Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley, known for its delicious cider and farm-to-table cooking is going to ROCK this Canada Day long weekend with the Laketown Shakedown! Announced this morning, Snoop Dogg, Incubus and Sublime with Rome will be headlining the new 3-day festival taking place at Laketown Ranch in the Cowichan Valley on June 28, 29 & 30, 2019.
Camping, Weekend Passes, and Single Day Tickets will go on sale at 10:00am on March 29th on the festival website.
BC locals Jesse Roper and Stickybuds will be kicking off the weekend with performances on Friday, followed by two full days of crowd-pleasing, upbeat music including West Coast rap legend Snoop Dogg, Grammy Award-nominated rock band Incubus, ska punk groupSublime with Rome, “all star” pop band Smash Mouth and more! Additional artists still to be added.
Supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia, Laketown Shakedown 2019 was designed to appeal to music lovers of all ages and features lineup of musical acts from a variety of genres including hip hop, classic rock, dance, and alternative.
Laketown Ranch is a world-class facility, featuring the largest permanent outdoor stage in Canada on a 172-acre site only minutes from Cowichan Lake. The 2019 Laketown Shakedown will host 3 days of live music across 3 stages in a truly spectacular setting, plus a festival village with food and other vendors, multiple full-service bars, a dynamic VIP area, flush toilets, and showers.
Yes, I’m claiming Chilliwack and Abbotsford’s tulip festivals in the name of Vancouver since they are such a bright and beautiful staple of springtime in our region. We all flock to the Fraser Valley for $1 U-Picks and selfies among the millions of petals, as snow-capped mountains photobomb us in our flower crowns. Each festival, starting up in April, has a few new features this year and they’re both worth the trek (70km & 80km respectively from the City of Vancouver proper) to enjoy these gorgeous natural attractions.
Hosting their third year at a new location in Chilliwack, and leasing the tulip fields from a farmer in Chilliwack, Onos Greenhouses Ltd will open over 20 acres of tulip fields to the public, making it the largest tulip festival in Western Canada. While on the fields you will also be able to enjoy fresh Dutch Stroopwafels and different food offerings from some local food trucks. Stop by the store to buy your fresh cut greenhouse tulips, potted tulips and photo cards.
Featuring U-Pick Tulip Fields, tulip crown photo ops, tulip bouquet sales, food trucks, photo booths, covered picnic areas, children’s games, school field trips, and discounted locals nights for Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Langley and Mission residents. VIP and locals only events return this year too.
Whichever you get to – I recommend BOTH – enjoy the very best of the Fraser Valley while you’re there and check out some local craft breweries, restaurants, wineries, and more.
The 2019 Vans Hi-Standard Series is excited to announce the final stop of the 2019 tour season, and it’s right here in North Van! From March 29 to March 30 the celebrated snowboarding event series will culminate at Mt. Seymour to determine the official 2019 Hi-Standard Series winners. The finale will close out the series with a live musical performance by a surprise guest, Vans prizes, giveaways and free waffles for all!
Vans Hi-Standard Grand Finale at Mt. Seymour Schedule
March 29, 2019 8:00am to 2:00pm: Hi-Standard Series Final Round – for everybody just need to register, it’s free! 10:00am to 3:00pm: Shoe Customization Workshop, Free Waffles and Boot Preview 12:30pm to 2:00pm: Hit Run – Pros and MVPs join together to combine skills and style to earn cash on a custom hit run March 30, 2019 FINAL for PROS and ALL MVP’S 10:00am to 4:00pm: DJ spinning on the mountain 10:00am to 4:00pm: Free Waffles and Boot Preview 10:00am to 12:00pm: MVP and Pro Expression Session + Cash for Tricks 1:00pm to 4:00pm: Creative Session with rewards for creative lines and tricks + Van Doren Best Trick – Winner Take All!
Following an international eight-stop tour around the world seizing the best mother nature has to offer and honouring the slogan of “Style is Everything”, the Hi-Standard Series grand finale at Mt. Seymour will bring together all the regional men and women MVPs from Canada, South Korea, Russia and the United States to ride alongside the Vans global snow team and local BC talent for their last chance to claim the ultimate 2019 Series MVP title.
The final event will also award the “2019 Hi-Standard Best Creative Obstacle” to the winning park crew for the most creative design execution of a flat box, a mail box and a Sidestripe rail, utilized for the event’s Vans Doren Best Trick. The park crew winners will be outfitted in 2019/20 Vans snowboard boots, and Vans MTE footwear and apparel.
In addition to the snowboard jam, Vans will present a shoe customization workshop hosted by a different featured artist in each city. Spectators and family members can enter their personalized designs to win a pair of their very own customized Vans. Fans and competitors can also expect to see familiar faces from the global Vans Snow team throughout the tour.
Follow Mt. Seymour on Facebook and Twitter and use the hashtag #VansHiStandard for more information.
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society announced today the Imperial Series, performances taking place at The Imperial (319 Main Street) during the 2019 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which runs this summer from Friday, June 21 to Monday, July 1, 2019.
Pre-sale tickets for TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival’s Imperial Series will be available for Festival donors March 26-28, 2019 at 10:00am and tickets for the general public go on sale Friday, March 29, 2019 at 10:00am.
Imperial Series Lineup:
The Comet Is Coming June 21 @ 9:00pm $28
Jonathan Wilson (with guest Ben Rogers) June 22 @ 9:00pm $35
The Suffers June 24 @ 9:00pm $28
Makaya McCraven (with guests Eli Davidovici’s Shapes) June 26 @ 9:00pm $28
Thus Owls, Jo Passed, and Unnatural Ways ft Ava Mendoza June 27 @ 9:00pm $25
Anteloper, Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions, and Gordon Grdina’s Haram June 29 @ 9:00pm $25
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC presents the boundless sounds of the Cristina Pato Quarteton April 11th in the Chan Shun Concert Hall. Cristina Pato is a musical force, skilfully playing at the edges of jazz, classical, Latin, and world music with a tightly knit, synergistic band featuring Julien Labro on accordion, Edward Perez on double bass, and Mauricio Zottarelli on percussion.
Cristina Pato Quartet Photo by Xan Padron
Cristina Pato Quartet
When: Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 8:00pm Where: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (UBC, 6265 Crescent Road) Tickets: From $38 online, in person at the box office, or by calling (604) 822-2697
Cristina Pato is a master of the gaita (Galician bagpipes), and her sophisticated sound skirts the boundaries of jazz, classical, folk, and world music. Pato’s high-energy quartet—which showcases the gaita alongside accordion (Julien Labro), double bass (Edward Perez), and percussion (Mauricio Zottarelli)—recently released Latina, an album which expertly hones in on the rich complexities of Latin music.
Pato has produced and released six solo gaita recordings and two albums as a pianist, in addition to collaborating on more than 40 recordings as a guest artist. Her work with Yo-Yo Ma on Songs of Joy and Peace (2008) helped earn a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album. She tours regularly throughout the US and Europe, and has shared the stage with artists such as jazz pianist Arturo O’Farrill, Cuban saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, and the musicians of the Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.
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