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Happy Birthday, Harry Potter!  Come celebrate the Chosen One’s birthday (July 31!) in style and at the Rio Theatre with promises to be a silly, sexy evening filled with all your favourite Harry Potter characters (wearing less than appropriate school uniforms). As always, muggles in the audience are very much welcome and encouraged to wear … Read more

Shakespeare After Dark returns to the Rio Theatre with a rocking show on Friday, May 20: Spacespeare! Honoring the release of our fever dream Star Wars films, this month’s show features a scene from “The Empire Striketh Back”, live swordplay (and lightsaber play?) from Affair of Honor, shakin’ burlesque from our friends at Geekenders, and … Read more

Do you still have any of your childhood or teenage writing? Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is an open-mic evening of book reports, poetry, diary entries, letters from camp, etc. — all read out loud by adults to a room full of strangers. Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00pm. Tickets C$14.70 (plus GST) … Read more

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  – The grande finale of a yearlong live storytelling competition. Ten of Vancouver’s best writers and performers tell original stories and compete for the … Read more

Summer Spectacular! The ACS is back with a two band show on June 24th. The R+B Allstars are just that,featuring five strong singers and a killer five piece horn section. For more on the band go to rbalive.com. There will be extra room for dancers. The Grames Bothers bring their unique blend of funky bluesy … Read more

THE MINIMALISTS Less is Now Tour Friday, Sept 8 RIO THEATRE, Vancouver 19+ / General Admission / Seated Doors: 7:00PM / Show: 8:00PM Facebook Presale: Weds, May 17 10am to Thurs May 18 10pm Password: RECORD Public On Sale: Friday, May 19, 10 am Get Tickets: http://bit.ly/2qkxgGu Tickets: (Incl. GST) $30 + s/c – THE … Read more

Polish-Canadian 150 Canada Birthday Celebration. Tomek Lawreszuk’s Black Powder Toys & quests will start the show. The feature performance will be GOORAL- ethno-electro duo from Poland with Serena Eades and Polish Folk Dance Group “Polonez” Doors:8pm Concert: 9pm Tickets : $20 in advance HERE / $25 at the door +19 only: 2 pieces of ID … Read more

Join Bobs & LoLo for a special family concert presented by the Community Association of Montessori Parents (CAMP). Get ready to sing, dance and play along to Bobs & LoLo’s award-winning songs. Doors open at 12:30pm (general admission) Concert begins at 1pm All Ages Welcome Tickets will also be available at CAMP during school hours … Read more

Free Event (All Ages Welcome) Documentary Screening   Doors 12:30pm Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation (TFN) Addressing Hepatitis C, Community Readiness in Action! Indigenous Communities in Canada are experiencing high rates of Hepatitis C. Injection drug use remains the highest risk factor for contracting this blood to blood virus. Promising Practices in Timiskaming First … Read more

WHY DON’T WE With guests Sunday, July 30 THE RIO THEATRE, Vancouver All Ages / General Admission Doors: 7:00PM / Show: 8:00PM Facebook Presale: Weds, May 10 at 10am – Thurs, May 11 at 10pm Password: RECORD Public on Sale: Friday, May 12 at 10am Get Tickets: http://bit.ly/2pVPVbv Tickets: (Incl. GST) $20 + s/c -WHY … Read more