The Cultch has your Friday entertainment plans to kick off the long weekend. May 21st , at Noon and 6pm, The Cultch hosts the album launch of This Spring: Songs by Veda Hille, a tribute album of Veda Hille songs by Nicholas Krgovich, livestreamed from the Historic Theatre. Nicholas Krgovich is a local songwriter and…
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Let Intrepid Theatre get you Out of This Blue
Victoria’s Intrepid Theatre is bringing a brand new show to your screens. From the creative duo Ivan Coyote & Sarah MacDougall, Out of This Blue is an eclectic selection of the songs and stories that emerged from both artists during this pandemic-forced period of stillness and solitude. Songwriter and musician Sarah MacDougall and writer and storyteller Ivan…
The Cultch: The Cave, Cabaret with a Cause
The Cultch continued its online season this weekend, with The Cave. Part of its Music Box, 4th in The Cultch Subscription Box Series, J Mar Electric’s The Cave, is conceived by Martha Ross, John Millard, and Tomson Highway. The Cave in question is Bear’s Cave, a refuge for a host of woodland creatures escaping the…
Chan Centre opens the season Aida Cuevas
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC opens its season by welcoming Grammy Award-winning Mexican superstar Aida Cuevas along with the band Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitlán on September 22, 2018, at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Hailed as ‘The Queen of Mariachi’ and renowned for her elegance, charisma, and stunning vocal range,…
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…
The Elephant Wrestler at The Cultch
The Cultch and Diwali Fest have partnered to present the Canadian premiere of the award-winning The Elephant Wrestler for a short run, only until Saturday, November 5 at The Historic Theatre. New Zealand’s Indian Ink Theatre Company takes the audience on a trip to the mayhem, and magic of India. Inspired by a traditional Indian…
Light Organ Record’s Railtown Sessions – Aug 12
Last month, I wrote about the first Railtown Sessions at Light Organ Records featuring Sarah Jane Scouten. After the success of the first edition, the second Railtown Session brings Rob Butterfield to the Light Organ Records studio, next week, August 12th, The Railtown Sessions are a project by Vancouver songwriter/producer Andy Bishop aimed to bring attention…