Walter Trout plays the York Theatre
By Steve Newton
WEDNESDAY: the Modern Day Warriors play the entirety of Rush‘s classic album Permanent Waves front to back, along with many other favorite Rush songs, at the Fox Cabaret.
WEDNESDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the once-mighty Anaheim Ducks in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
WEDNESDAY: as part of International Women’s Day, authors Tamar Glouberman and Hilary Peach present their new books in Incite: Women Forging Trails, a free event at the Vancouver Public Library.
Titus Andronicus plays the Fox Cabaret
THURSDAY: F7 Entertainment presents New Jersey indie-rock quartet Titus Andronicus at the Fox Cabaret, with guests Country Westerns.
THURSDAY: Vancouver guitarist Tony Wilson is joined by tenor saxophonist Dave Say, bassist André Lachance, and drummer Nino Dipasquale in works by John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell at Frankie’s Jazz.
THURSDAY: Irish quartet JigJam blends traditional Irish music with bluegrass and Americana at North Vancouver’s BlueShore Financial Centre for the Arts.
Hump! Film Fest is at the Rio
FRIDAY: day one of Dan Savage’s two-day HUMP! Film Festival, a lovingly curated festival of short erotic films, at the Rio Theatre.
FRIDAY: Vancouver roots trio Cannery Row–composed of Gary Comeau, Tim Hearsey, and Chris Nordquist–performs a mix of blues, Latin, zydeco, jazz, Cajun, country, and rock ‘n roll at Guilt and Co.
FRIDAY: music director Otto Tausk leads the Vancouver Symphony in a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring at the Orpheum Theatre.
David Gogo plays the York Theatre
FRIDAY: American blues-rock guitarist Walter Trout, former member of Canned Heat and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, plays the York Theatre, with guest David Gogo from Nanaimo.