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Boca del Lupo's LivePerformance 360
2023-06-21 01:00 - 2023-06-25 00:59 (America/Vancouver)
LivePerformance360 is Boca del Lupo’s presentation series curated by Sherry J Yoon, Artistic Director.
The next LP360 2023 presentation is June 21 to 24. A new piece, Reconciling, by acclaimed playwright Yvette Nolan plays alongside last year’s hit Pochsy at the Airport Hotel by Karen Hines.
Wednesday June 21: 5:30pm | 7pm
Thursday June 22: 5:30pm | 7pm
Friday June 23: 5:30pm | 7pm | 8:30pm
Saturday June 24: 2pm | 3:30pm | 5:30pm | 7pm | 8:30pm
Tickets are $15 for Students, $25 for general admission.

Buy tickets to Reconciling and Pochsy at the Airport Hotel

Pochsy at the Airport Hotel
Written by and starring Karen Hines
Directed by Sandi Somers
Sound Design and Edited by Carey Dodge
Forget about Trip Advisor, trash your Trivago, and dive into this enchanted, uncharted Hospitality Zone in 360 degrees. In an airport hotel on the shores of the River Styx, Pochsy mourns the loss of her job at Mercury Packers, navigates her struggles being “vegan-fluid,” and tries to conceal an unnatural pre-occupation with bubble wrap.
Reconciling
Written by Yvette Nolan
Directed by Sherry J Yoon
Featuring performances by Alana Hawley Purvis and Manami Hara
Sound Design and Edited by Carey Dodge
A splintering relationship is brought in for counselling, and feelings and dreams and desires are brought to the forefront. Audiences are placed right in the centre of it, in a 360 experience that is captivating, honest, humorous, and compelling.

National Indigenous Peoples Day 2023
2023-06-21 01:00 - 2023-06-22 00:59
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The Canadian Constitution recognizes these three groups as Aboriginal peoples, also known as Indigenous peoples.
Although these groups share many similarities, they each have their own distinct heritage, language, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.
In cooperation with Indigenous organizations, the Government of Canada chose June 21, the summer solstice, for National Aboriginal Day, now known as National Indigenous Peoples Day. For generations, many Indigenous peoples and communities have celebrated their culture and heritage on or near this day due to the significance of the summer solstice as the longest day of the year.

World Music Day 2023
2023-06-21 01:00 - 2023-06-22 00:59
The Fête de la Musique, also known as Music Day, Make Music Day or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration that takes place on June 21st of each year. On Music Day, citizens and residents are urged to play music outside in their neighborhoods or in public spaces and parks.

The Kessler Academy 2023
2023-06-20 14:30 - 19:00
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2023
ANNEX | 823 SEYMOUR STREET
Doors open at 2:30PM. Concert at 3:00PM
featuring:
The Microcosmos Quartet:
Marc Destrubé, violin I
Andrea Siradze, violin II
Tawnya Popoff, viola
Ashton Lim, cello

The Kessler Academy’s String Orchestra
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World Refugee Day 2023
2023-06-20 01:00 - 2023-06-21 00:59
Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates World Refugee Day, the international day to honour people who have been forced to flee.
Together, we can champion their right to seek safety, build support for their economic and social inclusion, and advocate for solutions to their plight.

Danny Michel
2023-06-18 08:00 - 17:00
Danny Michel is returning to Bez for the event and season finale. His own self-described musical A.D.D. has kept his music fresh for decades. Maybe it has something to do with being born next to a candy factory, or his ambidextrous brain, but his thoughtful lyrics & charming performances have earned a devoted fan base, multiple nominations for Junos, The Polaris Prize, CBC’s “Heart Of Gold”, and most recently winning the CFMA’s “Producer of the year” and “Oliver Schroder Pushing the Boundaries” Awards.
But Danny considers his career highlights to be the unique real life moments like performing for Jane Goodall’s 85th birthday party, touring with Stuart Mclean and working with charities close to his heart.
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The Dirty Nil
2023-06-16 21:00 - 23:30
The Dirty Nil is performing at the Capital Ballroom in Victoria on June 16, 2023 at 9:00PM.
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Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival 2023
2023-06-16 01:00 - 2023-06-19 00:59
Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival 2023 is taking place June 16-18, 2023. Tickets are on sale.

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Tiny Lights Festival 2023
2023-06-16 01:00 - 2023-06-19 00:59
In an innovative approach to skill and knowledge sharing, Tiny Lights artists offer their music and mentorship to the wider arms of the BC cultural scene in our Ignites and Insight series.

Clean Energy Summit 2023 – Burnaby Board of Trade
2023-06-15 09:30 - 14:30
The inaugural 2023 Clean Energy Summit is celebrating Burnaby as a hub for clean energy, showcasing groundbreaking technologies, policies, and business practices that shape our sustainable future. The summit aims to spotlight opportunities and foster collaboration to expedite our shift towards a clean, low-carbon economy, while also focusing on a broad spectrum of topics including energy production, transportation, and more.
Attendees will span businesses, government, academia, and NGOs, pooling together leaders in industry, government, and finance to share trends, investments, and innovations propelling clean energy adoption.
The panels at the Clean Energy Summit 2023 will cover a vast array of topics led by some of the best minds in the clean energy business, including international perspectives and global trends, finance and investments, clean energy exports, renewable hydrogen, future market design and more!
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Seal - World Tour 2023
2023-06-14 20:00 - 23:30
Date
Wed • Jun 14 • 8:00 PM

Venue
Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, BC

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NXNE - North by Northeast 2023
2023-06-13 01:00 - 2023-06-18 00:59
NXNE is an annual music and gaming festival held across downtown Toronto. Now in its 26th year, the festival celebrates community and new music with showcases, panels, parties, installations, and more.

ZelooperZ- Traptastic Tour
2023-06-11 19:30 - 23:30
Sun Jun 11 2023
7:30 PM (Doors 7:30 PM)

The Cobalt Cabaret
917 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V8

$29.63
Ages 19+
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Public Service Week 2023
2023-06-11 01:00 - 2023-06-18 00:59

Banff World Media Festival 2023
2023-06-11 01:00 - 2023-06-15 00:59
With a 44-year tradition, and set in one of the most inspiring locations on the planet, BANFF is where partnerships are forged and new films and series are pitched, developed and greenlit across scripted, unscripted, and kids content. With 45+ countries participating at the Festival and Rockie Awards each year, it is an unparalleled international marketplace: one of the world’s largest gatherings bringing co-production and co-venture partners together.
The curated content program, thought leadership and professional development are unrivaled. In addition to high-end keynotes, topical panel discussions, celebrity Master Classes and more, BANFF offers exclusive facilitated networking and pre-set meeting opportunities to connect and do business with senior executives.

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie: Me Vs. Myself Tour
2023-06-10 20:00 - 23:30
Date
Sat • Jun 10 • 8:00 PM

Venue
UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver, BC

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Reel Green™ Carbon Calculator Training - JUNE 2023
2023-06-08 09:00 - 10:00
Reel Green™ offers free Carbon Calculator training for all film industry professionals in British Columbia and Canada.
About This Course
In partnership with the Canadian Media Producer’s Association, Reel Green™ is offering a free Carbon Calculator training as part of the STAR Producer Program. CMPA members and non-members can attend this free training session.
Derived from one of the motion picture industry’s leading carbon calculators, albert, Reel Green™ has adapted a carbon calculator, for free, for film productions to use.
Calculating the carbon footprint of your production is an important step in understanding the impact of film production. Having consistent data and metrics from the industry can help organizations like Reel Green™ understand priority areas for sustainable practices as well as help productions understand and measure their carbon impact.
Additionally, with more available data points we can also derive economic benefits of going green on production!
The albert carbon calculator tool is available free for all productions to use. It has helps streamline the process of inputting and collecting data needed to calculate carbon impact. Multiple productions can be tracked on this tool, and having a single data hub helps to develop benchmarks for productions to work from and improve upon.
We can also offer consultative support though Reel Green™. For more information on carbon calculation please contact reelgreen@creativebc.com
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How to Support Authors In All Phases of Book Production: Author Care Tips with Chelene Knight
2023-06-08 08:00 - 17:00
Please join BooksBC June 8th, 1:30-3:00pm (PDT) online over Zoom for a 90 minute session on supporting authors through all stages of book production with facilitator, Chelene Knight.
Chelene Knight will share how she has helped other presses implement author care and why this work is important with all authors, but especially for emerging, first-time, and BIPOC authors. The session will provide resources for how to develop an author’s kit, and how to support authors in discovering and communicating their unique non-negotiables, and time management strategies.
A portion of the session will be reserved for a question and answer period where publishers will be invited to share their current challenges with providing author care. Publishers can expect to take away tips regarding: establishing expectations with authors, system and time hacks when working within limited resources, and communicating author care to funders.
The session is free for Books BC members, associates and friends.
The cost for non-members is $25 CAD.
This event is brought to you by The Association of Book Publishers of BC (Books BC). All participants must agree to abide by their code of conduct.
The activities of Books BC and its member publishers take place across the province of British Columbia, approximately 95 percent of which is unceded Indigenous land. Books BC’s head office is located in Vancouver, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded land of the xwm??kw?y??m (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and S?l?ílw?ta?/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh). There are 198 distinct First Nations in BC; the province is also home to the oldest Indigenous publishing house in Canada, Theytus Books.
Chelene Knight is the author of Braided Skin (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2015), the memoir Dear Current Occupant (Book*hug Press, 2018) winner of the 2018 Vancouver Book Award, and Junie (Book*hug Press, 2022). Chelene is also founder of her own literary studio, Breathing Space Creative through which she’s launched The Forever Writers Club, a membership for writers focused on creative sustainability, the Thrive Coaching Program, and the Rise Author Care Program.
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The 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize
2023-06-07 01:00 - 2023-06-08 00:59
The Griffin Poetry Prize is one of the world’s most generous poetry awards. In celebration of the Prize’s two-decade anniversary it announced its largest award to date, combining the existing International and Canadian prizes into one major prize. As of 2023, the prize is worth C$130,000, making it the world’s largest international prize for a single book of poetry written in, or translated into English. The other shortlisted poets each receive C$10,000.
Additionally, a new C$10,000 prize will be awarded in June 2023 for a Canadian First Book of poetry, along with a six-week residency in Italy in partnership with the Civitella Ranieri Foundation to a Canadian Citizen, or permanent resident, for a first book written in English.
A Lifetime Recognition Award is awarded by the trustees in the sum of C$25,000.
There will be readings of the shortlisted poetry at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings in Toronto on June 7. This year’s Lifetime Recognition Award recipient and the Canadian First Book Prize winner will also be announced at this event.
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Bayonne
2023-06-06 19:00 - 23:00
Bayone is performing Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at the Fortune Sound Club.
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One Stop Business Workshop
2023-06-06 01:00 - 2023-06-09 00:59
CBC, CAVCO, and CMPA are hosting a fifth season of One Stop Business Workshop, a series of FREE virtual information sessions that introduce emerging independent producers and content creators from traditionally underrepresented groups in the industry (Indigenous, Black, people of colour, women, LGBTQ2+, and people with disabilities) to topics related to the business and financing of TV, film, and original digital content.
This year there will be three sessions: June 6, 7 & 8.
If you want to catch up on any of the sessions from previous seasons, check them out on the One Stop Workshop site

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 @ 1:00pm ET
Current media landscape: some new programs that you can tap into right now
Panelists: Joan Jenkinson, Black Screen Office; Kadon Douglas, BIPOC TV & Film; Joy Loewen, National Screen Institute
Moderated by: Andrew Morris, Disability Screen Office
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 @ 1:00pm ET
How to budget: what are the challenges, opportunities and best practices in the post pandemic era and some tips for managing lower budget shows.
Panelists: Deborah Patz, Telefilm; Lauren Corber, LoCo Motion Pictures; Sean O’Neill, Visitor Media
Moderated by: Anya Mckenzie, CBC Business & Rights
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Thursday, June 8, 2023 @ 1:00pm ET
Who’s got the $: funding and financing sources particularly for equity deserving creators
Panelists: Marcia Douglas, Canadian Media Fund; Margaret Lewis, Royal Bank of Canada; Zarqa Nawaz, Fundamentalist Films; Ell McEachern, 3 Story Pictures
Moderated by: Clara Lee, CBC Business & Rights

Learn more and register here.

Canadian Music Week 2023
2023-06-05 01:00 - 2023-06-11 00:59
Now in its 41st year, the Canadian Music Week (CMW) Conference is the premier annual music business and networking event in Canada. CMW is an annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining multifaceted information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; awards shows and the nation’s largest new music festival with hundreds of bands.
The Conference will be held June 8-10, 2023 at the Westin Harbour Castle Toronto.
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World Environment Day 2023
2023-06-05 01:00 - 2023-06-06 00:59
World Environment Day 2023 is a reminder that people’s actions on plastic pollution matters. The steps governments and businesses are taking to tackle plastic pollution are the consequence of this action.
It is time to accelerate this action and transition to a circular economy.
It is time to #BeatPlasticPollution.

Wavves at the Rickshaw
2023-06-02 20:00 - 23:30
Waaves is performing at the Rickshaw Theatre on Friday Jun 2, 2023. Doors open at 8:00 PM.

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fish narc, Big City, Smuther, YAWNS
2023-06-02 08:00 - 17:00
Timbre Concerts presents fish narc With Guests Big City, Smuther, YAWNS.
*Early Show: Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm, End 10pm!*
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Vancouver Short Film Festival 2023
2023-06-02 01:00 - 2023-06-12 00:59
The Vancouver Short Film Festival (VSFF) is thrilled to be back in theatres for its 13th annual festival, which will showcase innovative and original short films from across Canada. This year’s festival features 57 films across six programs, including 13 films in the popular After Dark block. All of this year’s films will screen in-person at the VIFF Centre from June 2nd – 4th. Films will also be available online via Eventive Virtual from June 2nd – 11th.
Their 2023 festival is one of “Rising Stars, Revolutionary Stories”, with a lineup that features bold storytelling and daring experimentation from some of Canada’s most talented filmmakers. VSFF is proud to highlight British Columbia’s homegrown artists with 45 films from BC filmmakers, and to give a platform to up-and-coming talent by including 14 student films.

VSFF has organized a number of filmmaker-exclusive events to take place at the ANNEX (823 Seymour St) during the festival. These include networking sessions, industry roundtables, and an awards presentation that will see the festival give out over $30,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. These prizes are courtesy of our generous festival sponsors.

Tickets and festival passes are on sale now at https://vsff.eventive.org/welcome. To explore VSFF’s complete 2023 programming, visit www.vsff.com/films
Learn more about the festival here.

Black Music Month Festival 2023
2023-06-02 01:00 - 2023-06-05 00:59
The Black Music Month Vancouver Festival in its 6th annual celebration is creating a space for artists to showcase their music, educate our musical roots, and share the cultural mosaic.
Learn more here.

Submissions Open for the Gender Equity in Media Festival (GEMFest)
2023-06-01 01:00 - 2023-10-16 00:59
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 from across the globe.

Talking Stick Festival 2023: Summer Reverb
2023-06-01 01:00 - 2023-07-03 00:59
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 promises vibrant entertainment. The vast range of events include: a documentary screening, a theatre performance, a book launch (accompanied by a conversation with an award-winning author and local journalist), a Burlesque show, the Summer Reverb Gala, Dj Spins, and an immersive 4D audio performance. Sofar Sounds will connect audiences to a live music show with a secret venue and secret artists revealed 24 hours prior to the event.
Headlining the event is musician Logan Staats, DJ KOOKUM and singer-songwriter, activist, and storyteller Pura Fé. Festival partners include: The Cultch, Punctuate! Theatre, Massy Books, Massy Arts, Vancouver Public Library, Queer Arts Festival, Coastal Jazz, VIFF, Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires, and Delinquent Theatre.
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2SLGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2024
2023-06-01 01:00 - 2023-07-01 00:59
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.
