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Thursday, Nov. 12
Music
Good For Grapes Vancouver-based indie-folk outfit, play a hometown show in support of The Ropes. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $15 at Zulu, Red Cat, Highlife, and TicketWeb.ca
Sturgill Simpson Bonafide mountain hillbilly soul from the American country music singer-songwriter, with special guest Billy Wayne Davis. 7:30pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $28.50+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.
Emancipator Ensemble Four-piece electronic band from Portland, Oregon plays in support of Seven Seas, with special guests Blockhead, Manatee Commune, and Dubconscious. 8pm at Venue (moved from Commodore Ballroom). Tickets $28.50+ at BPLive.Electrostub.com
Jocelyn Alice Canadian singer-songwriter launches her solo career with the release of her forthcoming album, appearing on the Jackpot Tour with special guest The New Electric. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $15 at Red Cat and LiveNation.com
Comedy
Kate Davis Speaker, actor, writer, comedian and mother of three, Davis can literally find the humour in anything, as evidenced on her hour long comedy special on CTV, and appearances on The Debaters, and NBC鈥檚 Stand Up For Diversity. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com
Theatre/Dance
Rapture, Blister, Burn The intensely witty comedy takes an unflinching look at gender politics in the wake of 20th-century feminist ideals as it follows two women down very different life paths after attending grad school together. 8pm at Studio 16. Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com. Runs until Nov. 28.
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Friday, Nov. 13
Music
Matthew Good听Canadian singer-songwriter-musician plays the first of two hometown shows in support of his latest release Chaotic Neutral, with special guest Scott Helman. 7pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $39.50+ at TicketFly.com. All ages show.
Copilots Celebrate the release of the 麻豆传媒映画alt-rock-indie band鈥檚 7鈥� vinyl Sunstroke, with Colin Cowan & The Elastic Stars. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at the door.
Rich Aucoin Halifax indie-rock musician on tour in support of his latest release, Ephemeral, with special guest The Elwins. 7pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, and TicketFly.com
Tim Hicks Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, ON swings through town on the Get A Little Crazy tour with special guests Cold Creek Country, and Jason Benoit. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $29.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca听and LiveNation.com
Halsey Indie-pop singer-songwriter out of New Jersey stops in on her Badlands tour. 8pm at Rio Theatre. Tickets $20 at LiveNation.com
Comedy
Bobby Lee A television veteran and former roundtable regular on Chelsea Lately and MADtv, Lee is one of the biggest stars in comedy today, despite loving nothing more than dancing around in panties drinking milkshakes. 7pm & 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk鈥檚. Tickets $30 at YukYuks.com
Theatre/Dance
Barbarians In 2009 Hofesh Shechter wowed 麻豆传媒映画audiences with Uprisingand In your rooms. The UK-based choreographer returns once again with a trilogy of captivating new dance works. Presented by DanceHouse; Nov. 13-14, 8pm at the 麻豆传媒映画Playhouse. Tickets at DanceHouse.ca
Art
Frontline A collaborative exhibition featuring the artwork of community workers of the downtown east side, highlighting the importance of creativity for front-line mental health workers. Opening reception at 7pm at Red Gate Arts Society (855 East Hastings). Runs until Nov. 27.
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Saturday, Nov. 14
Music
Slum Village Detroit hip-hop legends bring the Hands Up! tour to town with special guests The X Presidents ft. Mic Flont. 8pm at The Astoria. Tickets $18 at TicketFly.com
Broncho Indie rockers out of Norman, Oklahoma on tour in support of their latest release Just Hip Enough To Be A Woman, with special guests The Shelters and Pearl Charles. 7pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca
Widowspeak Indie rockers from Brooklyn swing through town in support of their latest record All Yours, with special guest Quilt. 7pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, and BPLive.Electrostub.com
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afriad To Die Flagbearers of the 2010 emo revivial from Connecticut, appear in support of Harmlessness, with special guests Foxing, TTNG, and Brightside. 7pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $20 at TicketFly.com
The Good Life Omaha, NE indie rockers on tour in support of their first album in 8 years, Everybody鈥檚 Coming Down, with special guest Big Harp. 7pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, and BPLive.Electrostub.com
The Jocelyn Petit Band Vibrant fiddler, step dancer, and singer presents a lively concert of Celtic and Canadian folk music accompanied by her West Coast Canadian Award-winning band. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Highlife, Rufus鈥� Guitars, Prussin Music, and RogueFolk.bc.ca
Comedy
The Lady Show 鈥� A Comedy Thing Ladies and comedy in sketch, stand-up, monologues, and other nonsense featuring April O鈥橮eel, Erica Sigurdson, Morgan Brayton and others. 8pm at Little Mountain Gallery. Tickets $10 at the door only.
Jerry Seinfeld American comedian, actor, writer, and producer perhaps best known for the hit sitcom Seinfeld and more recently, the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. 7pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $75+ at Ticketmaster.ca
Theatre/Dance
Nirbhaya A stirring performance piece written and directed by Ya毛l Farber, centres around the brutal attack on a young woman travelling by bus in Delhi in 2012; this searing new work cracks open the silence around women whose lives have been shattered by violence. 8pm at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Final performance.
52 Pick Up 52 scene titles are written on a deck of cards that are thrown into the air and as the performers pick up the cards, they perform the scenes one by one, revealing a hilarious and heartbreaking love story, with no two performances alike. 8pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets at TheatreWire.com. Runs until Nov. 29.
Events
Nerdfest A night of epic fantasy with live music from Blackberry Wood, and The Runaway Four, modern swordplay with Academie Duello, fire dancing by Casper Macabre, belly dancing from Mahafsoun as well as vendors, roaming live actors and more. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $15 at Scrape, and TicketFly.com听or $18 at the door.
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Sunday, Nov. 15
Music
Sensational Melodies Bramwell Tovey leads pianist Stephen Hough and the VSO in a performance of Wagner鈥檚 Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, Act III, Schumann鈥檚 Piano Concerto in A Minor, and Bartok鈥檚 Concerto for Orchestra. 2pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at BoxOffice.VancouverSymphony.ca
Protest The Hero听Canadian prog-rock metal band celebrates the 10-year anniversary of their debut album Kezia. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Scrape, and TicketFly.com
The Cult & Primal Scream British hard rockers with a strong post-punk/goth-rock vibe co-headline with the Scottish rock band. 7pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $35+ at Ticketmaster.ca听and LiveNation.com
Joanna Gruesome Five-piece noise-pop band from Cardiff, Wales on tour in support of their latest release Peanut Butter, with special guests Knife Pleats, and Sunshine. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca
Comedy
The Sunday ServiceA high energy comedic production that carries the audience through a kaleidoscopic trip, this group builds, demolishes and builds again in an absurd patchwork of scenes and stories favouring discovery over structure. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $7 at the door.
Cheap & Fun
Main Street Vinyl Record Fair Vancouver鈥檚 biggest vinyl record sale of the holiday season returns for its twelfth year with over 50,000 vinyls on sale from 45 independent dealers with incredible deals on turntables, vintage audio gear, record storage and more. 11am-5pm at Heritage Hall. Tickets $4 at the door.
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Monday, Nov. 16
Music
Blind Guardian German power-metal band on tour in support of their latest release Beyond the Red Mirror, with special guest Grave Digger. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $36.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca听and LiveNation.com
TesseracT British prog-rock band, credited with pioneering the djent movement on tour in support of their latest release, POLARIS, with special guests Contortionist, Erra, and Skyharbor. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at LiveNation.com
Comedy
Jake 鈥楾he Snake鈥� Roberts WWE Hall of Famer, unleashes his road stories on the UnSpokeN WorD TouR! 8pm at Yuk Yuk鈥檚. Tickets $30 at YukYuks.com
Mermaid Club Comedy A live stand-up and improv show brought to you by the comedic trio of Stefan MacNeil, Brad Dorion, and Dylan Williamson as they handpick Vancouver鈥檚 best comedians to join them onstage. 8pm at Railway Club. Tickets $5 at the door.
The Laugh Gallery with Graham Clark听One of Vancouver鈥檚 brightest comics hosts this weekly, wonderfully eclectic show where you get to laugh AND win a great prize! 9pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $5 at EventBrite.ca
Queer Prov听Amy Lucille hosts this weekly laugh fest with improvisers Feral Rizvi, Dan Dumsha, Jamie Chrest, Alex Rowan, Michele Tolosa, and Aamir Khan. The best way to start your week, and don鈥檛 worry 鈥� you don鈥檛 have to identify as queer, you鈥檒l still understand every word! 8pm at XY. No cover.
Events
Hopscotch The West Coast鈥檚 long-running premium scotch, whisky, and beer festival returns with a schedule of events include meal pairings, master classes, live music, and the grand tasting hall. Tickets and details at HopscotchFestival.com. Runs until Nov. 22.
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Tuesday, Nov. 17
Music
Gardens and Villa California indie rock outfit on tour in support of their latest release Music For Dogs with special guest, LA duo De Lux. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $13 at TicketWeb.ca
Kate Boy Electro-pop band out of Stockholm appear in support of One with special guest The Response. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $12 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca
Ride British rock band recently reunited, take the stage with special guest Strange Things. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $42.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca听and LiveNation.com
Kman and the 45s Montreal ska band hit the stage with special guest Caracas, and The Brass Action. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $12 at TicketFly.com
Theatre/Dance
Once听The enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician about to give up on his dream when he meets a woman who takes a sudden interest in his songs, is a love story with a connection much deeper and complex than your everyday romance. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Vancouver.Broadway.com. Runs until Nov. 22.
You Will Remember Me When the aging patriarch of a modern family suffers from dementia, his place as a powerful intellectual and political force in his community are reflected upon as the people who love him struggle to care for him in this moving piece about family and memory from Francois Archambault. 8pm at 麻豆传媒映画East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Nov. 28.
The North Plan A sharp, political comedy inspired by real-life US government initiatives, the premise of this production is unnerveingly plausible and highly apt in light of Bill C-51, and Edward Snowden鈥檚 reveltations. 8pm at a secret location (211 East Georgia at Main). Tickets at UpInTheAirTheatre.com. Runs until Nov. 29.
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Wednesday, Nov. 18
Music
The Paper Kites Australian indie rockers appear in support of their second record, twelvefour, with special guest Old Man Canyon. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Highlife, and Ticketmaster.ca
Wildhoney Alternative dream-pop band out of Baltimore tour in support of their EP Your Face Sideways, with special guests Other Jesus, and TV Ugly. 8pm at Media Club. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, and TicketFly.com
Taylor Swift Tribute Night Taking a page out of Ryan Adams鈥� book, local musicians pay tribute to the pop princess with live performances from Willa, The Wild Romantics, Savvie, Kaylee Johnston, Gina Loes, Shylo Sharity, The Response, and Sarah Jickling and her Good Bad Luck. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com听or $15 at the door.
Theatre/Dance
The Amish Project A brilliant mediation on radical kindness, this production tackles our instincts for justice and revenge asking, when faced with the most terrible of atrocities, what do you do? 8pm at Pacific Theatre. Tickets at PacificTheatre.org. Runs until Nov. 21.
Dance In 麻豆传媒映画Vancouver鈥檚 contemporary dance scene takes centre stage featuring the energy and innovation of local artists from some of the west coast鈥檚 most exciting companies in various productions over the course of 4 days. 8pm at Scotiabank Dance Theatre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs until Nov. 22.
12 Angry Jurors Theatre In The Raw presents this adaptation of Reginald Rose鈥檚 classic drama by Sherman L. Sergel, examining a young man鈥檚 future as he faces the death penalty for murder, his fate in the hands of twelve jurors. 8pm at InterUrban Gallery. Tickets at TheatreInTheRaw.ca/tickets. Runs until Nov. 29.
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Thursday, Nov. 19
Music
B脴RNS听American singer-songwriter from Michigan, alternatively known as Garrett Borns, on tour in support of his debut album Dopamine, with special guest Avid Dancer. 8pm at Fortune Sound Club. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca
Wild Throne Multi-layered, multi-faceted sound from these Bellingham rockers on tour in support of Harvest of Darkness. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at Red Cat and TicketFly.com
Elephant Stone Montreal psych rockers tour in support of their latest release The Three Poisons with special guest The Backhomes. 8pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $10 at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, and TicketWeb.ca
Comedy
Patrick Maliha The world record holder for the most impressions in one minute 鈥� beating only Dana Carvey, Maliha is one of a three-part harmony that is Sex, Drugs and I Can鈥檛 Roll and is part of Best of the West headlining all over North America. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com
Theatre/Dance
People Meet Dorothy Stacpoole, impoverished aristocrat and owner of a decaying home, desperate to raise enough cash to keep it all going. As The National Trust beckons, so do other less reputable offers in this production detailing every ambivalent Bennettian preoccupation. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at JerichoArtsCentre.com. Runs until Nov. 29.
Events
East Side Culture Crawl The annual celebration of local art invites you to wander the open studios of some of Vancouver鈥檚 finest painters, sculptors, woodworkers, textile designers, jewellery makers and more, with over 450 participants across 78 buildings throughout East Van over the course of 4 days. 5pm-10pm. Visit CultureCrawl.ca听for maps and details.
