1st April

• D.O.A Rock the Vote @ Rickshaw Theatre
• Laydy Jams (ep release) @ Red Room Ultra Bar
• Power Trip, Baptists, Destruction Unit @ Astoria
• Fondas Afterparty: Bluntman Deejay, D.Tiffany, Daniel Rincon, DJ Sisay, Skydog, Big Zen, Yung Viv @ askaround
• Sister Shop: Charity Clothing and Craft Market @ Biltmore Cabaret
• Goosehunt 2017 @ Koerner’s Pub
• Good Night Out: Friendzone @ VAL

2nd April

• CRFC & CIVL: Jonathan Goldstien @ UFV Abbotsford Building B
• The Outer Middle Zone: Improv From Beyond @ Havana

3rd April

• Oregon Brewer’s Tap Takeover @ Alibi Room
• Introduction to Adobe After Effects @ Cineworks (2-day workshop)

4th April

• Desiigner @ Vogue
• Kaleo, Judah & the Lion @ Orpheum
• Capture Speaker Series: Alex Morriaon, Christos Dikeakos @ Inform Interiors Inc

5th April

• #DearSurvivor (pop-up exhibition) @ SFU Harbour Centre 3:30-7:30pm
• Dim Cinema: Peter Hutton @ The Cinematheque
• Katatonia, Caspian, Uncured @ Venue
• The Northlander (screening) @ Rio Theatre
• Royal Brat, Dumb, Cruel Sport @ Red GB

6th April

• Ivory Towers, Holy Hum, Wallgrin, pr0phecy Sun @ Toast Collective
• Sociology Students’ Association End-Of-Year BBQ @ Anthropology & Sociology Building Yard
• Winona Forever, Future Star, Lubec @ Stylus Records
• Talent Time: National Humour Month! @ Rio Theatre
• Daniel Champagne @ WISE Hall
• Vancouver World Music Festival @ Rickshaw Theatre
• Dusty Jams @ Dusty Flower Shop
• Dadweed, Pale Red, Heart Beach, Be Afraid @ half-satan

7th April

• BOSSY: Hip Hop + R&B Dance Party @ Fox Cabaret
• Mall Grab @ Waldorf Hotel
• WIRE, Golden Retriever @ Imperial
• The Grotto, The Howe Sound, Sad Photography, Peach Pit @ Matador
• Mitski, Kadhja Bonet, Mal Devisa @ Biltmore Cabaret
• Vanessa Carlton, Tristen @ Rio Theatre
• Vancouver World Music Festival @ Rickshaw Theatrep
• The Lind Prize (exhibition) @ Presentation House

8th April

• ACAM Dialogues Symposium: Subverting Silence @ AMS Nest
• Underground in the Aether Symposium: VIVO (daytime)
• Gord Grdina’s NRC Quartet @ Western Front
• Freak Dream, The Critical Shakes, Doppelganger, Mirepoix @ gate rojo
• FKJ, Cézaire & Dabeull @ Fox Cabaret
• Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
• Society of the Spectacle Dance Party @ Commercial Drive Legion
• SOHN, William Doyle @ Rickshaw Theatre
• The Velveteins, Layten Kramer @ Cobalt
• Jenn Grant @ Biltmore Cabaret

9th April

• Bill Frisell Solo @ Pyatt Hall
• Reggie Watts, Spatial @ Vogue
• Hinds, Twin Peaks, White Mystery @ Rickshaw Theatre
• Jacques Greene, Suicideyear @ Fortune Sound
• Pints Not Pipelines @ Performance Works
• Gospel Train: The Last Train @ Wise Hall

10th April

• Whitney w/ Julie Byrne @ Biltmore Cabaret
• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, ORB @ Vogue
• Mathieu Copeland: the exhibition of a film @ Vancity Theatre
• Blossoms, Wilderado @ Fox Cabaret

11th April

• CiTR/Discorder presents Hot Dog Days #1: The Shit Talkers, Be Afraid @ What’s Up Hot Dog
• Tonic: 30 Under 30 Anthology (launch) @ The Drive Coffee
• Nicolas Jaar @ Vogue
• Jay Som, The Courtneys, Dumb @ Cobalt
• Sawdust Collector presents New Works 3 w/ Skye Brooks, Josh Zubot, Barbara Adler, Ron Samworth @ Gold Saucer

12th April

• PC Worship, The Dreebs, SHPX, Puzzlehead @ rg8
• Ab-Soul @ Fortune Sound
• Brant Bjork, Royal Thunder, Black Wizard @ SBC
• An evening of non-ordinary music @ Fox Cabaret
• Bad Endings by Carleigh Baker (book launch) @ Book Warehouse Main Street

13th April

• Shiverettes Live In-Studio on CiTR 101.9FM at 4pm
• Verboden Festival: Psychic Pollution, Screaming Queens, Black Magique, Detached Objectives, lié, Adrian H & The Wounds @ Astoria
• Jo Passed, Peach Pyramid @ Lido
• Joline Baylis (album release), The Crackling @ WISE Hall
• Cass King, The Judys (record release), Slip Ons @ Fox Cabaret
• Houle / Romain, Streams, 사라x미리 @ Toast Collective

14th April

• Verboden Festival: (various artists) @ Astoria AND Red Gate
• Seasons Festival: So Loki @ VAL
• Seasons Festival: Pacific Rhythm @ Open Studio
• Homeshake @ Rickshaw Theatre
• Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Methodman, Redman @ Rogers Arena
• Prozzak, KID @ Commodore Ballroom
• Story Story Lie @ Café Deux Soleils

15th April

• Girls Rock Camp Vancouver Fundraiser: Supermoon, Ashley Shadow, Scum Laude, Old Girl, BB @ Grand Luxe Hall
• Verboden Festival: (various artists) @ Astoria AND Red Gate
• ReCharge 2017 @ Croatian Cultural Centre
• Spruce Trap, Cartoon Lizard, Mutual (Late Show)@ Rickshaw Theatre
• Comedy Shocker XII: The Dirty Dozen (Early Show)@ Rickshaw Theatre
• The Damned, Bleached @ Commodore Ballroom

16th April

• Sensitive Parts (screening) @ Vancity Theatre

17th April

• Banks @ Vogue
• Ghost Bath, Astronoid, Seven Nines and Tens, Seer @ Astoria

18th April

• Sensitive Parts (screening) @ Vancity Theatre
• Real Estate @ Rickshaw Theatre
• Skepta @ Vogue (all-ages)
• Sawdust Collector presents Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee, Alicia Hansen, Jillian Lebeck @ Gold Saucer
• Two Door Cinema Club @ Orpheum

19th April

• Dopey’s Robe Live In-Studio on CiTR 101.9FM at 2pm
• John Mayer @ Rogers Arena
• Solo Shows @ Studio 58
• Safe Amp Narcan training w/ Pudding, No Bucket Required, The Spewers @ Red Gate Stage

20th April

• San Fermin, Low Roar @ Biltmore Cabaret
• Julia Jacklin, Hand Habits, James Green @ Cobalt
• Freddie Gibbs @ Fortune Sound
• Linda McRae, Gurf Morlix @ WISE Hall
• Solo Shows @ Studio 58

21st April

• Blank Banshee, Jade Statues, Shaunic, Moxsa @ The Waldorf
• The Zombies @ Commodore Ballroom
• War Baby, Ghost Meat, Ben Rogers @ Cobalt
• Joey Only, Kym Gouchie, Michigan Rattlers, Demon Squadron @ WISE Hall
• Cactus Blossoms @ Fox Cabaret (early)
• Purpleness: A Prince Dance Party @ Fox Cabaret
• Sediment: film photography exhibition by Rebekah Ho @ Gam Gallery

22nd April

• *Record Store Day*
• Vancouver Photo Book Fair @ Western Front
• Hellchamber, Terrifier, Codex: Factoria @ SBC
• Co.Crea.Tive Presents: Barely Constrained @ Gold Saucer
• The Gateway Show @ Rickshaw Theatre
• Taboo Revue Burlesque Variety Show @ WISE Hall
• Pinata Workshop @ Blim

23rd April

• CiTR/Discorder + CJSF presents Record Store Day Show & Record Fair: Jerk Jails, Pale Red, Sad Photography, Elisa Thorn, Co-Op @ Red Gate
• Vancouver Photo Book Fair @ Western Front
• Verses Festival: Saul Williams, Khari McClelland, Dawn Pemberton, Eugene Bae, Kimmortal @ WISE Hall
• Music Production & Ableton Live (workshop) @ VIVO

24th April

• Verses Festival: Van Slam Finals @ WISE Hall

25th April

• The xx, Sampha @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
• The Weeknd @ Rogers Arena

26th April

• LGBTQ2I Night @ Bike Kitchen
• Verses Festival: Mashed Poetics @ WISE Hall
• Laura Marling, Valley Queen @ Vogue

27th April

• Verses Festival: Mighty Mike McGee, Sheri-D Wilson @ WISE Hall
• Betty Who, Vérité @ Imperial
• Close Talker, Yes We Mystic, Peach Pit @ Biltmore Cabaret
• Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey @ Rogers Arena
• Cosmic Nights: Destination Mars @ H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
• Herbs For Stressful Times @ Homestead Junction

28th April

• Symphony of Fire II: A music video extravaganza @ Lucky’s Comics
• Daniel Terrence Robertson, Echuta, Swim Team, Poshlost @ Red Gate Revue Stage
• An Evening of Motorhead (Fundraiser for Hospice + Cancer Society) @ Pat’s Pub
• Sondre Lerche @ Biltmore Cabaret
• Middle Coast, Emily in the Headlights, Ian Campbell @ Fox Cabaret
• Dune Rats, Hockey Dad @ Rickshaw Theatre
• The Lind Prize (prize announcement) @ Presentation House

29th April

• Pond @ Biltmore Cabare
• Glam slam: Burlesque vs. Wrestling @ WISE Hall
• Ogrem, Rotting Slab, Death Preacher, Drown In Ashes @ Pat’s Pub
• Vancouver Grotto, The Howe Sound, Wax Cowboy @ Matador

30th April

• The F-Word Conference @ UBC Campus
• WISE Hall Market @ WISE Hall (daytime)