The VSO Holiday tradition returns with singing, storytelling, and plenty of holiday cheer. Join conductor Karl Hirzer and host Christopher Gaze for this festive favourite.

Join us for the return of a New Westminster Christmas favourite. The Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir and Winter Harp are back for another magical concert we know you’ve all been waiting for. With the Lower Mainland’s only traditional Celtic male choir alongside harps, flutes, rare medieval instruments and percussion its no wonder so many include […]

Praised by the CBC as “Pure magic” and the Globe and Mail as “Powerful, surprising and moving,” acclaimed theatrical imagineers the WONDERHEADS present their delightfully captivating reimagining of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with giant masks, whimsical puppets, and wondrous theatrical invention. A feast for the eyes, ears, heart and funny bone, this astonishing production […]

Fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your teacups! Off-Broadway Comedians and 3-time IMPRESARIO Award-Winners (London) James & Jamesy present their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy classic O Christmas Tea — an astonishing show that delights thousands of hearts every holiday season. When catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas […]

Equal parts reverent and celebratory, the spirit of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) reverberates through the “Mexican-flavoured party starter” that is Vancouver’s Locarno. Undeniable grooves have made them festival favourites throughout North America, but like fellow stylistic cross-pollinators Los Lobos, Locarno keeps adding new layers to their traditional roots. Led by Tom […]

The Kerplunks are Canadian children’s entertainers bringing high-energy, colourful performances to the stage. The Kerplunks play catchy self-penned original tunes guaranteed to get kids engaged, singing along, and joining in on the actions. They have enjoyed a 14-year career playing some of Canada’s finest festivals, theatres, and schools. This multi-award-winning band provides a unique live […]

Faces that disappear from drivers’ licenses. Paintbrushes that paint on their own. Photographs that literally come to life right before your eyes. Brace yourself for a whole new take on magic and step into Vitaly’s world. Hailed as “one of the most unique and innovative illusionists in the world” (Chicago Tribune), Vitaly Beckman stumped Penn […]

RupLoops is an interactive, live looping performance, using vocal percussion, rhythmic rhymes with an arsenal of eclectic instruments from around the globe. Rup Sidhu utilizes his diverse skills as a musician to create a pulsating, entertaining and engaging musical experience. He is a gifted educator and performer and has deep passion for intercultural work and […]

Ventriloquist and family entertainer Kellie Haines has a BA Specialized Honours in Drama and is a multitalented entertainer with a background in theatre, clowning, singing and dance. She performs at festivals, including the Vancouver and Surrey International Children’s Festivals, schools across Western Canada and as a puppeteer/singer for television. Kellie wrote and performed two popular […]

Formed in 2008, Triology is a Jazz Trio featuring three of Canada’s most sought-after jazz musicians. This group was fashioned after the great early jazz trios of Nat King Cole and Oscar Peterson, and features wonderful arrangements of classic standards, as well as original tunes by the trio members. The trio consists of Bill Coon, […]

Blackthorn is a Canadian Celtic folk band with an extensive repertoire that is rooted in the musical traditions of Scotland and Ireland as well as the folk music of English and French Canada. From lively jigs and reels to songs with rousing choruses and heart-wrenching airs and ballads, they bring the music to life with […]