Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, August 28 to 30

California rock band Eagles of Death Metal plays the Vogue Theatre on Friday as part of its Death By Sexy 25th Anniversary Tour.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, August 21 to 23

Late-night screening at the Rio Theatre on Friday of a 4K restoration of director John Carpenter's 1981 action-thriller Escape From New York.

Screening at the VIFF Centre on Friday of The Big Lebowski, the Coen Brothers' 1998 crime-comedy starring Jeff Bridges as The Dude.

Rich Hope performs on Saturday as part of the Pleasant Day Festival, which takes place on Main Street from 16th to King Edward Ave.

Screening at VIFF Centre on Saturday of Joel and Ethan Coen's crime-comedy Fargo, starring Frances McDormand as police chief Marge Gunderson.

Anonymous Canadian math-rock duo Angine de Poitrine performs August 23-24 at the Pearl and August 25 at the Commodore.

Screening at the VIFF Centre on Friday of Michael Mann's 1995 crime-thriller Heat, about an L.A. detective on the trail of a career thief.

American stoner-metal band Corrosion of Conformity plays the Rickshaw Theatre on Friday, with guests Whores and Crobot.

Screenings at the VIFF Centre on Friday and Sunday of Dazed and Confused, director Richard Linklater's coming-of-age comedy set in 1976.

Canadian roots-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Emmett Jerome plays the Fox Cabaret on Friday, with guests the Shane Terry Band.

Canadian blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Sue Foley performs at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, July 16.

High Fade, a funk-infused, technically adept rock trio from Edinburgh, Scotland, plays the Biltmore Cabaret on Friday.

Late-night screening at the Rio of The Warriors, about a rag-tag gang from Coney Island forced to fight its way home from the Bronx.