Nikki Glaser performs at the Queen E
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: East Van Mardi Gras at the Rickshaw Theatre features performances by Grateful Dead tribute band GD/BC, nine-piece group the Big Easy Funk Ensemble, and guests Nuvo Zydeco.
FRIDAY: American rapper Tyler, the Creator plays Rogers Arena as part of his Chromakopia World Tour, with guests Lil Yachty and Paris Texas.
FRIDAY: Australian surf-punk trio Dune Rats play the Pearl on its If It Sucks, Turn It Up Tour, with guests Playboy Manbaby and boy wonder.
xʷəlməxʷ child runs at Polygon Gallery
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: xʷəlməxʷ child, running until May 25 at North Vancouver’s Polygon Gallery, features Manuel Axel Strain‘s figurative paintings, transformed into pictographs and set against photographic murals.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: exhibition of paintings by New York City-based artist Firelei Báez, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, runs until March 16 at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
SATURDAY: American comic Nikki Glaser performs two standup-comedy shows at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre as part of her Unwell and Alive Tour.
SATURDAY: Vancouver blues-rocker Colin James plays tunes from his new album Chasing the Sun at the Orpheum Theatre, with guest Terra Lightfoot. Here’s my interview with Colin James from 1995.
Robert Connely Farr plays the Heatley
SUNDAY: Vancouver-based, Mississippi-raised Bentonia bluesman Robert Connely Farr plays the Heatley. Here’s my interview with Connely Farr from 2021.
SUNDAY: live big-screen broadcasts of the 97th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, at the Rio Theatre and VIFF Centre.
The Reverend Horton Heat plays the Commodore
SUNDAY: Dallas psychobilly trio the Reverend Horton Heat, featuring guitarist-vocalist Jim Heath, plays the Commodore Ballroom, with guests the Dusty 45s and Pinata Protest. Here’s my interview with Jim Heath from 1995.
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