• 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2023

    Pride Month is a movement that celebrates sexual diversity, promoting the dignity, equal rights, self-affirmation and is a way of increasing society’s awareness of the issues faced by the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

  • National Indigenous History Month 2023

    June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to recognize the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Find listings for events happening throughout the month, and creative sector resources from BC Creates.

  • National Indigenous History Month 2024

    June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to recognize the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Each year, we honour National Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day. June is an essential time of reflection for those living and working on the Indigenous lands now known […]

  • 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2024

    Pride Month is a movement that celebrates sexual diversity, promoting the dignity, equal rights, self-affirmation and is a way of increasing society’s awareness of the issues faced by the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Watch this space for Pride Month events across British Columbia.

  • Talking Stick Festival 2023: Summer Reverb

    The 22nd annual Talking Stick Festival 2023: Summer Reverb kicks off on June 1. The Festival’s theme, “Summer Reverb” brings together the idea of amplified sound and amplified voices in musical performances, similar to the star and water ripples reverberating outwards. The Talking Stick Festival celebrates diversity and inclusivity, welcoming Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Artists, and […]

  • Submissions Open for the Gender Equity in Media Festival (GEMFest)

    Celebrating its 19th year, the Gender Equity in Media Festival (GEMFest), previously known as the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), presents a captivating array of short and feature-length films. These films, spanning various genres such as narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation, are crafted by both established and emerging women and gender-diverse filmmakers hailing […]

  • Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2023

    The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is held in multiple locations across the beautiful city of Vancouver. Framed by mountains and the ocean, this idyllic location is the perfect place to get your musical fix. This year will be the 38th year of the Festival that has featured thousands of artists in free and ticketed shows […]

  • 13th Annual Indian Summer Festival 2023

    From July 6 – 16, 2023, join Vancouver’s own Indian Summer Festival for an extraordinary journey into the realms of inter/dependence. Prepare to experience a distilled, powerful lineup of ten unforgettable events that will challenge the very notion of individual autonomy. Step away from the fiction of Euromodernity, and embrace the wisdom of ancient cultures, […]

  • Festival d’Ete 2023

    Famous throughout the world, Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ) is the most important outdoor music festival in Canada.

  • Indian Summer Festival 2023

    The 13th Annual Indian Summer Festival will take place from July 6-16th in Vancouver. In 2023 the distilled, powerful, ten-event lineup will speak to the theme of ‘inter/dependence’’. The idea of the individual human being as a distinct, autonomous, and self-determined unit is a fiction created by Euromodernity. Rather, Ancient Cultures have long understood that […]

  • Bass Coast 2023

    Bass Coast is held on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Nlaka’pamux and Syilx people. LEARN MORE