Get ready for the flight of your life! Fright Nights, has returned to Playland at the PNE, running until November 2nd, 2013. This year, Fright Nights is introducing all new dates, hours and prices, making Western Canada’s most popular Halloween events even more accessible to all Fright Night lovers. Changes include; operating an extra two weekends, closing on what…
Category: Entertainment
The Arts Club Theatre – Venus In Fur
The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Granville Island Stage got the 50th Anniversary Season underway this week with the opening of Venus In Fur. Venus In Fur is a David Mackay directed production of David Ives’ Tony Award winning play. The play opens on Thomas, played by Vincent Gale, in a sparsely decorated, brick-walled studio space complaining…
Reminisce with Commodore Ballroom’s Historic Archives
The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver has been an institution in the city for over 80 years. Begun as a ballroom for dining and dancing featuring house bands like the legendary Dal Richards Orchestra. As trends changed and waned the fortunes of the Commodore Cabaret dropped. New owners and the addition of a liquor license in…
Picks Of The Week – October 9, 2013
It’s mid-October and the leaves are turning with the weather and the time for Turkey has arrived with another long weekend full of food, family and fun. If you’re not off visiting family, running the Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon or BMO Okanagan Marathon get out there and have some fun. Concert: Looking for some Country music,…
Catch the Stereophonics ‘Train’.
Stereophonics – Commodore Ballroom – October 6, 2013 Stereophonics returned to the Commodore Ballroom for their first time since they played the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Touring in support of their spring 2013 release, “Graffiti On The Train” this is the first tour with new drummer Jamie Morrison, who did a commendable job replacing…
Tom Odell returns to Vancouver
Tom Odell – Biltmore Cabaret – October 4, 2013 Just 6 months after his debut at Media Club, Tom Odell returned to Vancouver for a show at the Biltmore Cabaret. The audience packed into the small venue to hear the BRIT Award winner perform tracks from his debut album “Long Way Down”. A significant number…
Pet Shop Boys Come West
Pet Shop Boys – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – October 3, 2013 A packed house at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre anxiously awaited the return of the Pet Shop Boys to Vancouver. A dramatic and stunning visual opening montage began the show before the due began performing “Axis” then a mix “One More Chance / Face Like…