Thursday, Jan. 29
Music
Bass Drum of Death Epic party rockers of Mississippi appear with special guests. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $12 at BPLive.ElectroStub.com
Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery Japanese taiko drumming troupe explores 'mystery' with its lavish theatrical elements representing a new direction for the ensemble. 8pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Banyen Books and NorthernTickets.com
Comedy
Pete Johansson Former Vancouverite, now based in the UK with regular gigs in The Comedy Store, Glee Clubs, Komedia and Highlights. 8:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com
Theatre/Dance
7 Important Things George Acheson was a rebel with a cause, living through the 60s and 70s counterculture and scraping through the years that followed. Now he tells his story, about the things worth fighting for. 8pm at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs until Jan. 31.
Le Cargo A thought provoking reflection on memory, heritage and history, Faustin Linyekula, a spellbinding dancer and storyteller takes us on a journey to his homeland of the Congo. 8pm at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca
Art
Overflow Carol Prusa’s current work speaks to multiple universes and possibility with the ancient technique of metalpoint drawing in a contemporary practice. 6-9pm at Kostuik Gallery (1070 Homer). Opening reception with artist talk at 7pm; runs until Feb. 22.
Friday, Jan. 30
Music
Alvin Risk American singer, producer, and DJ tours in support of new EP release Venture with special guests Kodak to Graph. 10pm at Electric Owl. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Highlife and TicketWeb.ca
City Walls Vancouver based modern rock band with special guests David Newberry and Killing Vogue. 8pm at The Imperial. Tickets $14 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca
Foghorn Stringband The shining gold standard for American Stringband music returns to the Rogue Folk Club. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at RogueFolk.bc.ca
Colleen Rennison and Ben Rogers An intimate, unplugged living room session with local blues/rock/folk favourites. 8pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $8 at the door.
Freeflow Rhythm-fused soul band with funk, reggae, rock and electronica influence take the stage with Return of the Sun and Dispell. 9pm at Railway Club. Tickets $10 at the door.
Alexandre Tharaud An artist of unique vision and originality, heralded for his brilliantly conceived programs and recordings ranging from Bach, Chopin, Rameau and Ravel to the Paris cabaret of the 1920s. 7:30pm at Vancouver Playhouse. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca
Arnt Arntzen Trio Danceable swing music inspired by early New Orleans jazz, sultry swing, Count basie blues and a little Western swing for good measure featuring Georgina Arntzen on vocals. 7:30-10:30pm at Grace Memorial United Church. Tickets $18 at BrownPaperTickets.com
Operators Dan Boeckner of the Handsome Furs, Wolf Parade, and Divine Fits plays the first of two nights in support of debut album EP1. 9pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $15 at BPLive.ElectroStub.com
Comedy
Pete Johansson Former Vancouverite, now based in the UK with regular gigs in The Comedy Store, Glee Clubs, Komedia and Highlights. 8 and 10:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $20 at TheComedyMix.com
Theatre/Dance
The Fish Eyes Trilogy Trio of dance-plays by celebrated actress Anita Majumdar, whose tour-de-force performances celebrate the joy and awkwardness of youth while slyly tackling issues of colonialism and cultural identity. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Jan. 31 with Parts I, II and III on alternating nights.
Hour of the Wolf Eye of Newt returns to Club PuSh with Norwegian vocalist performing a live soundtrack to Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf. 8pm at Performance Works, Granville Island. Tickets at PushFestival.ca
Cheap & Fun
Chess & Checkers Night Drop in for some friendly competition and show off your chess and checkers moves, all skill levels welcome. 6:30-8:30pm at VPL Champlain Heights Branch. Admission is free.
Great Digital Film Festival Bringing back your favourite sci-fi, fantasy and cult films back to the big screen featuring an all day screening of the X-Men franchise. Various showtimes at Scotiabank Theatre. Runs until Feb. 5.
Saturday, Jan. 31
Music
Bad Suns LA based rock band on tour in support of their debut release Language & Perspective. 8pm at Electric Owl. Tickets $15 at Red Cat, Zulu and TicketWeb.ca
BACCHANALIA! Music of Delight, Delirium & Debauchery Erato Ensemble presents the second concert of its eighth season with a lively program featuring songs to make you laugh and squirm with funny, naughty, party and drinking songs. 8pm at Orpheum. Tickets $25 at BrownPaperTickets.com
Comedy
Garrett Clark Canadian born, Australian bred, unpredictable and dynamic star of improv, sketch and television hosting. 7 and 9:30pm at Yuk Yuk’s. Tickets $20 at YukYuks.com
Pete Johansson Former Vancouverite, now based in the UK with regular gigs in The Comedy Store, Glee Clubs, Komedia and Highlights. 8 and 10:30pm at The Comedy Mix. Tickets $20 at TheComedyMix.com
Theatre/Dance
Private Lives Divorced couple Elyot and Amanda, each happily remarried, find themselves in adjacent hotel rooms on their respective honeymoons in France and when the two couples meet, the atmosphere begins to crackle. 8pm at Jericho Arts Centre. Tickets at JerichoArtsCentre.com
Art
Far Away So Close: Part II Three part exhibition series and publication set exploring the idea of bridging distance as a quixotic gesture, and the relationship of this to art making with a focus in Part II on political utterance. Artist talk at 2pm at Access Gallery. Runs until March 7.
Cheap & Fun
Fun and Play! With Vazzy ArtStarts presents a family friendly workshop with some of the best children’s artists, introducing a parade of acoustic musical instruments, hands on percussion, dancing, singing and storytelling. 11am-2pm at ArtStarts (808 Richards). Admission is free.
Sunday, Feb. 1
Music
The Duhks Modern folk outfit from Winnipeg bring their dynamic blend of old-timey, French Canadian and Celtic music punched up with shades of blues and soul in support of Beyond The Blue. 8pm at St. James Hall. Tickets $24 at RogueFolk.bc.ca
Theatre/Dance
Fawlty Towers Adapted for the stage, Basil, Sybil, Polly and Manuel bring to life the BBC television sitcom of the fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay. 2pm at Metro Theatre. Tickets at Tickets.MetroTheatre.com. Held over until Feb. 7.
Sun Belt: Cabalcor Sun Belt’s debut album adapted into an invented multimedia history of an imaginary tar sands company town on the verge of becoming a desert wasteland. 8pm at Performance Works. Tickets at PushFestival.ca
Art
Mainstreeters: Taking Advantage, 1972-1982 A coming of age multi-faceted project that looks at a self-identified collective of socially and artistically motivated men and women who took advantage of a new medium (video) and of each other. 12-6pm Satellite Gallery. Runs until March 14.
Cheap & Fun
Unplugged Script Reading Challenge Writers, submit your feature, TV pilot or web series and watch actors take the challenge, reading the work of Vancouver's up and coming writers unrehearsed and live. 7:30pm at Electric Owl. Admission by donation.
Events
Commercial Drive Brunch Crawl Visit more than half a dozen of the Drive's best brunch spots using your 'passport' as a guide to the best eggs benny, pulled pork and hash, presented by Vancouver Foodster. 10am-2pm at Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria. Tickets $40 at DineOutVancouver.com
Monday, Feb. 2
Music
The Romantic Symphony Bramwell Tovey conducts a powerful, emotional concert with Canada's fastest rising classical music star, Katherine Chi performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3. 8pm at Orpheum Theatre. Tickets at VancouverSymphony.ca
Iva Bittova Avant-garde composer who sings and plays violin infused with the spirit of Eastern European folk music and praised the world over for her fusion of old world and new music. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca
Comedy
The Laugh Gallery with Graham Clark Legendary weekly stand up show of East Vancouver’s biggest and brightest comics. 9pm at Havana Theatre. Tickets $5 at Eventbrite.ca
Theatre/Dance
Bullet Catch A theatrical experience unlike any other, writer/performer Rob Drummond attempts the death-defying stunt before your very eyes. 7:30pm at Revue Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com. Runs until Feb. 7.
Fare Thee Well In this haunting installation, multidisciplinary artist Dries Verhoeven turns the world upside down, public space into private worlds, work that straddles a paradox in an epic, yet intimate experience. 12-6:30pm at Vancouver Lookout (Main Stage) at Harbour Centre. Tickets at PushFestival.ca. Runs until Feb. 8.
Cheap & Fun
Great Canadian Authors Book Club Join monthly on a Monday afternoon for lively discussions for those who enjoy reading multicultural and regional Canadian literature. 2-3:30pm at VPL Central Branch. Admission is free, but please register at 604-331-3603.
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Music
Kip Moore Nashville based country music singer-songwriter on tour in support of latest single Young Love. 8pm at Commodore Ballroom. Tickets $52.25 at Ticketmaster.ca
Theatre/Dance
Sea Sick Science journalist Alanna Mitchell tells the story of our oceans and the risk their degradation poses to human life. 8pm at Roundhouse Community Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca
Postsecret: The Show A million anonymous secrets provide the impetus for this visual, auditory and emotional journey through the beauty and complication of our deepest fears, ambitions, and confessions. 8pm at Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets at FireHallArtsCentre.com. Runs until Feb. 7.
Beauty and the Beast The classic Disney tale of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town and the Beast, a young prince trapped in a spell by an enchantress. 7:30pm at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets at Ticketmaster.ca. Opening night, runs until Feb. 8.
Cheap & Fun
Femageddon Again West Coast Geeks versus Nerds bring you twelve of Vancouver’s funniest female fanatics to help resolve the world’s most pressing pop culture disputes in the annual all-female debate. 7pm at Vancouver FanClub. Tickets $10 at WCGeeksVersusNerds.com
Events
Cesna?em, The City Before the City Musqueam First Nation, MOA and MOV partner on a transformative journey to explore ancient landscape and living culture right under Vancouver’s nose in a series of three unified exhibitions. Musqueam Cultural Education Centre and Gallery. Runs until Dec. 30.
Wednesday, Feb. 4
Music
Crash Kings LA rockers on tour with special guests My Goodness. 8pm at Biltmore Cabaret. Tickets $13 at TicketWeb.ca or $15 at the door.
Karma to Burn Instrumental desert-rock band from West Virginia takes the stage with special guests Sierra, Medozza, 88 Mile Trip, and Craters. 7:30pm at Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets $17 at Neptoon, Scrape and LiveAtRickshaw.com
Theatre/Dance
Motherload An intimate account of parenting in the modern age, four prominent Canadian theatre artists and mothers bare their personal stories about what it takes to be a member of the world's biggest club. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Feb. 21. Opening night.
Time Machine Eight children and seven professional dancers upend ideas about age, ability and the border between dance and theatre in this new work by MACHiNENOiSY. 8pm at Scotiabank Dance Centre. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca. Runs until Feb. 7.
Steppenwolf Inspired by Hesse’s novel of self-reflection, the audience is seated before a row of mirrors and somewhere within the reflection, the story begins and viewers become the viewed. 8pm at Russian Hall. Tickets at TicketsTonight.ca
The Last Five Years Lionfish Entertainment debuts its inaugural production, the powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. 8pm at The PAL Studio Theatre (300-581 Cardero). Tickets at LionFishEntertainment.com or at the door.
Thursday, Feb. 5
Music
Eric Johnson & Mike Stern One of the greatest guitarists of the 21st century teams up with one of the most esteemed electric guitarists of his generation to support their collaborative recording Eclectic. 8pm at Vogue Theatre. Tickets at NorthernTickets.com
Andy Shauf Canadian singer-songwriter on tour to support his upcoming release The Bearer of Bad News. 8pm at Fox Cabaret. Tickets $13 at Red Cat, Zulu and NorthernTickets.com
Comedy
Mike Wilmot Former Canadian Comedy Award winner, and star of The Foundation. 8:30pm at Comedy Mix. Tickets $15 at TheComedyMix.com
Theatre/Dance
The Road Forward A multi-media musical inspired by the groundbreaking movement of the Native Brother and Sisterhood of British Columbia, created by award-winning performer, playwright and director Marie Clements. 8pm at Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Tickets at Tickets.TheCultch.com. Runs until Feb. 7.
One Man, Two Guvnors A side-splitting update of the Italian comedy The Servant of Two Masters, this unique blend of satire, songs, slapstick and sparkling wit set in 1963 Brighton sees our hapless hero Francis Henshall juggle two jobs and two bosses. 8pm at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Tickets at ArtsClub.com
Art
Piñata inspired by many of the good and bad habits we bring into relationships, or work hard to avoid mimicking, some of which deserve to be hit over the head. An original work by Meaghan Kennedy and Ali Bruce at Hot Art Wet City. Runs until Feb. 14.
