Vancouver scene guide
Vancouver scene guide — find your venue by sound. House lands at TBA - DOWNTOWN LOCATION. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Vancouver’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- House — if you like Amtrac: TBA - DOWNTOWN LOCATION, 520 Alexander Street, The Beaumont Studios
- Techno — if you like Chris Liebing: TBA - DOWNTOWN LOCATION, TBA - Secret Location, 520 Alexander Street
- Bass — if you like x3butterfly: TBA - Private Location, TBA - Private, Gorg-O-Mish
- Club — if you like nextdimensional: Skylight Warehouse, Platform9, 33 Acres Brewing Company
- Experimental — if you like Speaker Music: Viff Centre, Rio Theatre, The Pearl
- Drum & Bass — if you like K Motionz: 1201 Franklin St, The Red Room, The Cobalt
- Electronica — if you like Ninajirachi: Commodore Ballroom, Village Studios, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
Busiest venues
- TBA - DOWNTOWN LOCATION
- TBA - Secret Location
- 520 Alexander Street
- Platform9
- The Beaumont Studios
- TBA - Private Location
- 1201 Franklin St
- TBA - VANCOUVER
How big is Vancouver’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 1,420 club nights across 243 venues in Vancouver, featuring 925 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Vancouver tonight.
Which Vancouver venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
| Venue | Nights (12 mo) |
|---|---|
| Gorg-O-Mish | 124 |
| The Lido | 108 |
| Platform9 | 50 |
| Village Studios | 44 |
| The Red Room | 40 |
| Fortune Sound Club | 34 |
| The American | 31 |
| TBA - Bside Radio | 30 |
| Industrial 236 | 29 |
| The Pearl | 27 |
What time do Vancouver club nights actually start and end?
From the 1,420 listings publishing door times: the median Vancouver night opens at 22:00 — 42% open before 22:00, 53% between 22:00 and midnight, and 5% after midnight. Of the 316 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 03:00, 42% run past 04:00 and 28% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Vancouver cost?
Across the 181 listings publishing prices (13% of all nights): the median advance ticket is $25, with half of all nights between
2 and $25. 22% of listed nights are free.When does Vancouver go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (47% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 75% of the week. The busiest month of the year is October.
What does Vancouver sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 33% · House 31% · Disco 8% · Experimental 7% · Bass 6% · Tech House 5%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.