September in Vancouver: a month of season openers
James Ehnes at the Chan Centre, the VSO's opening weekend at the Orpheum, and two nights at the Playhouse that bookend the month — Vancouver's 2026/27 season starts almost all at once.
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Your classical summer in Vancouver: Monteverdi, Vivaldi and free concerts in the park
Early Music Vancouver's Power of Music festival, the Vancouver Symphony outdoors for free, and Vancouver Opera under the stars at Deer Lake — a guide to July and August in Greater Vancouver.
Read more →May in Vancouver: Pictures at an Exhibition, 350 singers at the Chan, and a first year ends
The VSO plays Mussorgsky, Chor Leoni fills the Chan Centre with 350 voices, and Hayato Sumino brings his YouTube-honed virtuosity to the Playhouse.
Read more →April in Vancouver: Yo-Yo Ma, La Bohème and a world premiere about the Lytton fire
Yo-Yo Ma plays Elgar with the VSO, Vancouver Opera stages a new La Bohème, and the Vancouver Chamber Choir premieres Andrew Staniland's Songs from the Lytton Fire.
Read more →March in Vancouver: Rachmaninoff at the Orpheum and medieval melodies meeting jazz
A month with a wide range: the VSO's Rachmaninoff Second, a French jazz pianist reworking medieval song at Christ Church Cathedral, and four cellos filling the Anvil Theatre.
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Fri
Sep 25
2:00 PM
Legacy (Concert One)
Vetta celebrates its artistic lineage: former Artistic Director Joan Blackman and pianist Jane Coop share the stage with newly appointed Artistic Dire…
📍 West Point Grey United Church
🎭 Vetta Chamber Music
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Oct 27
1:00 PM
Shostakovich & Dvořák (Academy Chamber Players)
Two vastly different musical worlds collide in this program for piano quintet, pairing Shostakovich with Dvořák's sweeping lyricism.
📍 North Delta Centre for the Arts, Delta
🎭 Vancouver Chamber Music Society
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Nov 8
2:00 PM
VAM Symphony Orchestra: Legends of the Console
The VAM Symphony Orchestra devotes an Orpheum matinee to video game scores, from The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario to Skyrim, The Last of Us, Undert…
📍 Orpheum Theatre
🎭 Vancouver Academy of Music
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Nov 21
7:30 PM
Swing the Night Away with Jens Lindemann
VSO Pops: Trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann leads an evening of swing and Great American Songbook classics.
📍 Orpheum Theatre
🎭 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
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