The 36th Annual Vancouver Pride Parade took place under blazing skies as more than half a million people lined the parade route to watch and celebrate diversity with the thousands of parade participants. For the second year as an ‘official civic event’ the parade went off smoothly and efficiently, and depending on where one was…
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11th Annual New West Cultural Crawl
Next weekend New Westminster will come alive with Arts & Culture. The 11th Annual New Westminster Cultural Crawl takes place August 9 & 10, 2014. The two day city-wide Arts & Cultural experience opens the doors to local artists and artisans, explores the city’s heritage, and its unique cultural footprint. Every year arts and cultural…
Jess Cullen wins Squamish Valley Music Festival Rising Star Contest
On the eve of the start of the 2014 Squamish Valley Music Festival comes the announcement of Jess Cullen as the winner of Virgin Mobile Presents Squamish Valley Music Festival and Galaxie’s Rising Stars talent competition. The Australian-born singer/songwriter has won the opportunity of the summer, a chance to perform in from of the Festival’s…
Picks of the Week – Vancouver Pride Edition – July 30, 2014
Vancouver Pride week is in full swing, with so much to do, how does one choose? Are you an East Side partier or sticking to the West End? Will you do the whole Rapture Weekend or buy a weekend pass to Big Roger Events or mix and match? Or do you just keep it calm…
Picks of the Week – July 23, 2014
Late July and summer events are in full swing, and many Vancouver Pride events are kicking off throughout the week. My Picks of the Week include, Tasting Plates, Queer Arts Festival, Taste Victoria, Vancouver Fetish Weekend, Phillips Backyard Weekender, Vancouver Pride Run & Picnic, Whitecaps, Shorefest and Celebration of Light. Eating: Tonight, kick off your…
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…
Picks of the Week – July 16, 2014
Mid-July and there’s lots happening in this heatwave…this week’s picks of the week include theatre, street hockey, BC Lions football and great parties and concerts. Festival: The big draw of the week is surely the Pemberton Music Festival, a couple hours up the Sea-To-Sky highway you’ll find Nine Inch Nails, Outcast, Soundgarden, Deadmau5, Kendrick Lamar,…