Arts events and artist opportunities for August. Prepared by the Richmond Arts Coalition.
ArtRich 2017 entries are open! Head over to RichmondArtsCoalition.com/artrich/ for more information and to apply.
Aug. 1 – 31
Exhibition by Joselito Macapagal
Richmond Cultural Centre – Upper Rotunda
7700 Minoru Gate
Website: Richmond.ca/culture/cultural-centre/art-displays
Friends of Richmond Archive Exhibit
Thompson Community Centre
5151 Granville Avenue
Phone: 604-238-8422
Community Art Exhibition – Nadeau Trowse
Richmond City Centre Community Centre
105-5900 Minoru Boulevard
Website: RCCCA.ca/community-art-exhibitions/
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 604.204.8588
Aug. 9
10 Things I Hate About You – Starlight Theatre Drive-In Series
Lansdowne Centre
5300 No. 3 Road
Free outdoor movies! VIP Drive-In parking for the first 200 vehicles and front row seating for pedestrians... all free! Showtimes: dusk (approximately 9:30 p.m.) every Wednesday in July and August.
Website: Lansdowne-centre.com/starlight-theatre-drive-series/
Aug. 10 & 24
Red Curtain Arts Series: Concerts In The Park
5151 Granville Avenue
7 - 8 p.m.
Free for all ages! Rain or shine.
Website: Richmond.ca/thompson
Phone: 604.238.8422
Aug. 1 1
Music at the Cannery – Irish Wakers
Gulf of Georgia Cannery
12138 Fourth Avenue
6:30 p.m.
Maritime music comes to the Cannery on Aug. 11 with the Irish Wakers! Comprised of Blake Williams (Irish bodhran award winner), Brian Robertson (guitar), Hugh Brock (flute, whistles, pipes), Michael Burnyeat (provincial fiddle champion) and special guest Sarah Ann Chihsolm, Irish Wakers celebrate the songs and dance music of Ireland, with nods to the Canadian Maritime and to seafarers everywhere. Tickets are $7 each and available at the door. Concerts are held outdoors on the Cannery’s Tank Deck (or indoors if inclement weather.)
Website: Gulfofgeorgiacannery.org/events/music-at-the-cannery-irish-wakers-2
Phone: 604-664-9009
Aug. 11 & 12
7th Annual West Coast Tagore Festival
Gateway Theatre
6500 Gilbert Road
Friday: 6 - 8:30 p.m., Saturday: 5 - 8:30 p.m.
The West Coast Tagore Festival is a celebration of life and work of Nobel-laureate poet and world cultural icon, Rabindranath Tagore. Reputed scholars, multicultural poets and talented performing artists will present works of Tagore, through music, dance, poetry, lectures, exhibits, etc. Admission by donation/pay-it-forward.
Website: Vancouvertagoresociety.org/festival-2017
Email: [email protected]; Phone: 778-383-1911 or 778-891-1904
