Editing Vancouver (section)

===Music and nightlife===
{{See also|Music of Vancouver}}
Musical contributions from Vancouver include performers of classical, folk and popular music.<!--Listing of noted classical composers and performers resident/emergent is needed--> The [[Vancouver Symphony Orchestra]] is the professional orchestra based in the city. The [[Vancouver Opera]] is a major opera company in the city, and [[City Opera of Vancouver]] is the city's professional chamber opera company. The city is home to several [[Canadian composers]], including [[Rodney Sharman]], [[Jeffrey Ryan]], and [[Jocelyn Morlock]].
[[File:Olymp 31.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Granville Entertainment District]], downtown, can attract large crowds to the street's many bars and nightclubs.]]
The city produced a number of notable [[punk rock]] bands, including [[D.O.A. (band)|D.O.A.]] Other early Vancouver punk bands included the [[Subhumans (Canadian band)|Subhumans]], the [[Young Canadians]], the [[Pointed Sticks]], and [[U-J3RK5]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Buium |first=Greg |title=Sound and Fury: Reliving Vancouver's punk explosion |work=CBC News |date=April 15, 2005 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/soundandfury.html |access-date=January 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827080236/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/soundandfury.html |archive-date=August 27, 2006}}</ref> When [[alternative rock]] became popular in the 1990s, several Vancouver groups rose to prominence, including [[54-40 (band)|54-40]], [[Odds (band)|Odds]], [[Moist (Canadian band)|Moist]], the [[Matthew Good Band]], [[Sons of Freedom (band)|Sons of Freedom]] and [[Econoline Crush]]. Recent successful Vancouver bands include [[Gob (band)|Gob]], [[Marianas Trench (band)|Marianas Trench]], [[Theory of a Deadman]] and [[Stabilo (band)|Stabilo]]. Today, Vancouver is home to several popular independent bands such as [[The New Pornographers]], [[Japandroids]], [[Destroyer (band)|Destroyer]], [[In Medias Res (band)|In Medias Res]], [[Tegan and Sara]], and independent labels including [[Nettwerk]] and [[Mint Records|Mint]]. Vancouver also produced influential metal band [[Strapping Young Lad]] and pioneering [[electro-industrial]] bands [[Skinny Puppy]], [[Numb (band)|Numb]] and [[Front Line Assembly]]; the latter's [[Bill Leeb]] is better known for founding ambient pop super-group [[Delerium]]. Other popular musical artists who made their mark from Vancouver include [[Carly Rae Jepsen]], [[Bryan Adams]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]], [[Prism (band)|Prism]], [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]], [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]], [[Payolas]], [[Moev]], [[Images in Vogue]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[DYLN|Stef Lang]] and [[Spirit of the West]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Gooch |first=Bryan N. S. |title=Music in Vancouver |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/vancouver-bc-emc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033715/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1SEC842192 |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>

More significant musical performances are usually held at venues such as [[Rogers Arena]], [[Queen Elizabeth Theatre]], [[BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] or the [[Pacific Coliseum]]. In contrast, more minor acts are held at places such as the [[Commodore Ballroom]], the [[Orpheum (Vancouver)|Orpheum Theatre]] and the [[Vogue Theatre (Vancouver)|Vogue Theatre]]. The [[Vancouver Folk Music Festival]] and the [[Vancouver International Jazz Festival]] showcase music from around the world in their respective genres. Vancouver's Hong Kong Chinese population has produced several [[Cantopop]] stars across the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Similarly, various Indo-Canadian artists and actors have a profile in [[Bollywood]] or other aspects of [[India]]'s entertainment industry.

Vancouver has a vibrant nightlife scene, whether food and dining or bars and nightclubs. The [[Granville Entertainment District]] has the city's highest concentration of bars and nightclubs with closing times of 3{{nbsp}}am, in addition to various after-hours clubs open until late morning on weekends. The street can attract large crowds on weekends and is closed to traffic on such nights. [[Gastown]] is also a popular area for nightlife with many upscale restaurants and nightclubs, as well as the [[Davie Village]], which is the centre of the city's [[LGBT]] community.