Events

The 14th annual Indian Summer Festival: July 4 – 14, 2024 in Vancouver.

Punjabi Market Tour – Extended!

In front of Frontier Cloth House Main and E 51st Avenue, Vancouver

A self-guided tour for Covid times that takes you through the past, present and vibrant future of this significant market.

Ruby Singh’s Vox.Infold

This is a special sound installation, experienced as an immersive experience or ‘sound bath’ in the groundbreaking Lobe studio using 4DSOUND technology. Vibroacoustic floor panels and speakers placed across the […]

$19.00

Under The Banyan Tree

Ocean Art Works Pavilion, Granville Island 1531 Johnston St, Vancouver

The Banyan Tree (ficus benghalensis) with its aerial roots, and the ever-spreading canopy is a hugely important tree in India. Not only is it India’s national tree, but it is […]

Opening Party – Inner / Outer Climates

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

"There's not another event like it on the summer calendar in Vancouver" — The Georgia Straight Our legendary art-filled party always signals the start of ISF season, and we’re back […]

By invitation

The O Show

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

"Orene has stepped up to the plate to represent her communities, and her brilliance has not gone unnoticed." — Stir Vancouver Orene Askew aka DJ O Show has many identities […]

$5 – $45

Imaginarium: Parables for a Planet in Crisis

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

Imaginarium is an electric evening of ideas, conversation and music hosted by award-winning Indigenous broadcaster and curator Jarrett Martineau and visionary artistic director Sirish Rao. Together, they invoke a long […]

$10 – $50

Modern Biology

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

“…his videos of mushrooms making calming ambient soundscapes, have already racked up more than half a million Tik Tok followers and 25 million views.” - The Guardian, UK Modern Biology […]

$10 – $50

OFF CENTRE

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

"A luscious celebration of all things sensual and erotic, full-throttled defiance of heteronormative clichés, and a loving embrace of self.” — A.A. Cristi, Broadway World Created by award-winning dancer and […]

$5 – $45

Song of the Breath

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

Supported by "Maitreyi has deep knowledge of artistic practices as well as traditional healing practices and philosophies.”  — Dr. Arun Garg, MD FRCPS Yogacharini Maitreyi is both a trained artist […]

$5 – $45

5×15: The Art of the Wild

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

"If 5x15’s packed soirees feel like an evening of offline, communal surfing, it’s due to the eclectic menu of speakers."  5×15 is a global speakers series that has hosted some […]

$10 – $50

Closing Party feat. Madison McFerrin

Performance Works, Granville Island 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

 “This is Soul-capella!” - Questlove (about Madison McFerrin) Our 12th festival edition wraps its indoor programming with a fabulous, celebratory musical finale. Headlining the evening is the transcendental Madison McFerrin, […]

$10 – $50