Coastal Jazz and Blues Society is a community-based, non-profit, charitable arts organization located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Since 1986 Coastal Jazz and Blues Society has contributed vigorously to the local, national and international jazz scene. Our vision encompasses a wide spectrum of jazz, blues, world, creative, and improvised music, including evolving forms of jazz and the technologies and media that influence jazz as an art form.  > more

Legendary Canadian bandleader Dal Richards has been entertaining generations of Vancouver families for more than seventy years; and he’s still one of Vancouver’s busiest entertainers. Check Dal’s web-site at www.dalrichards.com and find out where you can meet and hear this Vancouver legend.  > more

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Music in the Morning is Vancouver's only day-time classical concert series presenting shows before noon in a friendly and intimate environment with complimentary refreshments. Founded in 1984 by Founder & Executive Director June Goldsmith, the series is known for its uncompromising quality and has grown to over 40 concerts per year with an audience of 4,500.  > more

The largest opera company in Western Canada,Vancouver Opera presents exciting traditional and innovative productions of established repertoire, newer operas and less frequently produced works by master composers. Productions run November to May at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. VO Box Office: 604-683-0222. http://www.vancouveropera.ca  > more

The Vancouver Recital Society is one of the few recital series in North America dedicated to presenting internationally acclaimed artists, both emerging and established. It has built a reputation around the world for innovation and excellence in programming, garnering prestigious awards in New York and Toronto. The VRS now presents its recital series at four venues: Vancouver Playhouse; Orpheum Theatre; Kay Meek Centre; and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.  > more

This major symphony orchestra performs in Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre and other Lower Mainland venues, as well as outdoors during the summer. Reservations: 280-3311, 280-4444.  > more