EVENTS

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, May 30 – Friday, June 9

A Vancouver Park Board residency & partnership with Arts & Health: Healthy Aging through the Arts

Arts & Health Exhibition
Tue May 30 – Fri Jun 9
Exhibition Hall

Gala Celebration & Lunch
Fri Jun 2, 10am-2pm, Lunch 11:30am
TICKETS (ticket required for lunch only) $12, please register for lunch at the front desk
INFO artsandhealth.ca | 604-718-5857

Arts & Health: Healthy Aging through the Arts recognizes that participating in creative arts practice builds better health in older adults. Professional artists work collaboratively with seniors and Elders, facilitating the expression of participants’ knowledge and life experiences. Together artists, seniors and Elders dance, sing, write, paint, create video, and develop art projects of all kinds. The Roundhouse Exhibition & Gala is a showcase for this work – celebrate with us!

Saturday, June 3 & Saturday, June 17
A Roundhouse special event/Family Entertainment Series Every other Saturday in April, May and June, 10am-11:30am Sat Apr 8, 22 | Sat May 6, 20 | Sat Jun 3, 17 Roundhouse foyer stage INFO 604-713-1800 ext 1 Fun-up your family Saturday mornings this Spring with live music and storytelling in the Roundhouse lobby area. Create lasting family memories as you listen, move, dance, and laugh.

Performer Information

Saturday, April 22 Paul Talbot & the Hear and Now Live band Saturday, May 6 Gavin kade Solo singer/songwriter Saturday, June 3 Kathryn Sutherland, Blue Dirt Girl Duo musicians Saturday, June 17 Roshanak Begeshti Piano solo

Sunday, June 4 – Thursday, August 31

A Vancouver Park Board residency

SOFT GAZE: Photography Exhibition
Sun Jun 4 – Sun Aug 31
Great Hall Gallery
Artist-in-residence Luciana D’Anunciação featuring the Roundhouse Community Dancers
Opening reception: Sun, Jun 4 at 3pm with performance by the Roundhouse Community Dancers
INFO 604-713-1800 ext 1

What does it take to see and be seen by someone? Artist-in-residence Luciana D’Anunciação invited the Roundhouse Community Dancers to explore this question in their dance practice throughout the year. She has directed and witnessed the group with her camera, offering her point-of-view of their discoveries around vulnerability, generosity, and playfulness.

Community-engaged dance residencies at Vancouver Park Board facilities bring together people of all ages, abilities, and cultural backgrounds to explore, create, and perform dance with professional dance artists.

Monday, June  5 – Friday, June  9

Mon Jun 5 – Fri Jun 9
Exhibition Hall
INFO 604-713-1800 ext 1

Celebrate Seniors Week with the Roundhouse and Arts & Health. More fun, free activities will be available. Check back here for more info.


Activities and Workshops

Monday, June 5
1pm Chess Workshop free
1pm Spanish Workshop free
2pm Hawaiian Dance Workshop free

Tuesday, June 6
9:30am Chinese Calligraphy Workshop free
1:30pm Line Dance Workshop free

Wednesday, June 7
10am Tai Chi Workshop free
1pm Roundhouse Ageless Dancers Performance free
2pm Song Writing Workshop free

Thursday, June 8
11am Watercolour Workshop free
1pm Life Model Drawing workshop free

Friday, June 9
12pm Tea Luncheon $15


Roundhouse Ageless Dancers Performance
Wed Jun 7, 1pm
Exhibition Hall
Free
INFO 604-713-1800 ext 1

The Ageless Dancers are an inclusive community of older adults who create, practice and perform in ways that honour the aging body, affirming and celebrating the rich perspectives of later life. Here, they present a dance piece developed in collaboration with artist-in-residence Heather Myers.

The Roundhouse Ageless Dancers project is funded by the Vancouver Park Board.

Annual Seniors Week Tea Dance
Fri Jun 9, 12-2:30pm
Exhibition Hall
TICKETS $15
INFO  604-713-1800 ext 1

Dance and socialize with a lively group of folks, listening the sounds of music, laughter and friends. A light lunch and refreshments are included. No partner required.

Wednesday, June  17 – Saturday, June  28

Queer Arts Festival 2023

A Roundhouse partnership with Pride in Art Society

Sat Jun 17 – Wed Jun 28
Exhibition Hall | Performance Centre
TICKETS $0-40 at queerartsfestival.com | Concession pricing, flex passes available
INFO queerartsfestival.com | FB @qafvancouver | TW @qafvancouver | IG @queerarts

Futurism and Fantasy have always been cornerstones of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Experience. Where else can we create a space where we envision ourselves as the free and empowered superbeings we know ourselves to be? Within our many queer communities, there is dazzling diversity in how we envision Future and in how we construct Fantasy. For Queers in Space there are no “final frontiers” —only limitless potentials and infinite futures. 2023 Festival highlights include a visual art exhibition curated by Zandi Dandizette; celebrated author Joshua Whitehead; Sujit Vaidya’s sensuous Breathe in the Fragrance; and a tribute to Canada’s most cosmic composer, Claude Vivier, on the 40th anniversary of his death.

Tuesday, July 11 – Tuesday, July  18

A Vancouver Park Board residency

Tue Jul 11 – Tue Jul 18

This annual call to explore new frontiers invites you to open your ears and listen to your environment.

How many times in our busy lives do we ever stop to just listen? Listen to the sounds around us, listen to our inner voice, listen to nature or listen to our family and friends talk. Nowadays, nobody seems to have the time to listen because they are just rushing through everything. Listening is an art that requires patience, and to remind people of its benefits. . . – India.com

World Listening Youth Sound Jam
Tue Jul 11 – Fri Jul 14, 1-5pm
COST $45, Program number #448242
REGISTER 604-713-1800 ext 1

Sound artist Helena Krobath leads a four-day residency inviting youth to listen to their surroundings in new ways through field recordings, sound-walks and sound poetry. They will learn production techniques for radio and online projects exploring storytelling through sound.

World Listening Day: Sunset Soundwalk
A Roundhouse partnership with World Listening Project

Sun Jul 18
TICKETS Book your free tickets at Eventbrite
INFO visit roundhouse.ca for Meet Up time/location

Take an evening stroll through the city drawing your attention to Vancouver’s ever changing soundscape. World Listening Day is hosted by the World Listening Project in honour of late Canadian composer, music educator, and author, R. Murray Schafer, who was born on July 18, 1933.

Tuesdays in August

A Roundhouse special event

Tuesday afternoons in August
Roundhouse Turntable Plaza
INFO 604-713-1800 ext 1, check back — more details will be released closer to August

Spend time with family and friends on the Turntable Plaza. Check the Roundhouse website for more details.

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How to Register

Registering for a program is as simple as:

  1. Create your Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation account.
  2. Click the ‘Register Now’ button in the Roundhouse Program you want to register for. This will take you to the program page on the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation website.
  3. Complete your registration, including payment.

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