Albert Lee plays the Vancouver Folk Fest
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: Saskatoon-born, Chicago-based blues guitarist, vocalist, and harmonica player Nigel Mack performs at Frankie’s Jazz.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: the 35th annual Dancing on the Edge Festival features over 30 performances by top Canadian dance artists at various Vancouver venues. Get yer dance on!
The Road Warrior screens at VIFF Centre
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic 1981 action movie The Road Warrior, starring Mel Gibson as “Mad” Max Rockatansky.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Arts Club Theatre Company presents Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, about the pop phenomenon’s rise to stardom, running to August 6 at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. You might feel the earth move under your feet.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Arts Club Theatre Company presents the musical Million Dollar Quartet— which depicts the famed 1956 jam session between Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins–at the Granville Island Stage. Wear your blue suede shoes.
Colin Linden plays the Vancouver Folk Fest
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Vancouver Folk Music Festival features performances by such artists as Albert Lee, Joe Henry, Colin Linden, Rich Hope, Krystle Dos Santos, Jim Byrnes, and Steve Dawson & the Hooded Mergansers at Jericho Beach Park. Don’t forget the sunscreen, but there’s shady spots if you do.
FRIDAY & SUNDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi action epic Blade Runner: The Final Cut, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Come for the action, stay for Rutger Hauer’s soliloquy.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Whitecaps take on the L.A. Galaxy in Major League Soccer action at BC Place.
SATURDAY: New Westminster‘s free Uptown Live Street Party features interactive exhibits, local artisans, food trucks, and performances by Camara 67, Ayla Tesler-Mabé, Garret T. Willie, MNGWA, Alpha Centauri, Day of the Dog, and West Coast Slackers.
The VSO performs at Deer Lake Park
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Symphony performs a free outdoor concert at Burnaby’s Deer Lake Park, featuring music by Rossini, Bizet, Elgar, Saint-Saëns, and John Williams, with prelude performance by Azalea Chinese Music Ensemble.
SATURDAY: ’80s dance-pop superstar Madonna plays Rogers Arena as part of her Celebration Tour. CANCELLED.
SUNDAY: Vancouver trio Rollin’ and Tumblin’ plays an electric/eclectic blend of old-school blues and funky instrumentals by T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, and Earl Hooker at Guilt and Co.
The Wicker Man screens at the Rio
SUNDAY: 50th anniversary screening at the Rio Theatre of a 4K restoration of director Robin Hardy’s folk-horror classic The Wicker Man, starring Edward Woodward stars as a puritanical, staunchly Christian police officer investigating the disappearance of a young girl on a secluded Scottish Island.