Experience the 2024 Vancouver Writers Fest with their Digital Festival, available online for a limited time! From December 16 until January 31, you can experience the magic of the Vancouver Writers Fest with its Digital Festival. This special, online offering includes a curated selection of 26 full-length events, professionally recorded and fully captioned for your […]
New York Times technology reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac headline the first Vancouver Writers Fest Books & Ideas event with one of the most shocking and defining stories of our time: the $44 billion dollar deal behind Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter—and the seismic political, social, and financial fallout that is still rapidly unfolding—masterfully […]
Larger and more creative than ever, The GVR Hot Chocolate Festival features our region's best chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, cafes, and ice cream makers -- all joining forces to make the humble hot chocolate hotter than it has ever been before. Granville Island participants include Kasama (east end of the Island across from the hotel) […]
Géométrie de vies (The Geometry of Lives) — Collectif d’Art / STUDIOS KABAKO (Democratic Republic of Congo) THEATRE North American Premiere Géométrie de vies is a vibrant narrative poem linking two young lives on the long road of the displaced through theatre, song and dance. Crafting a contemporary history, performers trace curves, straight lines and […]
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with LunarFest! Join us at Granville Island in February for an artist market, crafts workshops, food, games, and more. Challenge your creativity with our snake-inspired crafts and learn some fun snake facts. Browse through the artist market for the perfect new year gift. Play a few games with us […]
Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire) — rice & beans theatre (Canada) THEATRE Presented with Boca del Lupo World Premiere In a surprising fusion of theatre and gastronomy, this Tagalog adaptation of A Taste of Empire guides audiences across the layered history of Philippine cultural heritage through a live cooking demonstration. As a dish […]
Telling what’s real from what’s fake should be easy. In today’s world, that’s far from the case. Bestselling author and Canada Research Chair Timothy Caulfield joins the Vancouver Writers Fest on Thursday, January 30 to lift the curtain on the forces contributing to our information chaos, in The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and […]
The Goldberg Variations — Clayton Lee (Canada/UK) THEATRE, PERFORMANCE ART Western Canadian Premiere Through an unapologetic investigation of desire, power dynamics and identity, Clayton Lee explores the fact that each of his past lovers shares an unusually similar appearance. The perplexing crossroads between dominance, submission, heartbreak and vulnerability are laid bare in this candid and […]
CMHC-Granville Island would like to acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
