Wrapping up May just brings us that much closer to Summer. The signs are there as the entertainment season heats up with these picks of the week; Kids: All week long, the Vancouver International Children’s Festival fills Granville Island with fun and entertainment that’s great for kids of all ages and their family’s Gig: Singer-Songwriter,…
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Picks of the Week – February 25, 2015
As we come to the end of February, we find some entertaining picks of the week to lead us into March; Beer: Hit up the Portside Pub tomorrow night for Meat, Beer and Cheese Night Vol 2, presented by Benton Brothers, Cheese Mongers, Parallel 49 & D Original Sausage Company, $20 gets a flight of 4 beer plus…
Current Swell fills the Commodore
Current Swell – Commodore Ballroom – December 28, 2014 It was Victoria night at the Commodore Ballroom on the weekend when indie rockers Current Swell brought a full house to Vancouver. Kicking off the night was fellow Victoria band Jon & Roy, the night was a welcome post-Christmas night out for most of the crowd…
Phillips Backyard Weekender 2014
Atomique Productions and Phillips Brewery have once again teamed up for the Phillips Backyard Weekender, three great days of music. While the loading dock and parking lot of a brewery doesn’t seem like the first place one would think of for a concert venue but the Phillips Brewery backlot in Victoria it is a great…
A Pete Seeger Tribute Concert – March 15
Recently the world lost a pioneer of folk music and activism, Pete Seeger, long an inspiration to generations’ worth of musicians and activists, including many BC musicians and songwriters. Seeger performed benefit concerts in Vancouver several times, including a well-remembered summer concert at Malkin Bowl, benefiting those evicted from the Downtown Eastside prior to EXPO…
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra hit the road
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra is in for a busy month. In support of their recently released album, “Follow My Lead, Lead Me To Follow” the Victoria quintet has hit the road throughout Alberta and British Columbia. Their stage-filling sound will echo across the provinces as towns are treated to the band’s acoustic blend of folk,…
Rifflandia Festival 2012
For three days each September Victoria comes alive with the sound of music…no Julie Andrews isn’t running down the hill but you may be running to hear great acts like Flaming Lips, Mother Mother, Cake or Everlast. Rifflandia Festival Year 5 runs from this Thursday night, September 13th to Sunday September 16th, in venues across…