Events

95th Annual Academy Awards: Screening & Party

The Rio Theatre‘s annual Oscar party returns on Sunday, March 12, featuring the live televised broadcast of the 95th Annual Academy Awards  hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Get ready for the best buttery popcorn Vancouver has to offer, trivia, our own Oscar contest, as well as prizes for Best Dressed, Best

77th Annual Golden Globe Awards – Live and FREE on the Big Screen!

Because botox looks better on the big screen. (Truth.) Join us at the Rio Theatre for our annual Golden Globe Awards Party – LIVE and FREE! As always, we will roll out the red carpet and encourage everyone to dress up like the #EastVan star that they are. Get ready

3rd Annual Fabergé Ball: A Comedy Cabaret

Join award-winning host Dandy in the rebirth-day party of the century, THE THIRD ANNUAL FABERGÉ BALL. Join in at the bacchanal that folx are calling “a perfect celebration of spring solstice.” Every year we offer the gods and goddesses a tribute serving of the hottest drag, burlesque & musical comedy that the

2025 HUMP! Film Festival – Part One

20 Years and Going Hard! HUMP! has been serving up hot, heavy, and hilarious “dirty” film shorts to the masses for two whole decades, and we’re kicking off this milestone year with the first of two ALL-NEW lineups for 2025 – the hottest, wildest, and kinkiest one yet! *Read the Part

2016 Wall Of Stars Awards Night

Once again, Everiathing Network and our major event partner,NoodleHead Productions PR, bring you the second annual Everiathing Wall Of Stars Awards Night this coming August 27th at The RIo Theatre! The Wall Of Stars Awards Night is the biggest annual event of eveRIAthing focusing on recognition,

2016 Design + Content Panel

For the second year, we’re partnering with The Design & Content Conference to bring our Style & Class community an exciting panel on the intersection of product design and content strategy. We’re bringing in experts from Adobe, Instagram, Mozilla, and Shopify. It’s going to be great! To make a bit

2015 Coffee Film Festival

The Rio Theatre is proud to welcome World Coffee Events with their first tour of a COFFEE FILM FESTIVAL! Featuring established coffee films and community-created shorts, the day is open to the public but curated for the specialty coffee lover. Full-day tickets are now available for this unique cinematic experience,

15th Annual Vancouver Story Slam: Championship Finals

The grande finale of a year-long live storytelling competition. Ten of Vancouver’s best writers and performers tell original stories and compete for the title of 2019 Story Slam Champion. The championship finalist storytellers are Al Tee, Alix Born, Avneet Johal, Bill Burnyeat, Jeff Rotin, Maia Brundage, Mike Funergy, Ruth de

14th Annual Storytelling Championship Finals

Tuesday, December 11 Doors 7pm/Show 8pm Advance tickets SOLD OUT| $15 at the door (rush seating only; subject to availability) This show is 19+ only, no Groupons or Rio passes accepted – The grande finale of a year-long live storytelling competition. Ten of

13th Annual Storytelling Championship Finals

13th Annual Storytelling Championship Finals  – Tuesday, December 12 Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm Tickets $12 in advance HERE, $15 at the door  – Sorry, No Groupons or passes accepted to this event

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Phone: 604.879.3456

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