BC Parks Foundation’s PaRX, a prescription for nature, has partnered with the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Emily Carr exhibit to encourage time spent looking at nature, and art.

The 25th edition of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival is May 1-11, 2025, screening a roster of thought-provoking documentaries across Vancouver.

The Theatre Under the Stars 2025 season in Stanley Park this summer includes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Legally Blonde the Musical.

Vancouver Poetry House presents the 15th annual Verses Festival of Words April 10-20, 2025, Canada’s Largest Spoken Word Festival.

The Skoden Indigenous Film Festival is a student-led festival that features Indigenous filmmakers from across Canada on April 11, 2025.

The Cultch is launching its brand new Warrior Festival, with five shows taking place on all three Cultch stages this April and May.

Some Assembly Theatre Company is launching its 25th season with Our Last Tree, during BC Youth Week, at the Roundhouse in Yaletown

Writer, musician and artist Chris Bose has been named the 2025 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence at Vancouver Public Library.

Vancouver will host the Poetry In Voice National Finals (May 12 to May 15, 2025) bringing together the nation’s top reciters. 

Vancouver Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, the grand finale of the 2024–2025 season April 27-May 4, 2025 at the QE Theatre.