Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir's 2026 Spring Concert

Celebrating the end of a busy season, the Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir presents our 36th Annual Spring Concert.

All peoples have stories. These are some of ours. Stories about love, marriage, and family. Stories about holidays. Humorous and satirical stories. Stories about landlords and the hardships of daily life. A shenere un besere velt: Stories of protest.

Our featured work in this year's performance, Fun Vanen Nemen Zikh di Mayses (Where We Get Our Stories), is based on a poem by Montreal-based Yiddish writer Ida Maze (1893–1962), and arranged by contemporary artist Sarah Larsson. Maze's words bring to life the intergenerational magic of storytelling, calling on listeners to remember where their dreams come from, how they shape who we are, and how stories are passed from one person to the next.

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Doors open at 6:30pm (performance at 7pm)

Gallia & Ben Chud Auditorium at the Peretz Centre

6184 Ash St., Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9​

➤   How to Get Here / Building & Accessibility Information

Free parking is available on the street or in the underground parkade.

Admission by donation (suggested: $20 per person, minimum $5 online OR $10 at the door).

The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir was founded in 1980 by Searle Friedman. We learn and share folk music from a diversity of Jewish languages (including Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and English) and create new arrangements for contemporary audiences. From protest songs to revolutionary poems set to music to satirical theatre pieces, choir members and audiences encounter and enliven important political and social aspects of our collective histories for the present day.

With people from different cultural and faith backgrounds from their 20s to 80s, and a long history of overlapping with the LGBTQ+ community and many queer and trans members, the Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir creates a welcoming, safe, and supportive multi-cultural space where people of all abilities and backgrounds can be in community, learn about Jewish music and languages, and build bridges with other folk music traditions.

We welcome new members for the next choir season, starting September 2026!

Image credit: Poster by Adi Burton, adapted from sheet music cover designed by Andre de Takacs ("Dreaming," Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York, 1906).