Vampire Weekend with guest Dum Dum Girls & Beach House – Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park – August 28, 2010 Malkin Bowl is a diamond within the jewel that is Stanley Park in Vancouver. A small scale version of the Hollywood Bowl, Malkin has hosted a number of great concerts in addition to being home of Theatre…
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Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Specatular
Walking with Dinosaurs:The Arena Spectacular – Rogers Arena – Aug 26, 2010 Based on the award winning BBC-TV series, Walking With Dinosaurs truly brings the giant beasts to life right in front of you. Led by an ‘archaeologist’ / host who guides us through the eras and tells the story of the dinosaurs, flora and…
KT Tunstall at Fairmont Pacific Rim
Summertime, friends, patios, martinis, music…what a perfect combination! That’s what we were treated to on Aug 25th at the Fairmont Pacific Rim as they along with EMI Music Canada a private performance by KT Tunstall in the Lobby Lounge. I was a bit sceptical at first of how a concert performance, even an acoustic set,…
Lady Gaga – Don’t Believe The Hype?
Lady Gaga – Rogers Arena – August 24, 2010 Perhaps one of the most anticipated concert events of the year blew through Vancouver for two shows. Unfortunately anticipation was the downfall of this concert for me. After reading and hearing about so many great things about Lady Gaga’s shows in other cities I had huge expectations for an amazing show. Of course being…
100th Anniversary PNE Parade
20Aug2010 – 100th Anniversary PNE Parade Dancing Elvis’, Lumberjacks, SuperDogs, Red Robinson, Giant Inflatables…these are not your typical entries in a Vancouver Parade but this was not just any parade. In honour of it’s 100th Anniversary, the Fair At The PNE revived a lost summer time tradition…the PNE Parade. Held annually until 1995 the PNE…
Fran Healy – Mr Nice Guy
Fran Healy – The Vogue Theatre – August 17, 2010 Without a doubt this has to be one of the most special shows I’ve ever been fortunate enough to attend (a big thank you to my friend, David). I’ve seen Travis on numerous tours but this was lead singer Fran Healy’s first solo journey into…
Backsteet Boys w/ Dan Talevski & Shawn Desman
Backstreet Boys – Rogers Arena (formerly GM Place) – August 6, 2010 Friday night and thanks to a good friend I had two tickets to the Backstreet Boys show so May and I went off to our first show at the newly renamed Rogers Arena (the last event in the venue when named GM Place…