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Hailed as one of the most gifted guitarists of his generation and “one of the highest category of improvising musicians,” (The New Yorker) Julian Lage has spent decades exploring the many strains of American music with boundless curiosity and technical mastery. With roots tangled up in jazz, folk, classical, and country music, Lage brings what...

Start your day with music at the Kay Meek Arts Centre’s Fall Coffee Klatch Series! Taking place on the third Thursday of every month this fall, our new daytime series will see Next Wave emerging artists perform everything from jazz and classical to opera across four morning performances. Catch up with friends in the PARC...

Steve Dawson leads an all-star lineup, featuring the likes of Dee Daniels, Chris Pierce, and Lindi Ortega, honouring JJ Cale’s 1971 debut album Naturally. Considered a classic for defining the ‘Tulsa Sound’, a laid-back, rolling boogie, the album is a mellow blend of blues, country, rockabilly, and jazz. A co-presentation with BlueShore at CapU, join...

Palace have been making music together for over a decade. What started out as carefree jam sessions between Leo Wyndham, Rupert Turner and Matt Hodges in an airless studio in North London established a DIY ethos that remains intrinsic to the spirit of the band to this day. In early 2025, Palace took a career...

A night of highlights from Italian operas with sopranos Catherine Thornsley and Katie McCullough, tenor Sunny Shams, baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg, and pianist Roger Parton. Saturday, October 17 | 7:30pm-9pm Doors open at 7pm Koerner Recital Hall (Inside the Vancouver Academy of Music) 1270 Chestnut St, Vancouver Tickets: $25 general admission | $20 seniors | $15...

Blending jaw-dropping guitar prowess with powerful vocals, razor-sharp humour, and an irresistible gift for storytelling, Lloyd Spigel is a trailblazer for modern blues and one of Australia’s most celebrated guitarists. A comedian by nature and a showman at heart, expect a one-of-a-kind evening of blues, laughter, and pure showmanship!

Presented by Anvil Theatre Terrell Edwards is back by popular demand, this time with A Night of Motown, taking us back to one of the most memorable times in music history. Motown is not only the greatest pop music hit factory ever heard, but a state of mind, a way of life, a style, the...

Supreme blessedness, extreme happiness, a state of holy joy. Beatitude could also be described as a personal feeling of great bliss, calm contentment, and simply, a blessed state of being. When I look upon the past thirteen years as Artistic Director of the Vancouver Cantata Singers, I feel incredibly blessed to have led this wonderful...

Virtuoso Brazilian guitarist, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Celso Machado, is considered one of the most versatile and exciting musicians and composers of Brazilian music around today. He is renowned as an imaginative and expressive performer of Brazilian folkloric and popular styles, interpreted with a range of his own influences – he’s especially fascinated by other...

Under the direction of Isabel Leong, Vancouver’s Ghibli Jazz Orchestra is composed of 18 musicians who combine their love of Studio Ghibli films & video games with a deep reverence of the big bands of the 1940s. Their repertoire consists of compositions by Joe Hisaishi featured in Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away and Princess...

Back by popular demand, LCMS cello faculty reunite for a rich celebration of the cello. Joel Stobbe, Nico Stephenson, Surim Cha and Yu Yu Liu will showcase the instrument’s warmth, depth, and versatility with a program ranging from lyrical elegance to dazzling virtuosity. Soaring in harmony and spirited dialogue, the cellists promise an unforgettable feast...

Celebrated for their “multifaceted artistry” and “brilliantly idiomatic” programming (New York Times), the acclaimed Poiesis Quartet are the First Prize and Commission Prize winners of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition and the 2026 Cleveland Quartet Award. Making their Vancouver debut at the Kay Meek, the Quartet infuses each performance with unique moments of...

Presented by the Vancouver Chamber Music Society in collaboration with Anvil Theatre Few programs capture the full spectrum of human emotion as vividly as this journey between shadow and light. Through the contrasting voices of Dmitri Shostakovich and Antonín Dvořák, the Academy Chamber Players explore a landscape of introspection, longing, tenderness, and joy. At the...

Everybody sings, and everybody howls, as JUNO Award-winning singer songwriter Norman Foote returns to the Kay Meek this Halloween season! Accompanied by a colourful and animated choir of young, costumed singers from the North Shore and their animal howls, zombie groans, witchy cackles, and ghostly boos, Norman Foote leads a fun, family-friendly evening of music...

Looking for a fun Halloween event in the Cowichan Valley? Join us on Friday, October 30, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM for a special Halloween Music Bingo at Merridale Cidery & Distillery in Cobble Hill. We’ve given our popular Friday night Music Bingo a spooky seasonal twist. Expect Halloween anthems, classic party hits, themed...

Get Ready for a heady mix of Rocky Horror / Little Shop Sing Along Party! Join us for a joyous night where you can sing your heart out to all the classic movie hits! We will be blasting the hits from both cult classics! This event is perfect for everyone -at parents discretion. Bring your...

Get ready for an EPIC Halloween party! We’re taking Sip N’ Strum and turning it into one big Halloween bash packed with live music, sing-alongs, drinks, costumes, prizes and all kinds of spooky fun. Grab your friends, dress up, hit the bar and get ready to sing, sip, strum and celebrate with an awesome community...

The Polygon Gallery presents its first annual Halloween party fundraiser, an immersive, multi-room event taking over the entire building. Expect a demonic ’80s aerobics party filled with neon leotards, big hair, and surprises, with monitors throughout the building playing clips from Flashdance, Perfect, and VHS workout tapes from Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons. Emceed by...

Jade Music Fest returns to Granville Island with live showcases, music workshops, panels, and more! Enjoy free live music featuring artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, and musicians from the east and west coast of Canada. Learn about Asian performing arts like Cantonese opera and Hakka Bayin, and how traditional arts can be transformed into...

Delhi 2 Dublin’s 20th anniversary world tour brings a new age of musical and cultural fusion through Subcontinental Pop, where sounds from across cultures meet in a unified, energizing mix that unites dance floors worldwide.

Delhi 2 Dublin’s 20th anniversary world tour brings a new age of musical and cultural fusion through Subcontinental Pop, where sounds from across cultures meet in a unified, energizing mix that unites dance floors worldwide.

Three amazing live shows are coming to Jade Music Fest! Revive the Y2K vibes with Forbidden City C-pop Drag Show: Love Before Wi-Fi. Featuring pop throwbacks and glamorous dancing, and a whole lot of drag. Taiwan’s viral sensation Mango Jump is making their North American debut at Jade Music Fest. Alongside Hakka new age artist...

Delhi 2 Dublin’s 20th anniversary world tour brings a new age of musical and cultural fusion through Subcontinental Pop, where sounds from across cultures meet in a unified, energizing mix that unites dance floors worldwide.

Delhi 2 Dublin’s 20th anniversary world tour brings a new age of musical and cultural fusion through Subcontinental Pop, where sounds from across cultures meet in a unified, energizing mix that unites dance floors worldwide.