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The Dance Deck marks its 10th anniversary at the Eastside Arts Festival, starting July 19

Belle Spirale’s backyard shindig features performances by Action at a Distance’s Vanessa Goodman, Paper Rabbits collective, Ballet BC dancers, and more

Bard Club cultivates lively Shakespeare discussions at Vanier Park, starting July 16

Facilitated conversations with directors take place before matinee showings of four Bard on the Beach productions this season

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 9, 2025Bard on the Beach, Summer 2025

Neon Superstitions lights up THIS Gallery with glowing signs and quiet spirits, to July 12

Liang Wang’s paintings and drawings capture beliefs and rituals that tie in closely to Vancouver’s Chinatown

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 4, 2025THIS Gallery, Summer 2025

Opera in the Park returns to Deer Lake with Verdi, Mozart, and Puccini, July 13

Music director Jacques Lacombe leads the Vancouver Opera Orchestra in an evening of Italian arias and duets

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 28, 2025Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Summer 2025

Arts Club Theatre Company resets Agatha Christie classic The Mousetrap, June 26 to August 10

With audiences sworn to secrecy over a decades-long run, the mystery at the heart of author’s most famous whodunit endures

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 24, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Summer 2025

Angela's Shadow screenings and marketplace mark National Indigenous History Month at VIFF Centre, June 20 to 26

Jules Arita Koostachin’s feature, set in the 1930s, centres a young pregnant woman who discovers she is of Cree ancestry

PRISMA Festival returns to Powell River with symphonies and song cycles, June 16 to 28

With guests such as mezzo-soprano Emma Parkinson, the themed programs range through masterpieces, from the Romantic to the avant-garde

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 10, 2025PRISMA Festival, Summer 2025

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre celebrates ever-evolving tradition for National Indigenous History Month

Through everything from guided tours to artist workshops, SLCC programming honours vital Indigenous heritage and creativity

Fairy Creek documentary goes behind the barricades, June 6 to 16 at VIFF Centre

Film gives a front-row view of complex fight to protect old-growth forests, in largest act of disobedience in Canadian history

Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL melds acrobatics and ice sports in its final tour, at the Pacific Coliseum to June 8

Multimedia rink show gets its glide on when it mixes surreal imagery with innovative skating and high-flying choreography

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 5, 2025Cirque du Soleil, Spring 2025

Firestarters crackles with work by Indigenous artists who defy categorization, at Fazakas Gallery to July 26

Audie Murray and Zoe Ann Cardinal Cire wield everything from glass beads to firewood and cast-iron pans in an exhibit that ignites new ways of seeing

ART & DESIGN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 1, 2025Fazakas Gallery, Summer 2025

Night Owl bridges sound and storytelling at the Queer Arts Festival, June 8

Dutch accordionist Erica Roozendaal explores themes of abuse and childhood instability in her heartfelt solo performance

Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again brings struggle over B.C.’s Kenney Dam to VIFF Centre, June 6 to 21

Lyana Patrick’s NFB documentary, recounting the Stellat’en and Saik’uz Nations’ ongoing fight for justice, returns for local screenings

Luminarium's glow-in-the-dark juggling lights up the Vancouver International Children’s Festival, May 27 to June 1

All-ages show by Cause & Effect Circus incorporates high-level skills, inventive lighting, and fun sound effects

Disco-charged Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat stars Argel Monte De Ramos, to June 8 at Metro Theatre

Fast-rising Filipino-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter takes the titular role in a rendition set in a 1970s variety show

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMay 9, 2025Metro Theatre, Spring 2025

Eccentric candidates compete for true love as The Improv Centre runs The Bachelor-ish to May 31

Each 90-minute show based on the hit reality-TV series ends with a dramatic final rose ceremony

WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYJanet SmithApril 17, 2025The Improv Centre, Jessica Mann Gutteridge, Spring 2025

At the Capture Photography Festival, Lindsay McIntyre's Tuktuit illuminates lost links to ancestral knowledge and natural world, to September 7

The filmmaker responds to colonial and industrial pressures with handcrafted practices that call out to her Inuit heritage

A trio of Vancouver artists explores nagomi in Perception of Balance, to April 5

At VisualSpace Gallery, Gillian Armitage, Esther Rausenberg, and Richard Tetrault reflect on their travels through Japan

WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 20, 2025what's stirring, visual art

BC Gin Festival expands a classic's distilling and mixology horizons, March 29 at the Roundhouse

At Indian Summer Festival fundraiser, the province’s strong contingent of gin crafters like Copperpenny Distilling Co. and Tofino Distillery meets international names

CULINARY, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 18, 2025Indian Summer Festival, Spring 2025, BC Gin Festival