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Sorry, too busy JazzFesting for a full roster this week (website below). One alternative sampling per day only. Back to full schedule next week. Happy Canada Day July 1 everyone!! 2014 FIFA World Cup continues… Commercial Drive is alive!! –from Venables to Broadway—the place to watch the World Cup in Vancouver. Because there are so many European and Latin restaurants, bars and cafes on The Drive, it’s the natural epicenter for World Cup viewing–and celebrating: the final victory party for whoever wins the World Cup 2014 will happen here. In 2006, when Italy won, traffic was shut down when triumphant fans stormed the street! Proof positive below….. And the winner of the contest to name the 2 musicians celebrating with me in 2006 is…. no-one!! (Cameron H. recognized one musician so maybe he will get half a glass of something.) On the right Tino Zolfo, bass player/songwriter/producer. On the left Johannes Grames, guitar player/owner Moody Music. Vancouver International Jazz Festival June 20-July 1 Ticketed concert series, Club series, Innovation series, North Shore Jazz series, and loads of FREE music including Downtown Weekend, David Lam Park Weekend , Granville Island on July 1. Get your brochure and start circling events! **

Bard on the Beach Festival June 11-Sept 20 Celebrating its 25th Season in 2014, Bard on the Beach is one of Canada’s largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare Festivals. Presented in a magnificent setting on the waterfront in Vancouver’s Vanier Park, the Festival offers Shakespeare plays, related dramas, and several special events in two performance tents from June through September. www.bardonthebeach.org 20th Vancouver International Storytelling Festival June 13-15 A Cabinet of Curiosities From epics to personal narratives, traditional folk stories to fairytales. An array of world class storytellers gracing various Vancouver stages. http://www.vancouverstorytelling.org/2014-2/ Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive June 10-14 $23.50 A Steady Rain-a Vinyl Theatre Production from Scotland A Steady Rain made theatre history in 2009, smashing box office records in its sold-out run. Starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman, Keith Huff’s award winning dramatic play took Broadway by storm. Two Chicago cops, partners on the beat and lifelong friends: Denny seems to have it all – a beautiful wife, two young kids, a dog and more TV sets than rooms to put them in; But Joey’s life is heading in the other direction – it’s been a constant battle with the bottle in his roach infested, one room pit he

Another good week ahead with eclectic choices.. and there could be more to come once the June schedules are posted. York Theatre 639 Commercial Drive 8p.m. May 23, 27 29 & 31 $22-65PAULINE (presented by City Opera)Premiere of a new opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes Writer and performer Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was the child of a Mohawk chief and a Quaker Englishwoman who lived her last years in Vancouver, and died a terrible death of breast cancer. PAULINE is set in March 1913. Haunted by failure, torn by her dual identity as both Mohawk and white, Pauline Johnson fights to confront her past before the end, as her doctor tries to control the pain and her sister tries to control the story that will be told.http://thecultch.com/events/pauline/ Vancouver Agave WeekThird Annual Vancouver International Tequila Expo (VITE) is Western Canada’s largest festival dedicated to Mexico’s number one export spirit. Tequila seminars, master classes, and pairing dinners at venues around Vancouver to further promote tequila and other agave spiritshttp://www.vantequilaexpo.com/agave_week.php#EVTS Tuesday May 27 WORLD TEQUILA DAY! East Van Taco Safari various locations $69.95 First ever East Van Taco Safari starting in Yaletown and then you will be transported to points east to

Hello all…. Apparently the Libra Room has new owners… small renovations are taking place and the “stage” is now in the centre of the restaurant. I hear the donation jar is abolished in favour of a small cover for the live music added to the bill. More information to come once the new music schedule is posted. Enjoy the sunshine and the upcoming long weekend everyone. rEvolver Theatre Festival VanEast Cultural Centre May 13-25 The latest evolution in Upintheair Theatre’s ten-year history of Festival production. rEvolver: presents adventurous, high energy, and sophisticated new work by emerging companies and artists http://www.upintheairtheatre.com/revolver-mainstage-shows-2014 Tuesday May 13 Seventeen89 1789 Comox St 8p.m. $10 (plus $20 minimum) 604 428 0705 reservations Davi Sikula Trio Dave Sikula-guitar, James Danderfer-clarinet, Andre Lachance-bass Wednesday May 14 Sylvia Hotel 1154 Gilford St 8p.m. No cover Jennifer Scott Jennifer Scott is a singer and pianist born in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She specializes in jazz, blues, and world music. She is considered one of the more important jazz artists working in Canada and the United States today http://www.jenniferscott.ca/ The Emerald Supper Club 555 Gore Avenue 9p.m. Donation Braveheart Ted Crosby – sax and clarinets, James Meger – acoustic bass, Omar Amlani

An evening of mainstream jazz and standards featuring three generations of Vancouver’s finest jazz musicians Ron Johnston-piano, Cameron Hood-electric bass and Ben Henriques-sax. At the Sharman King residence with the magnificent Bosendorfer Grand Piano. 1728 West 68th Ave,Vancouver. 8p.m. $20 at door includes 1 glass of wine & appies. All proceeds to musicians. Seating limited. Call Jeni at 778 998 6571 to reserve yours! https://www.facebook.com/events/783596761675291/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming