British Columbia

===Performing arts===
[[File:VSO Group Portrait.jpg|thumb|The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum concert hall (2019)]]
British Columbia is home to the [[Vancouver Opera]], the [[City Opera of Vancouver]], [[Ballet BC]], [[contemporary dance]] companies [[Holy Body Tattoo]], [[Kidd Pivot]], [[Jennifer Mascall|Mascall Dance Society]], and [[butoh]] dance troupe [[Kokoro Dance]].{{fact|date=February 2023}} It is also the home province for a plethora of independent [[theatre companies]], including the [[Arts Club Theatre Company]], the [[Shakespearean]] [[Bard on the Beach]], and [[Theatre Under the Stars (Vancouver)|Theatre Under the Stars]]. Performing arts venues include the [[Queen Elizabeth Theatre]], the [[Orpheum (Vancouver)|Orpheum Theatre]], and the [[Royal Theatre (Victoria, British Columbia)|Royal Theatre]], among others.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

====Music====
{{See also|Music of Vancouver}}
British Columbia is the third largest music-producing province in Canada and the local music industry generates an estimated yearly revenue of $265{{Nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicexportcanada.ca/canada/province/british-columbia/#:~:text=BC%20is%20the%20third%20largest,and%20many%20still%20record%20here.|title=British Columbia|work=Music Export Canada|access-date= February 7, 2023}}</ref> The province is home to the [[Vancouver Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Okanagan Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra]], the [[Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra]], and the [[Victoria Symphony]]. Some important [[popular music]] acts include bands such as [[Spirit of the West]], [[Theory of a Deadman]], [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]], [[Gob (band)|Gob]], and [[The New Pornographers]], and solo artists such as [[Bryan Adams]], [[Carly Rae Jepsen]], [[Mac DeMarco]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[Nelly Furtado]], and [[Diana Krall]].  [[Music festivals]] in BC have included the [[Squamish Valley Music Festival]], [[Shambhala Music Festival]], and [[Pemberton Music Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Britten |first=Liam |date=2018-08-11 |title=After 20 years, Shambhala music fest going strong while others take a bow |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shambhala-music-festival-edm-1.4781793 |access-date=2024-02-05 |work=CBC News}}</ref>