Our Recommendations
Indulge your appetite for arts and culture.
With so many exciting arts and culture events happening you can feel overwhelmed. The Music on Main Team is here to help! We’ve carefully chosen a list of wonderful digital and live events to discover and experience. Whether you’re looking for a theatrical diversion or a blockbuster art show, some new dance or a classical concerto, our recommendations is a list of must-see events whenever you’re looking for a hit of culture. Make sure to check back often, as we are always scouting fun events that we think you’ll love!
Our Recommendations are must-see events, some from our Vancouver home base and a few from across the globe that we think you’ll enjoy. We’re your trusted source that you’ll want to come back to every time you’re looking for something new and exciting to discover. If you’re looking for only Music on Main events check here.
Opera Adventures: Flight
Through dazzling music and relatable characters, this event will explore themes of love, belonging, and resilience in an ever-changing world. Whether you’re new to opera or already a fan, this evening will open your eyes to the power of storytelling through modern music.
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SEEING DOUBLE: K BODY AND MIND
K BODY AND MIND is a maximalist sci-fi odyssey brought to life through minimalist and
machinelike theatricality. Set in a dystopian future, a security specialist yearns to escape the
ravages of sickness and war by starting life over in a bioengineered body. But when a hostile
entity invades, she must confront a ghost from her past in this cyberpunk multimedia
experience.
SEEING DOUBLE: Walking at Night by Myself
SEEING DOUBLE is an homage to spooky late-night double features, a cerebral marathon that
keeps the audience on edge through vivid surround sound and optical illusion. These two
performances are strange sisters that sneak pulpy speculative fiction aesthetics into uncharted
conceptual territories.
Stripping psychological horror down to its bare bones, Walking at Night by Myself confounds the
senses with an audiovisual blitz that undermines the reliability of perception and transforms a
nighttime walk into something far more sinister.
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WONDERFUL JOE
“Paint gold in the part of me that is broken. Let my faultline shine, these golden precious scars are fine, divine, and mine.”
Joe and his dog Mister lose their home, and facing separation, head into the world for one last grand adventure together. The world seems broken, but Joe sees magic in the mundane, beauty amidst brutality, and life in the lost and lonely. He and Mister encounter Mother Nature, Santa Claus, Jesus and the Tooth Fairy, witness a troupe of homeless players in a cardboard theatre, and show a disenfranchised teen how to jump over the moon in a playground rocket ship. A seemingly simple tale of a simple man, Wonderful Joe is a love letter to imagination, hope, and the art of filling broken hearts with gold.
Ronnie Burkett brings this story to life with his signature style of beautiful puppetry and solo performance, with a glorious score and soundscape by John Alcorn.
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Amir Amiri
The Amir Amiri Ensemble collapse time with their blend of tradition and innovation. With dazzling virtuosity, the quartet take inspiration from their Persian musical roots while transcending borders and genres. In creating musical conversations with the past and present, the Amir Amir Ensemble explore the limitless creativity that abounds amongst its master musicians: Amir Amiri (santur), Abdul-Wahad Khayyali (oud), Reza Abaee (ghaychak), Omar Abu Afech (viola), and Hamin Honari (percussion).
CBC Recording Artist of the year Amir Amiri is a composer and champion of the santur, a 72-string hammered dulcimer that dates back to 500 BCE. Born in Tehran and now based in Montreal, Amiri has established himself as a fearless cultural innovator, collaborating with jazz, classical, and avant-garde musicians, dancers, and theatre artists. In his hands, he deftly weaves the classical and folk music of pre-Islamic Persia with today’s sonic possibilities.
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