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Great Lake Swimmers at the Commodore May 11
Great Lake Swimmers will headline a concert at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on May 11. The band is promoting fifth album New Wild Everywhere, the follow-up to their Polaris Prize-shortlisted and...
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The Fray at the Orpheum Feb. 26
The Fray will follow up the Feb. 7 release of their third album, Scars & Stories, with a concert at Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre. Tickets to the Feb. 26 show start at $35 and go up to $59.50 (plus...
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Van Halen tickets on sale Saturday
We now have more information for the upcoming Van Halen concert at Rogers Arena. Tickets for the May 7 show will range in price from $29.50 to $149.50 and go on sale Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. at Live Nation,...
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Kathleen Edwards at the Commodore April 6
Kathleen Edwards, who last week released her new album, Voyageur, will perform April 6 at the Commodore Ballroom. Tickets ($27.50) on sale Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. at Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Zulu,...
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Abbotsford April 7
The rock theatre group Trans-Siberian Orchestra are preparing a three-month spring Beethoven’s Last Night tour that will bring them to Abbotsford’s Entertainment & Sports Centre on April 7. Tickets...
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The Naked & Famous at the Commodore April 25
The Naked & Famous, an electronic pop-band from New Zealand, will perform from latest album Passive Me, Aggressive You at the Commodore Ballroom April 25. Tickets ($30) on sale Jan. 27 at 10 a.m....
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Jezabels at Venue May 1
The Jezabels, who released debut album Prisoner last year, will return to Vancouver to perform May 1 at Venue. Tickets ($16) on sale Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. at Live Nation, Zulu, Highlife, Red Cat and...
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The Pretty Reckless at the Rickshaw March 18
Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen is coming to Vancouver this spring with her band, The Pretty Reckless. The group, whose debut album is titled Light Me Up, will play the Rickshaw Theatre on March 18....
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Creedence Clearwater Revisited at the Red Robinson Theatre May 26
CCR tribute band Creedence Clearwater Revisited has been booked to play the Red Robinson Show Theatre May 26. Tickets ($64.50 and $74.50) on sale today at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster. …
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Behemoth at the Rickshaw April 21
The Decibel Magazine Tour, featuring Behemoth with guests Watain, The Devil’s Blood and In Solitude, will perform April 21 at the Rickshaw Theatre. Tickets ($25) on sale Friday at Live Nation,...
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By the Numbers: Christmas shopping hits the (panicky) home stretch
’Tis the season to be jolly … unless you haven’t finished your holiday shopping. Then it might be time to panic. With Christmas Eve just a few days away, people will be packing the stores trying to...
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Five problem species that might ‘hitchhike’ on your boat and harm B.C. habitat
Boaters, beware of hitchhikers. That’s the message from invasive species experts who are keeping a close eye on B.C. waters as we head into the recreational marine season. Of particular concern are...
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Letters: Perhaps it’s the blogger, not the city, that’s boring
My mother was a wise woman and she used to tell us as kids, “If you are bored, then you are boring.” I used the same line on my own now-grown children. The idea that anyone could stand at beautiful...
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1970s/1980s: On the ‘Fast Bus’ to downtown fun
My period of time to remember Vancouver is the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. It covers the years when I was a teenager to adulthood. Getting to Vancouver from New Westminster was a problem on the bus,...
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By the Numbers: Metro’s food scraps ban kicks into penalty phase
When cleaning up after your Canada Day barbecue, be sure to toss all those food scraps in your green bin. As of July 1, Metro Vancouver enters the next phase in its food-scraps ban, and will start to...
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By the Numbers: Back to school for B.C. kids (and cash-strapped parents)
BY CAREY BERMINGHAM THE PROVINCE The hints are hard to ignore. There’s that nip in the air when you go out to the car in the morning. The Fair at the PNE is in full swing. And those ads … all those...
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Thanksgiving by the numbers: Just how many turkeys do Canadians consume?
136 Years since Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday Though the harvest has been celebrated in Canada for several hundred years, it wasn’t officially declared a holiday until 1879. Initially,...
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Mark Sutcliffe: We like May but should Greens go a different way?
It was one of the most surprising and entertaining moments of the election campaign. As the leaders retreated from their awkward photo opportunity moments before the French debate six weeks ago,...
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Letters: Tolls will increase more than the cost of driving
Once again, the transportation wizards have suggested the idea of road pricing to force people out of their cars and onto transit. Transit does not — and never will — work for everyone. That means a...
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