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You're the Top! brings the songs of Cole Porter to the Anvil Theatre, February 14

Event hosted by Michael van den Bos features Hollywood film projections and live music by the Laura Crema Sextet

MUSIC, SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 22, 2026Partner Content, Anvil Theatre

Vancouver New Music hosts Artifacts I: Zero Input Enclosure Movement, February 14

Sonic architecture of Winnipeg’s AO Roberts explores the interplay of performance, installation, and layered auditory experiences

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 21, 2026Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

UBC Opera performs Leonard Bernstein’s satirical operetta Candide, February 5 to 8

Rarely presented in Vancouver, the production blends musical theatre and opera with a philosophically rooted storyline

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 20, 2026Partner Content, UBC Opera

Ralph Moore Quartet headlines sixth edition of Jazz at the Bolt, February 13 to 15

Hosted by the Cellar Music Group at the Shadbolt Centre, festival opens with a special concert by the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra with Champian Fulton and Klas Lindquist

Vancouver Chamber Choir concludes 46th annual Conductors' Symposium with Neighbo(u)rs, February 13

Five emerging conductors lead a program of pieces by both Canadian and American composers, from Amy Beach to Stuart Beatch

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

John Irving, Claire Sicherman, and more celebrated authors set to join 41st annual JCC Jewish Book Festival, February 21 to 26

Programming spans the festival’s beloved annual Book Clubs epilogue event and pre-festival events with photographer Dina Goldstein and cookbook author Rachel Simons

Violinist Gil Shaham joins the VSO for Brahms & Tchaikovsky 5, February 13 and 14

Musician rises to the challenge of Brahms’s sole Violin Concerto on program that also features guest conductor Han-Na Chang

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 16, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Carousel Theatre for Young People hosts first annual Family Forward Festival, February 14 to 16

Offerings range from storytelling event The Family Flame to dance parties, documentary screenings, drag performances, and more

House of Folk: A Lost Canadian Folk Show premieres at the Firehall Arts Centre, February 14 to March 8

Production by Tracey Power transports audiences back to the time of coffeehouse open mics that nurtured musicians like Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 15, 2026Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Firehall Arts CEntre, Tracey Power

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs presents intimate Valentine's event Behind the Keys, February 13

Annual fundraiser features a romantic piano recital by Leslie Dala, along with wine, chocolate, and optional charcuterie

Théâtre la Seizième hosts Parler mal at Alliance Française Vancouver, February 6 and 7

Théâtre Gauche production probes into linguistic insecurities and the stigma of being a “bad francophone”

The Dance Centre and PuSh Festival present Justine A. Chambers in The Brutal Joy, February 5 and 6

Choreographer’s latest creation is a dazzling blend of dance, lighting, and sound that draws on her Black matrilineal heritage

Dozens of musicians and dancers take the stage for Celebrate Africa! at BlueShore at CapU, January 30

Big bands play West African music with guests Dawn Pemberton, Khari McClelland, and others

Surrey Art Gallery highlights ancestral connections in remember the earth, remember the sky, launching January 17

On to March 22, group exhibition pairs pieces by early-career artists connected to Surrey with works by Salish artists

Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park lands at Metro Theatre, January 24 to February 14

Romantic comedy set in 1960s New York City follows newlyweds navigating marriage, compromise, and the beautiful mess of learning how to live

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 12, 2026Partner Content, Metro Theatre

Dark comedy The Baking Show Show: The Play premieres with Ruby Slippers Theatre in February

Presented with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Presentation House Theatre, Faly Mevamanana’s play centres on a cultural obsession with competition