This weekend, it was Canada’s turn to recognize the best and brightest of its music scene at the 44th Annual Juno Awards. On Sunday, the main ceremony at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton was hosted by Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard and featured performances by; Arkells, deadmau5, Hedley, Kiesza, Shawn Mendes, Sam Roberts Band and more. Canadian Music Hall…
Category: Sounds
music, concerts, theatre, arts and performance
Picks of the Week – March 11, 2015
Spring Break for school kids is just around the corner bringing lots of activities to town, but the picks of the week are not just for Spring Break families. Tasting: Tonight, Tasting Plates East Village will bring hungry tasters to the East Van neighbourhood. Kiwi: New Zealand’s brother-sister act, Broods plays The Imperial on Wednesday…
Picks of the Week – March 4, 2015
Here we are at the beginning of March, clocks spring forward this week allowing for brighter evenings, meaning more time for fun at the end of your day. Today’s Picks of the Week include: Guitarist: Famed Canadian music producer, guitarist, singer, songwriter, Daniel Lanois performs at the Commodore Ballroom tonight. BandOfOne: Polaris Music Prize winner…
Arkells kick off 2015 Canadian Tour
Hamilton, Ontario’s Arkells kicked off their latest cross-Canada tour this weekend with sold out shows in Vancouver and Victoria. Starting off the tour at the Commodore Ballroom, the band had the audience putting the famed sprung dance floor to work bouncing to the quintets pop infused rock. Touring in support of their 2014 release, High…
Picks of the Week – February 25, 2015
As we come to the end of February, we find some entertaining picks of the week to lead us into March; Beer: Hit up the Portside Pub tomorrow night for Meat, Beer and Cheese Night Vol 2, presented by Benton Brothers, Cheese Mongers, Parallel 49 & D Original Sausage Company, $20 gets a flight of 4 beer plus…
Squamish Valley Music Festival 2015 Line-Up
Yesterday, the line-up for the Virgin Mobile presents Squamish Valley Music Festival 2015 was revealed. Now in its 6th year, the 3 day festival will feature over 70 artists over four stages in beautiful Squamish. Tens of thousands of fans will descend on the Logger Sports Ground & Centennial Fields, August 7, 8 & 9, 2015,…
“The Mountaintop” comes to Arts Club
Now playing at The Arts Club Theatre – Granville Island Stage “The Mountaintop” imagines the story of Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s last night on earth. April 3rd, 1968, exhausted from delivering his iconic “I have Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Dr King returned to his hotel room at the Lorraine Hotel, the next day…