The Coachella Music and Arts Festival is underway, ushering in the 2017 Music Festivals season. Sasquatch! Festival is coming up on the US Memorial Day weekend, starting off the festival season in our corner of the continent. Here’s a list of some of the multi-artist festivals in Oregon, Washington, Alberta and BC. (Note: not all the…
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dirtsong takes the stage at PuSh Festival
On the penultimate evening of the 2017 PuSh Festival, first nations cultures came together for the performance of dirtsong from Black Arm Band of Australia. Black Arm Band are a collective of artist, musicians, composers, directors of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island heritage who share 40,000 years of history, cultural traditions and memories. With…
20th Anniversary Eastside Culture Crawl
From November 17 to 20, 2016, the Eastside Culture Crawl invites art lovers to celebrate its 20th anniversary. East Vancouver comes alive for four-days of visual arts, design, and crafts, filling 78+ open studios, homes, galleries and garages from Columbia Street, to 1st Avenue, to Victoria Drive, and the waterfront. Expected to draw more than…
L A M P : lighting architecture movement project 2016
The 4th Annual L A M P exhibition is coming November 4 – 6, 2016, bringing out of this world lighting designers and artists. At the opening on Thursday November 3rd, at the Jan Kath Showroom at 505 Railway Street the 4th Annual L A M P exhibition presents the winning “Cosmic” themed lighting designs. The finalists…
Kaytranada wins 2016 Polaris Music Prize
This week the 2016 Polaris Music Prize was presented to Kaytranada for his debut album, 99.9%. Last year’s winner, Buffy Sainte-Marie made the announcement at the Polaris Music Prize Gala at the Carlu in Toronto. “For me, it’s crazy to get this award,” said Kaytranada. “It’s really, truly, a big honour. It’s amazing. Ceci est pour…
Vancouver Fringe Festival 2016
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…
Polaris Music Prize 2016 Long List Revealed
Last week in Whitehorse, the Polaris Music Prize revealed the Long List of 40 albums in contention for the 2016 prize. This year’s list includes 19 returning and 21 new nominees. The Polaris Prize Long List and Short List are selected by an independent jury of music journalists, broadcasters and music bloggers from across Canada….