Metro Vancouver events on June 27, 2019

Tides by Jan de Beer

Tides is a body of work created entirely from paint sourced through Product Care Recycling's PaintShare program

Vancouver | Science World at TELUS World of Science | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Moving Still: Performative Photography in India

Moving Still: Performative Photography from India explores themes of migration, gender, religion and national identity through the lens of performative photography

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time

This unique exhibition is focused on the art of Alberto Giacometti, renowned in the twentieth century for his sculpture, painting, drawing and design

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Views of the Collection: The Street

Views of the Collection: The Street is part of a series of presentations on the 4th floor that comprise thematic perspectives on the Gallery’s collection

Vancouver | Vancouver Art Gallery | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Weaving Cultural Identities

Stitching Ceremony, public viewings of the weavers and their textile project

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Exhibition

Granville Island Jazz: Sonny’s Cousin

A hard-swinging sextet made up of some of Vancouver’s most exciting jazz improvisers, Sonny’s Cousin’s compelling originals and novel arrangements of lesser-known standards keep audiences hanging on every thrilling note

Vancouver | Granville Island Public Market | 12:00 am to 1:15 pm | Music | Free

Patricia Barber - Workshop

“Few performers in or out of jazz are as consistently brilliant as Patricia Barber” —JazzTimes

Vancouver | Tom Lee Music Hall | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | Music | Free

Granville Island Jazz: Joanna Duda Trio

With Maksymilian Mucha bass and Michał Bryndal drums

Vancouver | Performance Works | 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm | Music | Free

Provence Marinaside: Diane Lines Duo

Join us for five nights of music at Provence Marinaside

Vancouver | Provence Marinaside | 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Music | Free

Beatings Are In The Body – Roisin Adams, Erika Angell, Peggy Lee

Borrowing the project’s title from a work by Canadian poet Meaghan McAneeley, Beatings Are In The Body explore how memories, pain, and a spectrum of emotions are stored in and continue to be carried by our physical bodies

Vancouver | The Ironworks | 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Music | Free

Queer Arts Festival: Queer Songbook Orchestra Workshop

Workshop for emerging artists using their own personal narratives as an entry point for creating music

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Workshop

Happy Hour Choir Series: Featuring Solidarity Notes and YVR Pop choir

Explore feature exhibitions and enjoy live music performed in our scenic Joyce Walley Room. Two of Vancouver’s dynamic choirs share an evening of singing and engagement by sunset

Vancouver | Museum of Vancouver | 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Charity / Fundraising

Performance: Katie Cassady, Stephanie Cyr, Livona Ellis & Christoph Von Riedemann

Over the course of four nights, the Contemporary Art Gallery brings together an evolving series of new dance compositions working with Katie Cassady, Stephanie Cyr, Livona Ellis and Christoph Von Riedemann

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Performing Arts | Free

The Cascade Room: Jimmy Baldwin

Join us for six night of music at The Cascade Room. Guitarist/singer Jimmy Baldwin and bassist/singer “Yorkshire” Phil Bell have been playing music together in a variety of contexts for several years

Vancouver | The Cascade Room | 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music | Free

Sharon Minemoto

With Paul Rushka (bass) and Darren Radtke (guitar)

Vancouver | Water Street Café | 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Music

Railway Stage and Beer Café - Blues Hoodoo

Join us for eight nights of music at Railway Stage and Beer Café

Vancouver | Railway Stage and Beer Cafe | 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

PechaKucha Night Vol.49

PechaKucha is a global series of live events held worldwide where people can meet, inspire and get inspired, based on a format that is fast-paced and fun

Vancouver | Vancouver Playhouse | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Lecture

Arts Club Theatre Company: Matilda the Musical

The imaginative hit for all generations. From the wonderfully subversive imagination of Roald Dahl, this fun family musical will bring out the child in everyone

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Musical

Revel Room: Dueling Pianos with Mike Van Eyes & Coris Aeven

Join us for ten nights of music at Revel Room

Vancouver | Revel Room | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Arts Club Theatre Company. Mom's the Word: Nest 1/2 Empty

A new generation of laughs. From a sold-out run and a hit tour, the moms are back again to share this nestful of insights and ribald humour

Vancouver | Granville Island Stage | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Ivan Coyote: Chest Air

With the nuanced and finely-honed timing of a gifted storyteller, Ivan grapples with complex and intensely personal issues such as gender identity, family, class, social justice, and queer liberation—always with a generous heart and a quick wit

Surrey | Surrey City Hall | 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Lecture

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Bernadette Peters

Stage legend and Golden Globe-winning actress Bernadette Peters joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for a show brimming with classic Broadway numbers, delivered in Peters’ unique and inimitable style

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | Music

Greg Brown

A solo performance from a folk musician and poet with deep roots in gospel and literary traditions, Greg Brown’s lyricism and songwriting has been recognized by everyone from Willie Nelson to Jeff Bridges

North Vancouver | BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

TD International Jazz Fest Presents: Thus Owls, jo passed, and Unnatural Ways featuring Ava Mendoza

Thus Owls: is a Swedish-Canadian experimental indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, consisting of husband and wife duo Simon and Erika Angell, who are backed up at times by guest musicians

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Dave Robbins Sextet CD Release

Drummer Dave Robbins has spent his career performing and recording with the finest jazz musicians in Canada

Vancouver | Frankie's Jazz Club | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Hastings Mill Brewing Co. / Pat’s Pub - Lorne Lofsky & Bill Coon Guitar Duo

Join us for eight nights of music at Hastings Mill Brewing Co.

Vancouver | Hastings Mill Brewing Co. | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music | Free

Ouisi Bistro: Tobacco Brown

Join us for eleven nights of music at Ouisi Bistro

Vancouver | Ouisi Bistro | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

Tangent Cafe: Meghan Gilhespy Trio

Join us for eight nights of music at the Tangent Cafe

Vancouver | Tangent Cafe | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Vagabond Players: The Melville Boys

A relaxing weekend trip full of fishing, football, and beer is on the agenda for the Melville brothers. So is confronting eldest brother Lee’s terminal illness

New Westminster | The Bernie Legge Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Kris Jay Trio

Kris Bowerman a native Californian, began study of the trombone at age ten. His passion for improvisation was first ignited when he attended the Stan Kenton clinics in high school

Vancouver | The Yard Café | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! Tour

Jamila Woods is a Chicago-based American singer, songwriter and poet

Vancouver | The Biltmore Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 0:30 am | Music

jo passed with Thus Owls & Unnatural Ways feat. Ava Mendoza: Van Jazz Fest

What would happen if Lennon and McCartney somehow got really into Sonic Youth, Neu!, and XTC?

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Unnatural Ways feat. Ava Mendoza

With Thus Owls and jo passed

Vancouver | Imperial Vancouver | 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

Dandelion Records Presents

Every Thursday, our friends at Dandelion Records throw together some of the city's TOP selectors to spin afrobeat, synth, funk, jazz funk, disco, post-punk, minimal, dream pop, and more!

Vancouver | Fox Cabaret | 9:00 pm to 1:00 am | Music

Club Series: Guilt & Co. - GroudUp feat. Back to Life

Join us for eleven nights of music at Guilt & Co.

Vancouver | Guilt & Co. | 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm | Music

Darius Jones, Peggy Lee, Angelica Sanchez, Dylan van der Schyff

Darius Jones is an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer

Vancouver | The Ironworks | 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm | Music

The China Cloud: Jeff Younger’s Devil Loops

Guitarist/composer Jeff Younger is one of the busiest and most interesting musicians on the Vancouver creative music scene

Vancouver | The China Cloud | 11:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music

The China Cloud: I Think I Saw You See Me

Vancouver’s post-rock noise machine I Think I Saw You See Me blends reckless, rhythmic cycles and sculpted, melodic noise

Vancouver | The China Cloud | 11:00 pm to 2:00 am | Music