Music: Accordion Noir Festival @ The WISE Hall

The second annual Accordion Noir Festival is coming up September 10-12 in Vancouver.

For more details:
www.SqueezeboxCircle.org
www.accordionnoir.org
www.geoffberner.com

Here's the schedule perversely in reverse order:

WISE HALL, main event:
Saturday, 8 PM, Sept 12th
1882 Adanac St. at Victoria
Jason Webley (Seattle)
Geoff Berner (Vancouver)
Story (Halifax)
and more!

Also on Saturday, Sept. 12th,
Accordion Workshops:
4:15 pm at The WISE Hall
Squeezebox movies, history, song-writing, and repair!
Full day of workshops
and Saturday concert: $20
Concert at the door: $15
Pre-sale at Highlife:
all-day $15

And don't miss the Accordion Parade:
Also on Saturday, Sept. 12th,
Grandview Park to the WISE Hall 4 pm (weather permitting)

Other Day's events:

Cafe Montmartre,
Fri, Sept 11th
4362 Main Street
Squeezebox from
8 pm ‘till late!
Joanna Chapman-Smith
The Creaking Planks
Barbara Adler
Andy Fielding
Dawn Zoe
Tina Tew

and

Friday, Sept 11th:
Accordion Noir Radio,
With Geoff Berner live!
9:30-10:30 pm, 102.7 FM.

Finally, start your festival right with:

Thurs, Sept 10th, 8-10 PM
Vancouver Squeezebox Circle
Open stage at Spartacus Books
684 E. Hastings St.

Special Event: Welcome Obama Party

Tuesday 4^th November 2008

WELCOME OBAMA PARTY at Zawa’s, 910 Commercial Dr (at Venables) with

The Creaking Planks (accordions, kitchen utensils, sea shanties)

Sister DJ’s Radio Band (joyfully demented cabaret band)

Riel Hahn (comedy singer-songwriter)

The Ahs (high school harmonizers)

MC Dave Malicki and election coverage on the big screen TV

Doors at 7pm. Show from 8 – 11pm. Bar closes at about midnight. Five Bucks only.

Music: Creaking Planks Sing For The Season

Local folk phenoms, the Creaking Planks have lent their talents to a Very Vancouver Christmas - Volume 2

The album will have a ton of great original holiday tunes benefitting, the BC-SPCA and the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau.

Other artists include Adrienne Pearce, Larissa Garth, and T Nile.

Know any retailers who would be interested this year, or if you would like one, (or 10!~10$ each, all to charity!), or if you know any musicians who would be interested in participating next year.

Please have a listen at:

www.myspace.com/veryvancouverchristmas

or visit the regular website

www.veryvancouverchristmas.com


Cheers!

Jenn