Western Front welcomes new Executive Director
The Board of Directors of Western Front is delighted to announce the appointment of Susan Gibb as Executive Director. Susan Gibb brings broad international experience…
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Advance Tickets: $15 General / $10 Students & WF Members Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Heralded as “one of the most…
Black Quantum Futurism
Performance / Workshop Sept 14 Black Quantum Futurism (BQF) is a multidisciplinary collaboration between artists Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips. Through their videos, publications, collages, sculptures, performances, and discursive…
LIVE Biennial Opening Event: Tari Ito Before the 37 Trillion Pieces Get to Sleep
Admission by sliding scale $10/$5 Western Front and EDAM Dance co-host Japanese feminist performance artist, Tari Ito. Seven years ago, Ito was diagnosed with a neurologic disease called…
Coastal Jazz presents Bright Moments with Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
Tickets: $27 Canadian pianist-composer Kris Davis has collaborated with John Zorn, Craig Taborn, Don Byron, Tyshawn Sorey, Eric Revis and others, and her album Duopoly…
Coastal Jazz presents Bright Moments: Fay Victor & Myra Melford
Advance Tickets: $15 General / $10 Students & WF Members Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Vocalist Fay Victor and pianist Myra…
REGENERATIONS: Breaking Time with Indigenous Video Games
Curated by Maize Longboat Independent video game maker and researcher Maize Longboat curates REGENERATIONS, a night of games by Indigenous producers and makers. Assembled as the latest…
Marshall Trammell presenting Status Quo is My Enemy
Percussionist Marshall Trammell’s ongoing project Music Research Strategies instigates social practice collaborations at sites of opposition. For this residency which culminates in a public event, Trammell will undertake a collaboration…
Elisa Harkins
Performance Nov 23, 3pm Artist and composer Elisa Harkins presents a series of songs and sculptures at Western Front that build on her ongoing interests in translation,…
Listening Party
FREE Western Front’s Archives contain recordings from countless world-renowned artists, often performing at the beginning of their careers, giving, at times, a rare look into…
Coastal Jazz presents Bright Moments with Broken Shadows
Tickets: $27 Named for one of Ornette Coleman’s most evocative compositions, this all-star project honours the Coleman legacy, along with the music of Coleman’s fellow Fort Worth-native reed…
Double Bill: Cat Toren, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb & Pneuma
Advance Tickets: $15 General / $10 Students & WF Members Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Vocalist Ayelet Rose Gottlieb’s vocal dexterity…
Trading Places: Un Échange with Elizabeth Millar and Sam Shalabi
FREE Clarinetist Elizabeth Millar and guitarist/oudist Sam Shalabi travel to Vancouver from Montréal for a ten-day residency, which includes this performance at Western Front, and…
TOQUE: Western Front’s Annual Fundraiser & Craft Fair
Nov 29, 6-10pm Nov 30, 11am-5pm Dec 1, 11am-5pm Admission by Donation toque2019.tumblr.com (coming soon) Toque is Western Front’s largest annual community event and fundraiser showcasing…
STSTS
Launch Event: Walk followed by a reading and a discussion with Maggie Groat Date and Time: Saturday, June 9th at 2pm ***Special Location Note: The event…