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Join the Vancouver Burlesque Co. as we celebrate the culmination of their Winter 2025 season! The VBC is proud to present their March Student Showcase at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, March 13. Our sparkling students and alumni are ready to knock your socks off with amazing group acts and some stunning soloists. VBC shows are … Read more

Gentle Party is celebrating the release of God Complex, their “startlingly confident and accomplished second album” (Joseph Stannard, The Wire) on Thursday, April 14 at the Rio Theatre. Lush and sumptuous chamber pop with an acidic bite like you’ve never heard before. Thursday, April 14 With special guests Breathing Machines Doors 7:00 pm | Show … Read more

From the producers behind the iconic annual East Van Opry comes…. A Little Opry! Join us at the Rio Theatre for A Little Opry, as some of East Van’s finest roots performers come together for a smaller, more intimate live music show. Presented by VIM House, Vancouver Folk Music Festival and The East Van Opry … Read more

Enjoy a night of stand up and strange news, as Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes bring their strange news podcast BANANAS direct to you! Kurt will do some stand up, then the Banana boys will take the stage for a live taping of their podcast. It will be very silly. “The weird news podcast you … Read more

VIM Music at the Cinemas Presents John Korsrud’s 19-Piece Powerhouse Hard Rubber Orchestra’s Tribute to King Crimson For the first time in two years, the Hard Rubber Orchestra performs live, bringing superb selections from the King Crimson songbook. Hard Rubber Orchestra pays tribute to one of the most influential progressive rock bands of all time, … Read more

Joe Pickett (‘The Onion‘) and Nick Prueher (‘The Colbert Report’) return to the Rio Theatre on Saturday, March 12 with the Found Footage Festival Volume 9. Get ready for a live, guided tour through their latest latest VHS finds, including the 1987 Miss Junior America Wisconsin pageant, highlights from a disastrous balloon launch in 1986, … Read more

The Rio Theatre is pleased to present blues guitar legend Sue Foley to the stage on Friday, March 11 for an intimate and electric night. “This country’s finest blues guitarist” (Globe and Mail) “The Queen is on fire!” (The Austin Chronicle) “Her playing and singing are of the highest order” (Exclaim) “Sue Foley proves she’s … Read more

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time presents another original high concept game show! Welcome to “Donair Den,” where local entrepreneurs pitch their inventions in the hopes of shaving off a tender morsel of broiled beef, for their burgeoning business.  Thursday, March 10 Doors 7:15 pm | Show 8:00 pm *Please arrive on time. Start time subject to … Read more

The live, smash hit epic comedy returns for more monstrous merriment (and snacks!) – it’s THE CRITICAL HIT SHOW! Join Vancouver’s best comedic performers at the Rio Theatre for a very special 10th Anniversary show – the gang’s first time back on our stage in over two years! Everyone’s favourite, intrepid comedic cosplay minds hit the stage … Read more

Writer-director Sean Baker (RED ROCKET, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, TANGERINE) joins us live (via Skype) for a double bill that includes a screening of his latest acclaimed feature, RED ROCKET, followed by his 2013 debut film, STARLET. (Besides being drawn from the same creative mind, the two films occupy the same cinematic universe… As Mr. Baker … Read more