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Entertainment in Vancouver DIRECTORY

Entertainment in Vancouver runs the gamut from world-class Ticket Outlets
opera productions to amateur music concerts. Each year the Ticketmaster
city hosts folk music, jazz, theater, dance, comedy, literary, and Tel (604) 280-4444.
film festivals, among others. Vancouver is one of Canada’s top ∑ ticketmaster.ca
theater centers; homegrown talent mixes with performers Tickets Tonight
from Europe and the US. Tel (604) 684-2787.
∑ ticketstonight.ca

fare performed by BC’s leading Theater
actors. A popular venue for Arts Club Theatre
musicals is the 1930 Stanley Tel (604) 687-1644.
Industrial Alliance Stage, now
restored to its sassy vaudeville Firehall Arts Centre
style. The small Firehall Arts Tel (604) 689-0926.
Centre showcases culturally Stanley Industrial
The Orpheum Theatre’s spectacular diverse contemporary theater Alliance Stage
gold-leaf interior, built in 1927 and dance. Tel (604) 687-1644.
Summer events include
Information Vancouver Playhouse
plays at the open-air Theatre
The city’s two dailies, the under the Stars (tel 604/734- Tel (604) 873-3311.
Vancouver Sun and The Province, 1917) in Stanley Park and the Dance and Music
publish events listings on Bard on the Beach Shakespeare
Thursdays. The free weekly Festival (tel 604/739-0559) in Ballet British Columbia
Georgia Straight also has extensive Vanier Park. Tel (604) 732-5003.
listings. Where Vancouver, available Chan Centre for the
at downtown hotels and tourist Performing Arts
kiosks, lists events and shows. Dance and Music Tel (604) 822-9197.
With its inspiring modern
repertoire, Ballet British Commodore Ballroom
Buying Tickets Columbia performs at the Tel (604) 739-4550.
Tickets for most events can be Queen Elizabeth Theatre, as Orpheum Theatre
purchased from Ticketmaster does the Vancouver Opera, Tel (604) 665-3050.
by phone or at one of its founded in 1958 and presenting
locations. Many venues also sell four operas each year. The Queen Elizabeth Theatre
tickets directly. Tickets Tonight, ornate 2,700-seat Orpheum Tel (604) 665-3050.
in the main Visitor Centre (see Theatre hosts a variety of Vancouver Opera
p239), sells full-price tickets for concerts, including classical, Tel (604) 683-0222.
theater and sporting events, jazz, and pop. It is also home
and half-price tickets for some to the Vancouver Symphony Vancouver Symphony
performances on the day Orchestra, whose series include Orchestra
Discount tickets must be classical and family concerts, Tel (604) 876-3434.
bought in person; others often with inter nation ally Sports Venues
can be bought online. recognized guest musicians.
The 1,200-seat Chan Centre for BC Place Stadium
the Performing Arts (see p232) Tel (604) 669-2300.
Free Events showcases musical recitals and
The Vancouver Central Library opera ensembles. Commodore Nat Bailey Stadium
Tel (604) 872-5232.
(see p216) hosts a variety of Ballroom, boasting a floating
lectures and author readings. dance floor and table seating Rogers Arena
Annual and community festivals for 990, hosts an eclectic mix Tel (604) 899-7400.
are listed in Georgia Straight. of local and international talent.
Spectator Sports
Theater Sporting events such as
Classics by Shakespeare, BC Lions CFL football and
Shaw, and others, along with Vancouver Canucks NHL hockey
modern US and Canadian games take place at BC Place
plays, are features of the Stadium and Rogers Arena.
Vancouver Playhouse. The Vancouver Canadians play
The Arts Club Theatre owes Performer in one of Vancouver Opera’s baseball at Nat Bailey Stadium
its success to solid theatrical many productions in Queen Elizabeth Park.

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