Interested in adding some live music or dancing to your night out? Open mic nights, bands and DJs are popping up all over Coquitlam, with musical styles for all tastes.
You might be surprised at your options. Whether you’re interested in rocking out to a live band, sipping cocktails in a sophisticated lounge or scoping out Metro Vancouver’s next aspiring Carly Rae Jepsen, you’ve got choices.
Live Music in Coquitlam
Asylum Sound Bar at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver
1. Asylum Sound Bar Hard Rock Casino Vancouver – 2080 United Blvd, Coquitlam
Looking for someplace to dance? This intimate venue showcases music including bands and DJs. And yes, there’s a dance floor that seriously gets cranking on Friday and Saturday nights. It’s just one of the stages inside Coquitlam’s very own Hard Rock Casino Vancouver – which, by the way, is the only Hard Rock Casino in Canada.
Coquitlam’s first craft brewery turns the mic over to local musicians twice a week. Drop in for open mic night each Monday from 6:30pm to 9:30pm and live bands each Thursday from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Mariner Brewing is a short walk from Coquitlam Central SkyTrain station and beer is brewed on-site.
Jurassic Quest takes Vancouver back in time for two weekends in May. The largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibition in North America is coming to Vancouver for the very first time! Guests will take a walk through the Cretaceous, Jurassic and the Triassic periods and experience what it’s like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs.
Jurassic Quest in Vancouver
When: May 17-20 and May 24-26, 2019
Friday 3:00am to 8:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 9:00am to 8:00pm
Open holiday Monday 10:00am to 7:00pm
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre (999 Canada Place, Vancouver)
Happening in the Vancouver Convention Centre, Jurassic Quest is the only dinosaur event that has over 80 replicas, true to life-sized dinosaurs from the very small, to the gigantic. Guests will witness dinosaurs move, roar and roam and have the chance to interact with baby dinosaurs and adolescent dinosaurs.
Jurassic Quest worked in collaboration
with leading paleontologists to ensure each dinosaur was painstakingly
replicated in every detail. Guests will have the chance to learn all
things paleontology at the excavation station, where they can dig up fossils and by visiting the
dinosaur museum to see real dinosaur fossils dating back over 60 million years,
including bones that originated in North America.
In addition to the life-like dinosaur exhibits, there
are countless activities throughout the event that suit all ages, including a
host of dinosaur themed rides, a baby dinosaur show, a bounce house, a science
station, a dino cinema and a toddler petting zoo where the littlest dinosaur
fans can meet the littlest dinosaurs. There will also be face painting and a
crafts and colouring station and much more.
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It’s a new month which means there are hundreds of interesting, exciting, and engaging events to check out around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. This week/weekend, Miss604 is proud to sponsor BC Youth Week, which hosts dozens of free events for youth, by youth, in cities across the province. Check out these events more things to do in Vancouver this weekend below:
In celebration of Emily Carr University (“ECU”)’s 2019 graduating students, members of the public are invited to experience The Show at Emily Carr from May 4-19, 2019 – it’s Vancouver’s biggest art show!
The Show at Emily Carr University
Where: Emily Carr University 520 E 1st Ave When: Friday, May 03, 2019 to Sunday, May 19, 2019 open from 10:00am to 8:00pm on weekdays and 10:00am to 6:00pm on weekends
The Show features artworks by more than 300 graduating Design, Visual Arts and Media Arts students, and installations will be exhibited throughout the entirety of ECU’s campus, offering unprecedented access to the building’s interior spaces.
Featured Events
Opening Night Party Friday May 3, 2019 from 5:00pm to 10:00pm The Show features work by graduating students across all five degree programs, exhibited on all four floors of our campus.
Premier Screening Sunday May 5, 2019 from 1:00pm to 10:00pm Visit the Media Installations and chat with the artists, then head down the hall to the Reliance Theatre for the Premiere Screenings.
Best of Animation + Film/Video Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Reception at 6:00pm Screening 7:00pm to 9:00pm Thursday, May 9, 2019 – Screening 11:30am to 1:00pm Tickets: Register for the free events online The program includes a juried selection of some of the finest productions from our 2019 graduates. Films have been selected for their strength of imagination, concept and craft.
Honorary Doctorate Ceremony
Two internationally revered leaders in North America’s art and design community will berecognized for their inimitable contributions to the fields of contemporary art and transition design by EmilyCarr University this spring.
Contemporary Canadian artist of Coast Salish and Okanagan descent and ECU alum Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun and Head of the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University Terry Irwin will be awarded with Honorary Doctorates at ECU’s convocation ceremony on May 4, 2019 at 1:00pm. In addition, Vancouver Island artist/activist and ECU alum Marianne Nicolson will receive ECU’s Emily Award, which honours outstanding achievements by university alumni.
The patio chairs have been dusted off, picnic blankets unfurled and the Surrey Canada Day lineup has been released — summer is almost here! Celebrate Canada’s birthday with over 100,000 others at one of the country’s largest Canada Day festivals with headliners Our Lady Peace and Bif Naked.
Surrey Canada Day
Where: Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre in Cloverdale (176 St & 64 Ave) When: Monday, July 1, 2019 10:00am to 11:00pm (fireworks at 10:30pm) Admission: FREE! You can also purchase tickets for the midway rides, and snacks from the many food trucks and vendors on site.
Our Lady Peace is one of the most successful bands in Canadian history. The band has sold over five million albums worldwide, won four JUNO Awards and ten Much Music Video Awards – one of the most Much Music Video Awards ever given to any artist or group.
Supporting Our Lady Peace is New Delhi born Bif Naked, who immigrated to Canada at a young age. She has evolved into a multi-platinum International recording artist, bestselling author, and one of the most acclaimed and interesting performers to grace the rock stage.
Presented by Coast Capital Savings, this year’s free family-friendly event will feature a new Cloverdale Rodeo Zone offering attendees a variety of western-themed activities including country music. Other highlights include amusement rides, food trucks, midway games and interactive activities for all ages.
Stay tuned for more activity and lineup news. Growing up in Surrey in the 1990s, my teenage self is very excited about hearing hits like “Naveed”, “Superman’s Dead”, “Spaceman”, and “I Love Myself Today,” all in my old stomping grounds. What an event this will be!
UPDATE to the schedule: 1:3pm Opening Ceremonies with Mayor and Council 7:30pm Main Stage: Bif Naked 9:00pm Main Stage: Our Lady Peace 10:30pm Main Stage: Fireworks finale
Miss604 has been a proud sponsor of Surrey Canada Day for the last 11 years!
