The sixth annual festival of food & wine, Taste Victoria starts July 24, kicking off 4 days of great local flavours. The Festival gets underway this Thursday with Taste the Difference, an evening tasting of more than 30 local wines & food prepared by Vancouver Island’s top chefs. Taste is a festival with a conscience, working…
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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,…
Kobo Town gets Harrison Festival dancing
Kobo Town – Harrison Festival of the Arts – July 12, 2014 On the opening day of the Harrison Festival of the Arts, the nightly “Evenings In The Hall” concerts series got underway with a lively performance by Toronto based, Kobo Town. Lead by Trinidadian-Canadian Drew Gonsalves (pictured left), the band plays a blend of…
Harrison Festival Of The Arts Kicks-Off
A summer heatwave isn’t the only thing heating up Harrison Hot Springs this week, the 36th Annual Harrison Festival Of The Arts is now underway. Bringing hundreds of visitors to the village to watch world class local and international talent, the “best little fest in the west’ lives up to its title. Friday night, the…
SKK Italy opens in Vancouver
Eat Well, Live Well, Enjoy Life! That’s the motto and philosophy behind SKK Italy, the recently opened quick service location on the east end of Robson Street. The Italian chain has location around the world but this is their first entry into Canada. The simple mediterranean menu fits in well with the line-up of restaurants…
Tasting Plates Central Richmond – Recap
Last night, a bright sunny evening brought out a couple hundred foodie fans for Tasting Plates – Central Richmond. The night was a great opportunity to dispel people’s preconceived ideas about food in Richmond. It’s not all Asian restaurants, there’s a great selection of restaurants with chefs bringing their own creative flavour to Richmond. …