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The sun will come out tomorrow… Put on a happy face for BROADWAY BURLESQUE: A Tribute to Musicals at the The Rio Theatre! On Friday, April 27, Vancouver’s biggest and brightest burlesque stars will take to the Rio stage paying homage to their favourite musicals. Top hats and tap shoes! Razzle dazzle and movie magic! … Read more

Erotic City: A Live Band Burlesque Tribute to PRINCE! Sometimes it snows in April…. It is with great reverence that Kitty Nights presents a re-mount of their Live Band Burlesque tribute to the one and only PRINCE to commemorate the day after his death, April 21st. Last staged for the Rio Theatre in 2017, we’re … Read more

The Warrior For Reason – Matt Dillahunty embarks on his first world tour! Magic & Skepticism will be the key focus of his lectures, which will include a lengthy Q&A and lobby hangout after each event. Matt has recently shared the stage with world renown authors Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Lawrence Krauss. He is currently finishing his first book, which … Read more

Doug Stanhope May 26th  Doors 630pm/ Show 730pm 19+ FULLY SEATED VENUE   Advanced tickets available through https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3347488 No refunds or exchanges. No Groupons or Rio passes accepted for this event Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comic. Has been since 1990. His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar, opinionated, … Read more

Dalaras Tribute performing Greek Music made popular by George Dalaras March 18th Doors 7:00pm Performance 8:00pm-10:00pm. We have meticulously re-recorded and arranged these songs using the most advanced virtual instruments (including exotic middle Eastern instruments like the oud, kanoun, santuri, lyra, Turkish clarinet, Greek bouzouki, tzoura, baglama, and various metallic and wood percussion instruments). We … Read more

Geekenders presents: The Lust Jedi: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Adventure A brand new installment in the smash-hit Geekenders burlesque saga! May 4, 5, 6, 2018  DOORS AT 7:00PM. SHOW PROMPTLY AT 8PM. 18+ only with ID $20 advance| $25 at the door. Advance tickets to May 4th are now SOLD OUT. (Ltd rush seating at the door … Read more

Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival presents: The Death of Stalin Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Doors 6:00PM | Show 7:00PM +19 only, No Groupons or Rio Passes accepted for this screening. Tickets are on-sale NOW! jflnorthwest.com/2018-film-festival-lineup/death-of-stalin/ The internal political landscape of 1950’s Soviet Russia takes on darkly comic form in a new film by Emmy award-winning and … Read more

Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival presents: World Wide Shorts Saturday, March 3, 2018 Doors 2:30PM | Show 3:00PM +19 only, No Groupons or Rio Passes accepted for this screening. Tickets are on-sale NOW! jflnorthwest.com/2018-film-festival-lineup/world-wide-shorts/ The Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival is proud to present the World Wide Shorts film competition! We have searched the … Read more

Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival presents: Comedy Short Shorts Doors 12:00PM | Show 12:30PM +19/ No Groupons or passes accepted for this screening. Tickets are on-sale NOW! jflnorthwest.com/2018-film-festival-lineup/comedy-short-shorts/   JUDGES: Nicola Pender (Thunderbird Films) Jason James (Director, Entanglement) Chris Kelly (Producer, This is That) Erika Kumar (Creative BC) Lizzy Karp (Telus Storyhive) Jonas Woost (Telus … Read more

It’s happening… He heard the Rio Theatre‘s call for some serious #SavetheRio love over Twitter – and now writer, director, actor and podcaster Kevin Smith is coming to the Rio for a very special #SavetheRio edition of An Evening with Kevin Smith. Proceeds from this event go directly towards supporting the #SavetheRio campaign. For more … Read more