Jake Bugg – Vogue Theatre – September 27, 2013 Stepping on stage at a sold out Vogue Theatre 19 year old Jake Bugg didn’t have to try hard to win over the audience. Being just 19 years old, most of the audience was older than he but you’d never know it by his performance. His…
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New Artist Dougal Bain McLean reaches new Peaks
The road to success is a rocky one for most aspiring music artists, Victoria’s Dougal Bain McLean has taken that literally in his performance of his latest single. The roots-rock singer is one of the Top 20 finalists in the 2013 Peak Performance Project. Dougal aims to make the most of reaching this Peak and…
The Orb – 25th Anniversary Tour
The Orb – Venue – September 25, 2013 Celebrating 25 years since the formation of The Orb, Alex Patterson and Thomas Fehlmann make a tour stop at Venue. While The Orb’s peak of popularity was in the early 90s they haven’t stopped performing and recording albeit with varying line-ups. Patterson has been the one mainstay…
Get ready for a ‘Throwdown’ at Vancouver TheatreSports League
Tonight, Vancouver TheatreSports League debuts its latest show – THROWDOWN – a knockout, dragging, kicking, laughing bout of improv. Playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday in the 7:30pm spot, Throwdown pits two teams against each other in a round robin match of improv games, each team trying their best and using sometimes questionable antics to win over…
Pemberton Festival rises again!
More than half a decade after the first Pemberton Festival in 2008 a new version of the multi-day festival is rising from the fields in the Village of Pemberton! The new Pemberton Music Festival will take place in Pemberton, BC on Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20, 2014. Pemberton Music Festival, will be produced…
Picks Of The Week – Sept 25, 2013
The autumnal equinox has past and now Fall is fully upon us, let’s see what is in store for the first full weekend of the season. Broadway: Gallop to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre as Broadway Across Canada brings War Horse to the stage until Sept 29th. Word: Formerly Word on the Street, newly renamed Word…
Godspeed You! Black Emperor win 2013 Polaris Music Prize
Monday night during a lavish gala held at The Carlu in Toronto, Godspeed You! Black Emperor was awarded the $30,000 2013 Polaris Music Prize for their album ‘ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!. “Godspeed will use the prize money to purchase musical instruments for, and support organizations providing music lessons to, people incarcerated within the Quebec prison…