Western Front Temporarily Closed
In light of the evolving situation with Covid-19, Western Front will be temporarily closed to the public and our events have been cancelled or postponed…
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Sawdust Collector: New Works
Online ticket sales have now ended. Tickets will be available at the door. Door Tickets: $20/$15 Curatorial collective Sawdust Collector invites musicians, dancers, poets and…
47th Anniversary Gala Dinner & Art Auction
Join us for Western Front’s 47th Anniversary Gala Dinner, featuring a live auction, musical performances, and a long-table catered dinner. Proceeds from the auction support…
POSTPONED: No Data Plan & Distancing
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Screening & Conversation with Sky Hopinka Free A voiceless narrator rehashes details about his mother’s affair as he crosses the country…
CANCELLED: Bright Moments: Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller’s Parlour Game
This event has been cancelled. Please contact Vancouver Coastal Jazz with inquiries regarding ticket refunds. In their latest endeavour Parlour Game, the dynamic duo of…
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.…
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
Guest curated by Maize Longboat Independent video game maker and researcher Maize Longboat curates REGENERATION: Breaking Time with Indigenous Video Games, a night featuring games…
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…