W2, formerly the Storyeum space.
Enter from the north side of the 100 block Cordova.
Green room is accessible after 3:00 pm.
For 2010 Illuminaries will take on a new look at a new venue.
The rough plan at the moment is to have the band parade around the building once an hour from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. At 10:00 pm the after party will begin.
You MUST sign up for this gig to get access to the green room. Please click ‘Add Me’ or contact Wayne or Suresh to indicate that you will be attending this one.
The Parade begins at West 6th Street & Lonsdale Avenue, heading east to Lonsdale Avenue, south to Esplanade at the bottom of Lonsdale and turns west to go to Waterfront Park. The Parade typically runs an hour and a half from its start to finishing point. The parade route is roughly 2.5 KM and lasts 90 minutes.
Check in for the parade is at Victoria Park which is at West Keith Road and Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver.
We are entrant # 5(Five).
It is advised if you can take transit to this gig as we have another gig at 1:00pm in Chinatown. The Seabus Terminal is one block away from the parade end so we could play all the way to Vancouver.
Each July, the Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Society of BC presents the Caribbean Days Festival. This event draws a crowd of exuberant fun-lovers to North Vancouver’s Waterfront Park for a weekend of parading, dining and dancing in the sunshine.
The Vancouver Carnival Band will be part of this celebration as we perform in the Saturday Morning Parade. This is always a very wild and colorful time.
Dr. Sun Yat Sun Courtyard Carrall Street at Pender Street.
The Chinatown Arts & Cultural Festival celebrates its 10th Annual Arts & Cultural Festival. The Carnival Band has been invited to kick off the “Passion for Percussion” at the Dr. Sun Yat Sun Courtyard. The Carnival Band has been asked to Parade into the Courtyard and play a 45-60minute set.
There is a parade gig that morning on the Northshore for the Caribbean Days Festival. The parade begins at 10am and will run 90minutes which should give us plenty of time to get from the finish to the Seabus to Chinatown.
There has been a last minute change to this gig. We will be playing at 2pm not 1pm as originally posted. The group Drum Prayer will start at 1pm and we will parade in at 2pm and they will end there set by playing a samba rythym to the the song that we will be parading in with.
The roof (usually a parking lot) of Sunrise Market, Gore and Powell Sts.
Another Dancing On The Edge gig.
Please see DOTE link for details.
The band will play two sets between 8 pm and 10 pm.
The Duck Pond in Queen Elizabeth Park. From 29th Ave. and Cambie St. walk south-east across the lawns. When you get to the road which curves around to base of Little Mountain keep going east until you see a tent, white with a blue top. You’re there!
There is a map attached to this week’s gig announcements. Click ‘Gigs’ in the right column under ‘Announcements’ and ‘Classified’
The band will open for the Dusk Dances, part of the Dancing On The Edge Festival.
The Carnival Band will play 30 minute sets in Queen Elizabeth Park on 4 consecutive nights.
In Thornton Park by the Main St/Science World Station.
Our performance time has not yet been decided.
An audio art installation. Musicians will play from 11:00 to 7:00 at designated ‘hot spots’ along Main St. between Main St./Science World station and King Edward Ave.
This is first time event. If it goes well it may become an annual event. Please check the event website for background and info on what to expect.
The Carnival Band was the first to sign on for this one and we’ve been designated the ‘ambassadors’ for the Mile Long Jam.
The Duck Pond in Queen Elizabeth Park. From 29th Ave. and Cambie St. walk south-east across the lawns. When you get to the road which curves around to base of Little Mountain keep going east until you see a tent, white with a blue top. You’re there!
There is a map attached to this week’s gig announcements. Click ‘Gigs’ in the right column under ‘Announcements’ and ‘Classified’
The band will open for the Dusk Dances, part of the Dancing On The Edge Festival.
The Carnival Band will play 30 minute sets in Queen Elizabeth Park on 4 consecutive nights.
The Duck Pond in Queen Elizabeth Park. From 29th Ave. and Cambie St. walk south-east across the lawns. When you get to the road which curves around to base of Little Mountain keep going east until you see a tent, white with a blue top. You’re there!
There is a map attached to this week’s gig announcements. Click ‘Gigs’ in the right column under ‘Announcements’ and ‘Classified’
The band will open for the Dusk Dances, part of the Dancing On The Edge Festival.
The Carnival Band will play 30 minute sets in Queen Elizabeth Park on 4 consecutive nights.
The Duck Pond in Queen Elizabeth Park. From 29th Ave. and Cambie St. walk south-east across the lawns. When you get to the road which curves around to base of Little Mountain keep going east until you see a tent, white with a blue top. You’re there!
There is a map attached to this week’s gig announcements. Click ‘Gigs’ in the right column under ‘Announcements’ and ‘Classified’
The band will open for the Dusk Dances, part of the Dancing On The Edge Festival.
The Carnival Band will play 30 minute sets in Queen Elizabeth Park on 4 consecutive nights.
Science World water station.
BC Cancer Foundation fundraiser to bring awareness and research funds to find cures for ‘cancers below the waist’.
The route follows the north and south shores of False Creek.
The Carnival Band will play at one of the water stations along the 10K run, 5K walk.
Granville Street between Dunsmuir & Smythe. Upon arrival Sunday, please check in with the site office situated on Georgia Street – the City equipment trailer parked on the north side of the street between Granville and Howe. At that time, they will confirm our performance location.
The intention for the July 3 & 4 launch weekend is to provide a ‘people-friendly’ street with tables and chairs situated on turf in the 600- 700 – 800 blocks (Dunsmuir to Smythe) with entertainment programming and participatory activities. While the City of Vancouver is programming activities these 2 days, they are more interested in creating an environment that invites public participation and activates the street. We will be playing from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Sunday July 4th. This is a good paying gig for our society. Plus it will provide us with a good in to future City of Vancouver events.
!!!Our parade # is 44 and our “marshaling location” is 1300 Alberni!!!
It starts at Broughton St and Georgia(3 blocks north of Burrard, it the west end)
I don’t have our parade number yet.
BIG PARADE
Granville Island
OOHH CANADA!! This is the annual event the Carnies do it up in true patriotic fashion. Canada Parade on Granville Island. We check in at the Ocean Construction Performers tent at 12:30 for the parade which will begin at 1:00pm. Since this is a very busy day at Granville Island please either walk/bike/public transit or car pool if carrying large instruments. There are only a limited number of parking stalls and if a car pass is required then please contact me before June 3rd so I can get this together.
Also please note Costume Call is Red, White with optional Maple Leafs only.
Thunderbird Community Centre, 2311 Cassiar St. (rear of building)
Cassiar is a couple of blocks east of Rupert St.
Please note: performance time has been moved back to 12:45
The last day of school. The Thunderbird community group is organizing a community-building event.
We’ll march along a route down Cassiar to Broadway, up Rupert and along 6th Ave. back to the community centre.
They will place banners by the artist Yoko along Broadway, Cassiar and First Ave. They would like the Carnival Band to do their thing and liven up the neighbourhood.
George Wainborn Park.
Richards St. at Pacific Blvd.
The Davie bus goes quite close. The Yaletown Canada Line station isn’t too very far and there are community shuttles in the area.
The band is filling in at the last minute at the Summer Solstice celebration.
Rehearsal will still take place at Britannia at 7:30.
Grandview Park Mainstage
The Carnival Band will be taking the Main Stage for a 45 minute set as one of 6 featured performers for Commercial Drive Car Free Days.
Parade starts at 1st and Commercial and proceeds to Grandview Park.
This annual event is a great extravaganza with Commercial Drive shut down to vehicles from 1st Avenue to Venables. It is one very long block party that goes from 11am to 6pm. The Carnival Band will be leading the parade in the morning and most likely playing a set or two in the afternoon. This is our home base and it will be great to let everyone know who we are and what we are about.
Victoria Park at Salsbury Drive and Grant, super close to 1st and Commercial.
Community potluck, very family friendly.
Strathcona Park(Venables/Raymur)
The Carnival Band will be playing at the Finale of this week long Bicycle Festival.
Winston Overpass at the Sperling Skytrain Station in Burnaby.
Saturday June 12th Marks the First Anniversary of the completion of the Central Valley Greenway Bike Route from Vancouver to Burnaby/NewWestminister. The Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition is holding a stop over lunch at the Winston Overpass at the Sperling Skytrain Station. The bike riders would move on after the lunch to the Still Creek Bridge by Gilmore(15minute bike ride) where the City of Burnaby will be holding a ribbon cutting & cake ceremony. The Carnies would play for the luncheon and those who want to can ride to the ribbon cutting and maybe play a tune. Bicycling along the Central Valley Greenway is a flat and easy ride from East Van.
CRAB (Create A Real Available Beach) Park is on the edge of Burrard Inlet. Go to the north end of Main St and cross the overpass. Once you’re off the overpass you’re in CRAB Park.
75 years ago hundreds of men converged on Vancouver to make the journey to Ottawa by on freight trains, to take their demand for decent jobs directly to the federal government. The On To Ottawa Trek was brutally ended by the Mounties in Regina.
The sacrifices, endurance and dedication of these men is being commemorated and celebrated at CRAB Park.
The Carnival Band is joining in to cheer the crowd.
Pandora Park
2325 Franklin St. one block north of Hastings St. and Nanaimo
An afternoon of family oriented entertainment for the people of the neighbourhood around Pandora Park.
There will be various 30 minute performances by different groups, the Carnival Band being one of them.
There will be free food and refreshments.
Creekside Park beside Science World
We’ve been invited to play at the VACC’s BBQ to wrap up Bike to Work Week.
Centre A, W. Hastings St @ Carrall St.
SW. corner. (we played there after Bright Light)
The City dept. responsible for the commissioning and installation of numerous Olympic art projects is having a get together to acknowledge the contribution of artists, fabricators and other contributors.
The band has been asked to play.
Bright Light, which the band marched in ‘one dark and stormy night’ back in March was one of those projects.
The Bright Light Project
45 W. Hastings, enter from the lane off Abbott St. Use the Save On Meats sign (flying pigs) as a landmark.
Okestar Slivovica, TCB, and ‘Tim’s Band?’ are playing a benefit to raise money for the best possible cause, Fred.
There will not be a bar. Please don’t bring booze.
There will be drinks and yummies.
Donations of $10 – $20 are gently but firmly suggested :-)
Science World
VanAct (Vancouver Action) is organizing a Rally/March conscerning the city’s Olympic Village broken social housing promises
Steamworks Brewpub at the north foot of Richards St. where Cordova and Water Sts. meet.
A New Orleans style funeral procession will be held to mark the imminent passing of Dix BBQ and Brewery.
The promoters have limited us to a max. of 18 Carnies.
Free beer will be provided
We will start at Brittania and play throughout the neighborhood. Parks, on the street, maybe the Wise hall and the Commercial/Broadway SkyTrain
A procession throughout our home turf of Commercial Drive to allow 10 people to be Carnies for the Day. As well the 10 people who have signed up will be able to see a bit of our neighborhood. Jane’s Walk is a Canadian Innovation and is happening all over the world. Celebrating the legacy of Jane Jacobs, the foremost urban thinker of recent times, Jane’s Walks inspire citizens to get to know their city and each other by getting out and walking. Jacobs famously declared that walkable, diverse and mixed used neighborhoods are the hallmark of a healthy city and its people.
Co-op Radio, 360 Columbia St. between Hastings and Cordova.
Marc will be on air Thursday night. He has invited the band to come down to the station after the Rickshaw gig.
The plan would be that he would have a wireless mike sent out the street and the band would play one or two tunes live on air.
Start time is approximate but we’d leave the Rickshaw and probably march the two blocks to the station.
Rickshaw Theatre @ 254 E. Hastings St.
This is a fundraiser for the Portland Football Club (as in Portland Hotel in Vancouver) to raise funds for the team to either a) travel to Toronto for the national homeless soccer competition, or b) combine with other Vancouver teams to create an all-star team to send to the world homeless soccer championship in Rio DeJaneiro in the case that the nationals donâ??t occur as planned.
They would like us to kick off the musical evening â?? I suggest we begin playing in the lobby, parade out on the street for a few minutes, and then bring the party into the theatre and continue up on stage.
Event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=108650745830264&ref=mf
Team: http://www.portlandfc.ca/
Shoo Fly Pie Stage
This is a Jam Session that will start at noon and go all day for anyone that wishes to take part. This is half a block where we will be playing Sunday afternoon.
Cross Walk Stage
California Ave SW & SW Oregon Street
West Seattle
This is our last performance of HonkFest West
Overpass Stage
Under the Freeway on 12th Ave S.
Our third performance of the evening.
The Mix Stage Indoor
Indoor Event
This our second performance of the evening. It is a block away from our first performance so we may want to just parade and play there as there is only a 5 minute break between the two gigs.
Stables Stage
off of S. Nebraska Street
Saturday Evening we will be in the Georgetown area of Seattle. We will perform three times in the evening. Stages are fairly close together.
Georgetown is located at Airport Way & South Harney Streer
East Fir Street Stage
Fir @ 14th Avenue
This will be our second performance Saturday Afternoon in the Central Area.
Casa Latina 317 17th Avenue South Seattle
We are slotted to play Saturday Morning and Afternoon in the Central Area. If you are an early riser you may be able to get down there for breakfast. Other than that we will be provided lunch at 12:15 a few blocks away at a restaurant called Hidmo 2000 South Jackson.
Fremont N35th Street & Phinney Avenue
Far End Stage
This is our first performance at HonkFest West.
Fremont 35th Street & Phinney Avenue
This is our first official performance for HonkFest.
St. James Anglican Church is a Vancouver landmark located on the northeast corner of Gore and Cordova Sts.
Last year’s celebration was such a success we’ve been invited back.
The band will parade around the block and into the church.
Start at Canada Place and march to the VAG
Hannah has asked us to arrive at 11:30 to entertain the volunteers as they prepare for the parade.
A march and rally to draw attention to the plight of old growth forests in B.C.
The rally is Avatar themed to draw attention to the fact that the environment depicted in the movie exists (so far) in B.C.
Evelyne Saller Centre, 320 Alexander St.
start time is tentative and could be moved ahead 30 mins. stay tuned
The finale of a weeklong celebration will be a parade from 320 Alexander St. to the Community Garden in the 100 block of East Hastings St. (North Side)
Robson and Granville
If you don’t have a day job, or you don’t like your day job, come to Robson and Granville at 3:00 pm. on Friday.
The money raised will go toward travelling expenses for Carnies attending HONK! in Seattle.
Parade from Dr.Sun Yet Sen Gardens down Carrall St. east on Cordova then east to Columbia St.then south back to Pender St. then west to Carral St. We will be leading the procession and then stop every half block where we will stop performing and allow the other dancers and entertainers do their thing.
Vancouver artist Glenn Lewis is putting on a historical procession/interpretation in the DTES.
58 West Hastings
Party for the Fantastic Tent Community that set up in the DTES. Carnies will be playing after the 5 Choirs who will bring their uplifting soulful songs to this community.
Granville Island
There are three playing times carnies, 11:45am, 1:30pm, 3:15pm. Each is half an hour.
Granville Island
The Carnies get French during the Olympics on Granville Island
Granville Island
The Carnies get French during the Olympics on Granville Island
Granville Island
The Carnies get French during the Olympics on Granville Island
Granville Island
There are three playing times carnies, 11:45am, 1:30pm, 3:15pm. Each is half an hour.
Granville Island
There are three playing times carnies, 11:45am, 1:30pm, 3:15pm. Each is half an hour.
Granville Island
The Carnies get French during the Olympics on Granville Island
Granville Island
The Carnies get French during the Olympics on Granville Island
“The parade starting point will be on Columbia Street between Hastings & Pender and will end at Keefer and Columbia where it will disperse. We have been asked to play for 20 minutes at the Cultural Fair
somewhere between 11am to 3pm at Sun Yat-Sen Garden Courtyard (50 East
Pender Street). This looks like it will be a fun multicultural affair.
In the past we have usually met at the Starbucks at the International Village but due to the earlier start time we should meet at the HUGE Chinese Gateway on Pender which is closer to the starting point. Our placement number is about 30 of 60 participants.
The Carnival Band brings in the Lunar New Year in classic style, only three hours earlier this year. Get your kitty groove on and come on down to Chinatown!
Granville Island, Cartwright St.
The Carnies get French during the Olympics on Granville Island
Vancouver Art Gallery
Friday, February 12, 2010
to coincide with the opening ceremonies of the
Winter Olympic Games and the arrival of the Olympic torch from its
Royal Bank and Coca-Cola sponsored relay.
The rally will begin at 3:00 PM at the Vancouver Art Gallery – be there!
As the Winter Olympics begin, we need to show the world the negative
impact of the Games on our communities and environment.
Simply marching and speaking out have become more defiant as many
streets and public sites are turned over to the Games and corporate sponsors
with restrictions on free speech, protest, and assembly.
DTES, Hastings and Main. Assemble in the theatre (ground floor) of the Carnegie Centre at the southwest corner of Hastings and Main. (Don’t worry, it only looks scary)
An event intended to focus attention on the plight of those people who live in distressing circumstances in spite of the billions of dollars being spent to host the Olympics.
Mt. Seymour
In support of James’ sailing club, jibset, we are jamming next to a boat on a mountain.
Vancouver Art Gallery
A fun protest against the conservative government proroguing government
False Creek Community Centre (on Granville Island) 1318 Cartwright Street, but we play starting at Triangle Square
Best gig in Dec., last year we did it in the snow! Magical
WISE HALL 1882 Adanac Street
We are opening for a Gospel/Choir/Rock band
700 Block of Broughton St. (just north of Robson)
Big Parade for Santa himself – downtown Vancouver
The Penthouse
1019 Seymour Street
The Carnival Band with Big John Bates and Waltz Darling
Commercial Drive. Meet at Britannia Centre
Improptu version of the ever popular Parade of Lost Souls
Cambie Bridge. North side of the Truck Stage. March from Cambie Bridge to Science World.
Bridge to a Cool Planet is a grassroots effort to bring people from all walks of life together to call on governments to fight global warming.
791 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC
This is a black-tie, Players and Painters, fund-raiser to support Heart for the Homeless. The band will receive a small honorarium as will each individual player.
Grandview Park, on Commercial Drive, beside Britannia
Lots of little kids.
50 West Cordova
A great night of live music featuring The Carnival Band with special guests Minotaur and Mexican Drug Patrol
The Rickshaw – 254 E Hastings St
A new venue on the Vancouver scene, the Rickshaw is playing host to The Carnival Band, Fake Shark Real Zombie, Influents, and Axiom
Tentative Schedule:
Strathcona Park: 857 Malkin Ave, Vancouver BC
12:00-1:00 Arrive and Set up
1:00-1:45 Knifey Spoony
2:00-2:45 Orchestar Slivovia (hopefully)
3:00-3:45 Yellow Hat Band
4:00-4:45 The Carnival Band (with aerialists?)
5:00-:600 Clean up
Depending on Set up (i.e. I have figured it out yet: roving
performers etc…..)
The Legion: 4356 Hastings St, Burnaby BC
6:30-7:30 Arrive and Set up
7:30-8:30 Dinner and Speeches
8:30-9:30 The Yellow Hat Band
9:30-10:30 The Carnival Band
10:30-12:00 Free-for-all
12:00-12:30 Clean up
The Carnival Band is turning 10, and we are gathering all the amazing people who have been with us along the way to throw one terrific party.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
5988 Naniamo St.
(Nanaimo & 45th)
The folks at Orchard Park are trying to drum up some excitement for a meeting they are having. We\\\’re there to help them
Parade starts at Robson and Thurlow
We are jamming with a number or environmental groups who aim to have the greenest float in the parade!
Fairview Pub 898 West Broadway
Ross’ musical partner passed away a couple months ago, this show is to remember him.
Trout Lake
We play the finale! Show up early, it should be quite the event.
English Bay Beach House (on the water by Denman and Davie)
A record-breaking attempt to gather the most Alices ever assembled
Backstage Lounge on Granville Island (behind the Arts Club Theatre, beside the market)
CRAZY WICKED DANCE PARTY
West 10th at Discovery Street
Chip, the founder of Lulu Lemon is putting on an event and raising money for the BC Children\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s Hospital.
11th Ave just east of Blanca Street
Point Grey Fiesta Days Parade / Carnival
Gibsons Landing
Catch the 257 Horseshoe Bay Express bus from Dunsmuir at Cambie St. 12:18 sharp!
Board the 1:20 Ferry to the Sunshine Coast.
Find your way to the festival grounds via bus. We do have a green room on the grounds.
Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings
A Dialogue titled Celebrating Citizen Engagement: How do community festivals and the arts engage citizens and create social change?
Fairmont Waterfront Hotel (900 Canada Place Way{CANADA PLACE})
Protesting the involvement of Goldcorp in Sipakapa, Guatemala
Ryerson United Church
2195 West 45th Avenue
A 5 hour drum circle puncuated with special guest performances to raise pledges for cancer research.
The parking lot near the Trout Lake community center
Kicking off the Farmers Market for 2009
Planet Ice, Maple Ridge Fairgrounds
Corner of 105th and Lougheed Hwy.
23588 – 105th Avenue
Maple Ridge
A three-day event filled with adventure, the Funzone Children Festival delights the young and young-at-heart with top-name entertainers, stage performances and a host of craft stations where kids can get hands-on as they unleash their imaginations and creativity.
Lick Nightclub: 445 Abbot, in gastown between Hastings and Pender
Fundraiser for a local performance artist who was beaten last year and needs funds for medical and legal expenses. Note: Show was a bust because Chris fell ill the day of, but didn\’t let the band know. We jammed outside until police drove us inside, then jammed some more inside. Nobody actually came to the gig as an audience member.
33rd st. in between Main and Ontario
The government has sold public land and destroyed 209 out of 220 housing units, and since the government shouldnt be able to do that the little mountain housing company is going to sell shares of the premiers house in one last stand to save the last 11 units.
we have been asked to play at 1:00 but anyone who can come earlier come parade at 12:45
Garibali School: Slocan and Napier
A little celebration for the new garden at Garibaldi School
Starting at SUB at UBC, walking past Board of Governors meeting, ending at UBC Farm.
303 East Cordova Street (at Gore, one block East of Main)
A Community procession with the St. James Anglican Church
TBA
A Large March to help homelessness, build some permanent social homes, and raise minimum wage.
1500 block of Alberni between Nicola and Cardero on the south side of the street.
Granville Island. starting in the kids zone.
Carnival Band is leading the Rainforest Procession as well as a roving set with Mortal Coil stilt performers
Pub 340 (340 Cambie at Hastings)
Mardi Gras party with Hefe, The Elixxxirs, and burlesque by Diamond Minx and Madam Mae I
Granville Island, in the kids zone,
Carnival Band is leading the Rainforest Procession as well as a roving set with Mortal Coil stilt performers
Croatian Cultural Centre (3250 Commercial Drive)
A multicultural health fair
Market Square(Granville Island)
green room in the False Creek Community Centre:)1318 Cartwright St
380 East Hasting (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users)
No green room :(
Olympics-style event with a twist, and were playing in the torch bearing parade.
the parade will start near the gates on Taylor Street and E. Pender, make its way East along E. Pender, turn right on Gore, then turn right on Keefer St. and end at Carrall St.
The Year of the Ox! Dragon, unicorn and lion dance teams, accompanied by several marching bands, will converge with various community organizations and cultural groups in an exciting chorus amid the firecrackers.
Meet at VCC/Clark Skytrain Station
A party on the Skytrain with Burn BC, followed by a performance with Circus Aerials at Gossip, Vancouvers biggest nightclub.
The Anza Club, 3 west 8th Avenue (at Ontario)
An annual tradition with an open drum circle, The Carnival Band, and a dance-friendly set from the turntables with DJ Terry Klein.
The green room is at the False Creek Community Centre. The precession will be starting from Triangle Square
The annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the longest night of the year with lanterns, fire, singing, drumming, music and dancing!
Grandview Park, near The Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial drive.
Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church have indicated their intention to protest Fighting Chance Productions production of The Laramie Project on November 28. We are planning a peaceful anti-hate rally to counter their actions.
1489 East Hastings Street
All night dance party with guests Punch Charming, The Pages, and the Carnival Dancers
11:30-12:30 at 4th and Vine, 1:30-2:30 at Main and Broadway
Supreme Court Downtown: 800 Hornby Street
Pivot Legal, Screaming Chickens, and The Carnival Band are teaming up at the Supreme Court for a burleque performance with auction.
Bonsor Hall in Burnaby (near Metrotown)
Festival of Lights and Fundraiser for Burnaby Progressive Housing Society
Sir Charles Tupper Secondary,
419 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver.
Settlement Workers in Schools event
St. James church, Gore and Cordova
An event to honour, remember, and celebrate our loved ones and others who have passed away.
Around Grandview Park, Commercial Drive. Meet at Brittania’s caffeteria.
A lively commemoration of the cycle of existence and deceased, and of facing fears in order to live life to its fullest.
Chinese Cultural Centre,
50 E Pender.
We are creating a festival atmosphere for the Gregor Robertson Vision Vancouver campaign launch.
WISE hall: 1882 Adanac (at Victoria)
High School Confidential: A high school themed evening aimed at smashing stereotypes in the sauciest of ways.
Robin Park, Birdland, Surrey
Rally in support of alternatives to the gateway project
Holland Park, across from King George Skytrain Station, Surrey
This lantern festival is a celebration of a reclaimed neighborhood, which was over grown with trees, shrubs and drug dealers. The city and the residence took the park back by cleaning it up, putting in more lights and adding safer walk ways. Holland Park is now a place that the neighborhood is proud of.
UBC Farm (6182 South Campus Road)
Make some noise for sustainable food production!
Fairview Pub, 898 West Broadway, Vancouver
A Carnival Band Fundraiser with opening acts Hemingways Gun and PIM
UBC main campus
A night market performance during the world ultimate and guts champtionships hosted at UBC. There will be about 2,000 competitors + guests attending from pretty much every major country in the World. Get ready for lots of fun and world class ultimate frisbee.
Cormorant Island, BC
On our way home from Sointula, we\’re detouring through Alert Bay to shake up their annual SeaFest with a set of raucous dance tunes!
July 25, 26, and 27- Details to be confirmed.
McSpadden Park (4th & Victoria)
The McSpadden gardeners invite the neighbourhood to our 1st annual Family Picnic
Granville Island
The Carnival Band is leading the Granville Island Canada Day Parade this year; high-profile and loads of fun. We meet at Festival House on Cartwright Street, which is the onsite greenroom at 12:15. Parade lineup at Ocean Cement at 1pm, parade 130-2pm.
Japanese Hall (487 Alexander Street)
We’re throwing a huge Vancouver Carnival Party.
Does “Carnival” make you think Rio de Janeiro, Notting Hill or San Francisco, well after this party everyone’s gonna think Vancouver baby!
Bring on the lavish costumes (with cash prizes), parades with floats and big brass bands. This is undoubtedly the singularly most fabulous party that the Work Less Party has ever thrown, all we need now is you!!
This is a community festival in the neighborhood of Collingwood in Vancouver. The Carnival Band will lead a parade from Joyce Skytrain Station to Carleton School, followed by a stage set at the school.
Trout Lake, at the parking lot near the community centre
The Carnival Band will usher in the ribbon cutting ceremony for one of the biggest farmers markets in the city
Brittania Centre
Parade and set at Brittania Mall
Trout Lake Community Centre, room 210
Collection of performers supporting Gregor Robertson’s bid for mayor of Vancouver.
Port Moody Arts Centre,
2425 St. Johns Street
We danced in the rain with small children, and got our picture taken with lots of puppets, and paraded all over the site, and occasionally huddled under tents. In general: excellent.
Backstage Lounge, Granville Island, 1585 Johnston St.
The Carnival Band,
P.I.M,
Brasstronauts.
3 great bands at
The Back Stage Lounge (Granville Island, behind the Arts Club Theatre)
Friday, March 28th 2008, 9pm
procession, performances, and multiband jamming outdoors- bring your own noise, friends, neighbours, and any interesting strangers you meet on the bus on the way there!
We start the evening with a set at Smarty Pants Back Porch, move over to Jules Maes Saloon at 1045, then stagger over to Calamity Janes to take it into the wee hours.
Mr. Spots Chai House 8pm map
New York Fashion Academy 930pm (mapAll ages venue!)
Conor Byrne\’s Pub 11pm map
A convocation of street bands from all over North America. The festival will last through the Easter long weekend and involve 16 bands and hundreds of impromtu performers and community music advocates. We kick off Friday night with a Ballard coffehouse crawl, joined by the likes of Environmental Encroachment, Hungry March and a full slate of fellow street bands bringing their raucous sound indoors.
Lime Restaurant 1130 Commercial Drive- just across the street from our rehearsal space
Short notice, but we\’re filling in at Lime on the drive with two sets of mellow tunes (as mellow as this group gets, anyway.)
The Anza Club,
3 West 8th Avenue (at Ontario),
Vancouver
Critical Mass After Party
Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive.
The 2008 Multicultural Health Fair- a free community event promoting healthy living for immigrants- we need to arrive no later than 9:30, as we are playing for the last part of the opening ceremonies, and then a 15-20 minute set starting at 10:
30AM.
Meet outside the Starbucks at Tinseltown in Chinatown
Rat it up in the Chinatown parade!
Japanese Hall, 487 Alexander Street
Nobody parties like the Work Less Party! With a huge stage, a great vibe, and headliners like Dehli2Dublin and C.R. Avery, this is one to mark on your calendar!
VCC/Clarke station
After the success of last years Train.
It has come to my attention that this is wanted again. Are you or any live musicians interested?
Something similar to last year, but we will do a round trip. 1 hour each way. VCC/Clark to Downtown and back.
False Creek Community Centre on Granville Island, 1318 Cartwright St.
Annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival put on by the Secret Lantern Society. http://www.secretlantern.org