Laugh your way into 2025 as The Improv Centre's performers turn the highs, lows, and “did-that-really-happen?” moments of your year into comedy gold. From accidentally hitting reply all to a work email to drunk texting your ex—no story is too big or too small for a hilarious improv twist! Experience the cathartic joy of laughing […]
Plough Sunday is a traditional English celebration of farming, farm workers, and agricultural produce. A wooden ceremonial plough is processed from Triangle Square through the farmers' market to Island Plaza, followed by the performance of traditional dances, songs, and a mummer's play.
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 […]
The Improv Centre is bringing improv troupes from around the world to perform for Vancouver audiences again for 2025! Each show includes short form games, an international showcase of a visiting troupe’s unique style of improv, and an all-play. Teams will continue to mix and mingle throughout the week during performances until closing night’s LOL-apalooza! […]
Boating is a lifestyle – a way to connect with family, escape the stress on land and experience the unique freedom of being on the water. Western Canada’s largest boat show is the best place to see boats and the best place to buy them!
Join us for an artist talk with Jordan Hill, a Coast Salish (T’sou-ke Nation) new media artist from Vancouver Island, during his artist residency at FLEET: Granville Island. During his visit to FLEET, Jordan will be experimenting with an interactive new-media installation, interrogating the purpose of facade imagery used around urban development projects. Over the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finding the courage to change. In the small upstate New York town of Cranberry, 38-year-old bookstore clerk Kenneth spends his evenings at the local tiki bar with his best friend, Bert. Sipping mai tais isn’t enough when bitter reality hits. Kenneth is suddenly laid off, launching him into a world with challenges he has long […]
Transpofagic Manifesto — Renata Carvalho (Brazil) THEATRE North American Premiere Presented with Latincouver Transpofagic Manifesto is a courageous and thought-provoking work that challenges perceptions of gender non-conforming and transfeminine people. Through a radical expression of empowerment, Renata Carvalho subverts the obsessive scrutiny of trans bodies, distilling this gaze and transforming it into art, literature, and […]
OUT — Ray Young (UK) DANCE, THEATRE Canadian Premiere Presented with the frank theatre co. OUT is a defiant challenge to the status quo that bravely carves out a new kind of space, reclaiming and celebrating our queer future. This performance dances in solidarity alongside global 2SLGBTQIA+ movements, breaking down violent histories to imagine something […]
Singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist, and writer Neko Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists. In The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl “raised by two dogs and a space […]
Join Cooking for Change, an inspiring event that celebrates the journey of food from seed to table while addressing the pressing issue of food waste. In Canada, millions of tonnes of food are wasted every year, impacting our environment, economy, and communities. This event brings together chefs, farmers, and food advocates to honour the hard […]
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.
