Electric Lady Studios screens at VIFF Centre
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: late-night 50th anniversary screening at the Rio Theatre of a remastered version of Tobe Hooper’s influential horror flick The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, starring Marilyn Burns and Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface.
FRIDAY: Vancouver ska band K-Man & the 45s plays LanaLou’s, with guests Dany Laj and The Looks.
FRIDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Philadelphia Flyers in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
Limblifter plays the Commodore
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Vancouver guitar-rockers 54-40, featuring vocalist Neil Osborne, play the first of two nights at the Commodore Ballroom, with guests Limblifter. Here’s my interviews with Neil Osborne and Limblifter’s Ryan Dahle from 2000.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Sean O’Loughlin conducts the Vancouver Symphony in Revolution: The Music of the Beatles, a symphonic tribute to the Fab Four, at the Orpheum Theatre.
Fright Nights on the PNE Grounds
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Fright Nights features eight haunted houses, wandering scare artists, over 15 midway rides, and spooky foods, running until October 31 on select nights at the PNE Grounds (Hastings and Windermere).
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, director John McDermott’s new documentary about the New York City recording facility commissioned by Jimi Hendrix in 1968.
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.
Cirque du Soleil’s Echo runs at Concord Pacific Place
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Cirque du Soleil‘s Echo, running to January 5 at Concord Pacific Place, combines poetry, stagecraft, acrobatics, and technology to explores the delicate balance between people, animals, and the world.
SATURDAY: French psych/garage-rock trio SLIFT plays the Pearl, with guests Meatbodies.
SATURDAY: Surf Fest features performances by the Reviberators, the Cavaleros, Joe Rotundo and the Interstellar Riders, and the Hang-ten Hangmen at the Waldorf.
Brent Butt performs at Surrey Arts Centre
SATURDAY: Canadian comedian Brent Butt, star of TV’s Corner Gas and author of the bestselling novel Huge, performs an evening of standup at the Surrey Arts Centre. Here’s my interview with Brent Butt from 2014.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: the Arts Club Theatre Company presents performances of Vancouver playwright Michelle Rimi’s contemporary Canadian comedy Sexy Laundry at New Westminster’s Anvil Theatre.
SUNDAY: the Vancouver Whitecaps take on Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer action at BC Place.
The Dropkick Murphys play Harbour Events Centre
SUNDAY: Boston Celtic-punk band the Dropkick Murphys play the Harbour Events Centre, with guests Pennywise and the Scratch.
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