We are just a week away from 11 days of creative theatre performances of Vancouver Fringe Festival 2016. Vancouver Fringe Festival has a mission of “cultivating artists and audiences to create an open and vibrant independent theatre community”. For three decades, the Vancouver Fringe Festival has been bringing one of a kind theatre to the stage, this…
Picks of the Week – August 31, 2016
No matter how many years have past since your school days, the thought of Labour Day weekend brings the end of summer with it, but fear not there’s plenty in the picks of the week to keep summer around for a bit longer. Masters: The inaugural Americas Masters Games, continue to welcome Masters (30 years…
Duran Duran – Paper Gods Tour
Duran Duran – Rogers Arena – August 28, 2016 Sunday night, Duran Duran brought their Paper Gods World Tour to Rogers Arena in Vancouver. While known as 80s New Wave icons, the group hasn’t stopped recording and touring in the ensuing decades, keeping there fingers in the industry through changing styles, genres and tastes. Their…
CHIC makes Everybody Dance!
Chic – Rogers Arena – August 28, 2016 Opening for Duran Duran on Sunday night, Chic got the night off to a rousing start. Founding member Nile Rodgers lead the band and the audience through 4 decades of hits that had the audience on their feet. Ask most people to name a Chic song and…
Gwen Stefani – This Is What The Truth Feels Like Tour
Gwen Stefani – Rogers Arena – August 25, 2016 This week Gwen Stefani wrapped up the Summer leg of her This Is What The Truth Feels Like Tour. The penultimate show was in Vancouver, and along with tour-mate Eve, the pair brought 20 years of hits to Rogers Arena. Eve opened the night with an energetic…
Shoot hoops with Pistol Shrimps & DoXa Festival
This week, DOXA Documentary Film Festival presented their 2nd Annual Free Outdoor Screening at Robson Square. “Pistol Shrimps” was a fan favourite during the 2016 DOXA Festival and the screening on Wednesday brought the film to even more fans. To get the audience in the bball mood, early arriving spectators were treated to a display…
Americas Masters Games 2016
Are you suffering from withdrawals from the Rio 2016 Olympic coverage? Why not get a taste of world class athletics right here in your own backyard with the inaugural Americas Masters Games – Vancouver 2016. Thousands of athletes plus their families will be descending upon Vancouver from August 26 to September 4, 2016 for 9…