August and summer slowly ticks away but not before some entertaining picks of the week Eat: Tonight the roaming food experience, Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates heads to Commercial Drive. Cascadia: At BC Place, Whitecaps FC hosts Seattle Sounders in Cascadia Cup play on Wednesday. Spectacle: The tall ship Amara Zee provides the backdrop & stage…
Category: Music
Picks of the Week – August 16, 2017
After weeks of smoky haze, the skies have cleared making it a pleasure to get out and enjoy the picks of the week Spectacle: The tall ship Amara Zee docks along the shores of False Creek until Sept 3rd and becomes the backdrop & stage for a free, unique, acrobatic aerial musical Climatopian Spectacle –…
Live Nation Canada is Giving Away 150 Pairs of Tickets
Canada has a rich and diverse history of making and welcoming great music. In celebration of Canada 150 and to celebrate the country’s vibrant music scene, Live Nation Canada is rewarding the country’s live music fans by offering a chance to win tickets to the most incredible concerts of 2017, including Arcade Fire, Blue Rodeo,…
Picks of the Week – August 9, 2017
The buzz of the BC Day long weekend, Vancouver Pride, Celebration of Light and so much more has come and gone but there’s still plenty in the picks of the week to keep you entertained all week. Arts: The 27th Harmony Arts Festival is underway now. Tonight, Best Of The West showcases local restaurants and wineries, then…
Vancouver Bach Festival welcomes Cinquecento
The Vancouver Bach Festival presented by Early Music Vancouver is now underway with shows at Christ Church Cathedral and The Chan Centre. Wednesday night’s program, Songs of Religious Upheaval featured the European quintet Cinquecento. For their first performance in Vancouver the group performed a selection of music from Reformation England by composers Thomas Tallis, Christopher…
Picks of the Week – Aug 2, 2017
The August long weekend in Vancouver is always packed with so much entertainment; Pride, Fireworks, Festivals, Concerts and more make it hard to choose the picks of the week… Lights: Look up, way up and witness the explosive entertainment of Celebration of Lights as United Kingdom lights the night tonight and Canada wows the crowds…
Harmony Arts Festival kicks off Friday
As other festivals come and go, Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver is still going strong after more than a quarter century. Centred on the Ambleside Waterfront from Ambleside Pier to John Lawson Park, the festival packs August 4th to 13th with music, arts, film and food, much of it free! Highlights of the…