Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2020 begins January 17, and Granville Island is on their map! A full 17-day schedule of delicious dishes and culinary delights await the foodie in everyone! Visit the links below for more information on Granville Island participants. The Sandbar Seafood Restaurant The Dockside Restaurant, Granville Island Hotel The Vancouver Fish Company […]
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is one of Vancouver’s signature events. Produced over three weeks each January, the Festival expands the horizons of Vancouver artists and audiences with work that is visionary, genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original. The Festival showcases acclaimed international, Canadian and local artists and mixes them together with an alchemy that […]
This political cabaret celebrates the subversive power of art, and offers a warning to those who would take freedom for granted. 1934: as Nazism tightens its grip on Germany, a […]
Granville Island looks forward to celebrating Lunar New Year traditions in January. 2020 marks the Year of the Rat, and there are many ways to celebrate with us on the […]
d’bi young anitafrika takes on gender, sexuality, divinity, and more, in this erotic solo piece. Whether playing a church pastor, a pole dancer, or a child in a schoolyard, d’bi […]
In this playful, resourceful performance, one solitary soul uses consumer products to build entire worlds inside a fish tank, working on the spot against a rising horizon of water. Rockets, […]
An economic disaster and its ripple effects are conveyed in an onstage performance by the artist and some very special companions: a group of talking rice cookers. Re-programmed to speak, […]
The 58th annual Vancouver Boat Show runs from February 5 to February 9. The show will include more than 250 exhibitors, providing boat enthusiasts with a first look at the 2020 boating season’s premiere boat models and accessories, and include over 125 presentations and workshops led by boating experts. Visit www.vancouverboatshow.ca for the full schedule.
A deep dive into the politics of language and the dynamics of privilege, Footnote Number 12 turns the act of reading into riveting theatre. It takes celebrated essay by the late David Foster Wallace, and breaks it down in a series of seriocomic monologues, each of them playfully modulated by sound artist Nancy Tam. Our […]
Leading an “unbelievably tight” (Discorder) band of some of Vancouver’s best young jazz, funk, and indie rock players, vocalist/guitarist Lydia Hol deftly combines early ‘60s soul, lush psychedelic rock, and a taste of country. With sequins and style, Hol’s show will transport and delight you. Click the link below to visit their website, or visit […]
Winter rain keeping you cold? Why not warm up with some free jazz performances? The annual mini-festival is back, featuring free performances by local jazz groups in Performance Works. Visit www.coastaljazz.ca for groups and show times and to RSVP to guarantee admittance. Walk-ins are welcome, if capacity allows. Click the links below for performance information: […]
Vibrant, honest, and powerful, WCMA-winner Dawn Pemberton’s voice beats a soulful path from gospel and R&B to jazz, funk, and world music. A regular collaborator with The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, her deep musicality and irresistible verve make Dawn the new queen of Canadian soul! Click the link below to visit the website, or […]
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.
