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SUMMARY:Nov 20 | IndieFest Opening Gathering 2025
DESCRIPTION:Presented at IndieFest 2025\nNovember 20th (Thursday) \nDigiBC Creative Tech Studio\, #160 – 577 Great Northern Way\nVancouver\, BC V5T 1E1 \nTickets available Oct 22. \n\nWe invite you to join us for a community gathering hosted by interdisciplinary artist\, fanny kearse. As part of this opening gathering\, we’ll be showcasing three bite-sized performances from artists taking part in our new initiative\, the Convergence Cohort: Kristina Lao\, Alyssa Samson\, and Van Le Fan. The goal of the evening is to connect artists and community members from across disciplines\, facilitating community connection and collision of art forms. \nContinuing our collaboration with DigiBC\, we will be activating select SIGNALS exhibitions during IndieFest 2025\, and will be available to explore during the Opening Gathering. These include Tyler Soon’s 120\,000 LED light sculpture\, Voxelite\, a larger-than-life work connected to the musical game RIFT\, where buttons\, music\, and movement are catalysts for corresponding light patterns and innovative storytelling. We also invite you to interact with Imagining Good Futures: Thunderbird Dreams\, a mural that depicts stories from multiple generations of Indigenous artists. Created by IM4 Media Lab the mural invites Indigenous youth\, Elders\, artists\, and technologists in a shared exploration of care\, sustainability\, unity\, and kinship. \nThursday\, November 20 | 6:30PM – 10:00PM\nDigiBC Creative Tech Studio\n577 Great Northern Wy\, Vancouver\, British Columbia V5T 1E1
URL:https://reopera.ca/event/nov-20-indiefest-opening-gathering-2025/
LOCATION:DigiBC Creative Tech Studio\, #160 - 577 Great Northern Way\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 1E1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IndieFest 2025
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SUMMARY:Nov 21 & 22 | Willilish'd by As and When
DESCRIPTION:Wilillish’d is a new immersive production by Thule van den Dam and Hayley Sullivan McInerney\, presented at DigiBC Creative Tech Studio. Willilish’d explores themes of memory\, emotion\, change\, and motherhood through lullabies and nursery rhymes sung to Hayley by her mother. through a re-composed narrative soundscape. The title of the piece\, Willilish’d\, comes from a nursery rhyme that Hayley’s mother\, Glad\, was taught by her sisters\, who made it up. Through creative design\, quad sound\, and archival elements\, what was two-dimensional and in the past becomes four-dimensional and present. It lives at the intersections of design\, music\, and immersive theatre. \nGet 15% off with Early Bird Tickets until Oct 22. \n— \nGET TICKETS\n— \nTwo Performances:\nFriday\, Nov 21 | 7:30PM\nSaturday\, Nov 22 | 7:30PM \nDoors open at 7:00PM. \nGetting There: \nDigiBC Creative Tech Studio accessible by public transportation. It is an 18-minute walk from the Main Street-Science World and a 12-minute walk from VCC-Clark SkyTrain stations\, as well as close to the 84 VCC/UBC\, 3 Main\, 8 Fraser\, 19 Kingsway or the 22 Knight St. bus routes. \nParking: There are a dozen hourly/daily stalls available in front of Kafka’s Coffee. Paid hourly/daily/monthly underground parking is available at 565 Great Northern Way in the South Flatz Lot #119. There is very limited paid street parking on Great Northern Way\, between Carolina and Thornton Streets. \n— \nJoin us for all IndieFest events\, running from Nov 20 – 29. Explore the lineup at indiefest.ca\n\nIndieFest 2025 is supported by the City of Vancouver\, BC Arts Council\, DigiBC\, Vancouver Civic Theatres\, and the Province of British Columbia. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Canada Council and we are funded by the Government of Canada – Financé par le Gouvernement du Canada⁠.
URL:https://reopera.ca/event/willilishd/
LOCATION:DigiBC Creative Tech Studio\, #160 - 577 Great Northern Way\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 1E1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Nov 23 | Future Mythologies: DEPTHS
DESCRIPTION:Nov 23 | DEPTHS at Lobe Studio \nGet Tickets | $19.99 | Lobe Studio\nIn partnership with Lobe Studio and Guest Curator Vanessa Yuen\, experience DEPTHS by Audio Essentia\, a 4D spatial audio installation exploring consciousness through immersive sonic art. This innovative experience combines advanced spatial audio technology with Indigenous wisdom traditions\, guiding participants through a transformative journey from descent into shadow to integration and transcendence. \nThe installation incorporates authentic Shipibo Icaros\, binaural beat recordings\, and environmental soundscapes to facilitate deep states of consciousness exploration. \nDEPTHS represents a unique fusion of technology and spirituality—a sonic ceremony that challenges participants to confront their shadows and emerge transformed.
URL:https://reopera.ca/event/nov-23-future-mythologies-depths/
LOCATION:Lobe Studio\, 713 E Hastings St\,\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 1R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IndieFest 2025
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SUMMARY:Nov 25 | Creative Collisions: Open Screen. Open Mic. Open Jam
DESCRIPTION:Join re:Naissance\, TDYVR\, and MOVE37XR for Vancouver’s first-ever Immersive Jam Session—a night where technologists\, performers\, and digital dreamers collide to create new worlds in real time. \nExplore four interactive showcase zones\, including the Immersive Stage (wall and floor projections)\, Voxelite (20\,000 LED Light Sculpture)\, 270 Projection Cube\, and the 20’x20’ Floor-to-Ceiling Lounge Screen\, as artists share works-in-progress\, experiments\, and spontaneous performances. \nAs night falls\, we’ll close with an Open Mic & Open Screen—a curated jam where musicians\, theatre-makers\, and digital artists riff\, improvise\, and merge their crafts into something entirely new. \nCome connect\, play\, and be part of a growing community shaping the future of live\, digital\, and immersive creation. \nIf you’re a Curious Audience member: Save Your Spot (Tickets: $5). Doors at 6pm for audience members. \nIf you’re a Bold Artist with something to share: Join The Jam! Click here to complete the Artist Intake Form by Nov 20.
URL:https://reopera.ca/event/nov-25-creative-collisions-open-screen-open-mic-open-jam/
LOCATION:DigiBC Creative Tech Studio\, #160 - 577 Great Northern Way\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 1E1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Nov 26 | Future Mythologies 2025 at the Annex
DESCRIPTION:One of our most loved events\, Future Mythologies\, returns to IndieFest 2025! Future Mythologies is a celebratory showcase for the new works in development that aspire to redefine the future of storytelling\, and become the myths of tomorrow. Through performance excerpts and facilitated discussions between artists and audiences\, this event unveils the captivating evolution of groundbreaking new works. \nThis year’s Future Mythologies is a collaboration with Chapel Sound and will feature musical artists exploring intersections of new sounds. \nTickets on sale OCT 22. \nWed\, November 26 | 7:30pm at the Annex\n823 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, BC V6B 3L4 \nDoors open at 7:00pm. \n\nGetting There:\n \nThe Annex is easily accessed by public transportation\, including the SkyTrain. Take the Expo Line to Granville station or the Canada Line to Vancouver City Centre. Walk east to Seymour street\, and then south towards Smithe Street. The Annex can also be accessed by many bus lines. Check the Translink website for schedules and routes. There is paid parking near the venue\, though note that it is limited. You can find access information about this venue here. \nCheck out all IndieFest events at indiefest.ca
URL:https://reopera.ca/event/future-mythologies-2025/
LOCATION:The Annex\, 823 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Nov 28 & 29 | Inferno: A Hip Hop Opera
DESCRIPTION:re:Naissance presents Inferno\, a hip-hop opera by Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie\, in an exclusive concert performance of its music and script. Blending hip-hop\, rap\, beat boxing\, sampling\, R&B\, and contemporary opera in celebration of IBPOC voices. The story reimagines Dante’s Inferno as a feminist\, anti-establishment\, and anti-colonial allegory. Hell is reimagined as a Spotify-esque headquarters in Vancouver\, BC\, with protagonists Vie (a music producer) and Mo (an artist turned janitor) who meet in the bathroom after Vie learns that their song has been stolen by The Company. \nGet 15% off with Early Bird Tickets until Oct 22. \nTwo Performances:\nFriday\, Nov 28 | 7:30PM\nSaturday\, Nov 29 | 7:30PM \nDoors open at 7:00PM. \n— \nGetting There: \nDigiBC Creative Tech Studio accessible by public transportation. It is an 18-minute walk from the Main Street-Science World and a 12-minute walk from VCC-Clark SkyTrain stations\, as well as close to the 84 VCC/UBC\, 3 Main\, 8 Fraser\, 19 Kingsway or the 22 Knight St. bus routes. \nParking: There are a dozen hourly/daily stalls available in front of Kafka’s Coffee. Paid hourly/daily/monthly underground parking is available at 565 Great Northern Way in the South Flatz Lot #119. There is very limited paid street parking on Great Northern Way\, between Carolina and Thornton Streets. \n— \nJoin us for all IndieFest events\, running from Nov 20 – 29. Explore the lineup at indiefest.ca\n\nIndieFest 2025 is supported by the City of Vancouver\, BC Arts Council\, DigiBC\, Vancouver Civic Theatres\, and the Province of British Columbia. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Canada Council and we are funded by the Government of Canada – Financé par le Gouvernement du Canada⁠.
URL:https://reopera.ca/event/nov-28-29-inferno-a-hip-hop-opera/
LOCATION:DigiBC Creative Tech Studio\, #160 - 577 Great Northern Way\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5T 1E1\, Canada
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