Our Recommendations
Indulge your appetite for arts and culture.
With so many exciting arts and culture events happening you can feel overwhelmed. The Music on Main Team is here to help! We’ve carefully chosen a list of wonderful digital and live events to discover and experience. Whether you’re looking for a theatrical diversion or a blockbuster art show, some new dance or a classical concerto, our recommendations is a list of must-see events whenever you’re looking for a hit of culture. Make sure to check back often, as we are always scouting fun events that we think you’ll love!
Our Recommendations are must-see events, some from our Vancouver home base and a few from across the globe that we think you’ll enjoy. We’re your trusted source that you’ll want to come back to every time you’re looking for something new and exciting to discover. If you’re looking for only Music on Main events check here.
YAGA
The mysterious disappearance and suspected murder of a college bad boy leads a local small town sheriff, a young private detective, and a university professor with a taste for younger men into a labyrinth of secret lives, ancient magic, and multiple suspects.
Yaga is the revisioning of a legendary folk anti-hero through Sandler’s razor-sharp feminist wit. Part thriller, part comedy, part nightmare fairy-tale, Yaga leads us into an unforgettable world of trickery and revenge.
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Caósmosis: Soundscapes of Latin America
“Caósmosis” is an audiovisual installation which blends experimental sound, computer-generated visuals, and a unique listening environment to immerse you in the soundscapes of Latin America as interpreted by artists from Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and various regions of Mexico. This work will run continuously from 10am to 5pm on October 18 and 25.
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DAWN
Opening the 2024/25 season, DAWN introduces a world premiere from a choreographer new to the company alongside the return of a striking piece of repertoire, plus a rarely-seen work from a visionary choreographer reimagined for Ballet BC. Experience a new creation from Pierre Pontvianne, Heart Drive from Imre and Marne van Opstal, and Crystal Pite’s Frontier.
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BARBARA HANNIGAN, SOPRANO & BERTRAND CHAMAYOU, PIANO
Grammy Award-winning soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, she has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time and has given the world premiere performances of over 90 new works. For her VRS debut, she will be partnered by acclaimed pianist Bertrand Chamayou, a regular chamber music performer with partners including Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Quatuor Ébène, and Sol Gabetta.
MESSIAEN: Chants de Terre et de Ciel
SCRIABIN: Poème-nocturne, Op. 61 (solo piano)
SCRIABIN: Vers La Flamme, Op. 72 (solo piano)
ZORN: Jumalattaret
“The intrepid Canadian soprano has emerged over the last half decade as one of the most vital and original musicians of her generation.” — The New Yorker
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Cedar & Snow Indigenous Art Market
Find beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces, including beadwork, illustrations, books, medicines and more from local and urban Indigenous artists at the Cedar & Snow Indigenous Art Market at the Museum of Vancouver on Sunday, December 1st.
Whether you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift or simply want to immerse yourself in Indigenous artistry, this market has something for everyone. Explore a vibrant range of handcrafted goods—from traditional art forms to contemporary designs, each reflecting the cultural connections of the artists who made them.
Admission is free and visiting the Museum that day happens to fall on our monthly Pay What You Can day, which occurs on the first Sunday of every month. Don’t miss this chance to connect with local Indigenous artists and celebrate creativity in the winter season!
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Circa (Australia)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, along comes Duck Pond, Circa’s irreverent take on the timeworn classic Swan Lake. Throw out any preconceived notions of balletic preciousness, tutus and frou-frou, and embrace the exquisitely controlled chaos that is Australia’s preeminent dance-circus company.
Under the visionary direction of choreographer Yaron Lifschitz, Circa mixes it up, throwing in burlesque, heart-in-throat acrobatics, romance, and more than a little madness and mayhem to create a fully feathered concoction.
In Duck Pond, elements of Tchaikovsky’s iconic ballet and Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved parable The Ugly Duckling leap headlong into the pool together. Performers leap, tumble, and proffer topsy-turvy takes on the roles of pining prince, black swan, and an army of yellow billed duck-dancers in sequinned flippers. The result is a circus marvel, glittering with theatrical magic and laughter, all cued up by the words “Once upon a time.”
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