It’s already the second weekend of August and summer’s festivities are showing no signs of letting up, the picks of the week are packed with fun
Champions: Vancouver gets its first taste of CONCACAF Champions League soccer as Whitecaps FC kicks off their campaign hosting Seattle Sounders tonight then on Saturday the return to MLS play hosting Real Salt Lake at BC Place
Movie: The north point of Canada Place is a free outdoor theatre as the comedy The Proposal plays on Thursday evening at dusk
Festival: For the 6th year, Virgin Mobile presents the Squamish Valley Music Festival kicks off tomorrow with an opening day of music including Current Swell, Elliott Brood and more before Sam Smith, Drake, Mumford & Sons headline the rest of the weekend.
Football: BC Lions host a rare Thursday home game when Edmonton Eskimos come to town
Broadway: Sing along with some Showtunes at 1181 on Friday for some after work entertainment
Chicago: Peter Cetera, solo artist and former lead singer of Chicago brings his decades of music to River Rock Show Theatre on Friday night
Cakes: It’s the first Friday of the month, at XY that means the club is home to Poundcake a night of tunes by Gingerbear Todd & DJ Mumbles for the sexy gogos to shake their cakes to
Bard: Spend the weekend with some Shakespeare as Bard of the Beach, presents The Comedy of Errors, King Lear, Loves Labours Lost and Shakespear’s Rebel until September 26
Blues: The 2015 Burnaby Blue + Roots Festival brings The Sheepdogs, Devin Cuddy, Jim Byrnes and more to Deer Lake Park on Saturday
Doobie: Continuing a weekend of great voices, former Doobie Brother, Michael McDonald plays the River Rock Show Theatre on Saturday night then plays Hard Rock Casino Vancouver on Sunday
Black: XYSaturdays go dark with ONYX kicking the club with hot tunes and sexy dancers.