Blossoms are blooming, sun is appearing between the rain showers, spring is definitely in the air. Entertainment is in the air too. Stage: The Pacific Theatre debuts Old Time Gospel Radio Hour playing until April 12th. Shop: Get out and Shop, Dine and Explore Gastown as Shop Hop returns for spring 2014, plenty of special…
Category: Music
Rock The Shores announces 2014 Line-up
For the 3rd edition, Victoria’s Rock The Shores festival expands to three days and this week made their first line-up announcement. Performing at this year’s festival will be: Billy Talent, Our Lady Peace, The Wallflowers, Tom Cochrane with Red Rider, Gord Downie, The Sadies, 54-40, Loverboy, Monster Truck, Sloan, USS, Current Swell, Kongos, July Talk,…
Boy And Bear roars into Vancouver
Boy and Bear – April 6, 2014 – Commodore Ballroom The Australian indie folk-rock act, Boy and Bear made their way onto the Commodore Ballroom stage before a very enthusiastic, sold-out audience. For their first visit to Vancouver the quintet filled the room with a diverse crowd, of many Australian expats and people ready for…
49th Academy of Country Music Awards winners
Sunday night, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas welcomed the who’s who of country music as they gathered to celebrate their own at the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan returned as hosts for the second year (4th year for Shelton), making use of their good rapport…
Miss Quincy & The Showdown take the show on the road
Miss Quincy and the Showdown, the all-girl rock band from BC is setting off on tour in support of their upcoming release, Roadside Recovery with the province. The album was recorded and produced by fellow Vancouver musician and composer Matt Rogers (The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer), whose production chops meshed perfectly with the soulful blues…
CBCMusic.ca Festival heads West!
Saturday June 14th, Deer Lake Park in Burnaby will come alive with the sound of CBCMusic! CBC Radio One’s Jian Ghomeshi hosts the second annual CBCMusic.ca Festival produced by Live Nation Canada and co-presented with The Georgia Straight. To further the goal to connect music lovers with the very best Canadian and international music and concerts; and after…
Picks Of The Week – April 2, 2014
The saying goes “April Showers Bring May Flowers” so we’ll expect to see a bit of rain but Vancouverites are used to that and we won’t let it stop us from getting out and having fun. Laughs: The Bell Performing Arts Centre in Surrey is the place to be for laughter as Scottish Comedian Danny…