Descartes a Kant plays the Rickshaw
By Steve Newton
MONDAY: Canadian rock legend Neil Young performs the second of two outdoor concerts with his band the Chrome Hearts at Deer Lake Park, with guests Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir. Here’s my review of Neil Young from 1991.
MONDAY: 50th anniversary screening at the Rio Theatre of a restoration of director Steven Spielberg’s horror classic Jaws, based on the bestselling 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. Here’s the full audio of my 1997 interview with Peter Benchley.
MONDAY TO FRIDAY: the 2025 Vancouver Fringe Festival, running until September 14, features over 80 performances of alternative theatre, comedy, dance, music, and drag on and around Granville Island.
Mac Sabbath plays the Rickshaw
WEDNESDAY: Black Sabbath tribute band dressed as McDonald’s Restaurant characters, Mac Sabbath, plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests the Schizophonics and Descartes a Kant.
WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY: 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.
THURSDAY: world-renowned anthropologist and author Dr. Wade Davis discusses his recent book, Beneath the Surface of Things, at UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre.
The Redblacks play the Lions
FRIDAY: the BC Lions take on the Ottawa Redblacks in Canadian Football League action at BC Place.
FRIDAY: Canadian guitarist and instrumental recording artist Rob Tardik fuses pop, jazz, Latin, rock, and world influences at White Rock’s Blue Frog Studios.
FRIDAY: American metal quartet Baroness, featuring frontman John Dyer Baizley, plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Weedeater.
Walk off the Earth plays Paterson Park
FRIDAY: the first day of the three-day Barnside Harvest Festival at Ladner’s Paterson Park features performances by Walk off the Earth, Bedouin Soundclash, Said the Whale, the Boom Booms, Blonde Diamond, Fionn, Royal Oak, Honeybear, Shane Terry Band, and Melissa Endean.
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