Welcome to the 14th Annual Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival! We’ve once again pulled together an incredible array of talented actors, comedians, playwrights, musicians and dancers to entertain you for three spectacular summer nights.

From the premiere of stage play The Conversation along with Laugh Out Live! comedy on the floating stage, to live bands The History of Gunpowder and Mivule inside the Point Lodge, to festival favourites Balkan Shmalkan, along with The West Coast Front, Pemberton country rockers Dakota Pearl and ALGN Whistler Dance at Florence Petersen Park.

Welcome to the 14th Annual Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival! We’ve once again pulled together an incredible array of talented actors, comedians, playwrights, musicians and dancers to entertain you for three spectacular summer nights.

From the premiere of stage play The Conversation along with Laugh Out Live! comedy on the floating stage, to live bands The History of Gunpowder and Mivule inside the Point Lodge, to festival favourites Balkan Shmalkan, along with The West Coast Front, Pemberton country rockers Dakota Pearl and ALGN Whistler Dance at Florence Petersen Park.

The Flag Stop Festival kicks off on Wednesday, August 6 at 6PM in Whistler Village at the intimate Florence Petersen Park behind the library and museum for a night of live music, movement and dance. Vinyl Ritchie lays down the beats from 6PM before festival favourites 10-piece brass party band Balkan Shmalkan march in from the stroll to set the park alight. Dancers from ALGN Whistler string the whole night together with interactive performances between bands. Five piece ska, reggae, rock outfit The West Coast Front keeps the party going from 8PM, with Pemberton’s popular country rockers Dakota Pearl headlining the night from 9-10PM.

Admission is By Donation.

Join us for live music, dance, and monlogues at our Flag Stop Preview Pop-Up Performance & Bike Ride! Start in Florence Petersen Park (by the library) at 4pm. Bike over to The Point for more performances starting at 6:30. By donation online or at the door.

Flag Stop on the Coast

Fresh off the heels of the Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival in Whistler, the Point Artist-Run Centre brings two new plays to the beautiful Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons, BC. Comedy meets technology as playwrights Alan Forsythe and Stephen Vogler delve into the shaky ground of crypto currency and AI.

Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, BC

Friday, August 23. Doors 7:30PM. Show 8PM

Tickets $20 advance / $25 at the door (Available August 2, 2024)

Take in the show with a spectacular dinner or arrive for the entertainment alone. Have a drink from Harrop’s Bar and enjoy the roving entertainers before the premieres of two new plays on the floating stage, “Crypto Caper” by Alan Forsythe, and “Aye Aye AI” by Stephen Vogler. Then move inside the lodge to dance to Vancouver’s veteran pop punk rockers Pointed Sticks.

$30 Show Only; $55 with Dinner; $55 with Veggie Dinner Option

Take in the show with a spectacular dinner or arrive for the entertainment alone. Have a drink from Harrop’s Bar and enjoy the roving entertainers before the premieres of two new plays on the floating stage, “Crypto Caper” by Alan Forsythe, and “Aye Aye AI” by Stephen Vogler. Then move inside the lodge to dance to the roots rock reggae of Lil’wat band The Spiritual Warriors.

$30 Show Only; $55 with Dinner; $55 with Veggie Dinner Option

The evening begins at 6PM with a welcome ceremony from the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Ambassadors. The beer and wine garden and food vendors are open as DJ Vinyl Ritchie heats up the park with his eclectic 45s. Vancouver writer and theatre artist Cecilia O’Day delivers a preview of her one-woman Fringe monologue Young Widow, and Brandon Barrett returns from Victoria with his latest stand-up offering. Then Comedian Sarah Carson Ford returns to her hometown with a comedy set honed in New York.

Vancouver’s sweet dance party orchestra Balkan Shmalkan will get everybody moving on the grass, and the night wraps up with stellar hometown rockers Introduce Wolves.

Kids, youth and family entertainment starts at 1PM with Youth Improv Theatre, DJ IRA Dance Party and live music with youth band Into the Groove.

POP-UP PERFORMANCE BIKE RIDE from Florence Petersen Park to The Point. Evan Kinsella & The Tide, ALGN Dance, Brandon Barrett, and the Papa Josh Trio.

Start at Florence Petersen Park at 5PM with live music, and ride your bike to The Point with stops for dance, comedy and more live music.

The Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival at The Point, from 6-10pm! Featuring the theatre premieres:

“Your Truly, Kay” by Karen McLeod
“Bloppera” by John McGie

Live Music by Garret T. Willie

SOLD OUT!

The Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival moves to The Point Artist-Run Centre, from 6-10:30PM! Featuring the theatre premieres:

Comedian Sarah Carson Ford

“Your Truly, Kay” by Karen McLeod
“Bloppera” by John McGie

Live Music by Emily Molloy and Pistol Whip the Devil

The Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival comes to the Florence Petersen Park, from 6-10pm! Featuring…

• Walk in the Woods with Jacques Lalonde

• Balkan Shmalkan

• Laugh Out Live! Comedy Variety Show

• Introduce Wolves

Advance Tickets $20+GST – Children 12 & under free

The Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival comes to the Florence Petersen Park, from 6-10pm! Featuring…

• DJ Foxy Moron

• Travis the Magician

• Vinyl Ritchie

• Laugh Out Live!

• Dustin Bentall & The Blue Wranglers

Advance Tickets $20+GST – Children 12 & under free

The Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival comes to the Florence Petersen Park, from 1-3pm! Featuring…

• Indigenous Opening Ceremony

• Youth Theatre & Music Performance

• Travis the Magician

• DJ Ira Dance Party