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Music

Midnight’s Children by Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie is this year’s VIFF opener

Midnight’s Children revives the magic and the painful history of India.

Live at Squamish eclectic and folk-inclusive

Live at Squamish, a three-day event hosted from August 24-26, was a superb combination of two great elements: music and the outdoors. This year's festival procured a distinctly Canadian line-up with...

Welcome to SXSW Adventures

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a mammoth of a festival, with approximately 32,000 registrants and over 5,000 events for their Interactive, Film, and Music components—not to mention, all the unofficial...

Top Vancouver Events Feb 2-8: beats, stories and Spacing Magazine

From Spacing Magazine's issue launch to a beat-heavy night at the Cobalt, BeeVancity has all the best events in town.

Édouard Lock's La La La Human Steps exhibit speed and technical prowess in "New Work"

With movements as fast as "The Flash", the dancers of La La La Humans Steps embody Edouard Lock's redefinition of classical ballet.

Top Vancouver events Jan 19-22: Arts events galore

From the PuSh Festival to Design Nerd Jam, this week is filled with events for the arts crowd in Vancouver.

PuSh Festival's opening gala party at the Waldorf: photos

Musicians, dancers, artists and culture-lovers gathered at the Waldorf to kick off the PuSh Festival.

Victory Square Block Party: celebrating with a social cause

Victory Square Block Party is a hallmark celebration on Labour weekend to showcase the best local bands and to get the community together as a way to kiss goodbye the summer.

Sawan Mela celebrates South Asian culture and community

Sawan Mela, the South Asian Family Association's annual cross-cultural weekend of entertainment, kicked off this afternoon at Jack Poole Plaza and continues Sunday, August 14.

Top Vancouver Events | May 26-29

It's a good time to be in Vancouver. Summer is (almost) here, the Canucks are heading to the finals, and there are tons of festivals going on. Yep, it's the weekend of film festivals and...