Instead of my usual weekend routine (bouncing between music shows) I spent the weekend celebrating my friends tying the knot! Yes - wedding season is here, festival season is basically here, and Wreck Beach is already calling my name. I might be getting ahead of myself… but I tend to do that. Onto more normal Monday things: our first giveaway of the week.

This one is for the craft beer lovers - Brewhalla North Vancouver returns on 5/1 at The Shipyards. Sample the best beer, wine, cider, spirits and non-alc bevies alongside live music, games a food trucks galore. Enter for a chance to win your way into the festival!*

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• Here’s a few festivals to look forward to: Harmony Arts Festival, Playland & The PNE Fair, and Langley Community Day! Food, music, rides that make your stomach turn - what’s not to love!

• Catch of one Canada’s best homegrown pop artists, Tyler Shaw, as he plays the Hollywood Theatre on 5/1. Enter to win a pair of tickets to see the Run To You Tour. Yes, he is from Coquitlam - turn up the local pride.*

• Colorado doom metal sorcerers Khemmis are taking over Rickshaw Theatre with Necrofier and Wretched this June! Get your tickets and get ready to mosh.

• If you haven’t checked out Green Auto yet, you are missed out on one of Vancouver’s best underground venues. They just dropped shows for Hannah Harlacher, Francis Baptiste, Death-Eye Dog, Tomato Trader and more!

• Plus fresh announcements from Hayley Wallis, Queer As Funk, Haleluya Hailu, Tess Anderson, Ghost Teeth, Kiom Churchill and more!

FESTIVALS IN VANCOUVER

Did anyone say festival season? Oh wait, that was me. Yes, our favourite season is on it’s way and it’s time to lock in tickets and book off work before your only other option is to “call in sick.” Here’s a few upcoming highlights:

• ABBOTSFORD TULIP FESTIVAL - Until 6/15 @ Lakeland Flowers

• SAKURA DAYS JAPAN FAIR - Until Tuesday @ VanDusen Botanical Gardens

• HYPERSPACE METAL FESTIVAL VII - Thursday-Sunday @ The Rickshaw/The Cobalt

• LAPU LAPU DAY OF TOGETHERNESS - Sunday @ Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre

• PARTY FOR THE PLANET - 4/25 @ Surrey Civic Plaza

• FIFA FAN FESTIVAL - 6/11-7/19 @ The Amphitheatre at the PNE

THIS WEEK

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• North Americas 50 Best Bars in back in Vancity this April. Congrats to Bagheera, Meo, Laowai and Mount Pleasant Vintage & Provisions made this list (so far).

• Vancouver’s JJ Adrian new song SELFish brings driving energy with heartfelt R&B. Give it a spin!

• Need more ideas for what to do this week? Look no further.

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