Spring Break, a comedy festival, and a celebration of the very best in Canadian music. March in Vancouver will be filled with city-wide events in theatres and on the streets. This month Miss604 is proud to sponsor the Made on Salt Spring, and to showcase over a hundred more events in Metro Vancouver:

March Events in Metro Vancouver

Jump to: Thursday, March 1 to Sunday, March 4, 2018
Jump to: Monday, March 5 to Sunday, March 11, 2018
Jump to: Monday, March 12 to Sunday, March 18, 2018
Jump to: Monday, March 19 to Sunday, March 25, 2018
Jump to: Monday, March 26 to Saturday, March 31, 2018

Multi-Day Events

Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green. This list is updated often so send in your event listing anytime – for free – and check back often to plan your week.

Thursday, March 1, 2018
VAST A Love Letter to the Universe
An Evening with Lorna Vanderhaeghe and Tosca Reno
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival
Vancouver International Dance Festival
Seven Tyrants Theatre Presents: A Steady Rain
First Impressions Theatre Presents: A Few Good Men
The Group Van Theatre Company Presents: The Star-Spangled Girl
TRAVEL TALK: India as a Maharaja
Chutzpah! Festival
JFL NorthWest Film Festival
JFL NorthWest – Vancouver’s Comedy Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: An Almost Holy Picture
Friday, March 2, 2018
World of Darkness: The Documentary
Monster Jam at the Pacific Coliseum
šxʷʔam̓ət (home) at Firehall Arts Centre
A Journey Into the Patient Experience: Through the Lens of Patient & Nurse
Never Steady, Never Still Vancouver Theatrical Release
ConnecTra Abilities Expo & Job Fair
South Asian Fashion Week
Lanterns in the Garden
Chutzpah! Festival
VAST A Love Letter to the Universe
Seven Tyrants Theatre Presents: A Steady Rain
First Impressions Theatre Presents: A Few Good Men
The Group Van Theatre Company Presents: The Star-Spangled Girl
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival
Vancouver International Dance Festival
JFL NorthWest Film Festival
JFL NorthWest – Vancouver’s Comedy Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: An Almost Holy Picture
Saturday, March 3, 2018
A Night Out for Music Heals
An Evening With Trace Bundy
PechaKucha New West Volume 18
Coquitlam Heritage: Popular Foods of the 1920’s
Vancouver Bike Show
Outdoor Adventure Travel Show
Bitcoin Basics
TEDxStanley Park
John Luther Adams’ Ten Thousand Birds
Carousel Theatre Presents: The Velveteen Rabbit
Nat Bailey Winter Farmers Market
Monster Jam at the Pacific Coliseum
South Asian Fashion Week
Lanterns in the Garden
Chutzpah! Festival
VAST A Love Letter to the Universe
Seven Tyrants Theatre Presents: A Steady Rain
First Impressions Theatre Presents: A Few Good Men
The Group Van Theatre Company Presents: The Star-Spangled Girl
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival
Vancouver International Dance Festival
šxʷʔam̓ət (home) at Firehall Arts Centre
JFL NorthWest Film Festival
JFL NorthWest – Vancouver’s Comedy Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: An Almost Holy Picture
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Season Opening Match vs Montreal Impact
Vancouver’s Film & Tourism Industry 2018 Academy Awards Dinner
Vancouver Bike Show
Outdoor Adventure Travel Show
Kids’ Stuff Only Market
CARE International: Walk in Her Shoes
Wedding Show at the Plaza
Carousel Theatre Presents: The Velveteen Rabbit
Port Moody Winter Farmers Market
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market
The Group Van Theatre Company Presents: The Star-Spangled Girl
Monster Jam at the Pacific Coliseum
South Asian Fashion Week
Lanterns in the Garden
Chutzpah! Festival
Coastal First Nations Dance Festival
Vancouver International Dance Festival
JFL NorthWest – Vancouver’s Comedy Festival
šxʷʔam̓ət (home) at Firehall Arts Centre
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The City of Surrey will host its 8th annual Party for the Planet, BC’s largest Earth Day celebration, at Surrey Civic Plaza on April 14th. The signature Surrey event will feature an intimate matinee headline performance by Canadian rock singer-songwriter and five-time JUNO award winner Sam Roberts in the afternoon.

Party for the Planet

When: Saturday, April 14, 2018 from 10:00am to 6:00pm
Where: Surrey Civic Plaza (13450 104th Avenue, Surrey)
Admission This is a free event. No tickets are required!

Presented by TD, this year’s free festival will also include multiple performances by Vancouver-based children’s musical duo Bobs & Lolo. Additional entertainers include Vancouver’s up and coming pop and R&B group Star Captains, DJ and production group The Freshest, children’s entertainers Rockin’ Robin, the Colin Bullock Duo and the Smile Band. Sam Roberts will

Additional Party for the Planet attractions include the annual tree and plant sale, a rock climbing wall, bike powered smoothie stop, storytelling, kid’s eco-crafts, road hockey, an urban farmers market, food trucks and a variety of local vendors.

Check out the Party for the Planet Launch Contest on Facebook and you could win a $200 gift card for Central City Shopping Centre.

Follow the Surrey Events team on Facebook and Twitter for more information.

Miss604 is a proud sponsor of Surrey Party for the Planet, since 2011.

Groundswell is an alternative business school where young ideas and budding social entrepreneurs connect and flourish. On March 6th, they’ll host their 7th showcase featuring their latest cohorts who will reveal their social ventures, stories and projects to you from the stage and invite you to be some of their first fans from their marketplace tables.

Groundswell Social Venture Showcase #7

When: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 5:30pm to 9:00pm
Where: Performance Works (1218 Cartwright St, Granville Island)
Tickets: Available by placing a donation online.

The Social Venture Showcase will have writers, art parties, builders, multicultural and raw food eats, a space in the future for gender queer folk, skill sharing communities and (viewer discretion is advised) custom sex toys. In the marketplace, check out demo booths for the new ventures, meet the entrepreneurs and see what a few of our past program participants are up to with a special mini alumni market.

There will be a time for presentations at 6:00pm where each member of this year’s Social Venture cohort will share their story and social business idea to the world for the first time. The event will have a cash bar, food for sale, and some complimentary snacks.

From the organizers: “This is our chance to show the world who we are and what we believe in: a more beautiful world that we’re building together with social ventures like the ones you’ll meet tonight where all of our unique talents get to shine in a local, vibrant, and collaborative economy. You’ll also get the chance to become a Groundswell member, learn more about our refreshed social venture and self employment programs, and get a taste for our unique Test Market model.”

Follow Groundswell on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for more information.

FVDED In the Park, Western Canada’s largest urban music festival, is back this summer for its fourth year, returning to Holland Park in Surrey, British Columbia on July 6th and July 7th with headliner acts including Future and Kygo.

This year’s FVDED will again feature some of the biggest names in dance, hip hop, rap, and modern R&B. Fans can enjoy non-stop music across three stages, with a fresh new look and feel planned for the Northwest Stage.

Proudly presented by Blueprint and Live Nation Canada, FVDED in the Park is the largest outdoor music event in Metro Vancouver with over 40,000 festival goers attending the two day event in 2017.

FVDED in the Park 2018 Lineup

Hosted by: REUP DJS – Rico Uno & Genie
Hyphy DJS – Seko, Marvel & Sailor Gerry

Tickets

General Admission Passes and 19+ VIP Passes for the two-day festival will be released on Thursday, March 1 at 11:00am. Single day lineup will be announced in the coming weeks with single day tickets also available at that time.

Follow #FVDEDinthePark & #FVDED2018 on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter for more info.

The 18th Annual Chutzpah! Festival is in full swing, with awe-inspiring dance, extraordinary theatre, hilarious comedy and globally-celebrated music. This year’s festival is filled with world-class performances and workshops by international, Canadian and local artists, on now until March 15, 2018.

One of these amazing works, is the innovative, transformative and daring, Salomé: Woman of Valor, which is the culmination of years of work by Grammy Award-winning composer/trumpeter Frank London and celebrated poet/performer Adeena Karasick.

Salomé: Woman of Valor – World Premiere

When: March 8, 9, 10 at 8:00pm; March 10 2:00pm matinée
Where: Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St)
Tickets: Adult $29.50, Senior $26.00, Student $24.00 (+GST & service charges)

Salomé: Woman of Valor is a massive total art experience; a spoken word opera, groundbreaking in its interplay of poetry, music, video and dance. This powerful work of new Jewish art re-inserts Salomé back into her rightful place in history as a powerful revolutionary matriarch. Salomé: Woman of Valor translates the renowned myth to one of female empowerment, socio-politic, erotic and aesthetic transgression; and presents a new take on the Biblical story of Salomé, refuting Oscar Wilde’s misogynist and anti-Semitic interpretation.

Live music performed by Frank London, Indian percussionist Deep Singh and Middle Eastern keyboard player Shai Bachar; poetry and text / written and performed by Adeena Karasick; choreographed and performed by New York-based dancers Rebecca Margolick and Jessie Zaritt and video by Elizabeth Mak that deconstructs Charles Bryant’s 1923 silent film, Salomé, and directed by Alex Aron (co-creator of A Night in the Old Marketplace).

Chutzpah! Festival Info & Tickets

Chutzpah!’s Artistic & Managing Director, Mary-Louise Albert says “Over the years, the Festival has established a reputation for introducing a balance of both new and exciting critically acclaimed artists to Vancouver audiences as well as the return of some Festival favourites. This year will be no exception with a program that offers a unique opportunity to see and hear exceptional dance, music, comedy and theatre from Canada and around the world.”

Single tickets for Chutzpah! are $24 to $55 (+ gst/sc) and can be purchased online, by phone at (604) 257-5145 or in-person starting at the on-site Chutzpah! Box Office at the Jewish Community Centre, 950 West 41st Avenue, just 2 blocks west of the Oakridge Skytrain Station. Chutzi Packs are also available for only $98: see 4 different shows of your choice (excluding Idan Raichel’s Piano-Songs Concert & Mary Walsh) and back this year is a special 5-Show Dance Pack for only $120.

Enter to Win

I have a pair of tickets to give away to opening night of Salomé: Woman of Valor at the Scotiabank Dance Centre on March 8th. Here’s how you can enter to win:

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Follow the Chutzpah! Festival on Facebook and Twitter for more information. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Sunday, March 4, 2018.

Update The winner is Vince!