As we head into spring, the local creative calendar is picking up a ton of momentum! No matter which part of Metro Vancouver you’re in, it seems like artists, galleries, and theatres are all ramping things up to make way for people heading out more.
Whether you’re looking to take in a modern Broadway classic at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre or playing up your rebel side with activist performance art at Polygon Gallery on the North Shore, there’s a means of expression for whatever mood you’re in. Now, let’s check your availability for April, shall we?
Vancouver
Vancouver Convention Centre
April 11-14
Experience Western Canada’s most prestigious art, featuring artists from across the country and around the world!
Broadway Across Canada presents Hairspray
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
April 2-7
You Can’t Stop The Beat! Broadway’s Tony Award®-winning musical comedy phenomenon, Hairspray, is coming to Vancouver, April 2 to 7, 2024, presented by Broadway Across Canada.
Vancouver’s North Shore
Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia
The Polygon Gallery
March 9
The Polygon Gallery presents Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia, a survey exhibition of the feminist performance art collective. Drawing from more than a decade of activism, the show features documentation of Pussy Riot’s actions as assembled by member Maria Alyokhina.
Langley
Steve Dawson & The Hooded Mergansers
Bez Arts Hub
April 20
Steve Dawson is an award-winning Canadian guitarist, solo artist, songwriter, pedal steel player, multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer. He spent the last few years pre-pandemic on the road playing guitar, steel and dobro with Allison Russell’s band Birds of Chicago, and Canadian powerhouse Matt Andersen.
Whistler
Maury Young Arts Centre
March 26 – April 27, 2024
Instead of directly buying a work of art, people can purchase a spot in a tier that dictates when they can choose their favourite piece off the gallery wall. While the mediums range from 3D glass to ironwork to oil on canvas, each piece is created to fit 8×8-inch dimensions. And the artists range from professionals to those putting their work on display for the very first time.
Audain Art Museum
April 21 – September 9
Four artists featured in “Otherwise Disregarded” harness the transformative power of art to nurture creative expression, challenge notions of justice, and foster a deep connection between the mind, body, and society at large.
Metro Vancouver
Various locations
April 1-30
Annually in April, lens-based art is exhibited at dozens of galleries and other venues throughout Metro Vancouver as part of the Exhibition Program, alongside an extensive Public Art Program, an Events Program that spans tours, films, artist talks, and community events as well as an educational partnership with Emily Carr University.
There are many ways to get to these by transit. Visit TransLink’s Trip Planner to find your way.