Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) in Stanley Park has released its summer stage lineup and they’ll be delivering two blockbusters: Sister Act; and Disney’s The Little Mermaid from July 3 to August 22, 2026.

The lineup for the 49th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park on July 17 to 19, 2026 has been released and early bird weekend passes are now on sale. 35 incredible artists and groups from across Canada, North America, and around the world will take to the stage in this beautiful setting.

The Verses Festival of Words, presented by Vancouver Poetry House, is Canada’s largest spoken word festival happeing April 27 to May 2, 2026.

Royal City Musical Theatre presents Shrek The Musical, on stage April 17 to May 3, 2026 at The Massey Theatre in New Westminster and you can enter to win tickets.

The 25th edition of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival (April 30 to May 10, 2026) showcases 40 features and 29 short or mid-length films, including 27 Canadian films alongside international films from 41 countries.

This exhibition unveils a rarely seen archive of Chinese Canadian life from 1945 to the 1960s, featuring the work of Chong Hong Ho, Arthur Lee, Samuel Lee, Peter Wong, and Chuck Yip—self-taught photographers who captured friendship, swagger, and everyday flair.

Opera Unbound presents the world premiere of emerging Vancouver composer Roan Shankaruk’s evocative new chamber opera The Fox, the first-ever contemporary opera adaptation D.H. Lawrence’s 1922 novella.

The Vancouver Art Gallery has just opened a new dedicated collection floor, the first in more than two decades. Highlights from the Collection is a major exhibition drawn entirely from the gallery’s permanent holdings of more than 13,000 artworks. 

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC presents an evening of Inuit artistry with legendary singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark and acclaimed throat-singing duo PIQSIQ on April 12, 2026.

Starwalker, the highly-anticipated dramatic musical feature from award-winning Indigenous writer, director and composer Corey Payette, will begin its theatrical run in Vancouver with screenings at The Cultch’s Vancity Culture Lab this month.