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World premiere of long-lost Soviet-era symphony among 2025 PRISMA Festival highlights, June 16 to 28

Arthur Arnold conducts Alexander Mosolov’s Symphony No. 3, a brooding yet joyful work with a storied history

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverJune 4, 2025Partner Content, PRISMA Festival, Summer 2025

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 performers and painters to seek out among the flowers and trees at Arts in the Garden

This final edition of North Van Arts’ long-running annual event features engaging music and glowing images, all in serene outdoor settings

ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverJune 3, 2025Arts in the Garden, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Tushrik Fredericks and Rebecca Margolick talk trust and spirituality at Dancing on the Edge

Intimate duet to begin with no end explores the artists’ respective religions with care and intensity

Artist studios and sacred spaces among the stops at this year’s Doors Open Richmond

The 18th annual edition of the wide-ranging event builds thriving community by emphasizing historical and cultural diversity

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 30, 2025Doors Open Richmond, Spring 2025, SPRING 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

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

Tremors Festival artists crack open the mystery of dreams, both conscious and unconscious

Howard Dai’s Dream Machine pulls inspiration from Taiwanese game shows, while Paige Louter’s Nod acknowledges chronic fatigue

Stir Q&A: Srutika Sabu embodies a South Asian uncle in drag-king clown show at the rEvolver Festival

1 Santosh Santosh 2 Go touches on the model minority myth with hilarity and heart

More than 60 artists to perform on West 4th Avenue as Khatsahlano Street Party announces 2025 lineup

Alt-rock band Meltt, D.O.A. frontman Joe Keithley, and singer-songwriter Ché Aimee Dorval are among the Burrard Stage highlights

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithMay 22, 2025Khatsahlano Street Party, Kitsilano

Toby Thompson's poetry takes jazz-infused solo at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival

In renowned one-man show I Wish I Was a Mountain, the award-winning British poet leans on rhythm of deep musical influences

Emerging artists shine onstage at this year's Cascade Peaks ChamberFest, June 20 to 22

Three concerts at RockRidge Canyon resort in Princeton highlight chamber works prepared by the artists during a week-long intensive

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverMay 21, 2025Partner Content, Cascade Peaks ChamberFest, Summer 2025

Club Origami's folded paper allows kids' imaginations to flourish at Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Presented with Boca del Lupo, the accessible production by the U.K.’s Seven Circles encourages interactive learning

Kicking off Tremors Festival, Erin James infuses music with her passion for fashion

The violinist’s Fantasy Vignettes interweaves Baroque music, costume changes, and sewing machines

THEATRE, MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMay 20, 2025Tremors Festival, RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre, Spring 2025

Bard on the Beach presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona, June 13 to September 19

On the BMO Mainstage, director Dean Paul Gibson puts an ’80s spin on this resonant tale of young love

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverMay 20, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2025

Queer Arts Festival steps into the future with 18th annual edition, June 6 to 28

Centred around portals, this year’s just-announced lineup includes several visual-art exhibitions, Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts, and more

Vancouver Short Film Festival unveils lineup for 15th annual edition, June 13 to 15

HATCH, Clementine, One Day This Kid, and Beyond the Salish are among the 47 Canadian shorts screening this year

SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverMay 16, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF

Tanzanian percussion and indie icons as Vancouver Folk Music Festival unveils 2025 lineup, July 18 to 20

The Zawose Queens, The Milk Carton Kids, and more to hit the Main Stage at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverMay 15, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF

At the rEvolver Festival, playwright Sarvin Esmaeili gives femme body hair a voice

In Hair Hair Everywhere, Shabnam debates whether or not she should shave

Dancing on the Edge unveils program full of local works by the likes of MascallDance and Ziyian Kwan, June 12 to 21

Moroccan and Spanish choreographers join the international contingent of event that runs at Firehall Arts Centre and SFU Woodward’s

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 13, 2025Dancing on the Edge, Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, SFU Woodward's

Much Ado About Nothing hits the BMO Mainstage at Bard on the Beach, June 10 to September 20

All is not as it seems as two of Shakespeare’s most tumultuous couples navigate secret love and mistaken identities

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverMay 13, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare

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