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Jeni’s Picks for the week aheadDear Picks People… a good looking week ahead. If you are a PuSh Festival fan get those tickets soon as some performances are selling out. And Strunz & Farah at Kay Meek are already sold out! Please check my website for additions/updates during the week. And please also check with venues for changes/cancellations. They do happen!
 Water Street Cafe – Soultrax Duo with special guest Tom KeenlysideJanuary 20, 2020 7:00 pm
Soultrax Duo is Fran Jaré – keyboard/vocals, Miles Foxx Hill – bass with Tom Keenlyside – sax/flute $5 per person cover per set.  WISE Hall – Petunia & The VipersThis event runs from December 23, 2019 until February 10, 2020.
Petunia and the Vipers are back for another season on Monday nights in the Lounge! Live in the Lounge presents Petunia and the Vipers Monday Night Residency To May 18, 2020 $10 cover cash at the door  2020 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival January 21 – February 9January 21, 2020
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is one of Vancouver’s signature events. Produced over three weeks each January, the PuSh Festival presents groundbreaking work in the live performing arts The Festival is a broker of international partnerships, a meeting place for creative minds, a showcase of Canada’s best and an incubator of brilliant new work. This year’s lineup includes coproductions from here and across the country, as well as works from as far away as Belgium, Australia, the U.S.A., and the U.K. Check out the program here 5 exciting shows to see at PuSh **Passes sold out but single tickets available for most shows**  The Annex -Little Volcano | Veda Hille with Theatre ReplacementThis event runs from January 21, 2020 until January 23, 2020.
A Music on Main presentation. Featuring: Veda Hille, piano and voice Little Volcano – half concert, half storytelling. Pianist and songwriter Veda Hille combines music and storytelling in this intensely personal performance. An autobiographical take on love, death, and survival which is heartbreaking, inspiring, and uplifting all at once. Tickets $39-$15  Provence Marinaside – Hip Pocket featuring Kristian Alexandrov Free eventJanuary 22, 2020 6:00 pm
Adam Rohrlick: electric guitar & tenor saxophone Kristian Alexandrov: keyboard Brent Gubbels: acoustic bass  Frankie’s Jazz Club – Nick Peck Organ TrioJanuary 22, 2020 7:30 pm
Every Wednesday the music is super greasy with tunes from Groove Holmes, Big John Patton, Don Wilkerson, Harold Vick, Shirley Scott, and more. This week the band is Nick Peck organ, Jesse Cahill drums, and Steve Kaldestad tenor sax. Cover $5  VPL Main Branch – Incite: Poets in Conversation Free eventJanuary 22, 2020 7:30 pm
The darkest time of year demands an illumination of words. The first Incite event of the year, featuring a genre-blurring poetry debut from Chantal Gibson (How She Read) alongside new collections from award-winning writers Jennica Harper (Bounce House), Alex Leslie (Vancouver for Beginners) and Hasan Namir (War/Torn), moderated by Shazia Hafiz Ramji Chantal Gibson is an artist-educator living in Vancouver with ancestral roots in Nova Scotia. Jennica Harper is the author of four books of poetry and she writes for TV. Alex Leslie is a multi award winning author who was born and lives in Vancouver. Hasan Namir, an Iraqi-Canadian author. War/Torn (Book*hug, 2019) is his latest poetry book.  The Heatley -Chelsea D.E Johnson//Jillian ChristmasJanuary 22, 2020 8:00 pm
A Night of Poetry, Soul, Wisdom and Might!! Chelsea D.E Johnson hails from Sydney NS, now living on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam people (Vancouver, BC.) She is East Van’s very own Soul Sister! Serving Female empowerment, delivered with a Rock n Roll kick! Jillian Christmas is a queer, black writer living on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam people, where she served for six years as Artistic Director of Versəs Festival of Words. As an enthusiastic organizer and advocate in the Canadian arts community, her focus has been to increase anti-oppression initiatives in spoken word. Tickets $10  Lana Lou’s – Mixtophonics #20January 22, 2020 8:00 pm
Mixtophonics, an on-going improv series that combines ambient grooves played by a revolving collection of Vancouver’s top creative musicians on laptops, drums, strings, horns. Joe Poole, Omar Amlani – drums Marina Hasselberg – cello Jules Lavern, Chris Kelly, Giorgio Magnanensi – electronics Bill Runge, John Korsrud – horns Jeff Younger – guitar Sam Shoichet – bass Small cover at the door.  Vancity Theatre – ClemencyJanuary 22, 2020 8:40 pm
Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard). As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill. Tickets $13/$11 **Also showing on 23, 28, 29 & 30 January at different times  Frankie’s Jazz Club – From NYC: Sam Taylor TrioJanuary 23, 2020 8:00 pm
New York-based saxophonist Sam Taylor has been hailed as “wise beyond his years” (All About Jazz) and “remarkable” (Toronto Music Report). A Philadelphia native, Taylor is a recording artist on Cellar Live. With Paul Sikivie bass and Pete van Nostrand drums Cover $20  Jazz at Tangent Cafe – David Blake Trio By DonationJanuary 23, 2020 8:30 pm
Guitarist David Blake with Conrad Good on bass and Joe Poole on drums.  Red Lion Bar & Grill – Johnston/Hood and friends By DonationJanuary 24, 2020 7:00 pm
Ron Johnston on piano and Cameron Hood on bass with several sets of jazz. Rotating guests… sometimes vocalists, sometimes other instrumentalists. **Also on Saturdays at the same place and same time.  Tyrant Studios – Elliot Freedman GroupJanuary 24, 2020 9:30 pm
“Very, very good avant fusion” (Guitar Player magazine) captures the essence of The Elliot Freedman Group’s music: harmonically elegant, rhythmically muscular, and an uncompromisingly adventurous update on the electric jazz of the 1970s. Elliot, whose baritone guitars accentuate his innovative chordal work, will be joined by Vancouver drummer Paul Mason and Victoria bassist Ashlin Richardson, plus guest pianists/keyboardists Winston Matsushita and Daniel Reynolds. $10 cover at the door is usual  Jazz @ The Pat – Vince Mai Quintet Free eventJanuary 25, 2020 3:00 pm
Influenced by diverse talents including Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, and Roy Hargrove, Vince offers an afternoon of original straight ahead jazz with material from his 6 CD releases as well as some new compositions not yet recorded. Kristian Alexandrov – piano Miles Hill – bass Joel Fountain – drums Daryl Jahnke – guitar Vince Mai – trumpet  Rio Theatre – Mad Marathon Fundraiser for Aussie Bushfire ReliefJanuary 25, 2020 4:30 pm
An all day, all MAD MAX movie marathon to benefit Aussie Bushfire Relief In celebration of Australia Day (January 26),send support to friends and loved ones in “the land down under”. A screening of all four of George Miller‘s iconic dystopian classics – MAD MAX, THE ROAD WARRIOR, BEYOND THUNDERDOME and FURY ROAD – back-to-back, on the big screen. Get ready for trivia, raffles and door prizes, a 50/50 draw, a costume contest and, most importantly, a chance to send some love, friendship, and dollar$ to those on the front lines of this environmental disaster. Tickets various prices including all four films $30 and individual films $18  Cafe Lokal -Bojan and Friends: Rita, Mark, Bojan, Thomas Free eventJanuary 25, 2020 7:00 pm
A night of gypsy jazz, swing and latin music in the heart of Kits, featuring: Rita Dickson – vocals Mark Bender – double bass Bojan Bugarinovic – acoustic guitars Thomas Beckman – viola Limited seating, best to arrive by 7:00 p.m.  240 Northern Street -Conundrum #11 ft. Hamin Honari & Paul ClarkJanuary 26, 2020 2:00 pm
Conundrum is a monthly concert series featuring 2 different drummers playing both solo then as a duo in an incredible acoustic space Hamin Honari is an Iranian-Canadian hand drummer who has specialized on the Iranian hand drum, Tombak. He has focused on adapting his drumming style and technique to accommodate many different genres of music. He has toured with most well known Persian classical music ensembles and has performed with many amazing musicians and singers such as Salar Aghili, Parissa, Hossein Omoumi, Hossein Behroozinia, Saeed Farajpouri, and Itamar Erez. Paul Clark was born and raised in Chilliwack. During his musical career he has played with a number of incredible artists such as; The Hamiltones, Chali 2na, The Funk Hunters, Luca Fogale, Dawn Pemberton, JoJo Mason, Katherine Penfold, Tonye Aganaba, Wooden Horsemen and many more. Cover $10  St. Andrews Wesley – Jazz Vespers with Ingrid Stitt By DonationJanuary 26, 2020 4:00 pm
In the salon.. Sax player Ingrid Stitt will lead a band through standards, originals, vocals and instrumentals.  Jazz at Tangent Cafe – Jesse Cahill Bonanza By DonationJanuary 26, 2020 6:30 pm
Drummer Jesse Cahill leads a group with clarinetist James Danderfer and more …  Frankie’s Jazz Club – From San Francisco: Nicholas BeardeJanuary 26, 2020 8:00 pm
Nicolas Bearde’s silky baritone sound invites comparisons to Johnny Hartman, Lou Rawls, and Joe Williams. His wit and engaging rapport captures and draws the audience into his live performances. Join us as he makes his Vancouver debut and celebrates his latest release I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole, an album full of nostalgia. With Cory Weeds tenor saxophone, John Lee piano, Paul Rushka bass, and Jesse Cahill drums Cover $20  Rogue Folk Club – Foghorn String BandJanuary 26, 2020 8:00 pm
Credited for igniting the Old Time Renaissance in the Northwest,The Foghorn Stringband continues to stand out as the shining gold standard for American Stringband music. Seven albums, thousands of shows and over a decade of touring under their belts, it’s no surprise they have two entirely new generations of old-time musicians following their lead. Through all of this, they’ve never let the music grow cold; instead they’ve been steadily proving that American Roots music is a never-ending well of inspiration Tickets $ 28$24 at Highlife and Tapestry or online  Water Street Cafe – Soul Mondays : Tristan Paxton TrioJanuary 27, 2020 7:00 pm
Tristan Paxton is one of Vancouver’s most in demand guitarists. Along side musical compadres, Michael Agronovich (bass) and Kai Basanta (drums), they weave together a wide variety of influences spanning jazz, blues, funk and hip-hop. $5 cover per person per set. |
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