We love when weekends like this one come along. The 15th Annual DOXA Documentary Film Festival kicks off tonight, with film screenings at cinemas in and around the downtown core every day and night until May 15th.
Want more than film? There's plenty of music and Cinco de Mayo events, a jean shorts-themed festival lineup party, the Emily Carr Grad Show, and the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival, too.
Here're our top picks, brought to you by Vancouver's #KnowFun heroes, Do604.
Thursday May 5
7 p.m. Aim For The Roses @ The Playhouse
8 p.m. Pokey Lafarge @ Imperial
9 p.m. Psychic Mirrors @ The Cobalt
8 p.m. A Circle In The Fire II @ The Heatley
8 p.m. Talent Time @ The Rio
8:10 p.m. Viva @ Vancity Theatre
Friday May 6
7 p.m. Echo Nebraska & Ruffled Feathers @ Biltmore
9 p.m. Ponderosa 2016 Lineup Launch Jean Shorts Party @ Anza
10 p.m. A Pineapple Disco (with free Hawaiian pizza) @ The Waldorf
7 p.m. Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and her disturbing black & white drawings @ The Cinematheque
8 p.m. Vancouver International Burlesque Festival @ The Playhouse
10 p.m. Ryan Hemsworth @ Fortune
Saturday May 7
4 p.m. Cinco de Mayo @ Robson Square
4:30 p.m. The Show: New Adventures In Design, Media + Visual Arts @ Emily Carr
9 p.m. Said The Whale @ The Fox
2 p.m. Vancouver Whitecaps vs Portland Timbers @ BC Place
8 p.m. Avishai Cohen Quartet @ Norman Rothstein Theatre
9 p.m. How To Build A Time Machine @ Vancity Theatre
Sunday May 8
5:30 p.m. Maya Angelou and Still I Rise @ Vancity Theatre
7 p.m. Coasts @ Biltmore
7 p.m. An Evening with David Sedaris @ Vogue Theatre
2 p.m. Sud Eau Nord Déplacer (South to North) @ The Cinematheque
8:15 p.m. Tyler Skyy, Shane Mac, and Carley Belfry @ Studio Records
8:45 p.m. The Babushkas of Chernobyl @ The Cinematheque
In addition to the Weekend Forecast and our Vancouver Events calendar, we post a new playlist every Monday, all with songs by bands coming to town that week. Listen to our past playlists, and come back for the newest.
Have a great weekend!
