PuSh International Performing Arts Festival | Vancouver, B.C.
One of Vancouver’s signature events, presenting groundbreaking work in the live performing arts.| PuSh Festival
One of Vancouver’s signature events, presenting groundbreaking work in the live performing arts.| PuSh Festival
We invite emerging artists and arts critics aged 25-35 to join In Dialogue—a week-long intensive of shared viewing, conversation, and critical exchange during the 2026 Festival.| PuSh Festival
Everyone in Vancouver deserves access to great art. At PuSh, we have a policy that no one is turned away for lack of funds. And we take action towards equity by providing hundreds of free […] The post Community Ticketing 50/50 Raffle: Support Access to the Arts appeared first on PuSh Festival.| PuSh Festival
Artist Walks invite visiting PuSh Industry delegates to slow down, take a walk, and experience Vancouver through the eyes of a local artist. These are not guided tours or performances. They are informal, artist-led walks […]| PuSh Festival
We’ve just published our 2025 Impact Report, highlighting a 20th anniversary Festival that gave us so much to celebrate. As we work towards our full 2026 programming announcement in the fall, we invite you to […]| PuSh Festival
Each year PuSh needs to raise nearly 2 million dollars to bring live performing arts from across Canada and around the world to Vancouver stages. THANK YOU for showing us that you Love PuSh! You […]| PuSh Festival
We are thrilled to announce that Gabrielle Martin, Artistic Director of PuSh Festival, has been awarded the John Hobday Award in Arts Management by the Canada Council for the Arts. The announcement, made today (Tuesday, […] The post Gabrielle Martin Receives John Hobday Award appeared first on PuSh Festival.| PuSh Festival
Over the past few months, the PuSh team has been lucky enough to visit other fabulous international festivals in Canada and abroad: Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting, Taiwan Week, Festival TransAmériques (FTA) in Montreal and […]| PuSh Festival
by Andrea Cownden Providing transformative performing arts experiences to as broad an audience as possible is a PuSh core value. We remove physical, social and financial barriers wherever possible to ensure everyone has an opportunity […]| PuSh Festival
by Keltie Forsyth, Outgoing Director of Operations This is my last week at PuSh. It both a sad and exciting time for me personally and for the organization. I’m thrilled knowing that the Festival is in Gabrielle […]| PuSh Festival
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Annie Clarke as our new Managing Director. She will replace our current Director of Operations, Keltie Forsyth, who is transitioning to the role of Artistic Director at […]| PuSh Festival
Celebrating 20 years as a fully-fledged festival and building on the legacy of founders Norman Armour and Katrina Dunn, PuSh remains artist-driven. Through our festival programming, our Club PuSh nights, the Industry Week, PuSh Dramaturgy […] The post Connecting audiences with Diverse Perspectives appeared first on PuSh Festival.| PuSh Festival
Since 2021, PuSh has partnered with Solid State Community Industries to introduce IBPOC youth in Surrey to careers in the performing arts. Through a unique, free-access program, participants have enjoyed curated shows and artist workshops […]| PuSh Festival
By Gabrielle Martin The 20th anniversary PuSh Festival is a celebration of audacious live art. These are performances and immersive experiences that shift our paradigms for creative expression and how we relate to one another. […]| PuSh Festival
The PuSh Festival Board would like to announce two senior staff departures. Effective this summer, Dr. Margo Kane stepped down from her role as Director of Indigenous Initiatives to focus on her work at Full […]| PuSh Festival
We invite local artists to welcome national and international guests to Vancouver by leading small groups of up to five industry delegates on an artist-led city walk*. This opportunity allows guests to experience and appreciate […]| PuSh Festival
PuSh Festival does our work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaɬ nations, and it is our duty to establish right relations with the […]| PuSh Festival
