Canadians frantically scooped up tickets to The Tragically Hip‘s summer tour in the last two months, which many fear will be their last after the band announced May 24th that their lead singer Gord Downie was suffering from terminal brain cancer.
From Victoria to Kingston, they’ll be on the road starting July 22nd and their final show in Kingston is being aired on the CBC. Screening parties are popping up across the country and Live Nation will be hosting one at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
Free Screening of The Tragically Hip Concert on CBC at the Commodore in Vancouver
Where: Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville St, Vancouver)
When: August 20, 2016 4:30pm doors, screening at 5:30pm
Tickets: Free, but reservations online open up at 10:00am on July 21st. Entry is subject to capacity. Registered guests will be admitted on first come-first served basis. Registration does not guarantee entry. General admission, 19+, limit of 4 tickets per person.
Everyone in Canada has a Tragically Hip story to tell. What road trip you were on, where you danced, who you were with when you heard their poetic lyrics packed with Canadiana. My brother first introduced me to Road Apples in 1991 while we were playing Lego, and then I won a local radio station contest guessing the lyrics to songs from Fully Completely. I knew the story of Bill Barilko before I watched Hockey: A People’s History. Everyone has a Hip story.
As a recent BBC article “The Most Canadian Band in the World” puts it, “They are even more obscure internationally. As a result, the band is like a secret handshake for Canadians, a way to establish an exclusive commonality among anyone between the ages of roughly 15 and 45.”
The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration will be broadcast live on the CBC across Canada. If you would like to check out this screening event, with a thousand other Hip fans, be sure to reserve online then also line up on August 20th to make sure you gain entry.
Pack up the tent, check out of your hotel, and drive the Sea to Sky back to wherever home may be. Pemberton Music Festival has come to a close for another year and with 180,000 people in attendance from Thursday to Sunday, it lived up to its name as Canada’s Largest Music, Comedy, and Camping Festival.
Sunday Pemberton Music Festival Photos
Each day, John and my crew rode the shuttle from Whistler, where we rented a house, to the festival grounds. Along the way, we ran into people from Seattle, Portland, Calgary, Chicago, and locals from Delta, Abbotsford, White Rock, and beyond. On the shuttle, people often play music on their phones’ speakers to get pumped for the artist they’re looking forward to seeing on site that day. All around the bus, you’ll hear others singing along softly — unless it’s the bus back home to Whistler at night where things are little more loud.
The weather, which threatened thunderstorms and lightning for 4 straight days, actually provided breaks from the heat that didn’t last more than an hour or two. The grounds, and musty campers, were refreshed with an afternoon downpour as the clouds parted each night and the moon lit Mount Currie. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Heavy metal, rap, electronic dance music, dubstep, indie pop and good old rock and roll highlighted Saturday at the Pemberton Music Festival this year. Bathing suits and gumboots were the fashion of the day and the sun blistered down until mid-afternoon then broke with a lightning storm in the evening.
Prior to the quick storm that blew by, The Chainsmokers had Bass Camp packed at one end of the fest while Ice Cube was over on the Mount Currie Stage. We hunkered down under the comedy tent at the Whistler Blackcomb Stage as Eugene Mirman continued his set through claps of thunder as the rest of the festival fell silent.
The crowd didn’t seem to mind that The Killers’ set was pushed back due to the weather as they got a reprieve from the heat, and a dinner break, before packing the Pemberton Stage area to cheer on the band from Las Vegas. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Celebrate Coquitlam 125 on July 23rd and 24th at Kaleidoscope, a free family festival at Town Centre Park. Enjoy musical performances from Yukon Blonde, Jim Byrnes, Odds, The Boom Booms, Greg Drummond, comedy from Charles Demers and more!
Kaleidoscope
Where: Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam)
When: Saturday, July 23, 2016 from 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Sunday, July 24, 2016 from 10:00am to 8:00pm
Admission: Free!
Unleash your inner artist and get hands-on with activities throughout the Kaleidoscope grounds. For the kids, there’ll be arts and crafts and games. Try out dry-point print making and your unique etched leaf can become become part of the Coquitlam 125 public art tree sculpture that will be unveiled at Lights at Lafarge, November 26th.
Walk along the Coquitlam Trail in the urban forest, watch the magic of mural artist Kris Kupskay and help him paint a Kaleidoscope-themed design, and learn about the ancient Indian art form of Rangoli—using coloured beans, lentils, peas and rice to create beautiful designs on the ground, and then try your hand creating your own design on paper.
Become a walking work of art with free body/face painting and henna tattoos by professional artists, and browse the artisan market, offered in partnership with Coquitlam Farmers Market, for one-of-a-kind handcrafted arts and crafts.
For a dose of all things literary, drop by The Story Café, sponsored by independent, family-owned bookstore, Black Bond Books. Sip a glass of wine or coffee while noteable storytellers take you on literary journeys with author readings, poetry and more. Click here for the full schedule.
Food trucks will be on site, offering up grilled cheese, hot dogs and mini donuts as well as Ukrainian, Malaysian, Mexican and Portuguese cuisine, and sip local craft from Yellow Dog Brewing and Moody Ales.
Win a $100 Gift Card
Coquitlam 125 & Kaleidoscope has offered up a $100 Coquitlam Centre gift card to a lucky Miss604 reader so they can enjoy the festivities and some retail goodness in Coquitlam.
Coquitlam Centre features over 910,000 square feet of retail on two spacious levels offering Hudson’s Bay, London Drugs, Sears, Sport Chek, T&T Supermarket, H&M, Aritzia, Sephora, Lululemon, Atmosphere, Golf Town, Old Navy, Walmart, and Best Buy, all in one convenient location.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
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One winner will be drawn at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Thursday, July 21, 2016.
Update: The winner is Karen!
Camping out under the cover of the comedy tent at Pemberton Music Festival, every performer commented on the weather on Friday, which seemed to change every 5 minutes. One thing they also had in common, was an appreciation for the setting and the very welcoming crowd.
Sunshine and wind, and a bit of drizzle that turned into a spectacular double rainbow that spanned the Pemberton valley. It didn’t matter if I was taking my jacket off and putting it back on like a dance move, the music was great, the comedy was hilarious, and the vibes were oh so good. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
