Every year, Spirit of the West celebrates its Celtic roots with a concert at the Commodore. This year’s party will be extra special. The band, which recorded its first album in 1984, is being inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame on March 15, which comes with a bronze star on Vancouver’s Starwalk on Theatre Row for John Mann, Geoffrey Kelly, Hugh McMillan, Tobin Frank, Matthew Harder and Vince Ditrich. And, as the icing on the cake, frontman and acclaimed solo artist John Mann is receiving the Beautiful Heart Award from the Access to Music Foundation in recognition of his “charitable spirit and musical contributions.” The charitable spirit? His efforts towards Bulembu.org, a Swazi-based children’s charity, and the BC Cancer Foundation. Tickets to the concert, which includes Dustin Bentall and The Smokes and presentation, are $46 at TicketMaster.ca.
