Celebrate David Suzuki’s milestone birthday!
On May 22, 2026 at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre, we’ll be celebrating David’s 90th birthday.
This is more than a concert. It’s a celebration of a legacy that’s inspired millions worldwide, shaped a movement and forever changed how we see our place in the natural world. It’s a rallying cry for environmental action and a celebration of the millions who have joined David Suzuki on his journey.
Join us for an evening of music and storytelling to honour David’s lifelong dedication to the planet.
Legacy: A celebration of David at 90
With David Suzuki and Tara Cullis
Featuring: Bruce Cockburn, Jane Fonda, Al Gore, Rick Hansen, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sarah McLachlan, Danny Michel, William Prince, George Stroumboulopoulos and Tanya Tagaq.
Friday, May 22, 2026
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 600 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Tickets start at $259 plus applicable taxes and fees.
David Suzuki is one of the most beloved and influential environmental voices of our time. For more than 50 years, he’s called on people in Canada and around the world to stand together and act with courage and compassion to confront ecological crises.
His voice and vision continue to spark meaningful change. His 90th birthday is our chance to honour and thank him.
Featuring
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while earning high praise as a prolific, inspired songwriter and accomplished guitarist. He remains deeply respected for his activism and humanist song lyrics that thread throughout his career. On all his albums Cockburn has deftly captured the joy, pain, fear, and faith of human experience in song.
Dr. Tara Cullis
Award-winning author, activist and president of the David Suzuki Foundation, Tara Cullis has been a key player in environmental movements in the Amazon, Southeast Asia, Japan and British Columbia.
She co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation with David Suzuki “to collaborate with people in Canada from all walks of life, to conserve our environment and to find solutions that will create a sustainable Canada through science-based research, education and policy work.”
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is a two-time Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, activist, and fitness guru. Her career has spanned over 50 years, accumulating a body of film work that includes more than 50 films and significant contributions to political causes such as women’s rights, Indigenous rights, and environmental protection. She is a seven-time Golden Globe® winner and was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021. She accepted The Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. In April of 2024, Fonda accepted the TIME Magazine Earth Award. She also received the SAG Life Achievement Award in February 2025.
Al Gore
Former Vice President Al Gore is the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis, a founding partner and chairman of Generation Investment Management, and a co-founder of Climate TRACE. He is also a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a member of the World Economic Forum’s board of trustees, and a past member of the board of directors at Apple.
Rick Hansen
Rick Hansen, C.C., O.B.C., six-time Paralympic medalist, is a Canadian icon best known as the “Man In Motion” for undertaking an epic 26-month, 40,000 km journey around the world in his wheelchair. He is the Founder of the Rick Hansen Foundation, an organization committed to inspire, create and deliver innovative solutions that accelerate a global movement to remove barriers to inclusion for people with disabilities.
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk made her critically acclaimed full-length debut, “Under These Rocks and Stones,” in 1997. Since then, the Winnipeg-born and internationally celebrated 3x JUNO Award and Grammy winning singer-songwriter and musician, classically trained pianist, actress, movie producer, philanthropist, humanitarian and proud wife and mother of three has recorded 10 albums, including a live album, a holiday album and a collaboration with her husband and Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida. A prolific songwriter, Kreviazuk has written global smashes for the likes of Drake, Gwen Stefani, Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson and Kendrick Lamar. Equally committed to helping those in need, Kreviazuk was awarded the Order of Canada in 2014 along with Maida, for their efforts to raise awareness and support for human and animal rights, mental health, education and the environment. Kreviazuk has been an ambassador to War Child for more than two decades and one of the organization’s founding artists.
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan is one of the most celebrated singer songwriters in entertainment with over 40 million albums sold worldwide. She has received three Grammy Awards and twelve Juno Awards over her career and has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. Sarah’s music embodies the art of song writing on its most personal level, and her indelible vocals resonate with people everywhere. Her songs have had a profound influence; “Angel,” “Building A Mystery,” “Fallen,” “I Will Remember You,” “Adia,” “Sweet Surrender,” “World On Fire,” “Possession,” and countless others are an inspiration to music lovers around the globe.
Danny Michel
The only good thing about not shopping in record stores like we used to is that you don’t have to figure out what genre to look for Danny under. If that were the case, you could try searching under rock, pop, folk, world — even classical. His own self-described musical A.D.D. has kept his work fresh for decades.
William Prince
The distance traveled on William Prince’s new album, Further From the Country, is generational, aspirational, and deeply personal. Expansive and declarative, the record finds Prince meeting the challenge of writing enduring songs for an age of uncertainty. A songwriter shaped by powerful legacies of family and craft, his perspective is both singular and resonant. His fifth LP, Further From the Country, is a striking work of reflection and ambition, marked by clarity, humanity, and emotional depth. A two-time JUNO Award winner, Prince continues to build an exceptional body of work, earning the John Prine Songwriter Fellowship and an Americana Honors & Awards nomination. From Newport Folk Festival to sold-out performances at Massey Hall, from NPR’s Tiny Desk to tours with The War and Treaty and Yola, he has appeared on some of music’s most storied stages. In June 2025, Nipissing University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) recognizing his contributions to music, storytelling, and cultural bridge-building.
George Stroumboulopoulos
George Stroumboulopoulos is a globally renowned storyteller, broadcaster, and producer synonymous with music, television, film, and the creative arts in Canada. For more than three decades, he has shaped the national conversation through iconic prime-time news and late-night programs including CBC’s The Hour and George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, his interview series on CNN, and as anchor of Hockey Night in Canada. He also fronted and produced The Strombo Show on Apple Music, further cementing his reputation as one of the most trusted and influential voices in contemporary culture.
David Suzuki
Award-winning geneticist and broadcaster David Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990. He is one of the most beloved and influential environmental voices of our time. For more than 50 years, he has called on people in Canada and throughout the world to stand together and act with courage and compassion to confront ecological crises.
Tanya Tagaq
Tanya Tagaq is an internationally celebrated artist from Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay, Nunavut). She is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling author. A member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner, and recipient of multiple honorary doctorates, Tagaq is an original disruptor and a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
TICKETS
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If you’ve received an email presale invitation, the code is in the body text.
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Prices range from $259 to $549 plus service charges and fees.
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This is a benefit concert. All proceeds go to the Foundation’s work protecting nature and advancing climate solutions.
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Ticket purchases are not tax deductible.
If you made a donation with your ticket purchase, your official tax receipt will be issued by the end of August 2026.
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All orders and sales are final. There are no refunds or exchanges.
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EVENT/VENUE
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The concert is approximately three and a half hours, including a 20-minute intermission.
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We are not currently planning to livestream the event. This page will be updated if that changes.
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Visit the Queen Elizabeth Theatre website. Scroll down for “Visiting Patrons” and “Parking.”
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Yes. Wheelchair and accessible seating is available but limited and is located on the orchestra and mezzanine levels. Visit the accessibility page of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
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