Happy Monday! Barnside Harvest Festival is coming up quick - and there’s still time to win a pair of GA weekend passes! Catch some of Canada’s best acts like Walk Off The Earth, Arkells, The Dead South and many more local faves. Yeehaw!*

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Your favourite Vancouver twin sister pop duo takes the stage at The Pearl on 11/20. Catch Fionn on their Scum Tour with guest Frank Mighty.

• Squeeze in one last summer fling with Shakespeare before the season closes in September for Bard On The Beach. Think love, betrayal, mistaken identities - all with an ocean breeze and a sunset backdrop.*

• Is that Halloween calling? Join the Nightshade Market: Witches Harvest A Samhain Artisan Market on 10/25 & 10/26 for spooky, magical offerings. Arrive in costume!

• Hero’s Welcome is throwing a block party! Ditch the car; walk, bike or scoot over to Hero’s Block Party on 9/14 for delicious eats, drinks, and live music.

• Plus fresh announcements from Luna Fest, Jisei, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Osamason, Kelsey Waldon, PISS and more!

DO LOCAL: FIND YOUR NEW FAV LOCAL BAND

This is your cheat sheet to the city’s real music scene - not the shiny tour bus stuff, the "someone’s cousin made this EP in a basement and it kinda rips" energy. We dug into local lineups and built a guide for finding your next Vancouver music crush. Here’s a few upcoming shows you need to catch:

• FEMME-TEMBER - 9/5 @ Rickshaw Theatre

• AMANDA SUM & SAM TUDOR - 9/19 @ York Theatre

• DAWN PEMBERTON - 9/19 @ The Brackendale Art Gallery

• SLIGHTEST CLUE - 9/20 @ Rickshaw Theatre

• LITTLE HURRICANE WITH EMILY MOLLOY - 10/4 @ Kingsway Club

• MIKE WT ALLEN’S SPACE ELEVATOR - 11/14 @ Rickshaw Theatre

THIS WEEK

LOCALS ONLY

• Indie-rock sweethearts, Yukon Blonde, just released a new single: Keep On Breaking My Heart.

• Super Mosquito has a new album with fresh punk and ska energy. Listen to Won!

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