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Summer Arts Guide 2025: Vancouver festivals shine a spotlight on local creativity all season long

Here’s a month-by-month roundup of all the stellar offerings in store, from butoh on the beach to jazz concerts in the heart of downtown

FESTSJanet SmithJune 12, 2025Bard on the Beach, Queer Arts Festival, 5X Fest, Dancing on the Edge, Pinoy Festival, Strathcona Blocks Party, Gastown Sunday Set, Kitsilano Showboat, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, North Shore Jazz, Alliance Française Vancouver, Polygon Gallery, The Polygon, theatre under the stars, TUTS, Steveston, Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Festival, Vancouver Greek Summerfest, Indian Summer Festival, Khatsahlano Street Party, West Coast Modern WEek, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Carnaval del Sol, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Eastside Arts, CREATE! Eastside Arts Festival, New Works, Mission Folk Music Festival, Early Music Vancouver, Harmony Arts Festival, Powell Street Festival, Vines Art Festival, African Descent Festival, Wreck Beach Butoh, Music on Main, Vancouver Fringe Festival, SUMMER 2025, Summer 2025, Homepage feature

Kokoro Dance's Wreck Beach Butoh series hits three-decade milestone, July 20 and 21

Outdoor performances take place in the nude at Wreck Beach, the culmination of a nine-day workshop hosted by Kokoro cofounders Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJuly 11, 2024Wreck Beach Butoh, Kokoro Dance, butoh, Summer 2024, Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi

Kokoro Dance hosts 30th annual Wreck Beach Butoh performance workshop, July 8 to 21

Registration is now open for two-week-long Japanese dance experience taught by legendary artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi

DANCEStir VancouverJuly 3, 2024Partner Content, Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, butoh, Summer 2024

Kokoro Dance founders draw on long memories of Wreck Beach for annual butoh performances in sand and water

Veteran Vancouver dance artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi have been making the trek down the #4 Trail for decades

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonJuly 7, 2023pastry, Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, Barbara Tomasic, Barbara Bourget, Jay Hirabayashi

Wreck Beach Butoh returns to Vancouver's iconic clothing-optional beach

Kokoro Dance presents its annual performance for 10 artists rain or shine

DANCEGail JohnsonJuly 20, 2021Kokoro Dance, Wreck Beach Butoh, butoh, Jay Hirabayashi

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