From ballet and contemporary to flamenco and swing, the annual Scotiabank Dance Centre Open … Read more
A musical theatre, ‘Raindrop: A Quest for Love’, will be the center-piece at the 8th annual West Coast Tagore Festival on September 8. Its plot revolves around two parallel narratives of love and nature. In one narrative, the dance-drama presents Dhora, the protagonist, as a young woman secretively questing for love. Looking from outside, she … Read more
Tofino’s leader in adventure experiences offers unique opportunities for fishing enthusiasts This September, Tofino Resort + Marina brings the exhilarating tuna fishing experience to Tofino in their inaugural Race for the Blue derby. Taking place on September 7-15, 2018, the tournament’s $25,000 grand prize will draw the excitement of anglers from across the … Read more
The ‘Queen of Mariachi’ is Set to Dazzle in One-Night Engagement and Tribute to the Late Juan Gabriel The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) welcomes Grammy Award-winning Mexican superstar Aida Cuevas joined by her illustrious band Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitlán on September 22, 2018, at 8pm in the … Read more
37th Vancouver International Film Festival September 27 – October 12, 2018 The Vancouver International Film Festival’s (VIFF) film streams Sea to Sky presented by TELUS, and True North presented by Telefilm, offer moving Indigenous stories with the Western Canadian Premiere of Edge of the Knife, the first narrative feature in the Haida language; Picking Up … Read more
“Marion Bridge” at Kay Meek Arts Studio Theatre Leo Tolstoy’s oft-quoted line from Anna Karenina “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” applies with bracing verisimilitude to Daniel MacIvor’s celebrated play Marion Bridge. When three estranged sisters (Agnes, Theresa and Louise) make the trip home to Cape Breton to care for … Read more
September 6-16, 2018 Required Membership: $7 Mainstage/BYOV Tickets: $15; Frequent Fringer Cards: $40/$90/$270 Phillips Fringe Bar: FREE Public Market Pick of the Fringe & Pick Plus: September 19-23; $25 Tickets and Info: vancouverfringe.com Get out your daubers! It’s time to fill your Bingo card with as much theatre as you can! There are 99 shows … Read more
Flamenco Rosario Presents Vancouver International Flamenco Festival September 21-29, 2018 Featuring Spain’s Sara Calero – Petisa Loca (Crazy Girl) Vancouver venues including Vancouver Playhouse, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Annex, Vancouver Public Library. www.vancouverflamencofestival.org The Vancouver International Flamenco Festival announces its spellbinding 2018 lineup of local and international flamenco artists, September 21 … Read more