Kevin Nealon performs at the Rio
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: B.C. jazz-fusion/funk quintet Blues Hoodoo performs original instrumentals and covers by Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, and Chick Corea at Frankie’s Jazz.
FRIDAY: screenings at the VIFF Centre of director Amy Berg‘s new music documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, about the American singer-songwriter who died tragically at the age of 30 after recording one highly acclaimed album.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the 2025 PNE Fair, running until September 1, features nightly concerts, attractions like the SuperDogs and I-Flip aerial shows, cultural showcases, agricultural displays, sand sculptures, family play zones, food and market vendors, the PNE Prize Home, and dozens of rides and midway games at Playland.
A History of Motown at the Firehall
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Vancouver soul-singer Krystle Dos Santos and her eight-piece band are featured in A History of Motown, running until August 24 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Here’s my interview with Krystle Dos Santos from 2021.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Vancouver Canadians take on the Tri-City Dust Devils in Minor League Baseball action at Nat Bailey Stadium.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Star Witnesses, running at the Polygon Gallery until September 28, assembles works by 11 artists whose observations of the cosmos bring new understandings of exploratory and migratory movements on Planet Earth.
ZZ Top plays two nights
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Texas blues-rock legends ZZ Top, featuring guitarist-vocalist Billy Gibbons, play the Great Canadian Casino Vancouver (Fri.) and the River Rock Show Theatre (Sat.). Here’s my interview with Billy Gibbons from 1994.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Whitecaps take on the St. Louis City SC in Major League Soccer action at BC Place.
SUNDAY: American comedian Kevin Nealon, best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of TV’s Saturday Night Live, performs an evening of standup at the Rio Theatre.
Women in Blues at the VIFF Centre
SUNDAY: Women in Blues at the VIFF Centre features a performance by Vancouver blues artist LJ Mounteney, followed by a screening of director Robert Clem‘s new documentary Big Mama Thornton: I Can’t Be Anyone But Me.
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