Talent EXPOsed: Expo 86 brings 165 days of stellar entertainment to Vancouver for the world’s fair

Whether you're in favour of Expo 86 or not, you have to admit that Jimmy Pattison and company have not skimped when it comes to live music.

Newt’s top 10 Vancouver concerts to check out in April 2026

Multiplatinum jazz-pop singer and pianist Diana Krall performs downtown at the Orpheum Theatre on April 22.

My metal-lovin' nephew Jeff took me to see Black Label Society last night, but I came away as more of a diehard Zakk Sabbath fan.

Ever been to a sold-out rock show where the crowd is on its feet the entire time, while you’re wondering what all the fuss is about?

Vancouver rock 'n' roll legend Rich Hope plays the Rickshaw Theatre on February 20, with guests Janky Bungag and Runner.

Last August I lost a longtime friend, Scott Vye, who I'd spent decades going to concerts with in the Metro Vancouver area.

Thirty-five years ago today Canadian rock legends Bachman-Turner Overdrive played a New Year's Eve gig at Vancouver's 86 Street Music Hall.

If you'd asked me which Canuck rocker I'd most want to see on New Year's Eve in 1989, Kim Mitchell would have surely been in the running.

Toronto's Blue Rodeo has often been called one of Canada's best groups. But after seeing the band on the weekend, I'm not so sure.

The head of Turtle Recording Studios sent me audio of a concert that Odds played after the release of their 1991 debut album, Neopolitan.

The high point in the show came when Vaughan invited his Vancouver buddy Colin James up to jam out on three tunes from Stevie Ray's first LP.

All the Vancouver Rush freaks who've been hoping and praying that the Canuck prog-rock legends would play here again have gotten their wish.

Canadian blues guitarist-vocalist Sue Foley performs material from latest album One Guitar Woman at the Rio Theatre on September 26.