La Chinga plays Keithmas XV
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: new punk-rock band led by former NoMeansNo member John Wright, Dead Bob, plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Victim’s Family and Invasives.
FRIDAY: L.A. ska-punk/funk-metal band Fishbone, featuring lead vocalist and saxophonist Angelo Moore, plays the Pearl, with guests Bite Me Bambii and Brasser.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: A Wonderheads Christmas Carol at New Westminster’s Massey Theatre is a reimagining of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol featuring whimsical puppets and giant masks.
The Festival of Lights at VanDusen Garden
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Festival of Lights at VanDusen Botanical Garden runs until January 5, featuring 15 acres of beautiful gardens adorned with over a million Christmas lights.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol is an uplifting musical based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol set during the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, running until December 24 at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Ann Mortifee’s Reflections on Crooked Walking, running until December 22 at the Firehall Arts Centre, is a family musical about four unlikely friends who go in search of a cure for a sleeping sickness that has overtaken their town.
The Bruins are in town
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Boston Bruins in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
SATURDAY: folk-punk singer-songwriter Eugene Ripper and author/historian Aaron Chapman are featured at a Fast Folk Underground show at Tyrant Studios, with guest Carmen White.
SATURDAY: the annual Vancouver Food Bank fundraiser at the Rickshaw Theatre, Keithmas XV, features performances by Rich Hope, the Jolts, Suzie Ungerleider, Elsinore, Elliot C. Way, Scott Smith, Duke & Goldie, La Chinga, and Spank Williams. SOLD OUT.
Spank Williams plays the Rickshaw
SUNDAY: Kingfisher Bluez, a Crisis Centre BC fundraiser at the Rickshaw Theatre, features performances by Meltt, Spank Williams, Kylie V, Cam Blake, La Lune, Flat Earth, Cherry Pick, Tall Mary, Buddie, Tim The Mute, Grade School, Computer, Patrick Farrugia, and David Ivan Neil.
If you’re a concert promoter, arts organization, music store, club owner, or just somebody wanting to support my work, I’m looking for an exclusive sponsor of my twice-weekly Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver blogs. If interested, please contact me at steve@earofnewt.com.
Discover more from earofnewt.com
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.