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The annual Drum + Light Festival returns to the Roundhouse May 24. Photo courtesy Drum + Light Festival.
Percussion, light and video combine for a multi-media event May 24 at the Roundhouse Performance Centre.
This high-energy dance event features Drum + Light Orchestra, a 14-piece groove ensemble. There’s a whole lot more, too, that makes this five-year-old annual Vancouver tradition a feast for eyes, ears and feet.
Photo credit: vacantready | Flickr
When I wrote recently on Vancouver’s favourite hotel bars, one name came up over and over again in comments: O’Doul’s – the jazz bar on Robson Street.
Sadly, O’Doul’s days are numbered. After more than 40 years, the bar and restaurant are closing their doors at the stroke of midnight on June 2. No more live jazz. No more fancy little appies (What other bar serves smoked buffalo carpaccio?). No more artsy refuge for hep cats on Robson.
But don’t despair yet. To celebrate its long history, the bar (part of the Listel Hotel) is hosting a unique photo contest. If you’ve taken a snapshot or two at O’Doul’s over the years, now’s the time to dig out those old photos. Continue reading:
Vancouver Bar Photo contest: Win free dinners for a year
For live music fans, this is a very exciting time of year. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival - probably the city’s premier music festival – kicks off on Friday, June 24. Over the next 10 days, fans are treated to 400 separate concerts featuring big-name jazz, blues, funk, Latin, fusion, electronica and world musicians from around the globe.
Among the ticketed headliners at this year’s festival is trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, performing with the 15-piece Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Orpheum on June 26. Another legend is Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia, who will be playing with his band at the Orpheum on July 3.
Now, tickets to either of these concerts won’t come cheap. But, as any true Jazz Festival fan will tell you, one of the real highlights each year are the free performances. This year, there will be around 150 free concerts.
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Free Concerts at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival: June 24-July 3
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