2026 Festival Venues

Vancouver Playhouse

Address: 600 Hamilton St

Skytrain: Stadium-Chinatown - Expo Line 

Bus: 005 and 006 on Cambie St, 257 on Dunsmuir St

Parking: Underground and street paid parking. 

Entrance: Street level

Wheelchair: 5 wheelchair friendly seating options. 

Washrooms: Fully accessible washroom on the first floor and gender-inclusive washrooms.

Access Guide: VCT Accessibility 


Cineplex International Village

Address: 88 W Pender St, Third Floor

Skytrain: Stadium-Chinatown

Bus: 016 and 014 on W Hastings St and Abbott St; 19, 23 and 22 on Eastbound W Pender St at Abbott St; 17 on EB W Pender St @ Hamilton St.

Parking: Onsite, Impark Lot #1338

Entrance: Mall Entrance on street level, Cinema Entrance on 3rd Floor accessible via electric stairs and elevator. 

Wheelchair: 4 wheelchair friendly seating options.

Washrooms: Gendered and fully accessible.


The Birdhouse 

Address: 44 W 4th Ave 

Skytrain: Main Street-Science World Station - Expo Line

Bus: 003 / 008 on Main St and 4th Ave

Parking: Parking Indigo Vancouver Lot 009 - 4th & Alberta

Entrance: Street level 

Wheelchair: The Birdhouse is at ground level, with a wheelchair-accessible entrance/exit (double doors 70 in. wide, single door is 35 in.). There are no stairs or steps to navigate the venue. The only inaccessible area is a raised area to the left of the stage. The door to the outdoor patio is 35 inches wide. There is a cord running ½ in. off the ground, parallel, before the door to the outdoor patio. 

Washrooms: There is one wheelchair-accessible washroom and several single-stall washrooms ranging from 32-27 inches in width inside the venue. All washrooms are gender-inclusive.


The Vancouver Pride Society created a helpful guide: The Birdhouse - Accessibility.

The Cinematheque

Address: 1131 Howe St

Skytrain: Granville Station - Expo Line 

Bus: 006 on Davie St and Howe St; 004, 007, 010, 014, 016 and 050 on Howe and Nelson; 002 and N22 on Davie and Burrard.

Parking: London Place - Lot #1779

Entrance: Street level 

Wheelchair: Reserve spaces 

Washrooms: Fully accessible and gender inclusive. 

Access Guide: Cinematheque - Equity & Accessibility


SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

Address: 149 W Hastings

Skytrain: Stadium-Chinatown

Bus: R5, 003, 008, 014, 016 and 020 on W Hastings and Abbott St.

Parking: Cordova & Cambie, EasyPark - Lot 126

Entrance: Street Level along W Hastings, Gradual steps and ramp up to the doorway on Cordova

Wheelchair: 4 wheelchair accessible seats in the theatre, elevator up to all event spaces

Washrooms: 2 gender-inclusive washrooms located on the second floor (stair or elevator access between the second and third floor).

Access Guide: SFU - Accessibility 


Emily Carr  University - Reliance Theatre

Address: 520 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 0H2

Skytrain: Main Street-Science World (Expo Line) and VCC- Clark (Millennium Line)

Bus: 003, 008 & 019  on Northbound Main St and E 5th Ave; 084 on Great Northern Way and Brunswick

Parking: Public Parking - 577GNW, Advanced Parking - 887 Great Northern Way Lot 36 and Advanced Parking - South Flatz Parking Lot 119

Entrance: Street Level along Great Northern Way. 

Wheelchair: The theatre has 5 wheelchair friendly seating options. 

Washrooms: Gender-inclusive washrooms are located on both the 1st and 2nd floors.  

Access Guide: Massy Art Society created a great access guide for this venue; to see it, please visit the following link: Massy Art Society - How to Get to the Reliance Theatre.