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Stars of Vancouver 2019: Readers pick city’s best arts and culture

Our annual Stars of Vancouver Readers’ Choice Awards gives us the chance to vote for the best in service, products and people our beautiful city offers.
Photo Dan Toulgoet
Photo Dan Toulgoet

Our annual Stars of Vancouver Readers’ Choice Awards gives us the chance to vote for the best in service, products and people our beautiful city offers.

Best of all, we at the Vancouver Courier get to recognize and celebrate the businesses that showcase excellence in the city we call home. We encourage all our readers to use these businesses and see what makes a city favourite.

Thank you to all of those who voted and congratulations to the businesses listed in the following pages for showing us the best of Vancouver.

Michelle Bhatti, 
publisher, Vancouver Courier
mbhatti@vancourier.com

 

Note: winners are in bold.

BC LIONS PLAYER

Jonathon Jennings

Geroy Simon

Travis Lulay

CANUCK PLAYER 

Bo Horvat

The Sedin twins – Daniel and Henrik Sedin

Brock Boeser

CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT 

Granville Island

Vancouver International Children Festival

Science World

CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Vetta Chamber Music

Turning Point Ensemble

 

COMEDY CLUB

Yuk Yuk’s Vancouver Comedy Club

The Comedy Mix

Vancouver TheatreSports™ League

COMMUNITY FESTIVAL

Italian Day on the Drive

Car Free Day

Vancouver International Children’s Festival

CRAFT FAIR

Circle Craft

Make It Vancouver!

Eastside Culture Crawl

DANCE/THEATRE PRODUCTION COMPANY

Bard on the Beach

Arts Club Theatre

The Dance Centre

FARMERS MARKET

Trout Lake

Kitsilano

West End

GALLERY/MUSEUM

Museum of Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery

Museum of Anthropology

INDEPENDENT CINEMA

Rio Theatre

Vancity Theatre

Dunbar Theatre

JAZZ VENUE

Libra Room

The Revel Room Supper and Music Club

Blue Martini Cafe & Jazz

LIVE MUSIC VENUE

Commodore Ballroom

Vogue Theatre

The Orpheum

LOCAL BLOGGER

Miss 604 – Rebecca Bollwitt

Frances Bula

LOCAL POLITICAN

Kennedy Stewart

David Eby

Jody Wilson-Raybould

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Yaletown

Kitsilano

Commercial Drive

NIGHTCLUB

Celebrities Nightclub

The Roxy Cabaret

Fortune Sound Club

OPERA/CHORAL GROUP

Vancouver Opera

Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir

UBC Opera

SPORTING VENUE

Rogers Arena

BC Place

Nat Bailey Stadium

WHITECAPS PLAYER

Alphonso Davies

Russell Teibert

Stefan Marinovic

SPORTS TEAM MASCOT

Finn the Whale – Canucks

Spike – Whitecaps

Leo the Lion – BC Lions

TOURIST ATTRACTION

Stanley Park

Vancouver Aquarium

Granville Island