Coinciding with Saint Patrick’s Day the annual celebration of Celtic heritage, CelticFest Vancouver brings Celts from all country’s, not just Ireland, to downtown Vancouver. With a wide range of ticketed and free events on offer throughout the downtown core from March 16 – 20, 2011 CelticFest is Western Canada’s largest Celtic Festival. Dozens of concerts,…
Category: Music
Noxshi (Pronounced Knock-she)
Noxshi – Mercury Lounge – March 7, 2011 Part performance art, part grunge, part psychedelic band, Noxshi are a hard to define, five piece from London. Known for their innovative and a bit off the wall live performances the band did a showcase at the famed Mercury Lounge in New York recently. Singer Yoriyos Adamos…
48Hrs In The Big Apple
Recently, my friend May & I had an opportunity to make a quick getaway to New York City. After our recent daytrip to LA for The Ellen Show, she applied for a variety of other talk shows that we thought might make good excuses for excursions and adventures. This time she got tickets to The…
David Gray – Foundling Tour
David Gray -The Centre For Performing Arts In Vancouver – March 4, 2011 David Gray brought his tour supporting his latest album “Foundling” to Vancouver. Before a sold out crowd at The Centre For Performing Arts he performed a 2 hour set including a selection from the new album plus a variety from his past…
Top 10 Concert Etiquette Do’s & Don’ts
As you may be aware, I attend a lot of concerts and over the years have noticed many concert-goers demonstrating a lack of respect for the other patrons and the artist by display poor concert etiquette while watching the show. Before you go out to check out your next gig you might want to consider…
Legally Blonde: The Musical – On Tour
Legally Blonde: The Musical – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – March 1, 2011 The Broadway Across Canada tour of Legally Blonde: The Musical opened tonight in Vancouver for a limited run of 8 shows. If you like smiling and laughing (and pink) you should make an effort to get out to see it. Tickets are still…
Heart – Red Velvet Car
Heart – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – February 26, 2011 Legendary rock band Heart wrapped up a 20 date cross Canada tour at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre this weekend, bringing them back to the city that gave them their start nearly 40 years ago. I last saw them 25 years ago at Pacific Coliseum during their big haired power…