Personally, I’m not over Halloween and all the Christmas decorations and holiday music feel like an attack. Okay, okay, I’m being dramatic. But I’d like a few more weeks before I hear Mariah Carey in every single store.

Until then, The Rio has my people. Vancouver Burlesque Co’s Halloween Student Showcase is here this Thursday with haunting performances and full spooky energy. Enter to win your way in.*

JUST ANNOUNCED

• Get ready, the Kings of Leon are Vancouver bound. Catch them at Rogers Arena on 9/14 with Dexter and The Moonrocks. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am.

• Celebrate emerging and established Black filmmakers at Vancouver Black Independent Film Festival, 11/13–15. Its sixth edition brings 42 films from 17 countries to Vancouver, sharing stories from across the African diaspora.*

• Looks like you need a new tattoo. Vancouver Tattoo & Arts Festival lands from 1/8–10, with 350 artists, contests, entertainment, exhibits and tattoos!

• Wednesday Crush brings LGBTQ+ singles to The Boxcar on 11/25 for a relaxed night of mingling and actual face-to-face conversation. Come for a date, a new friend or the thrill of asking someone’s name instead of their handle.*

• Plus fresh announcements from Piss, Nick Cave, Vancouver Noise Fest Xii, 1tbsp, Midnight Generation, Sylvie and more!

HOW TO 604

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THIS WEEK

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• Marpole has a new community centre! Go get your fitness on.

• Big news! Meat & Bread is opening up another location in Richmond. Head there for “it’s worth the lineup” kind of sandwich.

• Vancouver’s Hayley Law, who you may know from Riverdale, has a new song and video out. Check out Wet Wet!

• Still getting to know our new site? Let us help make your life easier with parking, transit and venue logistics. Find all of this right on the venue pages so it’s easier for you to GTFO.*

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