Showcasing groundbreaking artists from around the world, Vancouver New Music’s 2025-26 season explores new ways of listening and experiencing current sonic and musical practices. From immersive audiovisual installations to genre-defying performances, we invite you to discover an eclectic range of creative sonic works and spaces.
Save the date! Tickets on sale September 2.
ganavya and Manifesto on sale now!
In collaboration with Ryo Kanda (Tokyo), Quartetto Maurice (Turin) Rurihiko Hara (Shizuoka), Aiko Hatanaka (Tokyo) and Mark McGregor (Vancouver)
September 13-28, 2025
VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St)
Co-presented by VIVO Media Arts and Formscape in partnership with VNM and IM4 Lab
Vancouver-based soundscape artist Yota Kobayashi transforms VIVO Media Arts Centre with Shiki & Kū, an immersive audiovisual installation featuring two thematically paired works: Shinshiki & Kūsou. Rooted in the Japanese philosophical concepts of shiki (form, tangible reality) and kū (emptiness, impermanence), the exhibition interweaves spatial sound, generative visuals, and cultural symbolism.
October 16 - 18, 2025 | 8pm
ANNEX (823 Seymour St, 2nd floor)
Eight innovative artists from around the world converge for three nights of experimental performances exploring the intersections of sound, memory, and embodied experience. Artists: Anaïs Maviel (US), Brady Marks (Vancouver), Cecilia Lopez (Argentina/US), Émilie Payeur (Montreal), Erin Gee (Montreal), JJJJJerome Ellis (US), Parmela Attariwala (Vancouver), Vica Pacheco (Mexico/Belgium)
October 16 - 18, 2025
Vancouver Public Library, Central Library (350 West Georgia St)
Presented in partnership with Vancouver Public Library
A multi-channel audio installation at Vancouver Public Library invites visitors to experience resonant soundscapes that evoke collective and personal memories.
Saturday, November 15, 2025 | 8pm
Red Gate (1965 Main St)
Bali-based DJ and co-founder of queerpunk band BANANACH Barbara Pleaser reinterprets club resistance as a practice of care. Mentor: Aki Onda (Japan/US)
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 7:30pm
Chan Shun Concert Hall at Chan Centre (6265 Crescent Rd)
Co-presented with the Chan Centre in collaboration with Indian Summer Festival
Genre-defying vocal artist ganavya makes her Vancouver debut performing Nilam, a luminous work weaving together lullaby, poetry, and prayer into transcendent music.
Saturday, February 14, 2026 | 8pm
ANNEX (823 Seymour St, 2nd floor
Zero Input Enclosure Movement (ZIEM) is an 8-channel sculptural sound installation created by Winnipeg-based artist AO Roberts. Mentor: Raven Chacon (Diné)
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 8pm
ANNEX (823 Seymour St, 2nd floor)
Listening as Activism explores how deep listening can be a form of resistance and social engagement in our noise-saturated world. Featuring a roundtable discussion with Renae Morriseau, Harsha Walia and Hildegard Westerkamp, and performances by M’Girl and Soul Sessions. Mentor: Laura Netz (Spain/UK)
April 16-18, 2026
Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton St)
Co-presented with DanceHouse
Multi-award winning Stephanie Lake Company’s Manifesto channels ancient rituals of catharsis through nine dancers and nine drummers on nine drum kits, with music composed by renowned audiovisual artist and musician Robin Fox.
Saturday, May 9, 2026 | 8pm
ANNEX (823 Seymour St, 2nd floor)
An immersive, collaborative audiovisual performance, A Voynich Manifesto takes inspiration from a mysterious medieval manuscript. Featuring shadow theatre duo Mind of a Snail (Chloe Ziner & Jessica Gabriel) and vocalists SJ Kirsch and Viviane Houle. Mentor: Peter Hatch (BC)
