The week’s live music highlights. Live a little: see some music!
MONDAY OCT 30:
Cottage Jazz Jam w. Jerry Boey Quartet – Cottage Bistro 4468 Main St (7-10pm) | Straight-Ahead/Mainstream (7-10pm)
HOT JAZZ JAM Halloween Special w. Jen Hodge All-Stars – Cambrian Hall 215 E. 17th *7:30pm) | Swing
Jam Session w. Sharon Minemoto at The Patricia – Pat’s Pub 403 E. Hastings St. (7pm) [No Cover] | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Thanya Iyer / Moondle / Bearnest – Gold Saucer, 207 W. Hastings (9pm) / avant
TUESDAY OCT 31:
Jazz Jam w. Cory Weeds – Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby (6pm)
Hellraiser film w/ Live Score (Eye of Newt ensemble) – Merge , Clark and Powell, (7:30pm)
Live Evil (an electric Miles Davis tribute)– Guilt & Co., 1 Alexander (9pm) | Modern
WEDNESDAY NOV 1:
Coastal Jazz: Oct Artist in Residence: Steve Kaldestadt – Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St. (8pm)
Adam Rohrlick’s Hip Pocket – Provence Marinaside 1177 Marinaside Crescent (6-9pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Wednesday Night Blues: Steve Kozak & Friends – Pat’s Pub 403 E. Hastings St (7pm) | Blues
Jonny Tobin Trio – Presentation House 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Van (8pm) | Modern
Ben Henriquez & the Rubber Band w/ Bonnie Northgraves – Tangent Cafe, 2095 Commercial Dr | Modern
Invisible Taste Presents: Lights Out w/Crowman & Cowan/Meger bass duet – China Cloud, 524 Main St | Avant
Sweet & Hot Wednesday w. Jen Hodge All-Stars – Guilt & Co 1 Alexander St (9:30pm) | Swing
THURSDAY NOV 2:
Coastal Jazz: Harley Card Quartet CD release – Frankie’s Jazz Club 755 Beatty St (8pm) | Modern
Nomadic Massive – Rickshaw Theatre, 254 E. Hastings (7:30pm)
David Blake/Eli Davidovici/Joe Poole – Tangent Cafe 2095 Commercial Dr (8:30-11:30pm) | Modern
FRIDAY Nov 3:
Coastal Jazz: B3 for Bunny: from New York, Akiko Tsuruga – Frankie’s Jazz Club 755 Beatty St. (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Doug Louie-Dave Quinn w. Dutch Robinson – Revel Room, 238 Abbott St. (7:30pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Heart of the City Festival: Jazz Confluence – Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main St. (7pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
ISCM World New Music Days:
Vancouver New Music String Orchestra & Vancouver Electronic Ensemble – Orpheum Annex (7:30pm)
Riot: Hard Rubber Riot Ensemble & Lori Freedman – Roundhouse (10:15pm)
SATURDAY OCT 28:
Coastal Jazz: B3 for Bunny: from New York, Akiko Tsuruga – Frankie’s Jazz Club 755 Beatty St. (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Blues Brunch w. Rob Montgomery & Friends – Railway Club 579 Dunsmuir (1pm) | Blues
tba – Pat’s Pub 403 E. Hastings (3-7pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
David Vest Band – Blue Frog Studios 1328 Johnston Rd, White Rock (7pm) | Blues
East Van Opry: The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Dawn Pemberton and more – Rio Theatre, Commercial and Broadway (8pm)| Pop/Blues
James Danderfer Trio – Uva Wine Bar, 900 Seymour St. (9pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
19th Annual West Coast Guitar Night w. Les Finnigan, Alexander Flock, Itamar Erez & more – The Cultch, 1895 Venables St. (8pm) | Modern/World
SUNDAY OCT 29:
Coastal Jazz: The North, featuring David Braid and Mike Murley – Frankie’s Jazz Club 755 Beatty St. (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Jazz Vespers:Remembrance Day Five-Piece Swing Band w. Angela Verbrugge – St. Andrew’s-Wesley (4pm) Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Top City Dead at the Fairview – Farview Pub 898 W. Broadway (4:30pm) | Blues
Tony Wilson Quartet – Tangent Cafe 2095 Commercial Dr (6-9pm) | Avant/Modern
Jazz Jam w/ Gabriel Hasselbach & Bruno Hubert – Blue Martini Cafe | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Latin Jazz Soirée: New Generation Jazz Quartet / Pablo Cardenas & Afro-Latin Groove – Rickshaw Theatre 254 E. Hastings St (7pm) | Latin
Jesse Waldman & Friends – Libra Room | Modern
