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…
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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,…
Polaris Prize 2014 Shortlist
Canada’s annual celebration of the country’s best music, the Polaris Prize, has released it’s shortlist for 2014. Canada’s music press adjudicate the eligible albums without regard to genre or sales, making it one of the truest celebration of Canada’s music scene. Past winners; Godspeed You! Black Emporer, Feist, Arcade Fire, Karkwa, F*cked Up, Caribou, Patrick…
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…
Tripimproviser at Vancouver TheatreSports
Vancouver TheatreSports League‘s latest show, Tripimproviser, asks the audience “Where will your laughter take you?” Hilarious reviews and ratings on the real Trip Advisor have inspired this new interactive show at the Improv Centre on Granville Island. Last night’s performance featured actors Denise Jones, Margret Nyfores, Graeme Duffy, Nathan Clark and Ken Lawson dreaming up some…