Robert Dayton reads at Neptoon
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: all-female rock band from South Korea, Rolling Quartz, plays the Rio Theatre as part of its Stand Up Tour.
FRIDAY: the Toddcast Podcast presents Vancouver hard-rock quartet Southern Death Threat at Blue Light Studios, with guests Fear the Possessed and Lonely Funeral.
FRIDAY: Vancouver hardcore punk band from the ’80s, Death Sentence, plays an all-ages show at LanaLou’s, with guests 10 Days Late and Smelters.
Videodrome screens at the Rio
FRIDAY: late-night screening at the Rio Theatre of David Cronenberg‘s 1983 sci-fi body-horror film Videodrome, starring James Woods and Deborah Harry.
FRIDAY: former White Stripes guitarist-vocalist Jack White performs the second of two solo shows at the Commodore Ballroom.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Vancouver comic Graham Clark performs a fundraising 24 Hours of Standup at Little Mountain Gallery, with partial proceeds going to Filipino BC in response to the recent tragedy at Lapu Lapu Day. Here’s my interview with Graham Clark from 2021.
Wide Mouth Mason plays Blue Frog Studios
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Canadian blues-rock act Wide Mouth Mason, featuring lead vocalist, guitarist, and 3–slide lap-steel player Shaun Verreault, plays two nights at White Rock’s Blue Frog Studios. Here’s my interview with Shaun Verreault from 2021.
SATURDAY: Canadian author Robert Dayton hosts the Vancouver launch of his music book Cold Glitter: The Untold Story of Canadian Glam at Neptoon Records. The free, all-ages event also includes a guest panel composed of rockers Thor, Frank Soda, Drew Arnott, and David M.
SATURDAY: Vancouver rockabilly trio Cousin Harley, featuring guitarist-vocalist Paul Pigat, plays tunes from new album Plays the Blues Vol. 1 at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James. Here’s my interview with Paul Pigat from 2021.
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Something Better Change screens at the Rio
SATURDAY: afternoon screening at the Rio Theatre of Something Better Change, which documents D.O.A. frontman Joey Keithley‘s 40+ year career as a punk-rocker, activist, and politician, with Keithley in attendance for a Q&A.
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