Indian Summer Festival Brings Evening With Alok

Indian Summer Festival Brings Evening With Alok

Indian Summer Festival Brings Evening With Alok

Indian Summer Festival and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts announce “An Evening with ALOK” as part of the 14th Annual Festival tickets go on sale today and are available for purchase at indiansummerfest.ca

(Vancouver, BC) – Indian Summer Festival, Vancouver’s ‘festival for the curious mind,’ and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC co-present “An Evening with ALOK” featuring the renowned gender non-conforming poet, comedian, public speaker and actor, on Saturday, July 6, as part of the annual festival. Tickets go on sale today, and are available for purchase at the Indian Summer Festival website for the 8:00 pm performance at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

This event offers a transformative evening featuring ALOK, known for their thought-provoking work on gender, identity, and activism. Following a sold-out show at Just For Laughs Vancouver, ALOK returns to Vancouver for a live performance and conversation, aiming to inspire a future beyond gender binaries.

“I am thrilled to be amplifying one of the most pivotal voices of our time,” says Pawan Deol, Executive Director of Programming, Indian Summer Festival. “ALOK’s work is truly catalyzing, offering a tangible vision for true liberation. Their performances challenge our collective complacency, turning the dream of a more compassionate world into a vivid, attainable reality. Join us for an evening of powerful dialogue and insight at the Chan Centre during the 14th annual Indian Summer Festival, led by the incomparable ALOK.”
“We need more joy, beauty, and laughter in our lives that helps us to move beyond binaries,” says Jarrett Martineau, Curator-in-Residence at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. “ALOK is a vital voice for change that inspires us to choose love over fear—together. I am delighted that ALOK will bring their visionary work to the Chan Centre as part of this year’s Indian Summer Festival program.”

Indian Summer Festival and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts co-present: An Evening with ALOK

Date: Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Venue: The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent. Road, Vancouver Tickets: From $32 to $70 plus applicable fees at
Link: Alok Vaid-Menon: An Evening with ALOK

About ALOK:
ALOK (they/them) has earned international acclaim as a visionary in challenging and reshaping societal norms around gender and identity. As an author, creator of #DeGenderFashion and award-winning activist, ALOK’s work spans various mediums and platforms, including a prominent presence on-screen and in literary circles. Their contributions to the conversation on identity, gender and fashion have not only garnered critical acclaim but have also sparked global dialogues on inclusivity and the beauty of human diversity.

About the Indian Summer Festival:
Indian Summer Festival (ISF) offers startling, nourishing, and inspirational multi-arts experiences through a South Asian lens. The two-week festival is held each July in Vancouver. Connecting rich and complex pasts with the emerging future, Indian Summer Festival centres and interrogates cultural diversity in innovative ways, sparking national and international impact. Each year, the festival presents provocative arts events that feature some of the finest artists and visionaries from Canada, South Asia and beyond. From novelists to musicians, installation artists to movie stars, Indian Summer Festival has presented emerging artists as well as Nobel, Booker, Grammy and Oscar prize nominees on its stages. ISF 2024, the 14th Festival edition, will be July 4-14, 2024.

About the Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC:
Since 1997, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in UBC’s Arts & Culture District has earned an international reputation for its striking design, stellar acoustics, and exceptional
programming. Artists, critics, and patrons alike are unanimous in their praise of the facility, winning it a place among North America’s premier performing arts venues. The Chan Centre boasts three unique venues: the superb Chan Shun Concert Hall, the dramatic Telus Studio Theatre, and the intimate Royal Bank Cinema. From classical, jazz, theatre, and opera to world music, the Chan Centre is a vital part of UBC campus life where artistic and academic disciplines merge to inspire new perspectives on life and culture. Past performers and guest speakers include: Wynton Marsalis, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Renée Fleming, Dan Savage, Yo-Yo Ma, Buena Vista Social Club, Sigur Rós, Aida Cuevas, Trombone Shorty, Jane Goodall, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Goran Bregović, and Bobby McFerrin.

For festival highlights, and access to events, please visit indiansummerfest.ca