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

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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.

Friday screening of Backrooms at the Park Theatre includes intro and post-show Q&A with editor Greg Ng and sound designer Eugenio Battaglia.

Canadian pop-rock supergroup Trans-Canada Highwaymen--featuring members from Odds, TPOH, Barenaked Ladies, and Sloan--plays the Commodore.

The Vancouver Vinyl Record Show at Heritage Hall on Sunday features vendors selling vinyl LPs, 45s, CDs, tapes, and music memorabilia.

Vancouver alt-rock legends Limblifter play the Commodore Ballroom on a bill with the Grapes of Wrath on Saturday.

Author Chris Walter launches his latest punk-rock manifesto, Born Too Loose, at LanaLou's, with music by GNAR GNARS, Squidz, and Trollop.

Screening at the Park Theatre on Friday of a 4K restoration of director Robin Hardy's 1973 folk-horror classic, The Wicker Man.

American slide guitarist and one-man blues-punk band Bob Log III plays the Biltmore on May 30, with guests Caveman & the Banshee.

On Saturday at VIFF Centre guitarist-composer Tony Wilson’s The Homeless Project shines a sympathetic light on Canada’s urban dispossessed.

Record Store Day Canada on Saturday features special vinyl releases as part of its 19th annual celebration of independent record stores.

Screening at VIFF Centre on Sunday of the documentary I Am the Blues, preceded by a one-hour set by bluesman Robert Connely Farr.

Sweet Queens of Chaos play the Biltmore Cabaret on Friday, along with Nitroglycerin, Jazzfrica, PHROG, and the New Mischiefs.