BC Events

Join music, dance and shadow puppet master Sutrisno Hartana in hands-on workshops exploring the instruments of Alligator Joy, a bronze gamelan from Central Java. Discover the intricate layering of rhythmic patterns, improvisation and performance rules for each instrument to create ensemble-based music of infinite depth and shimmering beauty. Limited enrollment; to register, email newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca

Early Music Vancouver presents the Goldberg Variations – Angela Hewitt, on March 7, 2018 at 7:30pm at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC. Experience one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most beloved works played by one of the world’s leading pianists, Angela Hewitt. Intricate, mesmerizing, and moving in its virtuosity, this nuanced performance...

Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann take us on a journey with music from the big screen, performed on two pianos. Ennio Morricone’s music from The Mission and Jerome Morass’s music from the classic western film, The Big Country, are the featured pieces. A guest narrator will join the duo for this program. Join us for coffee...

The Roedde House Jazz Series is proud to present Steve Smith, bass, Sarah Kennedy, voice & Dan Reynolds, piano, on Thursday, March 8th at 7:00pm.

Come on down to hear Coco Jafro who brings together the schools of Funk, Soul, Jazz, and Afrobeat creating a unique mashup that transports you to a place that liberates your soul, evokes your primal spirit and ignites an electricity that lingers within your body. They were part of the Vancouver Jazz Festival in 2017

Choral programmes are often organized by similarities of the composers included or the texts being sung or chronologically by the eras they represent. But for this concert we’re experimenting with affective elements of music, grouping pieces together by the emotions they evoke. Of course, all music affects us emotionally, even those by composers who try...

Vancouver, BC – Often heralded as the ‘Jewel of JUNO Week’, JUNO Songwriters’ Circle showcases some of Canada’s most talented songwriters, performing their original songs and sharing the stories behind them. In a similar fashion, on March 10 at 7:30pm at the Vancouver Playhouse, the 2018 JUNO Awards Host Committee is hosting a variation on...

Vancouver, BC – Often heralded as the ‘Jewel of JUNO Week’, JUNO Songwriters’ Circle showcases some of Canada’s most talented songwriters, performing their original songs and sharing the stories behind them. In a similar fashion, on March 10 at 7:30pm at the Vancouver Playhouse, the 2018 JUNO Awards Host Committee is hosting a variation on...

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC presents the anticipated return of Mexican-American songstress Lila Downs on March 10, 2018 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. A winner of one GRAMMY and four Latin GRAMMYs, Downs is adored for her powerful vocals and fierce theatricality. As an artist with proud Indigenous...

Offering a pastoral program of French and Irish delights, Sounds of Green brings a bit of spring to the Roedde House Museum parlour. Celebrate this St. Patricks Day with Albertina Chan, harp and Chris McMullan, Uilleann pipes and low whistle.

We are pleased to welcome back this accomplished duo! Alasdair Fraser, acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling,” has a concert and recording career spanning 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades, television credits, and feature performances on top movie soundtracks (Last of the Mohicans,Titanic, Stone of...

A pinch of sweet and a dash of spice flavours the jazz-rock, blue-jean and heels, powerhouse performer Cayla Brooke’s musical Le Creuset. Garnering comparisons ranging from modern vocalists Adele, early Holly Cole and the late Eva Cassidy to classic belters Janis Joplin and Barbra Streisand. The Vancouver performer mixes intensity with a sensitivity wrapped in...

A glamorous evening of opera favourites, with a silent auction to support Opulenza productions and programming!

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC presents groundbreaking Indigenous artists Tanya Tagaq and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, March 16 & March 17, 2018, at 7:30pm as part of the Beyond Words series at the Telus Studio Theatre. Described by The Guardian as ‘passionate and always extraordinary,’ Polaris Prize-winning Inuit vocalist Tagaq joins forces...

Annie Lou is the stage name of Anne Louise Genest, a songwriter, composer, and performer with a deeply-felt connection to older folk music traditions. With guitar and banjo in hand, she has spent years chronicling the rural and urban life paths of Canada, writing songs to tell the tales of the hard-hit, hard-won victories of...

As a proud sponsor of the JUNO Awards in Vancouver, London Drugs is inviting you to celebrate Canadian music with them on Saturday, March 17th for giveaways and great music at the London Drugs at Morgan Crossing. • Z95.3 Radio will be broadcasting live on location • Check out some of the hottest Pro-Ject turntables...

Molly Wilson is back at XY and she will shamROCK your world this St. Patrick’s Day. Come prepared to laugh, clap, dance and sing along as Molly entertains you with her take on your favourite songs including Pop, Motown and Broadway. Your Irish eyes will be sure to be smiling when you leave the show....

As a proud sponsor of the JUNO Awards in Vancouver, London Drugs is inviting you to celebrate Canadian music with them on Sunday, March 18th for giveaways and great music at the London Drugs at Brentwood Town Centre. • 94.5 Virgin Radio will be broadcasting live on location • Check out some of the hottest...

As a proud sponsor of the JUNO Awards in Vancouver, London Drugs is inviting you to celebrate Canadian music with them on Sunday, March 18th for giveaways and great music at the London Drugs at Brentwood Town Centre. • 94.5 Virgin Radio will be broadcasting live on location • Check out some of the hottest...

Over 300 years of music from Renaissance and Baroque with compositions by Purcell, J.S. Bach, Gabrieli and Byrd are included in this program.

To say Carlos del Junco plays the harmonica is like saying that Jimi Hendrix plays guitar. He blows the blues harp through a prism — suddenly it seems he’s holding every color in the musical rainbow right there in his hands. Simultaneously sophisticated and raw, his playing blurs the boundaries between blues and jazz. The...

Colleen O’Connor is a Vancouver-based pianist and singer/songwriter originally from Grande Prairie, Alberta. Her songs are a skillful blend of alternative piano rock and jazz, featuring intricate rhythms, evocative melodies, and thoughtful lyrics. Recorded with producer Winston Hauschild, her debut EP 17 Hoops was released in October 2017. An accomplished musician, Colleen has a diploma...

Shen Yun is now the world’s premier classical Chinese dance company. They will be back performing at the Q.E. Theatre for a limited time March 23 - 25!

A gorgeous blend of solo vocal works, art photography, and performative costuming, giving voice to the stories of unheard women of myth and legend. Featuring soprano Heather Pawsey, artist Diane Park and photographer Maggie MacPherson, with new compositions by Jeffrey Ryan and poetry by Rachel Rose. Approx. 1 hour.