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Performing Arts

When it's rainy outdoors, Vancouverites head indoors to one of Canada's most vibrant performing arts scenes.  Nearly every night of the week, the city boasts great theatre and live music, as well as progressive dance performances. 

Classical enthusiasts will find arguably Western Canada's finest symphony, opera company and ballet in Vancouver.  Theatre lovers have an embarrassment of options: from gritty, progressive works staged in alternative venues on the East Side to Broadway-style blockbusters in downtown's Queen Elizabeth Theatre.  And music fans will find a thriving indie scene, with homegrown talent filling bars, clubs and other intimate venues.  

Things heat up at festival time.  Summer is marked by outdoor Shakespeare, two weeks of live international jazz and a progressive dance festival celebrating edgy local artists.  The rest of the year brings experimental theatre, contemporary dance showcases and a full plate of folk.  Check out the options below.
 
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"Kinabukasan" 20th Anniversary!

  • June 15 - June 16
  • Vancouver Playhouse
  • 600 Hamilton Street
    Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1
  • Admission: $25.00/$20.00
  • Contact: Christina Florencio
  • Phone: 604-618-7919
  • Venue: Vancouver Playhouse
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APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert presents The Frogs

  • June 13 - June 15
  • Pyatt Hall, VSO School of Music
  • 843 Seymour Street
    Vancouver, BC
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Arts Club Theatre Company presents Avenue Q

  • June 20 - August 17
  • Arts Club Theatre Company - Granville Island Stage
  • 1585 Johnston St
    Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
  • Venue: Arts Club Theatre Company - Granville Island Stage
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Arts Club Theatre Company presents Dreamgirls

  • May 09 - July 07
  • Arts Club Theatre Company - Stanley Alliance Industrial Stage
  • 2750 Granville Street
    Vancouver, BC V6H 3J3
  • Venue: Arts Club Theatre Company - Stanley Alliance Industrial Stage
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Astrolabe Musik Theatre & Britannia Mine Museum present - NEWmatica

  • May 25 - May 25
  • Britannia Mine Museum
  • 1 Forbes Way (Highway 99, Sea to Sky Highway)
    Britannia Beach, BC V0N 1J0
  • Admission: $25.00 (Adults) / $18.00 (Students & Seniors)
  • Contact: Astrolabe Musik Theatre
  • Venue: Britannia Mine Museum
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Broadway Across Canada presents Les Miserables

  • June 12 - June 23
  • Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  • 630 Hamilton St (at Georgia)
    Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1
  • Venue: Broadway Across Canada
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Broadway Across Canada presents War Horse

  • September 24 - September 29
  • Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  • 630 Hamilton Street (at Georgia)
    Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1
  • Venue: Broadway Across Canada
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Broadway Across Canada presents West Side Story

  • February 03 - February 09
  • Queen Elizabeth Theatre
  • 630 Hamilton Street (at Georgia)
    Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1
  • Venue: Broadway Across Canada
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CAMINO REAL - 9th Annual International Jondo Flamenco Festival

  • May 25 - May 25
  • 149 West Hastings Street
    Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
  • Admission: $35.00 (Adults) / $30.00 (Students & Seniors)
  • Contact: Pirouz Ebadypour
  • Phone: 604-767-5522
  • Venue: SFU Meeting, Event and Conference Services - Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
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Electric Theatre Company presents You Are Very Star

  • June 12 - June 29
  • H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
  • 1100 Chestnut Street, in Vanier Park
    Vancouver, BC
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Ensemble Theatre Company presents ETC Festival

  • July 08 - August 10
  • Jericho Arts Centre
  • 1675 Discovery Street
    Vancouver, BC V6R 4K5
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Ensemble Theatre Company presents Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve

  • July 08 - August 08
  • Jericho Arts Centre
  • 1675 Discovery Street
    Vancouver, BC V6R 4K5
  • Venue: Jericho Arts Centre
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Ensemble Theatre Company presents The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin

  • July 15 - August 09
  • Jericho Arts Centre
  • 1675 Discovery Street
    Vancouver, BC V6R 4K5
  • Venue: Jericho Arts Centre
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Ensemble Theatre Company presents Women Beware Women

  • July 09 - August 10
  • Jericho Arts Centre
  • 1675 Discovery Street
    Vancouver, BC V6R 4K5
  • Venue: Jericho Arts Centre
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KELOHA MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2013

  • July 05 - July 07
  • Waterfront Park Kelowna
  • 1200 Water Street
    Kelowna, BC V1Y 9P3
  • Contact: WetApe Productions
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Kitty Nights West

  • April 15
  • Biltmore Cabaret
  • 395 Kingsway
    Vancouver, BC V5T 0A9
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Mister Dowland's Midnight

  • May 25 - May 25
  • Visual Space
  • 2075 Alberta Street
    Vancouver, BC V5Y1C4
  • Admission: $20 - $30
  • Contact: Visual Space Gallery
  • Phone: 604-739-0429
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Music on Main presents Main Series 2012/2013

  • June 04 - June 04
  • Western Front & Heritage Hall
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Music Waste

  • June 06 - June 09
  • Various Venues
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New Works presents All Over the Map

  • July 07 - August 25
  • New Works
  • #303 - 3102 Main Street
    Vancouver, BC V5T 3G7
  • Phone: 604-893-8875
  • Venue: New Works
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Pacific Theatre presents Christmas Presence

  • December 11 - December 22
  • Pacific Theatre
  • 1440 West 12th Avenue
    Vancouver, BC V6H 1M8
  • Venue: Pacific Theatre
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Pacific Theatre presents How to Write a New Book for the Bible

  • April 26 - May 25
  • Pacific Theatre
  • 1440 W 12th Ave
    Vancouver, BC V6H 1M8
  • Venue: Pacific Theatre
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Pedalling for Papua Vancouver

  • June 04 - June 04
  • Ayden Gallery
  • 88 West Pender St #2103
    Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9
  • Admission: By donation
  • Contact: Victoria Holden
  • Phone: 778-872-9529
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Queer Arts Festival: TransgressionNow

  • July 24 - August 09
  • Roundhouse Community Centre
  • 181 Roundhouse Mews (Pacific and Davie)
    Vancouver, BC
  • Admission: Varied: Free-$20
  • Contact: Queer Arts Festival
  • Phone: 604-254-5869
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Speaking Strings Utter Things

  • May 26 - May 26
  • 578 Carrall St
    Vancouver, BC V6B 5K2
  • Admission: Tickets at Doors 7pm $15 General | $10 Students/Seniors
  • Phone: 604-683-8240
  • Venue: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
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