Stick Men play the Rickshaw
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: American progressive-rock supergroup Stick Men, featuring King Crimson’s Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto, plays the Rickshaw Theatre.
FRIDAY: screening at the VIFF Centre of director Kyle Edward Ball’s experimental, micro-budget horror film Skinamarink.
FRIDAY: MRG Live presents Vancouver singer-songwriter Dan Mangan at the Fox Cabaret, performing tunes from his latest album Being Somewhere. SOLD OUT.
Larkin Poe play the Commodore
FRIDAY: Nashville-based roots rock band Larkin Poe, fronted by sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guests Vista Kicks.
FRIDAY: late-night screening at the Rio Theatre of writer-director Jordan Peele’s acclaimed 2017 horror flick Get Out, starring Daniel Kaluuya.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Austrian cellist Julia Hagen makes her North American debut with the Vancouver Symphony performing Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 at the Orpheum Theatre.
Lewis Black plays the Vogue
SATURDAY: American comedian Lewis Black, known as The King of Rant, performs standup at the Vogue Theatre as part of his Off the Rails Tour.
SATURDAY: the Tony Furtado Acoustic Trio–composed of singer-guitarist-banjo player Furtado, mandolinist John Reischman, and fiddle player Luke Price–performs at the Bez Arts Hub in Langley.
SATURDAY: legendary Canadian folk-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bruce Cockburn plays the Centre for Performing Arts.
Bruce Cockburn plays the Centre
SUNDAY: local instrumental trio Joe Rotundo and the Interstellar Riders–composed of guitarist Rotundo, bassist Jeremy Holmes, and drummer Todd Biffard–performs a mix of surf music and rockabilly at Guilt and Co.