Maiden Vancouver plays the Tsawwassen Legion
By Steve Newton
FRIDAY: Pennsylvania emo/math-rock quartet Algernon Cadwallader plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Lake and First Day Back.
FRIDAY: Canadian pop troubadour Ron Sexsmith and his band performs tunes from his latest album Hangover Terrace at the Hollywood Theatre. Here’s my interview with Ron Sexsmith from 1997.
FRIDAY: coheadlining bill featuring American hard-rock/stoner-rock bands Crobot and the Atomic Bitchwax, with guests Burnt Lung and Circle of Titans, at the Waldorf.
Ron Reed performs at Bez Arts Hub
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: Ron Reed performs his one-man play The Top Ten Thousand of All Time–about a solitary late-night DJ counting down his favourite tunes from a mysterious studio in Kerrisdale–at Langley’s Bez Arts Hub.
SATURDAY: Vancouver guitarists Bill Coon and Dave Sikula perform at Frankie’s Jazz with bassist Darren Radtke and drummer Dave Robbins. Here’s my interview with Bill Coon from 2021.
SATURDAY: Roundhouse Productions‘ VidLaser Show at the BCIT Planetarium features fulldome 360 video projection, multiple RGB lasers, full concert surround-sound, and music by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Gorillaz or Radiohead.
Skydiggers play the Hollywood
SATURDAY: Toronto roots-rockers Skydiggers, featuring singer-songwriters Andy Maize and Josh Finlayson, play tunes from new album Dreams & Second Chances at the Hollywood Theatre. Here’s the article I wrote on Skydiggers back in 1995.
SATURDAY: screening at the Cinematheque of director John Woo’s super-stylized 1989 action flick The Killer, starring Chow Yun-fat. In Cantonese with English subtitles.
SATURDAY: Iron Maiden tribute band Maiden Vancouver plays an opening set of Maiden classics and then performs the entire Live After Death Long Beach Arena setlist from 1985 at the Tsawwassen Legion Branch #289.
The Avalanche is in town
SUNDAY: the Vancouver Canucks take on the Colorado Avalanche in National Hockey League action at Rogers Arena.
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