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Win Tickets to the Grey Cup Festival Concert Series

Comments 85 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Grey Cup Festival is coming to Vancouver, celebrating the 102nd Grey Cup championship and the very best in Canadian football. From Wednesday, November 26th until Sunday, November 30th — the day of the big game — downtown Vancouver will be hopping with concerts, team events, receptions, galas, and free family activities. Grey Cup Festival […]

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Rifflandia Festival in Victoria

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Rifflandia Festival will take over Victoria clubs, bars, public spaces and parks from September 11th to September 14th as this mega music event welcomes acts like Girl Talk, Serena Ryder, Dragonette, The Skatalites, Dear Rouge, Head of the Herd, Jon and Roy, Rich Aucoin, We Hunt Buffalo, and dozens more. Rifflandia Festival Artists Death […]

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Squamish Valley Music Festival Photos: Black Joe Lewis, Tokyo Police Club, Chvrches, The Roots

by Rebecca Bollwitt

This year Virgin Mobile Presents: Squamish Valley Music Festival was bigger than ever, and we should know. John and I have attended and covered the festival every year since its humble beginnings back in 2010. As each summer passes, it becomes much more than a “good time in a big field” and that was quite […]

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Win Tickets to Barenaked Ladies at Malkin Bowl

Comments 67 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Barenaked Ladies will take to the Malkin Bowl stage on Saturday, September 6, 2014 as a part of Live Nation’s Concerts in the Park. This lovable Canadian rock band first played its way into our hearts with their album GORDON in 1992, creating instant classics with “Enid”, “Be My Yoko Ono” and “If I Had […]

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Mark Kleiner Power Trio at Fox Cabaret in Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Mark Kleiner photo by Garth Murphy Mark Kleiner could write the definitive guide to being in a indie glam rock band in Vancouver in the 1990s and it would be something far more insightful and entertaining than a BuzzFeed-esque mega list with animated GIFs — although his bright orange Wally’s Burgers t-shirt would have to […]

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Win Tickets to Beck at Deer Lake Park

Comments 74 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Beck will be playing Deer Lake Park in Burnaby on August 19th as part of Live Nation’s Concerts in the Park outdoor music series. Photo courtesy of Live Nation Beck is currently touring in support of his critically-acclaimed twelfth studio album, Morning Phase and reviews of this tour so far are pouring in, like this […]

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CBC Musical Nooners Summer 2014

by Rebecca Bollwitt

CBC Musical Nooners are back for the 5th year, providing free lunchtime entertainment outside of the CBC Vancouver broadcast centre on Hamilton Street. Monday to Friday (until August 22nd) you can catch a great variety of some of the best local bands Vancouver has to offer between 12:00pm and 1:00pm. Photo credit: Steve Chou on […]

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Pemberton Festival Photos Saturday: Snoop Dogg, Deadmau5, The Flaming Lips

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Saturday at Pemberton Festival was the busiest to date on the festival grounds, with crowds well exceeding those that flocked to the stages on previous days. The back-to-back lineup of entertainment on all six stages, including Laugh Camp with some of North America’s most popular comedians, had concert-goers on their feet almost constantly as they […]

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Pemberton Festival Photos Friday: Nine Inch Nails, Blondie, Grimes

by Rebecca Bollwitt

We hopped off the shuttle at the impressive Pemberton Festival grounds yesterday and immediately stopped to take in the panoramic view. Mount Currie on one side, evergreen-covered slopes on the other, vast green fields, and stages in every corner pumping out crowd-pleasing beats. Photo credit: John Bollwitt for Miss604.com Pemberton Festival officially began on Wednesday […]

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Win Tickets to Jason Mraz in Vancouver

Comments 115 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Jason Mraz is celebrating the release of his hugely anticipated new album, “YES” by embarking on a new tour that will stop in Vancouver on Thursday, October 23, 2014. Photo courtesy of Live Nation “YES” is highlighted by the first single, “Love Someone,” the album – which finds Mraz teaming up with his longtime friends, […]

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