Sasquatch Festival founder Adam Zacks talks developing artists, landing Sigur RosA lot of the focus at Sasquatch Festival this year will be put on its big-name headlining bands like Mumford and Sons, The Postal Service, The Lumineers, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. But it’s the smaller, up-and-coming bands playing the May 24-27 music festival that has founder Adam Zacks the most excited. Zacks, who started […] Continue Reading |
Montreal psychobilly band The Brains lose makeup, gain notorietyIt didn’t end up working out for KISS, but it might be a permanent thing for Montreal’s long-running psychobilly band The Brains. We, of course, are talking about taking off the makeup and hanging up the costumes. For KISS, their “unmasked” era was a desperate plea for commercial resurgence in the ’80s and ’90s, but […] Continue Reading |
Capoeira on centre stage for Brazilian festThe art of Capoeira will be spotlighted in Victoria for the annual Brazilian Cultural Festival. Axe Capoeira will be bringing some of their finest Capoeiristas from all over the world to expose Victoria to their culture, folklore, music, dancing, combat, and impressive acrobatics. According to Axe Capoeira Victoria’s Professor Testa (real name: Kevin Brett), Capoeira […] Continue Reading |
Uno Fest takes one-person plays to new levelsCan you imagine one performer playing more than 20 different characters? At Uno Fest, solo performers from across North America play many different characters in innovative and cutting-edge theatre. Uno Fest started in the humble beginnings of a hotel basement 17 years ago; now Uno is North America’s longest-running festival of solo performance. Many performers […] Continue Reading |
Kitt & Jane tackle the apocalypse head-onThe idea for Kitt & Jane, the stage sequel to Fringe favourite Little Orange Man, germinated in director/star Ingrid Hansen’s mind when she was 12 years old and flipping through dog-eared copies of National Geographic magazine. The result, a look at fighting off an apocalypse through the eyes of two 14-year-olds, isn’t nearly as heavy […] Continue Reading |
Sasquatch and Bumbershoot festival lineups include Macklemore, The XX, Bassnectar, BaronessA few days ago we told you about some of the summer music festivals planned for the greater Victoria area, including the recent lineup announcement for Rock of the Woods in the Cowichan Valley. But a couple of infamous festivals happening in Washington State have also recently announced their lineups and they’re looking good. Real […] Continue Reading |
Jerry Seinfeld brings the expected to Victoria, everyone winsWandering through the jam-packed Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre before legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld performed tonight was a surreal experience: as I pondered whether or not to buy a beverage to enjoy with the show, I stumbled into a tall man wearing a Hawaiian shirt; another, with zany hair; another, wearing ill-fitting clothes. No one was trying […] Continue Reading |
Rock of the Woods music festival announces lineupRock of the Woods, taking place July 26-28 in the Cowichan Valley, announced its lineup May 2 at a launch party in downtown Victoria. Festival organizers unveiled a lineup that includes Seattle folk-rockers The Cave Singers, San Fran psych-soul band Monophonics, Canadian songstress Hannah Georgas, and Victoria’s Jon and Roy. Also on the bill are […] Continue Reading |
Leiren-Young-penned Stampede Queen brings Williams Lake to life onstageMark Leiren-Young had his life changed when he moved to Williams Lake, BC in 1985 for a job as a newspaper reporter. Leiren-Young’s award-winning 2009 book Never Shoot a Stampede Queen has now been adapted to the stage, so his adventures from that time are flooding back again. “The wildest part is this is like […] Continue Reading |
Mötley Crüe bring lifetime of decadence to VictoriaWatching Mötley Crüe play live is many things: entertaining, fun, funny, morbid, and a good chance to ruminate on pop culture. And a chance to pretend you’re riding a motorbike, which long-suffering singer Vince Neil implored the Victoria (or, uh,”Vancouver area,” as he once awkwardly said after a too-long pause trying to remember where the […] Continue Reading |
