Seven Things to Do in Metro Vancouver Feb. 21-Feb. 27: Coastal Dance Festival, Roy Forbes and more

Whether you’re looking for date ideas, free things to do or just something fun to do in downtown Vancouver, you can’t go wrong with our list of events happening around Metro Vancouver between Feb. 21-Feb. 28.For more ideas, click HERE for our coverage of Vancouver’s arts scene, or HERE to search our entertainment listings database.13th Annual Coastal Dance FestivalWhen: Feb. 25-March 1Tickets: from $25, at damelahamid.

Dancers of Damelahamid present their 13th annual celebration of Canadian and global Indigenous stories, song, and dance. This year’s festival welcomes 14 Indigenous performance groups from throughout British Columbia, Alaska, Yukon, and Nunavut as well as guests from New Zealand.

Afrobeat meets martial arts on Fu Chronicles, the seventh album from Brooklyn band Antibalas. The album looks back at when singer/percussionist Duke Amayo was running a kung fu dojo in pre-gentrified Williamsburg. Fu Chronicles also marks the 20th anniversary of the band, which is famous for the party vibe of its live shows. “Antibalas attracts its audience with quality Afrobeat music, but listening without seeing the band live robs you from a complete musical experience,” reads a kexp.

Local artists show off works-in-progress in this special presentation from Sawdust Collector and Western Front New Works. Vocalists Marin Patenaude, Molly MacKinnon, and Tegan Wahlgren are joined by Veda Hille on piano to play selections from a new musical by Hille and Amiel Gladstone. Dancer Ziyian Kwan and bassist James Meger present a new hybrid piece about grandmothers. Lucien Durey perform “embodied call-and-response,” where sound travels between live singers and staged video performances.

Singer/songwriter Roy Forbes has been performing, writing and recording for almost 50 years now, having traversed the North American folk festival circuit several times as a solo performer and with his band UHF . Among his accomplishments is a cover by American folksinger Shawn Colvin of his song Talk Around the Town. Five years ago Forbes was blinded in an accident but he hasn’t let this misfortune stop him from making a new album.

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