BC music
Nakusp Music Fest takes over with weekend entertainment
This last weekend was the biggest event for Nakusp all year, bringing in thousands of tourists to this small village to enjoy the weekend for the Canadian renowned the Nakusp Music Fest. Thousands of participants were treated to a variety of bands over the course of three days. But that wasn’t all. Once people got [...]
Rhythm, roots, and rebellion at the 2010 Vancouver Folk Music Festival: The 2010 Vancouver Folk Music Festival is a showcase for artists who use songs as tools for social change
Country songwriter Harlan Howard once defined his chosen genre as “three chords and the truth”, but that was before Nashville became just one more branch plant for the global entertainment industry. It’s still a great slogan, though, especially when applied to a lot of the acts booked for the 2010 edition of the Vancouver Folk [...]
Vancouver: Mile Long Jam To Take Over Main Street this Sat
The inaugural Mile Long Jam happens this Saturday. This kind of organic self-organized street festival is inspired by regular events that happen in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park. The Mile Long Jam aims to bring live music to Main Street all the way from Science World to King Edward Ave. Musicians and performers will be playing in [...]
Folk festival head honcho’s top five favourites an eclectic list
Since coming on-board as the Vancouver Folk Music Festival’s artistic director, Linda Tanaka has impressed festival goers with her exciting and varied lineups. This year’s wildly varied and eclectic showcase is no different, boasting emerging young acts such as the Malahat Revue featuring Jeremy Fisher, Said the Whale, Hannah Georgas and Aiden Knight alongside fest [...]
West Kelowna: 50th Anniversary of the Okanagan Symphony is Golden Midsummer Magic Music and Wine Gala Celebration at Mission Hill Family Estate
The Okanagan Symphony is celebrating their 50th year with a gala benefit this weekend, July 17, at Mission Hill Family Estate winery. The most substantial fundraising activity for the OSO of the year, the evening regularly raises about $80,000 annually of their $800,000 budget. The largest performing arts organization in BC’s interior, the funding helps [...]
Delta: Jazz evening shows just how vital arts are to a community
Jazz is kind of like a different language and the people who play jazz are a different breed, maybe even a different species altogether. On Thursday night, a mix of more than 50 of them (and their closest friends, family members and extraterrestrial visitors) gathered at the patio of Petra’s Arts Kafe and listened to [...]
Vancouver: Buskers to serenade Granville strollers: Olympics’ success opens ‘green carpet’ to musicians 10 a.m. to midnight
Buskers rule. At least that’s how visitors to Granville Street might feel this summer, starting with a buskers concert in the 700-block Granville tonight from 7 p.m. to midnight. About 20 buskers will be performing at the concert on the new artificial “green carpet” that has been placed on Granville Street between West Georgia and [...]
Vancouver: Free downtown concerts ‘bringing music to the streets’
It’s not often that you can watch an outdoor reggae performance, a rap concert and a didgeridoo beatboxing gig all in the same night in Vancouver for free. But you can this Friday. About 20 local buskers will take the stage on Granville Street downtown to showcase their musical talent and artistry between 7 p.m. [...]
Burnaby composer’s work featured with VSO at Deer Lake on Sunday
From the windows of the Julliard School’s residences in Lincoln Centre—high above the seemingly endless rat race of New York City—you can watch some of the world’s best student musicians and composers race to class. Premier scholars in their field, all looking like tiny ants lugging their cellos, violins and guitars to the lecture halls [...]
MusicFest audience ‘happy as pigs in Parliament’
Three days, six stages, 250 performers. Add yummy food, funky crafts and the beautiful Tsolum River and you get one of the top music festivals in Western Canada. This Friday to Sunday, from July 9 to 11, Vancouver Island MusicFest will showcase the best in roots and world music from around the globe. Get ready [...]
Merritt: A music festival returns to Merritt
The Merritt Mountain Music Festival fairgrounds host the Electric Mountain Music Festival on Labour Day Long Weekend, Sept. 3-5. The purpose of the Electric Mountain Music Festival is to satisfy the high demand for a large-scale music festival in British Columbia. After the success of such festivals as the one-time Pemberton Music Fest and the [...]
Shore’s Song of Summer narrowed to 10 finalists
The Shore 104.3 FM moved one step closer to crowning its official Song of Summer 2010 on Monday when the radio station announced the 10 finalists in its Sounds of Summer contest. The B.C.-centric songwriting competition will award $20,000 in development funds to its winner, which will be announced at the end of July. The [...]
Kelowna: Nominate your favourite B.C. Interior musician or band
Nominations are now open for the B.C. Interior Music Awards to be held in Kelowna on Nov. 5. Whether your favourite musician or band is from the Thompson Okanagan, Columbia Kootenays, Cariboo Central Interior, Similkameen, Boundary, Shuswap or the Peace region, get your nominations in on time. Nominations will be accepted from both fans and [...]
Musical Dim Sum: A Guide to Small-ish Music Festivals in BC and Washington
My fave thing to do come summertime is rolling out to a music festival for some tunes with friends at some splendid locale — letting loose on a grassy knoll and sleeping in tent after a few microbrews to the sound of a distant drum circle. Love it. Lucky for all of us, BC is [...]
Courtenay: Music and business blend well at conference
The third annual Vancouver Island Music Business Conference (VIMBC) was bigger and better than ever. With about 200 people in attendance, including over 40 panelists, there were four days of workshops, and live music each night. Workshops about radio, songwriting, producing, touring, music laws, and everything in between, were filled with aspiring artists, young and [...]
