Summer evenings are meant for the outdoors. Sip, stroll, and soak it all in at our Sparks & Rec outdoor edition of After Dark. We open up the Ken Spencer Science Park for you to catch a live science show, be carried away by the sweet stylings of local musicians, and settle into a sun-kissed night of summer science.
Then head indoors where Sparks will fly—at our science show and electric spectacles.
If you’re chasing chill vibes with a curious twist, this is the place to be.
Outdoor Stage: 6:30pm, 8pm
Robyn Froese is a prairie folk artist who has found herself in the big city of Vancouver, Canada. If Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin had a love child raised in Sesame Street, it would be Robyn Froese. She is a playful and powerful performer with a unique charm, exploring themes of healing and love through her music. Robyn has toured across Canada, appeared on BBC Radio, completed artist residencies in France and Canada, and won the FVMA Folk Artist of the Year award.
Catch Robyn on our Outdoor Stage in the beautiful Ken Spencer Science Park. Listen to her next to the wetland area, singing the sunset in.
Indoor Stage: 7:15pm, 9:00pm
Sam Chimes is a Nigerian-Canadian live looping artist, DJ, and Educator based in Vancouver. Blending jazz, hip-hop, and Afrobeats, he builds full songs in real time using his voice, a Microkorg Synth, and his BOSS RC-505 loop station, turning every set into an interactive experience. With 1,000+ performances across four continents, Sam is known for high-energy crowd connection and a charismatic message-driven approach that inspires audiences to live their dream and not back down.
Sam will be displaying his live looping skills, with an opportunity for audience participation, perfect for all the music nerds out there!
A legendary member of the Vancouver Music and Arts scene for over thirty years, Stephen Hamm invites you to take a trip with Stephen Hamm: Theremin Man, a wildly creative solo show that features the unique electronic instrument the theremin.
The theremin is an early electronic instrument that is touchless: a thereminist interacts with magnetic fields around the two antennae on a theremin rather than actually touching the instrument.
Stephen has been thrilling audiences at clubs and festivals with his wildly creative solo show based around theremin and synthesizer and has been taking them on an electro musical journey into new abstract dimensions of sound!
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Survivors
Artist: Jeff Kulak
Jeff is a senior graphic designer at Science World. His illustration work has been published in the Walrus, The National Post, Reader’s Digest and Chickadee Magazine. He loves to make music, ride bikes, and spend time in the forest.
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Egg BB
Artist: Jeff Kulak
Jeff is a senior graphic designer at Science World. His illustration work has been published in the Walrus, The National Post, Reader’s Digest and Chickadee Magazine. He loves to make music, ride bikes, and spend time in the forest.
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Comet Crisp
Artist: Jeff Kulak
Jeff is a senior graphic designer at Science World. His illustration work has been published in the Walrus, The National Post, Reader’s Digest and Chickadee Magazine. He loves to make music, ride bikes, and spend time in the forest.
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T-Rex and Baby
Artist: Michelle Yong
Michelle is a designer with a focus on creating joyful digital experiences! She enjoys exploring the potential forms that an idea can express itself in and helping then take shape.
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Buddy the T-Rex
Artist: Michelle Yong
Michelle is a designer with a focus on creating joyful digital experiences! She enjoys exploring the potential forms that an idea can express itself in and helping then take shape.
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Geodessy
Artist: Michelle Yong
Michelle is a designer with a focus on creating joyful digital experiences! She enjoys exploring the potential forms that an idea can express itself in and helping then take shape.
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Science Buddies
Artist: Ty Dale
From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.
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Western Dinosaur
Artist: Ty Dale
From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.
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Time-Travel T-Rex
Artist: Ty Dale
From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.
