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BEST OF THE CITY 2012: Vancouver's Culture winners

Performing Arts Festival 1. Bard on the Beach (203-456 W. Broadway, 604-737-0625, BardOnTheBeach.org) 2. Fringe Festival (Box 203 1398 Cartwright Street, 604-257.0350, VancouverFringe.com) 3. PUSH Festival (300 640W.Broadway, 604-605.

Performing Arts Festival

1. Bard on the Beach (203-456 W. Broadway, 604-737-0625, BardOnTheBeach.org)

2. Fringe Festival (Box 203 1398 Cartwright Street, 604-257.0350, VancouverFringe.com)

3. PUSH Festival (300 640W.Broadway, 604-605.8284, PushFestival.ca)

Music Festival

1. Jazz Festival (295 W. 7th, 604-872.5200, CoastalJazz.ca)

2. Folk Festival (468 411 Dunsmuir Street, 604 602.9798, TheFestival.bc.ca)

3. Live at Squamish (Squamish, LiveAtSquamish.com)

Visual Arts Festival

1. East Side Cultural Crawl (108 - 1000 Parker St, 778 960-7575, EastsideCultureCrawl.com)

2. Queer Film Festival (tie) (405-207 W. Hastings Street, 604-844-1615, QueerFilmFestival.ca)

2. Vancouver Film Fest (tie) (1181 Seymour, 604-685-0260, viff.org)

Neighbourhood Festival/Event

1. Car Free Day (The Drive, Main, Kits, West End, CarFreeVancouver.org)

2. Pride Festival (1080 Howe Street, Suite 304, 604-687-0955, VancouverPride.ca)

3. Greek Days (3230 West Broadway Street, 604-738-7126, GreekDay.com)

Theatre Company

1. Arts Club/Stanley Theatre (1585 Johnston, 604-687-5315, ArtsClub.com)

2. Electric Company (tie) (1422 William Street, 604-253-4222, ElectricCompanytheatre.com)

2. Playhouse (tie) (301 601 Cambie, 604-872-6622, VancouverPlayhouse.com)

Dance Company

1. Ballet BC (677 Davie Street, 604-732-5003, Balletbc.com)

2. Goh Ballet (2345 Main Street, 604-872-4014 ext 126, GohBallet.com)

3. Harbour Dance (927 Granville St., 604-684-9542, harbourdance.com)

Choral Group

1. Vancouver Mens Chorus (1270 Chestnut Street, 604-669-SING, VancouverMensChorus.ca)

2. Vancouver Chamber Choir (tie) (1254 W. 7th, 604-738-6822, VancouverChamberChoir.com)

2. Chor Leoni (tie) (949 W. 49th, 604-263-7061, ChorLeoni.org)

3. Vancouver Bach Choir (3102 Main, #304, 604-872-8789, Vancouverachchoir.com)

Classical Music Group

1. VSO (601 Smithe Street, 604 876-3434, VancouverSymphony.ca)

2. Vancouver Opera (1945 McLean Drive, 604 683-0222, vancouveropera.ca)

3. Bach Choir (tie) (3102 Main St #304, 604 872-8789,VancouverBachChoir.com)

3. Music Intima (tie) (204 3102 Main Street, 604 731-6618, MusicaIntima.org)

Art Gallery (Public)

1. VAG (750 Hornby Street, 604-662-4700, VanArtGallery.bc.ca)

2. Museum of Anthropology UBC (6393 NW Marine Dr., 604-822-5087, moa.ubc.ca)

3. Museum of Vancouver (1100 ?Chestnut Street, 604 736-4431,

MuseumOfVancouver.ca)

Art Gallery (Private)

1. Douglas Reynolds Gallery ?(2335 Granville, 604 731-9292, DouglasReynoldsGallery.com)

2. Bill Reid Gallery (tie) (639 Hornby Street, 604 682-3455, BillReidGallery.ca)

2. Rennie (tie) (51 E. Pender, RennieCollection.org)

3. Monte Clark (tie) (2339 Granville, 604 730-5000, MonteClarkGallery.com)

3. Ayden Gallery (tie) (88 W. Pender, 778-891-4310, AydenGallery.com)

First-Run Movie Theatre

1. Scotiabank Theatre (900 Burrard, 604-630-1407, Cineplex.com)

2. Fifth Avenue (2110 Burrard, 604-734-7469, FestivalCinemas.ca)

3. Tinseltown (88 W. Pender, 604-806-0799, CinemarkTinseltown.ca)

Repertory/Art-House Movie Theatre

1. Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway, 604-879-3456, RioTheatre.ca)

2. Fifth Avenue Cinemas (2110 Burrard, 604 734-7469, FestivalCinemas.ca)

3. Pacific Cinematheque (1131 Howe, 604 688-3456, Cinematheque.bc.ca)

To read our 24-page Best of the City edition online go to Issuu.com

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