The Midnight Riders play Blue Frog Studios
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: British singer-songwriter and guitarist Paul Weller, formerly of the Jam and the Style Council, plays the Vogue Theatre, with guest George Houston from Ireland.
FRIDAY: L.A. psych-rock band Allah-Lahs play tunes from latest album Zuma 85 at the Pearl, with guests Maston.
FRIDAY: British folk-punk singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg plays the Commodore Ballroom.
John 5 plays the Rickshaw
FRIDAY: American hard-rock guitar virtuoso John 5 plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Sticks N’ Stones from Toronto and Turning Jane from L.A.
FRIDAY: screening at the VIFF Centre of a 4K restoration of director Dario Argento‘s 1977 horror film Suspiria, starring Jessica Harper as an American dancer who transfers to a ballet school in Germany that is actually a front for the occult.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Arts Club Theatre presents performances at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until October 20 of Jersey Boys, a musical that tells the story of New Jersey hitmakers Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Otto Tausk leads the VSO at the Orpheum
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: music director Otto Tausk conducts the Vancouver Symphony in a program of works by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, and Jocelyn Morlock at the Orpheum Theatre. Here’s my interview with Otto Tausk from 2021.
SATURDAY: the Midnight Riders, a six-piece Vancouver band featuring guitarist-vocalist Scott Smith, performs a tribute to the Allman Brothers Band at White Rock’s Blue Frog Studios. Here’s my interview with Scott Smith from 2020.
SATURDAY: Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith plays the ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge. Here’s my interview with Ron Sexsmith from 1997.
Zappostrophe’ plays the Fox
SATURDAY: eight-piece Vancouver band Zappostrophe’ performs the music of Frank Zappa at the Fox Cabaret.
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