2023 Upcoming Events

Studio Ghibli Forever – Part 2!

April 28 and July 17 viff.org/series/studio-ghibli-forever

The Studio Ghibli Forever! series continues at the VIFF Centre. Upcoming gems include Ponyo and Howl’s Moving Castle, as well as charming smaller movies like The Secret World of Arrietty. Titles play every other Sunday afternoon, first in the English language dub, then again, on Monday nights, in the subtitled version. All ages welcome.

Fans need no encouragement to dive back into these movies on the big screen. Newcomers should expect fantastical cinema imbued with a palpable sense of the sublime, featuring plucky, curious heroines, fabulous contraptions, endearing, mythical creatures, and a living, breathing world which is both familiar and thrillingly unexpected.

2023 Vancouver International Children’s Festival

In person on Granville Island: May 30–June 4

Online: May 30–June 23

ChildrensFestival.ca

Enjoy spectacular performances from around the globe for kids and families of all ages at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival. The 2023 festival will offer a mix of in-person (on Granville Island) and online performances featuring circus arts, puppetry, theatre, dance, music and lots of arts activities created just for children. Highlights of this year’s festival include A Simple Space and ZOOOM from Australia and Sakasaka from Madagascar as well as local and national favourites.

Bard of the Beach

Senáḵw/Vanier Park

June 8–September 30 bardonthebeach.com

The festival’s 34th season brings back the most successful production in Bard’s history, plus a famous tale of political intrigue, a sweeping historical drama, and a unique interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

On the BMO Mainstage the season takes off with the return of Bard’s triumphant production of As You Like It. Enjoy Shakespeare blended with The Beatles hits in this romantic comedy conceived and directed by Daryl

Cloran (As You Like It, Shakespeare in Love).

The Howard Family Stage will host two contrasting productions: Henry V is a historical drama with a twist and the clever and hilariously imaginative Goblin: Macbeth, created by Rebecca Northan with Bruce Horak

Theatre Under the Stars presents The Prom and Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

July 6–August 26 tuts.ca

Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) presents its hilarious and heartwarming 2023 season, featuring The Prom and Roald Dahl’s Matilda

The Musical, on stage July 6–August 26, at Stanley Park’s scenic Malkin Bowl. From high school prom to elementary schoolyard, both musicals invite audiences to witness the power of kindness and inclusion in the fight for freedom to love and be loved. A beloved Vancouver tradition since 1940, find more information and tickets at tuts.ca

Folk Festival

July 14–16

Jericho Beach Park thefestival.bc.ca

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival will again grace the grass at Jericho Beach Park for its 46th year, from July 14–16, 2023. Not only will audiences experience a stunning range of great folk, world and roots music from around the globe, but kids of all ages can visit the Little Folks Village for a ton of interactive fun. See Redbird’s juggling and stilt walking, and give it a try yourself. Have fun exploring the incredible musical sounds on the homemade Gamelan Bike Bike, and so much more! Kids under 12 are free. Early Bird ticket discounts to June 5.

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Preschool and daycare dedicated to teaching the whole child –head, hands, and heart.