Art Bergmann plays the Rickshaw
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: Canadian folk and acoustic blues singer-songwriter Little Miss Higgins plays Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
FRIDAY: Vancouver blues trio the Grand Koolios–composed of guitarist-vocalist Tim Hearsey, bassist Rob Becker, and drummer Chris Nordquist–plays Guilt and Co. That Hearsey guy can play geetar!
FRIDAY: Canadian rock legend Art Bergmann performs at the Rickshaw Theatre in an event that includes the launch of his Jason Schneider-penned biography The Longest Suicide, with a Q&A session moderated by local musician, author, and historian Aaron Chapman. Here’s my interview with Art from back in 1990.
FRIDAY: the BC Lions take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Canadian Football League action at BC Place. Go Leos!
FRIDAY: the monthly Comedy Here Often? showcase features Manitoba comedian Andy Noble performing standup at 604 Studios. It’s chuckle time!
FRIDAY: British pop-rock singer-songwriter, bassist, and actor Sting, former frontman of the Police, plays Rogers Arena on his My Songs 2023 Tour. Bet he does “Roxanne”.
The Diceman is at Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: controversial American comedian and actor Andrew Dice Clay performs the two nights at Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy in New Westminster. SOLD OUT. Snooze ya lose. Ehhhhhhh.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Fashion Fictions exhibition, running until October 9 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, explores the increasing influence of research-based, materially driven practices on the global fashion scene.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Arts Club Theatre Company and Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre present performances of the musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors, based on the film by Roger Corman, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until October 8. “Feed me, Seymour!”
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the 42nd annual Vancouver International Film Festival features over 140 films, 100 shorts, live performances, talks, conferences, and other events celebrating film and film culture. Running until October 8 at various Vancouver venues.
Saw X screens at the Twilight Drive-in
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Fright Fest at the Drive-in features screenings of the new horror flicks Saw X and The Nun II at Langley’s Twilight Drive-in.
FRIDAY & SUNDAY: violinist Karen Gomyo joins conductor Gerard Schwarz and the Vancouver Symphony in a program that includes Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto at the Orpheum Theatre. Get your orchestra on.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Edmonton Oilers in National Hockey League preseason action at Rogers Arena.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Whitecaps take on D.C. United in Major League Soccer action at BC Place.
Oliver Swain plays Mel Lehan Hall
SATURDAY: the Rogue Folk Club presents Legacy of Lightfoot, Victoria singer-songwriter Oliver Swain‘s tribute to Gordon Lightfoot, at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James. SOLD OUT. Snooze ya lose.
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