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Year of the Water Rabbit Visit the Bentall Centre Concourse from January 23 to February 17 to enjoy the festive Lunar New Year wall and make a wish on the wishing
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Year of the Water Rabbit
Visit the Bentall Centre Concourse from January 23 to February 17 to enjoy the festive Lunar New Year wall and make a wish on the wishing tree.
On January 26 starting at 12:00 p.m., lookout for the traditional Lion Dance happening at the Centre. It will make its way to multiple shops and businesses inside the Bentall Centre concourse.
Celebrated globally in different countries like China, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, and more. Lunar New Year is one of the biggest festival in the world that celebrates new beginnings. This year marks the Year of the Water Rabbit which symbolizes longevity, peace, and joy. In Chinese culture, the rabbit is known for being the most gentle and kind.
During the Lunar New Year, families and friends come together to celebrate with feasts, gifts, and traditional activities such as lion dances. Red is considered a lucky color and is often worn and used to decorate homes and businesses.
One tradition that is popular during the Lunar New Year celebration is the wishing tree. Wishing trees are usually branches or trees that are adorned with red ribbons or envelopes, on which people write their wishes or blessing for the new year. These wishes can be for personal goals, or for the well-being and happiness of loved ones.
Lunar New Year is a joyous and meaningful holiday that brings people together to celebrate the start of a new year and all the possibilities it holds.
Time
January 23 (Monday) - February 17 (Friday)
Location
Retail Concourse
595 Burrard St - Concourse #311
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February Paint Night Valentines day shouldn’t just be about celebrating romantic love it should be about showing all the important people in our lives how much they mean to us, including
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February Paint Night
Valentines day shouldn’t just be about celebrating romantic love it should be about showing all the important people in our lives how much they mean to us, including ourselves.
Join Art from the Heart’s special Paint Night event with your pals, partners or just a solo date.
This February, let’s celebrate love in all its forms.
The workshop will run up to 2 hours in length, while you are guided through a 16×20” canvas painting.
For more details about availability and pricing, visit the Art From The Heart website on the LEARN MORE button below.
Time
(Friday) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Art From The Heart Studio
505 Burrard St - Concourse #112
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Winter Arts is back at Bentall Centre bigger than ever! From February 16 to 26, the VMF Winter Arts team will be transforming Downtown Vancouver and the Bentall Centre into an
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Winter Arts is back at Bentall Centre bigger than ever!
From February 16 to 26, the VMF Winter Arts team will be transforming Downtown Vancouver and the Bentall Centre into an open-air gallery featuring Laser Art Projections, NFT Gallery Wall, Sculptures, and more! This 11-day event is bringing local and international art joined with live experiences for everyone to enjoy.
New this year is the Bentall Centre Gallery, a free, all-ages bar and gallery that transforms to a late-night pop-up party on weekends. On the Burrard Benches, laser animations and sculptures will be displayed, while the indoor space will host a digital art gallery, bar, and lounge during the day.
VMF After Dark is a series of late-night 19+ ticketed pop-up parties in a fully-reimagined creative space. Don’t miss out!
- Feb.17 – AfroQueer YVR: Black Rave
- Feb.18 – Public Disco: Origins of House Music
- Feb.19 – Deep From The Underground
- Feb.24 – Public Disco: Darker Shades
- Feb.25 – BSide.Radio Showcase
Time
february 16 (Thursday) - 26 (Sunday)
Location
Bentall Centre, 555 Burrard Street
Organizer
Vancouver Mural Festival
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An ode to Black underground dance culture and music Kicking-off the first night of the After Dark Series! AfroQueer YVR is an all-Black staffed organization that seeks to create safer spaces of
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An ode to Black underground dance culture and music
Kicking-off the first night of the After Dark Series!
AfroQueer YVR is an all-Black staffed organization that seeks to create safer spaces of healing, love, and celebration.
The Black Rave is an ode to black underground dance culture and music, coalescing an all-woman DJ line-up with taste makers of the Vancouver Drag scene.
The After Dark stage presents an opportunity to continue to elucidate their impact further giving voice to the mandate of our organization.
Together we create safe spaces for Afro Diaspora to be seen, heard, and revel on the dance floor.
Allies and supporters are welcome!
Curator: AfroQueer YVR
Performers: KG Fresh, Dj Njoki, Dj Donna Dada, Dj Nea, MX Bukuru
VMF After Dark is a series of late-night 19+ ticketed pop-up parties in a fully reimagined creative space. Don’t miss out!
- Feb.17 – AfroQueer YVR: Black Rave
- Feb.18 – Public Disco: Origins of House Music
- Feb.19 – Deep From The Underground
- Feb.24 – Public Disco: Darker Shades
- Feb.25 – BSide.Radio Showcase
Click “Learn More” to get tickets!
Time
17 (Friday) 9:30 pm - 18 (Saturday) 2:30 am
Location
Bentall Centre, 555 Burrard Street
Organizer
Vancouver Mural Festival
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Get in the roots of dance music culture VMF After Dark and Public Disco is paying tribute to the vibrant and inclusive history of house music. This event will feature music, visual
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Get in the roots of dance music culture
VMF After Dark and Public Disco is paying tribute to the vibrant and inclusive history of house music.
This event will feature music, visual art, and dance performances by individuals who have contributed to Vancouver’s queer and DIY house music scene over the past few decades.
It is a celebration of the rich history of dance music and a recognition of the communities and ethos that played an integral role in its evolution, a history that is often overlooked in today’s mainstream EDM industry.
Click “Learn More” below for more information.
Featuring:
Visuals by:
Dancers, curated by Juan Duarte:
Public Disco connects people through music and dancing in re-imagined urban spaces. Learn more at publicdisco.ca
VMF After Dark is a series of late-night 19+ ticketed pop-up parties in a fully reimagined creative space. Don’t miss out!
- Feb.17 – AfroQueer YVR: Black Rave
- Feb.18 – Public Disco: Origins of House Music
- Feb.19 – Deep From The Underground
- Feb.24 – Public Disco: Darker Shades
- Feb.25 – BSide.Radio Showcase
Click “Learn More” to get tickets!
Time
18 (Saturday) 9:00 pm - 19 (Sunday) 2:30 am
Location
Bentall Centre, 555 Burrard Street
Organizer
Vancouver Mural Festival
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Celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop Deep From the Underground is a music event that celebrates the cultural movements of these genres through dance, live art, DJ’ing and performance. Historically, DFTU
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Celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop
Deep From the Underground is a music event that celebrates the cultural movements of these genres through dance, live art, DJ’ing and performance. Historically, DFTU ran as a Friday weekly club night at the Biltmore Cabaret from January-March 2020 prior to the Quarandream (Covid-19 Lockdown). It has since then re-emerged as part of the VMF After Dark after party series since summer of 2022.
By paying homage to the various influences that contributed to the culture, this event will include a music performance, a DJ crew-vs-crew battle, live painting, live poetry typewriting, video DJ’ing and more, from artists spanning from Jamaica, Edmonton, Toronto, South Africa and Vancity.
Curated by: Shape Shifter Studio x AfroGSiac
Performers:
Hosted by: Ndidi Cascade || Dancehall music performance by Kleen Prinz || DJ crew -vs-crew battle with Table Tutors: Ladies 1st DJ Club versus Creeasian + Surprise Skwod || South African House DJ Set by Costa Besta || Live Painting + Raffle by Sleepless Mindz || Live Poetry Typewriting by Elliot Slinn || Visuals by Bryan LaPointe || Live VJ’ing by Paperwave Productions
Special thanks to Venom for their cultural consultation and to Tafui McLea their reflections.
VMF After Dark is a series of late-night 19+ ticketed pop-up parties in a fully reimagined creative space. Don’t miss out!
- Feb.17 – AfroQueer YVR: Black Rave
- Feb.18 – Public Disco: Origins of House Music
- Feb.19 – Deep From The Underground
- Feb.24 – Public Disco: Darker Shades
- Feb.25 – BSide.Radio Showcase
Click “Learn More” to get tickets!
Time
19 (Sunday) 9:30 pm - 20 (Monday) 2:30 am
Location
Bentall Centre, 555 Burrard Street
Organizer
Vancouver Mural Festival
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Deep house to techno and anything in between Darker Shades will be exploring some of the darker directions of electronic music during their second After Dark party. Featuring:
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Deep house to techno and anything in between
Darker Shades will be exploring some of the darker directions of electronic music during their second After Dark party.
Featuring:
Acceleration Radio DJs – DJ Sinigang, IHA, hydra:bad, Y.Dabs
Visuals by:
Apex Twink & hydra:bad
Public Disco connects people through music and dancing in re-imagined urban spaces. Learn more at publicdisco.ca
VMF After Dark is a series of late-night 19+ ticketed pop-up parties in a fully reimagined creative space. Don’t miss out!
- Feb.17 – AfroQueer YVR: Black Rave
- Feb.18 – Public Disco: Origins of House Music
- Feb.19 – Deep From The Underground
- Feb.24 – Public Disco: Darker Shades
- Feb.25 – BSide.Radio Showcase
Click “Learn More” to get tickets!
Time
24 (Friday) 9:30 pm - 25 (Saturday) 2:30 am
Location
Bentall Centre, 555 Burrard Street
Organizer
Vancouver Mural Festival
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Love, Dance, and Feel Get ready for feel good uplifting music on the fifth night of the After Dark Series. Vancouver community radio station bside.radio presents a celebration of the music, and
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Love, Dance, and Feel
Get ready for feel good uplifting music on the fifth night of the After Dark Series.
Vancouver community radio station bside.radio presents a celebration of the music, and unique community spirit of iconic NY parties such as ‘Love Saves The Day’ at The Loft, and Larry Levan’s legendary residency at Paradise Garage.
Expect an uplifted and joyous dancefloor with bside DJ’s including the legends Kilo Cee and Carlyle Mark alongside Unmarried Woman, ra / sol & Loose Joints supplying the best in deep disco, funk, rare groove and loft classics. We are also excited to have Vancity Waack, some of Vancouver’s waacking dance community, coming through to keep the dance floor fired up. Don’t miss out!
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Host
Jamal J-Squeezy
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VJ
Dancers
VMF After Dark is a series of late-night 19+ ticketed pop-up parties in a fully reimagined creative space. Don’t miss out!
- Feb.17 – AfroQueer YVR: Black Rave
- Feb.18 – Public Disco: Origins of House Music
- Feb.19 – Deep From The Underground
- Feb.24 – Public Disco: Darker Shades
- Feb.25 – BSide.Radio Showcase
Click “Learn More” to get tickets!
Time
25 (Saturday) 9:30 pm - 26 (Sunday) 2:30 am
Location
Bentall Centre, 555 Burrard Street
Organizer
Vancouver Mural Festival