Experimental Time Order—Black Quantum Futurism
Talk / Workshop Sept 14, 3:00pm Performance Sept 14, 8:00pm Black Quantum Futurism (BQF) is a multidisciplinary collaboration between artists Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips.…
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Double Bill: Cat Toren, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb & Pneuma
Advance ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Ayelet Rose Gottlieb…
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…
REGENERATION: Breaking Time with Indigenous Video Games
Curated by Maize Longboat Independent video game maker and researcher Maize Longboat curates REGENERATION: Breaking Time with Indigenous Video Games, a night featuring games by…
New Forms Festival
A series of free, all-ages workshops & community events lead by artists and special guests from FACT Magazine, dublab, Simon Fraser University & more. Presented…
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 and…
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Ticket pre-sales have now ended. Tickets for the 9:30 concert will be available at the door. 7:00pm concert is sold out. No refunds or exchanges…
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…
Tim’s Success Story
A partnership with Duplex artist-run centre, Western Front Media Arts is pleased to host this talk by the first Duplex artist-in-residence, Jennifer Laiwint. Laiwint will…
LIVE Biennial: Tari Ito, Before the 37 Trillion Pieces Get to Sleep
Admission by sliding scale $10/$5 Curated by Makiko Hara Western Front and EDAM Dance co-host Japanese feminist performance artist, Tari Ito. Seven years ago, Ito was diagnosed…
Coastal Jazz and Western Front present Bright Moments with Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
Advance ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $30 Canadian pianist-composer Kris Davis has collaborated with John Zorn, Craig Taborn,…
Music Research Strategies Performing Political Education (Towards a Solidarity Economics Conduction System for Improvisers)
Events take place October 17, 24, and 29 at 7pm Music Research Strategies (percussionist Marshall Trammell) instigates social practice collaborations at sites of political opposition.…
Coastal Jazz and Western Front present Bright Moments: Fay Victor & Myra Melford
Advance Ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students & WF Members Vocalist Fay Victor and…
Teach Me a Song
Performance of Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᏕᎫᏗ: Nov 23, 3pm Artist and composer Elisa Harkins presents a series of songs and sculptures at Western Front that build on…
Listening Party
Playlist is available here! Track List: clipping., Ed Balloon: He Dead 4:22 Michael Pisaro, Håkon Stene, Kristinen Tjøgersen: XI 3:29 Michael Pisaro, Håkon Stene, Kristinen Tjøgersen:…
Toque Craft Fair
Nov 29, 6-10pm Nov 30, 11am-5pm Dec 1, 11am-5pm Admission by Donation TOQUE is Western Front’s largest annual community event and fundraiser showcasing a curated selection…
Bright Moments: Tony Wilson’s Burn Down the Cornfield
Tickets: $27 (available through the Coastal Jazz website) Guitarist/composer Tony Wilson is one of the most important figures in Canadian Jazz, and has been a…
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