Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs play the Vogue
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: the Jonny Bones Benefit Show at the Rickshaw Theatre features performances by the Still Spirits, Die Job, Alien Boys, Jesse Lebourdais, Brasser, Blake Pinder, and Mervis Blue.
FRIDAY: the fiddle and cello Celtic-folk duo of Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira performs at a release party for new album Here to Stay at Mel Lehan Hall at St. James, with guitarist Everest Witman. Here’s my interview with Jocelyn Pettit from 2021.
FRIDAY: Brooklyn-based saxophonist-composer Immanuel Wilkins and the Lutosławski Quartet perform two shows at the Western Front on opening night of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. First show SOLD OUT.
Back From the Dead runs at the Shop Theatre
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Renegade Arts Co. presents the world premiere of Back From the Dead, an apocalyptic rock musical with story by composer-producer Jim Buckshon and legendary Vancouver rock critic Tom Harrison, running until June 28 at the Shop Theatre. Here’s Tom Harrison’s interview with Neil Peart from 1984.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the three-day Dragon Boat Festival at Corcord Pacific Place and False Creek features dragon-boat races, craft vendors, food trucks, kids’ activities, and live music by Tiger Really, the Kuyas, Coastal Wolf Pack, Toddy, Royal Oak, and headliners Lights and Felix Cartal.
SATURDAY: Canadian singer-songwriter Steven Page joins the Vancouver Symphony and music director Kevin Fox at the Orpheum Theatre for a program that includes songs from his former band, the Barenaked Ladies. Here’s the interview with Steven Page from 2022, the last time he played with the VSO.
The Abby Canucks vie for the Calder Cup
SATURDAY: the Abbotsford Canucks take on the Charlotte Checkers in the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Finals at Abbotsford Centre.
SATURDAY: the Matterhorn Records One Year Anniversary Party at the Red Gate Arts Society features performances by Bison BC, Night Court, Big Ethel, Disruptions, and DJ Hammer.
SUNDAY: former Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell leads his current band the Dirty Knobs at the Vogue Theatre, with guest Shannon McNally. Here’s my interview with Mike Campbell from 1999.
Biboye Onanuga plays Tyrant Studios
SUNDAY: Nigerian-Canadian drummer/composer Biboye Onanuga leads his New Standards Quartet at Tyrant Studios as of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
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