Luna Li is a world unto itself. Hyperlush and inclusive by design, her dream pop is the sound of an everyday symphony. Born Hannah Bussiere Kim, the Korean-Canadian, Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist songwriter, composer and producer got her start during the pandemic. Under the name Luna Li, she began self-recording instrumental interludes as a radical form of […]
Be swept away by the electrifying energy and soul-stirring harmonies of the Soweto Gospel Choir, an internationally renowned 20-member South African ensemble whose performances are nothing short of a cultural celebration. They return to Vancouver return this holiday season with their new show Peace, performing a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals […]
Join us for a rare live performance with life partners and creative collaborators Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth Copeland for a magical evening of song, story, and shared joy. For over four decades, Canadian composer, singer and songwriter Beverly Glenn-Copeland—the visionary artist, Black trans elder and lifelong musician—has invoked and celebrated the power of community and […]
The Northern Lights have always carried stories—frightening, spiritual, epic, and playful. Kiuryaq is a circumpolar performance exploring our relationship with the Northern Lights—“kiuryaq” in Inuvialuktun—created through collaboration among Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from Canada, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), and Sápmi (Norway). At its centre are two siblings born in the North: one raised beneath the Aurora with […]
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. A Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, musician, and scholar, Simpson’s work breaks open the boundaries between story and song—bringing audiences into a rich and layered world of sound, light, and sovereign creativity. Rooted in Nishnaabeg language, thought, and land-based practice, her work […]
From Polaris Prize and Juno award-winning singer Tanya Tagaq comes Split Tooth: Saputjiji, a performance expanding the elemental and poetic world of her beloved book Split Tooth. Neither adaptation nor concert, Split Tooth: Saputjiji is a new language of performance—gathering Inuit throat singers, musicians, and performers within a staged environment that blurs music and memory, landscape and breath. […]