FRIDAY
Bands
Woolworm w/ Rinse Dream | at The Lido | Indie / Punk | Mount Pleasant |
Sporus, Dust Blaster, DTES GF, East Van Hotbox | at Red Gate | Punk | Mount Pleasant |
The Corps, Quit It!, ATD, Terminal City Rats | at Buddha’s | Punk | DTES |
Dehd w/ Linda Fox | at Imperial | Indie / Rock | DTES |
Mild High Club w/ JW Francis | at Hollywood Theatre | Psych / Rock | Kitsilano |
Emotionz feat. Inkspill & Kapok, DJ Praiz, Malik feat. Lavell, P-Crook, NOTIMOUSE, Mickey O’Brien, Waheed, Alex Cruz | at LanaLou’s | Hip Hop | DTES |
Scott Crompton | at Donnellans Irish Pub | Irish | Downtown |
Snotty Nose Rez Kids | at The Commodore Ballroom | Trap | Downtown |
Live bands (daily, 6:30pm & 8:30pm) | at Water St Cafe | Jazz | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 6:30pm) | at Loft Lounge | Caribbean | West End |
Live bands (daily, 7pm & 9pm) | at Guilt & Co | Soul / Blues / Funk / R&B | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at Red Truck Beer | Covers | Mount Pleasant |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at The Railway Stage and Beer Cafe | Rock / Metal / Country / Blues | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Frankie’s Jazz Club | Jazz | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Malone’s Social Lounge | Rock | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8:30pm) | at Wolf & Hound | Irish | Kitsilano |
Live bands (weekly, 8:30pm) | at Park Pub | Rock / Covers | West End |
Live bands (weekly, 9pm) | at Johnnie Fox’s Irish Pub | Irish | Mount Pleasant |
Live bands (weekly, 9pm) | at Princeton Pub | Rock / Blues | Grandview-Woodland |
Live bands (weekly, 9pm) | at Ivanhoe Pub | Country / Rock | Strathcona |
Live bands (weekly, 9:30pm) | at Tyrant Studios | Jazz | Downtown |
Comedy
Showmageddon 2 Comedy Tour | at Fox Cabaret | Stand-up | Mount Pleasant |
Clint Coley | at The Biltmore | Stand-up | Mount Pleasant |
Left Field Comedy presents: Season Opener | at Cafe Deux Soleils | Improv | Grandview-Woodland |
Duo Duel (weekly, 7:30pm) | at Tightrope Theatre | Improv | Mount Pleasant |
DJs
Emo Night | at The Rickshaw | Rock | DTES |
Move w/ DJs Wmnstudies, Neighbour, IHA, Just Tess, Ricco, Keegan Jaymes | at Beaumont Studios | Disco / Funk | Mount Pleasant |
W&W | at Harbour Event & Convention Centre | House | Downtown |
DJs Nils & Abheeru, VJ Kashub | at Just Dance | World | Kitsilano |
Groundwerk | at Anza Club | Listening party / Meet-up | Mount Pleasant |
Live DJs (weekly) | at Social | Grandview-Woodland | |
DJ Mary Mac (weekly, 8pm) | at The Keefer Yard | Hip Hop / R&B | Chinatown |
Live DJs (weekly, 8:30pm) | at Calabash Bistro | Dancehall / Hip Hop | Chinatown |
DJ Hustle (weekly, 9pm) | at Cold Tea | R&B | Downtown |
DJ Cerberus (weekly, 9pm) | at Isabelle’s | Trap / Dubstep | Yaletown |
Cancun Nites (weekly, 9pm) | at The Red Room | Reggaeton / Top 40 | Downtown |
DJ Sam Hampton (weekly, 9pm) | at Bimini Public House | Dance / Hip Hop | Kitsilano |
Live DJs (weekly, 9pm) | at Indus Grill & Bar | Hip Hop / Punjabi | Downtown |
DJs J-Fresh, Sailor Gerry (weekly, 9:30pm) | at Twelve West | EDM / Hip-Hop | Downtown |
Live DJs (weekly, 10pm) | at Fox Cabaret | Dance / Top 40 | Mount Pleasant |
Live DJs (weekly, 10pm) | at Celebrities | Dance/ EDM | West End |
DJ Datguyry (weekly, 10pm) | at Granville Room | Dance / Hip Hop | Downtown |
DJ Icytouch (weekly, 10pm) | at Hello Goodbye Bar | Dance / Hip Hop | Yaletown |
DJ Zeus (weekly, 10pm) | at Blarney Stone | Dance / Hip Hop | Gastown |
DJ Happy Ending Fridays (weekly, 10pm) | at Fortune Sound Club | Dance / Hip Hop | Chinatown |
Rubbin’ w/ DJs Houtz & Seb C (weekly, 10pm) | at Bar None | Dance / Hip Hop | Yaletown |
Secret Society (weekly, 10pm) | at Enso | Hip Hop / R&B | Downtown |
Everyday DJs (weekly, 10pm) | at The GPO | R&B / Hip Hop | Downtown |
Live DJs (weekly, midnight) | at Club 816 | Dance / Handsup Eur | Downtown |
Live DJs (weekly, 2am) | at Gorgomish | Trance / EDM | Downtown |
Karaoke
Weekly, 9pm | at Charqui Grill | Karaoke | Kitsilano |
Other cool stuff
Art Vancouver | at Vancouver Convention Centre West | Art exhibit | Downtown |
SATURDAY
Bands
Back Lot Burnout w/ Clayton Bellamy & The Congregation, Crooked Rider, Unbranded, Tire Fire Jam Band | at The Backlot | Country / Rock | Renfrew-Collingwood |
World Image | at The Lido | Indie / Rock | Mount Pleasant |
Neck of the Woods, Your Problem, Swather, GUILE | at Slice Next Door | Punk | Grandview-Woodland |
Soul Clap w/ Yu Su | at Hollywood Theatre | Dance / Pop | Kitsilano |
The Cavernous | at Buddha’s | Electronic | DTES |
The Fomites, Credit Card Fraud, Die Job | at LanaLou’s | Punk | DTES |
Sleaford Mods w/ Sorry | at The Rickshaw | Post-Punk | DTES |
Ludic w/ Molly Annelle | at Fox Cabaret | Indie | Mount Pleasant |
The Music of Cream | at The Biltmore | Rock | Mount Pleasant |
Night Lovell | at Fortune Sound Club | Hip Hop | Chinatown |
Evan Williams Project w/ Eleanor Rising, Sounds of Kalima, Floating Actor | at Railway Stage & Beer Café | Indie | Downtown |
Opeth w/ Mastodon | at Thunderbird Sports Centre | Metal | UBC |
Open mic | at Main&21 | Open mic | Mount Pleasant |
Rock’n’Roll Jamboree (weekly, 4pm) | at LanaLou’s | Rock / Blues | DTES |
Blake Havard (weekly, 6pm) | at Dogwood Brewing | Rock / Blues | Sunset |
Live bands (daily, 6:30pm & 8:30pm) | at Water St Cafe | Jazz | Gastown |
Live bands (daily, 7pm & 9pm) | at Guilt & Co | Soul / Blues / Funk / R&B | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at Red Truck Beer | Covers | Mount Pleasant |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Frankie’s Jazz Club | Jazz | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Malone’s Social Lounge | Rock | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8:30pm) | at Wolf & Hound | Irish | Kitsilano |
RadioRudi (weekly, 9pm) | at The Fringe Cafe | Covers | Kitsilano |
Live bands (weekly, 9pm) | at Princeton Pub | Rock / Blues | Grandview-Woodland |
Live bands (weekly, 9pm) | at Johnnie Fox’s Irish Pub | Irish | Mount Pleasant |
Live bands (weekly, 9pm) | at Ivanhoe Pub | Covers | Strathcona |
Comedy
Smash Hit (weekly, 7:30pm) | at Tightrope Theatre | Improv | Mount Pleasant |
Nightcap Comedy (weekly, 6pm & 9pm) | at Comedy After Dark | Stand-up | Downtown |
Kraken Comedy’s Showcase Showdown (weekly, 6:30pm) | at LanaLou’s | Stand-up | DTES |
David and Ken’s Comedy With Music! (weekly, 7:30pm) | at Havana Theatre | Improv | Grandview-Woodland |
Cute Pie (biweekly, 9pm) | at Johnny’s on Oak | Stand-up | South Cambie |
The Comic Strip (weekly, 9:30pm) | at Tyrant Studios | Stand-up | Downtown |
DJs
DJs Pennytentiary, Captain Fun | at The Heatley | Country | DTES |
DJs Nancy Live, Yazmin Gardezi | at Buddha’s | Acid / House | DTES |
Live DJs (weekly) | at Social | Grandview-Woodland | |
DJ Mary Mac (weekly, 8pm) | at The Keefer Yard | Hip Hop / R&B | Chinatown |
Live DJ (weekly, 8:30pm) | at Calabash Bistro | Dancehall / Hip Hop | Chinatown |
All Era Saturdays (weekly, 9pm) | at Cold Tea | Hip Hop / R&B | Downtown |
DJ Houtz (weekly, 9pm) | at Isabelle’s | EDM | Yaletown |
SUBculture Saturdays (weekly, 9pm) | at The Red Room | Bass | Downtown |
DJ Rashad Rawkus (weekly, 9pm) | at Bimini Public House | Dance / Hip Hop | Kitsilano |
DJ Thunder (weekly, 9pm) | at Indus Grill & Bar | Hip Hop / Punjabi | Downtown |
Live DJs (weekly, 9pm) | at Park Pub | Electro / Hip Hop | West End |
IYKYK w/ DJ’s, Freeky P, Drac, Chips, Rae Diamendz (weekly, 9:30pm) | at Ombre Show Lounge | Soulgood | Gastown |
DJs Zak Santiago, Johnny Jover (weekly, 9:30pm) | at Twelve West | EDM / Hip-Hop | Downtown |
Room Service Saturdays (weekly, 10pm) | at Cinema Public House | Top 40 | Downtown |
DJs Yurie, Sivz (weekly, 10pm) | at Celebrities | Dance/ EDM | West End |
DJ Lokoboy (weekly, 10pm) | at Hello Goodbye Bar | Dance / Hip Hop | Yaletown |
DJ Zeus (weekly, 10pm) | at Blarney Stone | Dance / Hip Hop | Gastown |
Sup Fu? (weekly, 10pm) | at Fortune Sound Club | Dance / Hip Hop | Chinatown |
Everyday DJs (weekly, 10pm) | at The GPO | Dancehall / Afrobeats | Downtown |
Live DJs (weekly, 10pm) | at Fox Cabaret | Dance | Mount Pleasant |
DJ Lace (weekly, midnight) | at Club 816 | Trance | Downtown |
Live DJs (weekly, 2am) | at Gorgomish | Trance / EDM | Downtown |
Karaoke
Weekly, 9pm | at Charqui Grill | Karaoke | Kitsilano |
Other cool stuff
Happy Militant Mothers’ Day | at 600 Raymur Ave | 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Militant Mothers of Raymur | Strathcona |
Art in the City | at West End Community Centre | Art exhibit | West End |
Art Vancouver | at Vancouver Convention Centre West | Art exhibit | Downtown |
Makers Market (weekly, 11am) | at Private Stock | Flea market | Downtown |
Saturday Night Skate Sessions (weekly, all ages 4pm and adult 6pm) | at Rolla Skate Club | Rollerskating | Hastings-Sunrise |
Sip & Paint & Fire Show (weekly, 7pm) | at Pacific Arts Centre | Paint night | South Granville |
Absolut’ly Dragulous (weekly, 7:30pm) | at The Junction Pub | Drag show | West End |
SUNDAY
Bands
Electric Chair, Blood Ties, Parallel, Disposal | at Buddha’s | Punk | DTES |
Dayseeker w/ Holding Absence | at The Biltmore | Metal | Mount Pleasant |
Josh Ramsay w/ Tyler Shaw, DJ George Thoms | at Hollywood Theatre | Pop | Kitsilano |
Solo Acoustic Sunday (weekly, 5pm) | at Princeton Pub | Rock | Grandview-Woodland |
Live bands (weekly, 5pm) | at Loft Lounge | Jazz | West End |
Live bands (weekly, 5:30pm) | at Wolf & Hound | Irish | Kitsilano |
Live bands (weekly, 6pm) | at Tocador | Latin | Mount Pleasant |
Live bands (daily, 6:30pm & 8:30pm) | at Water St Cafe | Jazz | Gastown |
Stringband Sundae (weekly, 7pm) | at The Heatley | Bluegrass | DTES |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at Sylvia Hotel | Jazz | West End |
Live bands (daily, 7pm & 9pm) | at Guilt & Co | Soul / Blues / Funk / R&B | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Frankie’s Jazz Club | Jazz | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Johnnie Fox’s Irish Pub | Irish | Mount Pleasant |
Comedy
Sunday Service (weekly, 7pm) | at Fox Cabaret | Improv | Mount Pleasant |
Nightcap Comedy (weekly, 8pm) | at Comedy After Dark | Stand-up | Downtown |
DJs
DJ Lokoboy (weekly, 3pm) | at Cold Tea | All genres | Downtown |
Honeypot Sundays (weekly, 7pm) | at The Keefer Yard | Hip Hop / R&B | Chinatown |
DJ Johnny Jover (weekly, 9pm) | at Isabelle’s | House | Yaletown |
DJ Seb C (weekly, 9pm) | at Granville Room | Dance / Hip Hop | Downtown |
DJ White Rabbit (weekly, 11pm) | at Club 816 | Trance | Downtown |
Karaoke
Weekly, 9pm | at Charqui Grill | Karaoke | Kitsilano |
Other cool stuff
Art in the City | at West End Community Centre | Art exhibit | West End |
Art Vancouver | at Vancouver Convention Centre West | Art exhibit | Downtown |
Life Drawing (weekly, 10:30am) | at Slice of Life Art Gallery | Life drawing | Grandview-Woodland |
Heaven + Hell Cabaret (weekly, 6pm) | at The Junction Pub | Drag Show | West End |
Vintage Burlesque Bingo (weekly, 6:30pm) | at LanaLou’s | Bingo | DTES |
MONDAY
Bands
Anand Wilder w/ Bealby Point | at Fox Cabaret | Indie | Mount Pleasant |
Josh Ramsay w/ Tyler Shaw, DJ George Thoms | at Hollywood Theatre | Pop | Kitsilano |
Live bands (daily, 6:30pm & 8:30pm) | at Water St Cafe | Jazz | Gastown |
Bluegrass Jam (weekly, 7pm) | at Anza Club | Bluegrass | Mount Pleasant |
Live bands (daily, 7pm & 9pm) | at Guilt & Co | Soul / Blues / Funk / R&B | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at Wolf & Hound | Irish | Kitsilano |
Comedy
Open Mic (weekly, 7:30pm) | at Johnnie Fox’s Irish Pub | Open Mic | Mount Pleasant |
Hats Off Comedy (weekly, 8pm) | at Hero’s Welcome | Stand-up | Mount Pleasant |
DJs
Decades (weekly, 7pm) | at The Keefer Yard | Industry night | Chinatown |
Mixclub Mondays (weekly, 8pm) | at The GPO | 90s | Downtown |
Midnight Mondays (weekly, 10pm) | at Fortune Sound Club | R&B | Chinatown |
TUESDAY
Bands
Amyl and the Sniffers w/ C.O.F.F.I.N. | at The Rickshaw | Punk | DTES |
Slayyyter w/ LoveLeo | at Fox Cabaret | Pop | Mount Pleasant |
Behemoth & Arch Enemy w/ Napalm Death, Unto Others | at Vogue Theatre | Metal | Downtown |
Isaiah Rashad | at Harbour Event & Convention Centre | Hip Hop | Downtown |
Live bands (daily, 6:30pm & 8:30pm) | at Water St Cafe | Jazz | Gastown |
Live bands (daily, 7pm & 9pm) | at Guilt & Co | Soul / Blues / Funk / R&B | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at The Keefer Yard | Funk / Soul | Chinatown |
Sandy Bone & Double D Jam (weekly, 8:30pm) | at Princeton Pub | Blues | Grandview-Woodland |
Open Mic (weekly, 9pm) | at Charqui Grill | Open Mic | Kitsilano |
Comedy
Little Mountain Improv (weekly, 7:30pm) | at Tightrope Impro Theatre | Improv | Mount Pleasant |
DJs
Loco Tuesdays (weekly, 6pm) | at The Cambie | Top 40 | Downtown |
Rewind w/ Common People DJs (weekly, 9pm) | at Portside Pub | Top 40 | DTES |
DJs Johnny Jover, JP Valdes (weekly, 10pm) | at Celebrities | Dance/ EDM | West End |
DJ Rango (weekly, 10pm) | at Bayside Lounge | World | West End |
DJ Vinyl Ritchie (weekly) | at The Hollywood Theatre | Disco / Funk | Kitsilano |
Karaoke
Weekly, 9pm | at Park Pub | Karaoke | West End |
Other cool stuff
Tea Party – A night out in the 90s | at Cold Tea | Cabaret | Downtown |
Drink, Draw & Lego (weekly, 5pm) | at Slice of Life Art Gallery | Games night | Grandview-Woodland |
Drag Show (weekly, 9pm) | at The Junction Pub | Drag show | West End |
WEDNESDAY
Bands
Verboden Festival Day 1 w/ ADULT, Kontravoid, Pelada, Spike Hellis, Wire Spine, Phuture Memoriez | at The Rickshaw | Darkwave | DTES |
Colour Tongues | at Fox Cabaret | Indie | Mount Pleasant |
Dan Mangan w/ Georgia Harmer | at Vogue Theatre | Indie | Downtown |
Dance with the Dead, Magic Sword, Psychic Pollution | at Hollywood Theatre | Metal | Kitsilano |
Live bands (weekly, 6pm) | at Container Brewing | Singer / Songwriter | DTES |
Blues & Brews (weekly, 6:30pm) | at Hastings Mill Pub | Blues | DTES |
Live bands (daily, 6:30pm & 8:30pm) | at Water St Cafe | Jazz | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at Sylvia Hotel | Jazz | West End |
Live bands (daily, 7pm & 9pm) | at Guilt & Co | Soul / Blues / Funk / R&B | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at The Keefer Yard | Vibe | Chinatown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Tangent Cafe | Jazz | Grandview-Woodland |
Comedy
Shots n Giggles (weekly, 8pm) | at Glitch Barcade | Stand-up | Kitsilano |
DJs
DJs Rico & Erik (weekly, 10pm) | at Granville Room | Dance / Hip Hop | Downtown |
Karaoke
Weekly, 9pm | at Hero’s Welcome | Karaoke | Mount Pleasant |
Weekly, 9pm | at Charqui Grill | Karaoke | Kitsilano |
Weekly, 10pm | at Portside Pub | Karaoke | DTES |
Other cool stuff
Tea Party – A night out in the 90s | at Cold Tea | Cabaret | Downtown |
Life Drawing (weekly, 6:30pm) | at Slice of Life Art Gallery | Life Drawing | Grandview-Woodland |
Drag Me to Hell (weekly, 11:30pm) | at The Junction Pub | Drag Show | West End |
THURSDAY
Bands
WUJI, Goat Rodeo, Morse Code Literature, Keenan Marchand | at Red Gate | Indie / Rock | Mount Pleasant |
The Dog Indiana, Danes, AK747s | at Buddha’s | Punk | DTES |
Verboden Festival Day 2 w/ Odonis Odonis & Minimal Violence, Bestial Mouths, SYZYGYX, Lié, The Wheal | at The Rickshaw | Darkwave | DTES |
!!! (chk chk chk) w/ Blonde Diamond | at Fox Cabaret | Dance / Pop | Mount Pleasant |
Dan Mangan w/ Georgia Harmer | at Vogue Theatre | Indie | Downtown |
bbno$ | at Fortune Sound Club | Hip Hop | Chinatown |
Future Islands | at The Commodore Ballroom | Synthpop | Downtown |
Live bands (daily, 6:30pm & 8:30pm) | at Water St Cafe | Jazz | Gastown |
Open mic (weekly, 6:45pm) | at The GPO | Open mic | Downtown |
Live bands (daily, 7pm & 9pm) | at Guilt & Co | Soul / Blues / Funk / R&B | Gastown |
Live bands (weekly, 7pm) | at Sylvia Hotel | Jazz | West End |
Open Mic (monthly on first Thurs, 7:30pm) | at Anza Club | Open mic | Mount Pleasant |
Open Mic (weekly, 8pm) | at Cafe Deux Soleils | Open mic | Grandview-Woodland |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Frankie’s Jazz Club | Jazz | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Johnnie Fox’s Irish Pub | Irish | Mount Pleasant |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Malone’s Social Lounge | Rock | Downtown |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at Tangent Cafe | Jazz | Grandview-Woodland |
Live bands (weekly, 8pm) | at The Heatley | Country / Rock | DTES |
Live bands (weekly, 10pm) | at Portside Pub | Blues / Rock | DTES |
Comedy
Off-Leash Comedy (weekly, 7pm) | at Dogwood Brewing | Stand-up | Sunset |
Thursday Night Rotation (weekly, 7:30pm) | at Tightrope Impro Theatre | Improv | Mount Pleasant |
Improv Thursdays (weekly, 8pm) | at Park Pub | Improv | West End |
DJs
LUVAFAIR | at Numbers Cabaret | Disco / New Wave | West End |
Rock Thursdays (weekly) | at The Hollywood Theatre | Classic / Rock | Kitsilano |
Soul Motion (weekly, 7pm) | at The Keefer Yard | Soul | Chinatown |
House Special (weekly, 8pm) | at Cold Tea | House | Downtown |
Donya w/ DJ Neems (weekly, 9pm) | at The Lido | Middle Eastern / World | Mount Pleasant |
DJ Kempeh (weekly, 9pm) | at Isabelle’s | Hip Hop / House | Yaletown |
DJ Des (weekly, 9pm) | at Granville Room | Dance / Hip Hop | Downtown |
DJ Lokoboy (weekly, 9pm) | at Bimini Public House | Dance / Hip Hop | Kitsilano |
Copa Cabana (weekly, 9pm) | at Cabana Lounge | Latin / Reggaeton | Downtown |
DJs Floetic and Lupo (weekly, 10pm) | at Hello Goodbye Bar | Dance / Hip Hop | Yaletown |
Karaoke
Weekly, 8pm | at Glitch Barcade | Karaoke | Kitsilano |
Weekly, 8pm | at The Cambie | Karaoke | Downtown |
Weekly, 9pm | at Princeton Pub | Karaoke | Grandview-Woodland |
Weekly, 9pm | at Charqui Grill | Karaoke | Kitsilano |
Other cool stuff
Games Night (weekly, 5pm) | at Slice of Life Art Gallery | Games Night | Grandview-Woodland |
Rated R w/ Rogue (weekly, 11pm) | at The Junction Pub | Drag Show | West End |