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

Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir presents its annual Black History Month concert, “Songs of Justice, Songs of Freedom, Songs of Hope.” A sold-out favourite of Vancouver audiences for the past several years, this event brings 70 singers from throughout BC to join vocal forces with the dynamic 80 voice Good Noise Choir for an extraordinary...

A special edition performance by the GVYMA Symphonic Wind Ensemble also featuring the GVYMA Percussion Ensemble & Gabrielli Brass Ensemble. Tickets $18 and can be purchased at the door or on-line at http://www.gvyma.com

The Rogue Folk Club presents: Altan — direct from Ireland! With founding member Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh at the helm for nearly 30 years, Altan continues to be one of the most important live acts to play traditional Irish music in Ireland and on the World stage. Altan have toured all over North America and Europe....

Join the owners of the Pardalis Studio for some jazz standards, pop classics with jazz flavors, and some originals NO COVER KGB Jazz Lounge at the Flamingo 10768 King George Blvd

Back by popular demand, “Give Peace a Dance” returns to St. James Hall on Friday, March 2nd. This event, featuring the Marcus Mosely Chorale and special guests Ann Mortifee and Russ Rosen, will offer lots of great singing and a chance to dance up a storm. “The world is a scary place right now” explains...

Celebrate multi-culturalism through choral music! Laudate Singers performs three new commissions by Marco Del Rio (in Spanish) and Farshid Samandari (in Farsi) and a grand variety of folk and contemporary pieces in a dozen languages. A wonderful tapestry of sounds, languages and thoughts from countries as diverse as Iran, England, Latvia, China, Russia, Poland and...

Tom Russell is an American singer-songwriter who was born in Los Angeles. He has lived in many places, including Vancouver and New York City, currently living in El Paso, Texas. His music incorporates elements of folk, traditional country & western, border and cowboy music of the American West. Russell’s songs have been recorded by artists...

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....