Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, October 4 to 6

Soul Asylum plays the Vogue

By Steve Newton

FRIDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in National Hockey League preseason action at Rogers Arena.

FRIDAY: superstar pianist Lang Lang joins music director Otto Tausk and the Vancouver Symphony in a program that includes Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto and Carnival of the Animals.

FRIDAY: the BC Lions take on the Calgary Stampeders in Canadian Football League action at BC Place.

Emmett Jerome plays the Fox Cabaret

FRIDAY: Alberta alt-country/roots singer-songwriter and guitarist Emmett Jerome performs at a release party for debut CD Rocky Mountain Son at the Fox Cabaret, with guest Mercy Walker.

FRIDAY TO SATURDAY: Empty-Handed is a contemporary dance piece at the Firehall Arts Centre that explores the journeys of five cosmic characters through themes of darkness, deception, and greed.

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Vancouver International Film Festival, running to October 6 at various Vancouver venues, features screenings, live performances, talks, industry sessions, and other events celebrating film and film culture.

Emily Carr exhibition at the VAG

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Emily Carr: A Room of Her Own, running until January 2025 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, features approximately 25 works drawn from the Gallery’s Emily Carr Collection, the most comprehensive holdings of her work in the world.

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Arts Club Theatre presents performances at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until October 27 of Jersey Boys, a musical that tells the story of New Jersey hitmakers Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

SATURDAY: Minneapolis alt-rockers Soul Asylum, featuring original frontman Dave Pirner, play the Vogue Theatre, with guests the Juliana Hatfield Three.

Weezer plays Rogers Arena

SATURDAY: American power-pop quartet Weezer plays The Blue Album in full at Rogers Arena, with guests the Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. Here’s my interview with Weezer’s Brian Bell from 2002 and Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis from 1991.

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