This weekend Coachella Music & Arts Festival gets underway, marking the unofficial start of the West Coast Festival season. Here‘s a few of the festivals coming to the West Coast this year that make for a great weekend or day out. Apr 11 – 13 & April 18 – 20: two weekends for Coachella Music…
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Picks Of The Week – November 6, 2013
With the Thanksgiving and Halloween now behind us, it’s time for shopping and the Christmas Holidays to start to take the stage. But there’s still plenty to distract us from these Holiday activities. PuSh : Tonight rock out and celebrate the PuSh Festival as they launch their 10th Anniversary season with an array of local musicians…
Culture Days 2013
Since its inception in 2010, Culture Days keeps spreading further and further across Canada as people realize the vital role Arts and Culture play in a community. The cross-Canada volunteer driven movement raises awareness, accessibility and encourage people to participate in the Arts. Culture Days events feature free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate…
Picks Of The Week – June 19, 2013
It’s official, this weekend is the first weekend of summer and sadly the days start getting shorter from here on so you’d better make the most of them! Jazz: Nikki Yanofsky, Herbie Hancock, Macy Gray, Jim Byrnes, Bettye LaVette are just a few of the artist to perform at this year’s Vancouver International Jazz Fest…
Granville Island Winterruption 2013
This weekend Granville Island celebrates its eighth annual winter festival – Winterruption runs February 22 – 24, 2013. Throughout the weekend themed events and festivities take place all around the island. Eating, drinking and entertainment are a great way to dust off the cobwebs of winter. Vive Vendredi! is a celebration of Francophone flavours, comedy, cinema…
The Rio Theatre’s Corinne Lea recieves Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
With all the outcry over the closure of The Waldorf Hotel, it’s easy to miss a well-deserved accolade bestowed on another valued Eastside venue. The Rio Theatre has announced that owner and operator Corinne Lea (pictured) has been selected to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a national award presented to persons of merit…
PuSh Festival 2013 Kicks Off
Last night a kick off party at Five-Sixty Nightclub launched the 2013 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Hosted by CTV’s Mi-Jung Lee and Dan Mangan, the event featured a performances and works throughout the club as a taste of what’s to come during the festival. Today, the 9th annual PuSh Festival gets underway, presenting groundbreaking…