Thursday, Oct. 15
Music
Steve Hill Juno Award winning guitar hero from Montreal takes his one-man band show on the road from coast to coast in support of his latest album, Solo Recordings 鈥� Volume 2. 9pm at Railway Club. Tickets at 604-681-1625.
Comedy
Michael Kosta Known for his humour and sarcastic wit, Kosta brings a sports background to comedy, as heard daily on Crowd Goes Wild on Fox; with appearances on Chelsea Lately, The Tonight Show and Conan, and his first stand-up special on Comedy Central. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com
Theatre/Dance
Unwrapping Culture Dance company Co. ERSAGA, in collaboration with Thailand鈥檚 revered Khon dancer, Pichet Klunchun perform and construct a dialogue around the inquisition into 鈥榳hat and who creates culture鈥� in this new creation, unwrapping a fascinating journey of complex tradition and contemporary global societal issues. 8pm at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs until Oct. 17.
Cheap & Fun
麻豆传媒映画Halloween Parade & Expo Three days of arts, concerts, performances, cosplay, films, comics, anime, games, make-up, and costumes to kick off Halloween celebrations culminating in the annual downtown Halloween parade. Visit VanHalloween.com听for details. Runs until Oct. 18.
Art
Jiggery Pokery Vancouver-based visual artist Angela Grossman presents a duo solo exhibition in collaboration with emerging multi-media artist Drew Shaffer. Utilizing found objects and ephemera, the two address the role performance plays in the assumption and persistence of gender identity (Grossman), while focussing on emotional and psychological needs and desires of contemporary culture (Shaffer). Opening reception 6-8pm at Winsor Gallery. Runs until Nov. 14.
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Friday, Oct. 16
Music
Rod Davis Founding member of The Quarrymen, with John Lennon, Davis brings the music of The Beatles to town with the help of locals Jim Byrnes, Pail Pigat & Co. 8pm at St. James Community Hall. Tickets $28 at Red Cat, Highlife, Prussin Music, Rufus鈥� Guitar Shop and RogueFolk.bc.ca
Ripple Illusion 麻豆传媒映画funk-rock band play tunes from their recently released self-titled EP with special guests Soatoa, and Mark Adams. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $10 at TicketFly.com
GWAR Ultimate heavy metal rockers, the alien monsters banished to Earth millions of years ago, celebrate 29 years as a band with special guests Cryptopsy, and Battlecross. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $34+ at LiveNation.com
Legion of Goons Local punkers host the Cuban hardcore and punk rockers Arrabio, and Adictox with special guest Shockload. 9:30pm at The Astoria. Tickets $10 at the door only.
Comedy
Eddie Pepitone A force of nature on stage, this stand-out comic and character actor, host of the comedy podcast, Pep Talks and writer/star of 笔耻诲诲颈苍鈥�, performs his blue-collar angsty, calmly chaotic stand-up. 7pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at NorthWestComedyFest.com
Theatre/Dance
Empire of the Son听Tetsuro Shigematsu wrote and stars in this story of his personal relationship with his father. Separated by a generation, but connected by blood, Tetsuro and his father speak different languages, possessing different values, but what has ultimately kept them apart is their similarities. 8pm at 麻豆传媒映画East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Oct. 24.
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Saturday, Oct. 17
Music
Angeli Archangeli Artistic director Paula Kremer will lead the 麻豆传媒映画Cantata Singers as they open their 2015-2016 season with a program celebrating the enduring influence of angels, featuring works from Heinrich Isaac, and John Taverner, among others. 7:30pm at Ryerson United Church. Tickets $10+ at VancouverCantataSingers.com
West Coast Jazz Invitational A full day of jazz big band entertainment starting at noon and carrying well into the evening featuring Forward Motion Jazz Orchestra, Urbana, Mighty Fraser Big Band, Bruce James Orchestra and The Randers Big Band from Denmark. 12:30pm at Unity of 麻豆传媒映画(5840 Oak St.). Tickets for all shows at WestCoastJazzInvitational.com. All ages event.
Destroyer Canadian indie-rock outfit fronted by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar, play tunes from their new full-length album, Poison Season, with special guest Frog Eyes. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $23.50+ at Red Cat, Ticketmaster.caand LiveNation.com
Tech N9ne American rapper tours in support of his latest release, Special Effects, with special guest Doug Crawford. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets $40 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, Beatstreet and TicketWeb.ca
Le Youth Electronic musician-DJ-producer from LA on tour in support of the hit singles, 鈥淩eal鈥� and 鈥淭ouch鈥�. 10pm at Alexander Gastown. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beatstreet and TicketWeb.ca
Good Riddance California punk rockers, on tour in support of their first release in 9 years, Peace In Our Time, with special guests Off With Their Heads, Fire Next Time, and Oldage. 9pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife, Scrape and TicketWeb.ca
Cult Babies 麻豆传媒映画eight-piece garage-rock-psych band celebrate the release of Off to See the Lizard, kicking off their one-month US tour with special guests Strange Things, and Jive Hand.9pm at The Astoria.
The 17th Annual West Coast Guitar Night An evening of acoustic jazz, Middle Eastern, folk, Filipino, Celtic and Flamenco with Kent Hillman, Itamar Erez, Les Finnigan, Edgar Avelino, Simon Fox, and John Gilliat with Rossi Tzonkov. 8pm at 麻豆传媒映画East Cultural Centre. Tickets $29 at Tickets.TheCultch.com
Comedy
Mike MacDonald Veteran of the North American comedy circuit, with various late night appearances (Letterman, Arsenio Hall) and three CBC comedy specials including, Happy As I Can Be performs a stand-up set with opener Brett Martin. 7pm and 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk鈥檚. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com
Theatre/Dance
Romeo + Juliet听Studio 58鈥檚 season begins with a fresh, unique interpretation of the Shakespeare classic, where the two star-crossed lovers are young women who meet in Andy Warhol鈥檚 Factory circa 1965. 3pm at Studio 58 at Langara College. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs until Oct. 18.
Cheap & Fun
麻豆传媒映画Art/Book Fair The only international art book fair in Canada returns to the Art Gallery with a selection of local, national, and international artists, illustrators, designers, publishers, collectives and artist-run centres displaying books, magazines, zines, chapbooks and print ephemera. 12-6pm at 麻豆传媒映画Art Gallery. Free.
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Sunday, Oct. 18
Music
Steel Audrey Record Release Party Friends and family of the late Audrey announce the posthumous release of his full-lengeth album From Which I Came, celebrated with performances from The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, The Lion The Bear The Fox, The Reckoners, Nat Jay, Matt Ellis and others. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $12 at SteelAudrey.BrownPaperTickets.com
Bolzer Covenant Festival presents the Swiss metal band with Ritual Necromancy and local guests Spell and Harrow. 8pm at The Astoria. Tickets $10 at Scrape Records or $15 at the door.
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.
Theatre/Dance
Disgraced Conversations around faith and politics lead to startling conclusions that burn with tension and release when a Pakistani-American lawyer and his artist wife, host a dinner for his African-American co-worker and her Jewish art curator husband in the Canadian premiere of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. 2pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Final performance.
A Simple Space This dizzying collection of works in new circus pushes physical limits to the brink, exposing the reality of failure and weakness in this simultaneously raw, frantic, and delicate performance where seven skilled acrobats thumb their noses at the rules of gravity. 2pm at York Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Oct. 24.
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Monday, Oct. 19
Music
Nobunny American one-man punk band aka Justin Champlin, takes the stage with special guests Fashionism and DJ Jacuzzi Fluzzi. 8:30pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca
Django Django British rock band appears in support of their latest offering, Born Under Saturn with special guest Wild Belle. 9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $25 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca
William Fitzsimmons American folk singer-songwriter out of Illinois, tours in support of his new record Pittsburgh, with special guest Jake Phillips. 9pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $20 at Red Cat, Zulu, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca
Ms Mr New York based indie dream pop duo play tunes from their latest release, How Does It Feel, with special guests Tigertown, and Jack Garratt. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $26.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca听and LiveNation.com
Comedy
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
Theatre/Dance
The Waiting Room A moving story about family, healing, and hope, this production is the highly anticipated collaboration between John Mann (Spirit of the West) and Canadian playwright Morris Panych; drawn from Mann鈥檚 own experience as he navigates life before and after a diagnosis. 7:30pm at Granville Island Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Oct. 31.
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Tuesday, Oct. 20
Music
Deafheaven San Francisco black metal-shoegaze rockers return to 麻豆传媒映画to play tunes from the just released, New Bermuda, with special guest Tribulation. 9pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu, Neptoon, Scrape and TicketWeb.ca
Lido Electronic music producer/remixer from Norway performs a live set with special guest Brasstracks. 9pm at The Imperial. Tickets $18 at Red Cat, Zulu, Beatstreet and TicketWeb.ca
The Neighbourhood American experimental rock band from California on tour in support of their forthcoming record, Wiped Out! With special guests Bad Suns, and Hunny. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $42.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca听and LiveNation.com
Nathaniel Krikke Multi-instrumentalist from Abbotsford brings his old-time country, blues and gospel to the stage with special guest Janaya Salmond. 8pm at Backstage Lounge. Tickets $6 at the door only.
Theatre/Dance
The Damage is Done 鈥� A True Story Renowned author-thinker-speaker Dr. Gabor Mate, onstage in collaboration with actor-writer-director-therapist Rita Bozi, combine theatre, dialogue, essay, video, music and modern dance to explore cultural history and family dynamics in the scope of depression, addiction, and suicide. 8pm at 麻豆传媒映画East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Oct. 24.
Events
鈥淯gly Duckling鈥� Dinner Acclaimed locavore chef, David Gunawan鈥檚 waste-not, want-not culinary values are showcased at this, the first of two, delicious five-course dinners featuring underutilized, often disposed scraps and offcuts. 6:30pm at Royal Dinette. Tickets at RoyalDinette.ca
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Wednesday, Oct. 21
Music
Daniel Romano Welland, Ontario native and Juno nominated country and visual artist swings through town in support of his latest release, If I鈥檝e Only One Time Askin鈥�, with special guest Steven Lambke. 9pm at The Fox. Tickets $18.50 at Red Cat and LiveNation.com
Barenaked Ladies Canadian pop-rock favourites, on tour in support of their forthcoming record, Silverball, with special guest Alan Doyle. 7:30pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets $37.50+ at LiveNation.com
Vox Humana Top Line Vocal Collective presents this program of contemporary hits, in an inspiring mix of performances by the collective and smaller ensembles, accompanied by a visual multi-media experience, with partial proceeds benefitting the Canuck Place Children鈥檚 Hospice. 7pm at HR MacMillan Space Centre. Tickets $30 at EventBrite.ca
Theatre/Dance
Alien Contagion: Rise of the Zombie Syndrome听The Virtual Stage presents this all-new, immersive, and spine-tingling theatrical adventure where the audience is responsible for saving the human race from the brink of distinction after a UFO crashes on earth and the alien pilot is reported missing. 6:30pm onward at a Secret Rendezvous Revealed the Day Before the Mission. Tickets at TheVirtualStage.org/tickets. Runs until Nov. 1
Events
Come Together: For Our East Van Boxer The monthly inclusive and family-friendly event showcases the creative talents of queer and trans folk. This month, we come together to support River 鈥楾he Fox鈥� Tucker, founder and head coach of Queer Box Camp, on her way to Canadian Olympic trials in Montreal. 7pm at Heartwood Community Caf茅. Admission by sliding scale donations.
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Thursday, Oct. 22
Music
The Bros. Landreth Juno Award winning folks-roots-rock band out of Winnipeg play tunes from Let It Lie with special guest Donovan Woods. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $13.50 at Red Cat and TicketWeb.ca
Givers Indie pop group, groomed by the sweaty dancehalls of Lafayette, Louisiana tour in support of their upcoming release, New Kingdom, with special guests Caddywhompus. 9:30pm at The Cobalt. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu, and TicketWeb.ca
Xavier Rudd & The United Nations Australian singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist known for his command of the didgeridoo, plays the first of two nights in support of Nanna, with special guests Jon and Roy. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $37.50+ at Ticketmaster.ca听and LiveNation.com
Carcas Latin punk rockers take the stage with special guests Know How Sugar. 8pm at Studio Records. Tickets $10 from the band and $12 at the door.
Comedy
Damonde Tschritter Perhaps Canada鈥檚 finest comedic storyteller, the Globe & Mail calls him 鈥渃omedy鈥檚 new superhero鈥� with appearances on CBC鈥檚 The Debaters, and the first ever Canadian to win the Seattle International Comedy Competition. 8pm at Yuk Yuk鈥檚. Tickets $10 at YukYuks.com.
Art
Generation Sacrifiee Iranian artist Sayeh Sarfarez, of Montreal, translates political movements and uprising occurring in Iran into a drawing series, challenging the viewer with na茂ve forms and innocent aesthetics, juxtaposed with threatening motifs. 7-10pm at Grunt Gallery. Runs until Nov. 28.
