Richmond Arts Coalition

Gateway Theatre Presents: Behind the Scenes of Wildwoman!
2026-03-08 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Vancouver) | Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1R9, Canada
March 8, 2pm-3pm
Gateway Theatre Presents: Behind the Scenes of Wildwoman!
Richmond Cultural Centre
7700 Minoru Gate
Have you ever wondered what it takes to put on a play? Would you like the chance to win tickets to a show? Join us for a behind the scenes look at the upcoming show at Gateway Theatre: Wildwoman, based on the shocking true story that inspired Beauty and the Beast. This is a show that will take you on a viciously funny and sexy thrill ride.Ideal for age 16+. Registration required. Please register the total number of people who will be attending with you.All program participants will be entered into a drawing for 1 pair of tickets for Wildwoman at Gateway Theatre (March 26 – April 4, 2026). Recommended for audience age 16+.Presented in partnership with Gateway Theatre.
To Register: https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/695592bd6724c63d00e997e9

City of Richmond 2026 Street Banners
2026-03-09 - 2027-03-01 | BC
Ongoing – March 2027
City of Richmond 2026 Street Banners
10 Street Banner visual art designs and wordmarks were selected by the community for display on the streets of Richmond. The banners were installed in March 2026 and will be replaced in March 2027 by the future Banner Contest Winners. Over 470 individual banner design entries were received.
Video profiling this year’s artists: https://richmond.ca/parks-recreation/parks/programs/banners.htm
Alternate Website: https://richmondstreetbanners.squarespace.com/current

Artist Salon: Integrating Ecology into Public Art
2026-03-14 13:00 - 14:30 | Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1R8, Canada
March 14, 1pm-2:30pm
Artist Salon: Integrating Ecology into Public Art
Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate
Rebecca Bayer & Jeremy Venditti lead a discussion and tour of the recently completed public art project, BALANCE. Join artist Rebecca Bayer as she shares insight into her latest Richmond public art project, BALANCE. Learn about the creative process behind the work and how collaboration with Professor Venditti of River Dynamics Lab at SFU helped shape an artwork that connects art and ecology. Also joining us for the talk and tour is Biliana Velkova, City of Richmond Public Art Planner to share information on current public art programs in the City of Richmond.
Website: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/artist-salon-integrating-ecology-into-public-art-tickets-1982471829609

Live Performances at ANAF 284
2026-03-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-03-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2026-03-28 19:30 - 22:00 | ANAF Unit 284 Steveston, 101-11900 No 1 Road, Richmond, BC, Canada
Ongoing – March 28 (Saturdays), 7:30pm
Live Performances at ANAF 284
11900 No. 1 Road
See online calendar for details.
Website: https://anaf284.ca/calendar/

Community Conversations: Messy Cities with Urbanist Zahra Ebrahim
2026-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Brighouse Library, 100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 1R8, Canada
March 19, 7pm
Community Conversations: Messy Cities with Urbanist Zahra Ebrahim
Richmond Brighouse Library
7700 Minoru Gate
Join urbanist Zahra Ebrahim in a Community Conversation about her co-edited book Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything and the role of spontaneity in making our cities more livable, lively, and inclusive. Messy Cities is a collection of 43 essays featuring diverse perspectives on what it means to be a part of today’s urban landscapes around the world. Come prepared with questions, ideas, and experiences about living in the city to share.
Website: https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/6945ba246724c63d00e7c790

Steveston Folk Guild: Earle Peach and Illiteratty
2026-03-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Britannia Shipyards – Chinese Bunkhouse, 5180 Westwater Drive, Richmond, BC, V7E 6P3, Canada
March 19, 7:30pm
Steveston Folk Guild: Earle Peach and Illiteratty
Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site: Chinese Bunkhouse
5180 Westwater Drive
We are proud to welcome Illiteratty back to SFG again. Last years concert was very memoreable. The band plays a wide range of musical styles, such as original swing, European cabaret, celtic, rockabilly, and off course folk. The full compliment of guitar, mandolin, violin, standup base, and small percussion allows for music which is compassionate, funny, angry, idiosyncratic, original and extremely varied. Well that definitely is a mouthful. Earle has been writing songs since he was 12 years old. He has more self penned songs in his arsenal than the band can perform in one show, so expect a great time with foot tapping, hand clapping, and moments that will become memories.
Website: https://www.stevestonfolk.net/

Shady Island Seafood Live Bands
2026-03-20 - 2026-04-05 | Shady Island Bar and Grill, 112-3800 Bayview Street, Richmond, BC, Canada
March 20 – April 5 (various nights), 6pm-9pm
Shady Island Seafood Live Bands
3800 Bayview St.
See website for full listing.
Website: https://www.shadyislandseafood.com/general-7

Thunder From Down Under
2026-03-20 20:00 - 22:00 | River Rock Casino Resort, 8811 River Road, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 3P8, Canada
March 20, 8pm
Thunder From Down Under
River Rock Casino Resort
8811 River Road
Get ready to experience an exhilarating and electrifying extravaganza as Thunder from Down Under, the world-renowned Australian male revue, returns!
Website: https://greatcanadian.com/event/thunder-river-rock-casino/

Live Band Night with The Fraser Valley Stompers
2026-03-21 18:00 - 21:30 | Steveston Hub, 3551 Moncton Street, Richmond, BC, Canada
March 21, 6pm-9:30pm
Live Band Night with The Fraser Valley Stompers
3551 Moncton Street
In partnership with Steveston Hub! Meet new and familiar faces, enjoy live music, dance with friends, and treat yourself to delicious snacks and drinks. Support our local community of talented musicians while having a great time!
Website: https://www.swingoutrichmond.ca/events

The Chromophiliacs Exhibition Walkthrough & Reception with VLACC
2026-03-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1R8, Canada
March 22, 2pm-3:30pm
The Chromophiliacs Exhibition Walkthrough & Reception with VLACC
Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate
In partnership with Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre (VLACC), join us for a guided walkthrough of The Chromophiliacs, an electrifying exhibition that celebrates colour as resistance, language, and cultural expression. This special afternoon brings together exhibiting artists Maru Aponte, Yaimel López Zaldívar, and Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo in conversation with Zoë Chan, Curator at Richmond Art Gallery, and Miret Rodriguez, art historian and founder of Curated Tastes.
Website: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/vlacc

TAGOR: “The Needle & Eye” with Carola Russell and Pop-up Shop
2026-03-24 14:00 - 17:00 | St. Anne’s Steveston Anglican Church, 4071 Francis Road, Richmond, Canada
March 24, 2pm
TAGOR: “The Needle & Eye” with Carola Russell and Pop-up Shop”
St. Anne’s Anglican Church
4071 Francis Rd
Free. Quilters and Fiber Artists use many tools and materials to create quilts and textile art. Join Carola for a fun, tongue in cheek presentation that will make a few light bulbs come on in the room. You’ll learn to choose the correct needle and thread making the difference between bliss and misery. You’ll understand what causes thread breakage, needle breakage and skipped stitches. Carola will answer many questions including “Why do my stitches look so ugly! My quilt blocks never measure up?!“
Website: https://tagor.ca/2026/01/02/the-truth-about-needles-and-thread-with-carola-russell-and-pop-up-shop/

Wildwoman
2026-03-26 - 2026-04-04 | Gateway Theatre, 6500 Gilbert Road, Richmond, BC, V7C 3V4, Canada
March 26 – April 4
Wildwoman
Gateway Theatre
6500 Gilbert Road
A Gateway Theatre and Alberta Theatre Projects Production. A seductively funny, daring twist on regal history. In Wildwoman, we follow the story of Catherine de Medici, the young, newlywed of King Henry II of France, who thinks her life at court will be a fascinating forum of political discourse. Instead, the palace is a cruel and disturbing place where her singular function is to be a baby-making machine for male heirs. Even the other women at her side, a scheming lady-in-waiting and the king’s power-hungry mistress, seem to mostly fend for themselves. The only kinship she finds is with the paperback-romance hot, head-to-toe hair wildman kept in the dungeon as one of the king’s collection of caged oddities. His friendly and feral presence gradually awakens Catherine’s own wild side, and once she unleashes it, no one is safe from her vengeful wrath.
Website: https://www.gatewaytheatre.com/events/wildwoman/

Deep Outside – Art by Sofiya Mukhachova
2026-03-28 - 2026-04-30 | Lipont Gallery, 4211 No. 3 Road, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 2C3, Canada
March 28 – April 30
Deep Outside – Art by Sofiya Mukhachova
Lipont Gallery (Room 218)
4211 No. 3 Road
Opening Reception: March 28, 2pm-5pm
In the new series of paintings and mixed media works by Richmond-based artist Sofiya Mukhachova, titled Deep Outside, audiences are invited to navigate the delicate intersection of cosmic vastness and the intimate architecture of the human mind. Sofiya’s work is a profound meditation on the “possibility of the improbable”, which is a visual bridge between the scientific reality of the universe and the reality of our inner selves.
Website: https://www.lipontgallery.ca/artists/sofiya-mukhachova/
Opening Reception: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/opening-reception-of-deep-outside-art-by-sofiya-mukhachova-tickets-1985175228548

Richmond Singers’ Annual Garage Sale (and Shred-a-thon)
2026-03-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Broadmoor Baptist Church, 8140 Saunders Road, Richmond, BC, Canada
March 28, 10am-2pm
Richmond Singers’ Annual Garage Sale (and Shred-a-thon)
Broadmoor Baptist Church
8140 Saunders Road
Come and browse, shop, and shred your old tax forms and other personal papers. We hope to see you there! Thank you for supporting this important fundraising project for the Richmond Singers.
Website: https://richmondsingers.ca/

Society of Indo-Canadian Performing Arts BC – Natyanjali
2026-03-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Richmond Cultural Centre – Performance Hall, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 1R9, Canada
March 28, 2pm-3:30pm
Society of Indo-Canadian Performing Arts BC – Natyanjali
Richmond Cultural Centre – Theatre Under The Stars
7700 Minoru Gate
Natyanjali, which means an “offering of dance,” is an Indian tradition where people celebrate the art of classical dance in honour of Lord Nataraja. The event will feature six dance forms: Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Kathak, Mohiniyattam and Manipuri. Tickets: $15.
Website: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/natyanjali-an-offering–2026
Richmond News: https://www.richmond-news.com/local-arts/classical-indian-dance-performances-returns-to-richmond-bc-2026-11951569

Deep Outside – Art by Sofiya Mukhachova (opening reception)
2026-03-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Lipont Gallery, 4211 No. 3 Road, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 2C3, Canada

Live Music: The Karmichaels
2026-03-28 19:30 - 21:00 | ANAF Unit 284 Steveston, 101-11900 No 1 Road, Richmond, BC, Canada
March 28, 7:30pm
Live Music: The Karmichaels
ANAF 284
11900 No. 1 Road
Website: https://anaf284.ca/calendar/

Speaker Series - Resisting Remoteness: Connecting History, Design, and Comics in the Study of Northeast India
2026-03-30 12:00 - 13:00 | BC
March 30, 12pm-1pm
Speaker Series – Resisting Remoteness: Connecting History, Design, and Comics in the Study of Northeast India
Online
India’s Northeast is often stereotyped as “remote”—cut off from dynamic and global historical processes happening elsewhere. This presentation challenges the myth of Northeast India’s isolation by exploring the connected history of a long-forgotten Northeast Indian labour unit during the First World War. But it does so by challenging simultaneously the isolation of scholarly disciplines at KPU. We present a work-in-progress—a story told in comics form—that brings together faculty and student experts across KPU, from fields as diverse as the Digital Humanities, Fine Arts, History, Design, and 3D Printing.
Website: https://www.kpu.ca/arts/speakerseries

Exhibition – Keely-O’Brien: Secret Ingredients
2026-04-01 - 2027-03-01 | Richmond-Brighouse Skytrain Station
April 1 – March 1 2027
Exhibition – Keely-O’Brien: Secret Ingredients
Richmond-Brighouse Skytrain Station
Secret Ingredients began as a call by the artist for the public to submit messages they found difficult to express directly to someone in their life, but felt ready to share. These messages were transformed into decorated cakes and delivered to the intended recipients as an edible form of communication. Exhibited now as a series of photographs at the Canada Line’s Richmond-Brighouse Station, they become an unexpected moment of reflection during a commute.
Website: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/secret-ingredients

Exhibition – Michael Love: No Place
2026-04-01 - 2027-03-01 | Lansdowne Skytrain Station, ‎5400 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, Canada
April 1 – March 1 2027
Exhibition – Michael Love: No Place
Lansdowne Skytrain Station
No Place utilizes hand-cut collage, assemblage, and re-photography to forge layered connections between architecture, history, and ideology. The resulting composition serves as a speculative reconstruction that reimagines both physical and ideological spaces.
Website: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/no-place

Exhibition – Sylvan Hamburger: Rewilding (Autumn & Spring)
2026-04-01 - 2027-03-01 | Aberdeen Skytrain Station, ‎4100 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6X 4E8, Canada
April 1 – March 1 2027
Exhibition – Sylvan Hamburger: Rewilding (Autumn & Spring)
Aberdeen Skytrain Station
This installation at Aberdeen Station is part of an ongoing project by the artist in response to the region’s changing built environment. The photo installation depicts two concrete lion finials salvaged from the gates of a demolished Vancouver Special. Each season, the lions are painted and placed in various overgrown locations throughout the city. Mimicking their original position at the gates of the former home, the reimagined lions stand guard at the entrance to the Canada Line station.
Website: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/rewilding-autumn-spring

Collage Club: April 2026 Session
2026-04-02 18:30 - 20:30 | Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1R8, Canada
April 2, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Collage Club: April 2026 Session
Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate
Looking for a fun, inspiring night out? Join our Collage Club for Adults—a relaxed, social evening dedicated to art-making in a welcoming environment. No artistic experience required, just bring your imagination! This month’s prompt is PATTERNS, inspired by The Chromophiliacs exhibition.
Website: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/collageapril

Richmond’s Writer in Residence Opening Event
2026-04-04 14:00 - 15:30 | Richmond Cultural Centre Annex, 7660 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1R8, Canada
April 4, 2pm-3:30pm
Richmond’s Writer in Residence Opening Event
Richmond Cultural Centre Annex – Living Room
7660 Minoru Gate
Drop-in. Richmond’s Writer-in-Residence program will officially launch in 2026 with an opportunity to meet Aaron Chan, ask questions and learn more about the upcoming programming he has planned.
Website: https://richmond.ca/culture/howartworks/artists-opportunities/writerinresidence.htm

Art & Cocktails | The Chromophilliacs
2026-04-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC, V6Y 1R8, Canada
April 4, 2pm-4pm
Art & Cocktails | The Chromophilliacs
Richmond Art Gallery
7700 Minoru Gate
Ticket prices: $50-$60. Sip, Explore, and Celebrate Colour! The Chromophiliacs invites you to experience colour in ways that are playful, immersive, and unforgettable. Art & Cocktails brings this experience to life with all your senses. Guided by a curator, you’ll explore the exhibition and dive into the stories, techniques, and vibrant hues of each piece. Along the way, a creative bartendress will present three art-inspired cocktails, each designed in dialogue with the artworks, making each sip a playful, multi-sensory experience.
Tickets: https://curatedtastes.art/event/art-cocktails-the-chromophilliacs-at-richmond-art-gallery/

Art at Work: Tax Webinar for Self-Employed Artists & Small Businesses
2026-04-09 12:00 - 13:30 | BC
April 9, 12pm-1:30pm
Art at Work: Tax Webinar for Self-Employed Artists & Small Businesses
Online Webinar
Are you a self-employed artist or small business owner with tax-related questions? Here’s your chance to get them answered by Liaison Officers from Canada Revenue Agency. This webinar will provide general information on business tax deductions, explain common tax errors, and introduce helpful tools and services offered by the CRA. Please note that this webinar seminar does not provide services for filing individual income tax returns.
To Register: https://www.richmondartgallery.org/aawtaxwebinar

Spring 2026 Richmond Art Market
2026-04-10 - 2026-04-12 | Lipont Gallery, 4211 No. 3 Road, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 2C3, Canada
April 10 – April 12
Spring 2026 Richmond Art Market
Lipont Place
4211 No. 3 Road
The market will transform 5,000 sq. ft. of multi-functional into a curated hub of “original and affordable art,” connecting over 40 independent creators with a diverse audience of collectors and gift-seekers. Admission: free / optional donation.
Website: https://www.lipontgallery.ca/2026market/

The Butch Closet - Free Film Screening and Talkback Event
2026-04-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Richmond Cultural Centre – Performance Hall, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 1R9, Canada
April 11, 1pm
The Butch Closet – Free Film Screening and Talkback Event
Richmond Cultural Centre, Theatre Under the Stairs
7700 Minoru Gate
Join us for a free screening of Phranc: The Butch Closet and a conversation with director Paige Gratland and artist/performer Phranc. This short form documentary follows artist and musician Phranc as she reflects on her recent exhibition, Phranc: The Butch Closet, a memoir in the form of a multi-disciplinary art installation that spans forty years of her life as a queer, gender nonconforming visual artist and performer. The film is 21 minutes with English subtitles. An informal conversation and Q&A will follow with light refreshments.
RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/phranc-the-butch-closet-free-film-screening-and-talkback-event-tickets-1985329858049

Richmond Cherry Blossom Festival
2026-04-12 11:00 - 16:00 | Garry Point Park, 12011 Seventh Avenue, Richmond, British Columbia, V7E 4X2, Canada
April 12, 11am-4pm
Richmond Cherry Blossom Festival
Garry Point Park
A free community celebration of Japanese culture, cherry blossoms and springtime renewal. This year’s theme is ありがとう (Arigatō), “thank you.” As the festival celebrates its 10th anniversary, we honour the performers, partners, volunteers and community members who have helped the Richmond Cherry Blossom Festival grow and flourish over the past decade. Enjoy a full day of Japanese cultural experiences, including: Traditional performances, Delicious food options, Hands-on activities for all ages, and Family-friendly programming.
Website: https://richmondcherryblossomfest.ca/
