Sarah Harmer plays the Centre
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: Junofest Night One at the Rickshaw Theatre features performances by Yukon Blonde, Blonde Diamond, Fold Paper, Piss, and Post-Modern Connection.
FRIDAY: Canadian soul/blues vocalist Miss Emily performs with her band at White Rock’s Blue Frog Studios.
FRIDAY: the Juno Songwriters Circle at the Centre in Vancouver features performances by Sarah Harmer, Leif Vollebekk, Alexander Stewart, Dylan Sinclair, Elisapie, Lowell, Luna Li, and Nemahsis. Here’s my interview with Sarah Harmer from 2000.
Hump! Film Fest screens at the Rio
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Dan Savage’s 2005 Hump! Film Festival: Part One features screenings of 23 short adult films at the Rio Theatre.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary about the realities of Israeli occupation in the State of Palestine’s West Bank. In Arabic, Hebrew, and English, with English subtitles.
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.
Banksy exhibition runs at 1 Alexander Street
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: The Art of Banksy: “Without Limits” exhibition, running until May 25 at 1 Alexander Street, features over 200 prints, photos, sculptures, installations, and murals by world-famous street artist Banksy.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: performances at Studio 58 of Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg’s We Are Boy Band, a devised piece that follows a group of pop singers as they strive for stardom and deal with the dark side of fame.
SATURDAY: screening at the Rio Theatre of Becoming Led Zeppelin, director Bernard MacMahon’s new documentary about the formation of the legendary British rock band, featuring never-before-seen footage and new interviews with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. Here’s my interview with Robert Plant from 1993.
Michael Bublé hosts the Junos
SUNDAY: the 2025 Juno Awards at Rogers Arena are hosted by Michael Bublé and feature performances by Sum 41, Aqyila, Josh Ross, Nemahsis, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Peach Pit, Tia Wood, Elisapie, Jonita Gandhi, and Maestro Fresh Wes.
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