Spinal Tap II opens in Vancouver
By Steve Newton
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: the BC Lions take on the Ottawa Redblacks in Canadian Football League action at BC Place.
FRIDAY: American metal quartet Baroness, featuring frontman John Dyer Baizley, plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Weedeater.
The Trailer Park Boys perform in Stanley Park
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: 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.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: opening weekend for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, director Rob Reiner’s sequel to his 1984 heavy-metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Stanley Park features performances by John Mulaney, Nick Kroll, Whitney Cummings, Fred Armisen, Bert Kreischer, and the Trailer Park Boys with a performance by Bubbles and the Shitrockers. Here’s my 2003 interview with Mike Smith (Bubbles) from Trailer Park Boys.
The Northern Pikes play Paterson Park
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: 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, and Blonde Diamond (Fri,); Arkells, Ruby Waters, Streetheart, the Northern Pikes, and Blue Moon Marquee (Sat.); and the Dead South, Shakey Graves, Jesse Roper, Tony Stevens, and Shred Kelly (Sun.). Here’s my interview with Jay Semko of the Northern Pikes from 1988.
SATURDAY: Seattle grunge legends Mudhoney play the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Gadfly and Pet Blessings. SOLD OUT.
SATURDAY: the Vancouver Whitecaps take on the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer action at BC Place.
The Descendents play the Commodore
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: California punk-rock quartet the Descendents–composed of singer Milo Aukerman, guitarist Stephen Egerton, bassist Karl Alvarez, and drummer Bill Stephenson–plays two nights at the Commodore Ballroom. Here’s my interview with Bill Stevenson from 1993.
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