The lower level has long been the home of casual dining at The Fairmont Empress, as the long running Garden Cafe and lastly as Kiplings. Vacant since Kiplings closed in 2005, the large 1400 square foot space had been reborn as the Ivy Ballroom. The Fairmont Empress and its team of designers and contractors stripped…
Tag: Ballroom
Teengirl Fantasy
Teengirl Fantasy – Commodore Ballroom – September 24, 2011 Electo-pop duo Logan Takahashi and Nick Weiss got the night started off on the right foot when opening for James Blake at the Commodore Ballroom. In fact they had the crowd on both feet as they produced some great beats for the early crowd to dance…
Foals – Rock Gods In The Making?
Foals – Commodore Ballroom – April 10, 2011 While they may be from Oxford, England, the bandmates in Foals couldn’t be further from the staid uniformed college life. These five floppy haired, shoe gazing, rock hellions have evolved from the first time they played Vancouver, then they seemed overjoyed but anxious to be playing in…
What’s on Wednesday – April 7-9, 2011
Another weekend is coming up! What are you going to do? Here’s a few choices that I think are pretty cool. Thursday April 7, 2011 – All-girl Belgian Choir “Scala & Kolacny Brothers” are at Commodore Ballroom Vancouver – “Riverdance” is burning up the stage in Vancouver at Queen Elizabeth Theatre until April 10th –…
Plants & Animals – Big Things Ahead
Plants and Animals – Commodore Ballroom – February 18, 2011 Juno Award nominated and Polaris Prize shortlisted Plants and Animals kicked off their latest cross Canada tour in Vancouver Friday night. The relative newcomers are touring in support of their 2010 release “La La Land” but also debuted a few new songs during the set,…
Chromeo – Chro-meee-oh-oooh-oh!
Chromeo – Commodore Ballroom – February 10, 2011 I’ve seen very few bands that can built such positive energy in a crowd without even being on stage. Such is the anticipation the audience feels as they prepare for a Chromeo show…before the band is on stage (perhaps not even in the building) the crowd was…
Danko Jones – They Came, They Saw, They Rocked
Danko Jones – Commodore Ballroom Vancouver – January 28, 2011 Toronto rockers, Danko Jones did just that at the Commodore Ballroom, delivering a loud night of full-on rock and the sell-out crowd was clearly ready to receive the goods. After 15 years of touring and 5 releases the Danko Jones threesome; Dan Cornelius (drums), John…