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Daily Email - Monday - 08/18/2025

August 18, 2025

Happy Monday! The Budos Band bring their heavy-hitting, horn-fueled swagger with disco-soul queens Say She She. Prepare for a night of pure, sweaty groove worship. Enter to win tickets!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Vancity’s biggest Brazilian bash is back from 8/29-30 for samba, street-style Carnaval, soul-healing food, and family energy. Join Brazilian Day Vancouver!

  • Celebrate Whistler Village Beer Festival all week long from 9/8-14, then go all in on 9/13 with live music, beer tastings, and a Bavarian-style Oktoberfest takeover at The Longhorn Saloon. Grab your friends, don your lederhosen and dirndls, and get ready to sway to the infectious rhythm of the live oompah band.*

  • Dive into 87 indie shows across theatre, comedy, dance, drag, and more. 100% theatrical magic at Vancouver Fringe Festival from 9/3-14.

  • Our pals at Do206 are giving away GA+ passes to Bumbershoot - Seattle’s weirdest, most wonderful arts + music fest - plus a hotel stay to crash in style. Weezer’s playing. That should settle it.*

  • Fleetwood Community Festival is a free community party on 9/6 packed with live music, face-painting, bouncy castles, mini-golf and small-town charm.

QUEER EVENTS IN VANCOUVER

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival is back from 9/11-21, and it's serving bold stories, hot takes, and more tender chaos than your group chat after Pride. Grab a seat, sneak in snacks, and cry (or cackle) in community. Plus, we’ve got a lineup of other queer events around the city to fill your boots.

UPCOMING

🎸 Billy Strings

Tomorrow & Wednesday @ Commodore Ballroom (7:30PM)

Billy Strings plays the guitar like it owes him money. Bluegrass stretched into psychedelia that makes you cry about your ex. If you’re not a fan yet, you’re not too late.

🎶 Musical Nooners: Fionn

Wednesday @ CBC Vancouver Plaza (12PM)

Twin sisters, one concert, free entry. Fionn is all about ethereal harmonies, vulnerable lyrics, and coming-of-age folk-pop. Catch them live while eating a sandwich in the sun.

📣 Mother Mother

Thursday @ Pacific Coliseum (7:30PM)

Indie rock heavyweights Mother Mother keep cranking out bangers and existential crises by the truckload. Scream Hayloft with a group of weirdos who you’ll love.

💃 35th Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

9/20-28 @ Vancouver Playhouse (1PM)

Experience the 35th Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, featuring global artists, masterclasses, and powerful shows. Enter to win tickets to Soulfulness with Flamenco Rosario & Guests on 9/27!*

🔥 Rifflandia

9/11-14 @ Victoria

Rifflandia: Two weekends. 70+ artists. Public Enemy. Alessia Cara. Daft Punk tribute by The Victoria Symphony. Oh, and you could win 4 VIP weekend passes.*

Parkway Alive

Parkway Alive is turning SkyTrain stations into summer playgrounds. Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, Metrotown gets lit with games, food trucks, and performances. Sundays are Patterson Station’s turn. Join the fun!*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Richmond is getting a new sweet snack spot. Check out Momo Tanghulu!

  • Get your bubble tea fix at Chun Fun How which is opening soon on Kingsway!

Need some more ideas for what to do this week? We’ve got you covered!