Issue # 70 - Subbed & stacked
Precious List
My dearest friends and cohorts,
Welcome to our first Substack issue — HOPEFULLY we shall now once and for all be free of the ongoing glitches from the Curated platform, which simply couldn’t handle all of our sass levels (RUDE).
There’s an ACTUAL table of contents with sections you can (gasp) JUMP TO, as well as a a streamlined list of links and more selective amount of images.
NEXT ISSUE is our FREE summer festival guide, so we’re hoping we can use this round to iron out the wrinkles and make sure we get the almost 250 festival listings (!!!!) into your hot little hand.
Let us know what you think?
CP & Questhe
1 ANNOUNCEMENTS
2 PRECIOUS PICKS
3 YVR EVENTS: THIS WEEKEND
4 FREE / PWYC / ALL AGES YVR EVENTS: THIS WEEKEND
5 TUNE IN: LOCAL MUSIC RELEASES
6 ARCHIVE
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»>ANNOUNCEMENTS<«
☆ MRMR Festival (Coalmont) May ‘25 has been cancelled.
All tickets will be fully refunded in the coming weeks.
✺ “/bleach.access” residency: Open Call, Round 1 Deadline May 31
Offering artists, designers, curators, educators, and cultural workers a platform for experimentation, storytelling, and gathering. (Platform9, Terminal)
⚘ Otherworld: Frog Bog (Lake Cowichan) June ‘25: Get Involved
Presented by Kindle Arts. Directed tickets on sale May 1.
✿ Bass Coast Festival: Wild Things (Merritt) July ‘25: Get Involved
Photo/Video Team: Applications due by May 15
Media Team: Applications due by June 1
Street Team/Volunteer: Positions close once filled
Hiring: Electronic Music Copywriter & Social Media Manager
★ Altitude Festival (Boston Bar) Aug ‘25: Get Involved
Application deadlines extended until June 1.
🖉 Advance Theatre Festival (YVR) Jan/Feb ‘26: Get Involved
Playwrights are invited to apply by May 15.
⚄ DICE! Thursdays (Boogie Van, DTES) Fall ‘25: On Pause
Stay tuned for a special end of season DICE! event at the end of June ‘25.
⚠ NO FOMO: 200+ BC Festivals ⚠
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💎 PRECIOUS PICKS 💎
✨ May 2-4 | Witches Bloom Magical Symposium & Artisan Market (Ironworks, DTES)
🎵 May 3 | AMBIENT / ETC 013 (The Deli, EVan)
🎵 May 3 | THE RATTLE: 🌸HANDSOME TIGER🌸THE SILK ROAD🌸BEDTIME SNACK🌸MANDAI🌸SWEET ANOMALY🌸 (HYPHA Arts, EVan)
🎵 May 7+ | basement × come spin: deejay community hangs + lessons (weekly!) (Basement, Gastown)
🎤 May 8 | Drag + Karaoke Fundraiser for PACE Society (Birdhouse, Mt Pleasant)
🎵 May 9 | PRESSURE - 2 ROOMS W/ Adriana Lopez, Sam Binga, Mat the Alien, MAGUGU, CATaria, PØPU (Industrial 236, EVan)
🎵 May 10 | White Noise: UNIIQU3 & Njoki Njoki (Biltmore Cabaret, Mt Pleasant)
🥀 May 16 | Lost in Lust 5 (Birdhouse, Mt Pleasant) postponed
🎵 May 16 | Tempo presents: Bakey, Donna Dada, Kraang, Em & Elvie, Lord Roberts (Vantek Warehouse, EVan)
🎨 May 16 | Subterran Arts Society: Catalyst (Biltmore, Mt Pleasant) cancelled
🎵 May 24 | Interplanetary Criminal (VancoUVer) (Fortune Sound, DTES)
🎵 May 30 | Electrojazziness LIVE: Alex McNally, thisissami (Blue Light Studio, EVan)
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»>YVR EVENTS: THIS WEEKEND<«
🌻 Apr 16-May 11 | Warrior Festival | Comedy, Theatre, Circus (The Cultch Historic Theatre, EVan)
🌻 May 1-11 | DOXA (24th) | Documentary Film Festival (Downtown, YVR)
🌻 May 2-4 | Convergence | Contact Improv Festival (SFU SCA, YVR)
🎭 May 2 | Olivia C Davies: where you go (Annex Theatre, DT)
🎵 May 2 | Just Dance 30th Anniversary Party (Kits)
💋 May 2 | SIN CITY - 24 Year Anniversary Fetish Ball (Hollywood Theatre, Kits)
🎵 May 2 | Infidels Jazz:s: Universal Consciousness with guests Star System, Electric Miles, Ha Siblings, MAFUBA (Rickshaw Theatre, DTES)
🎵 May 2 | The Incidental Press: In Mirrors, Devours, Dead Cells, La Lune (Green Auto Body, EVan)
🎵 May 2 | Buddy System: allbeings, Bronsön, HiROSE, VioletNoise, Xiumei (Red Gate, Mt Pleasant)
🎵 May 2 | Abandoned Yesterday and Live & Learn, with Dead Fast and Kyoga (Cobalt Cabaret, Terminal)
🎵 May 3 | Morning BioRave: Sober Dance Party ft. DJ Abel (Killer Ice Cream, Kits)
🎤 May 3 | GODOT: A Performance of Self (Lobe Studio, DTES)
🎵 May 3 | Infidels Jazz: Sargeant X Comrade (Kingsway Club, Mt Pleasant)
🎵 May 3 | Vitara Duo: Made You Listen! E.P. Release Party (FriendsQuarters (FQ), Gastown)
🎵 May 3 | ODDITY PROJECT VOL #1: LEON V, TAPSTER, Kardano, Law Mark (Milano Espresso Lounge, Gastown)
🎵 May 3 | Studio 54 Discotheque - The Cottage OtherWorld 2025 Fundraiser (Platform9, Terminal)
🎵 May 3 | PiNK PAL*ETT + LiONESSA: SL*TTY BASS VOL. 2 (Basement, Gastown)
😈 May 3 | Restricted Entertainment: DARKRAVE III (Industrial 236, EVan) more tix
🎵 May 3 | Digital Motion: SUBculture Saturdays ft. Substance, Metafloor, Tappa, Lofreq (Red Room, DT)
🎵 May 3 | Gorg-O-Mish Presents: Ben Annand & Tashi (Gorg-O-Mish, DT)
🎵 May 4 | Digital Motion: VENJENT [North American Tour / Vancouver Debut], OKTAE, ANINJA (Red Room, DT)
🎭 May 4 | Yellow Fire x Urban Renewal Project: CREATOR LAB 001 (Carousel Theatre, Granville Island)
🎭 May 4 | Geekenders: Hoth To Go: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Cabaret Tribute to Star Wars (Performance Works, Granville Island)
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🌻 May 1-4 | Jane’s Walk | Citizen-led Walking Conversations (YVR) FREE | ALL AGES
🎵 May 2 | Indoor Music with Hashman Deejay (The Lido, Mt Pleasant) FREE
🎵 May 2 | Electric Love Pre-Party: BASS NEXUS: Vancouver Locals Bass Showcase (Harbour Theatre, Edgewater) FREE RSVP
🎭 May 2+3 | Some Assembly Theatre Company: OUR LAST TREE (Roundhouse, Yaletown) FREE/by donation | ALL AGES
🌻 May 3 | Beltane Gaelic May Day Festival High Tea (Trout Lake, EVan) FREE
🎵 May 3 | PRNCSS: Ascension Red/White/Pink Listening & Dance Party | Outside food & drinks allowed (Gastown) PWYC cancelled
🎵 May 3 | DEAD FEST! LIVE ft. Dead End Drive-In, Dead Streets [Seattle], Sundiver, Die Job, Dead Churches (Red Gate, Mt Pleasant) ALL AGES
🛍️ May 3 | Matriarch Market (Vanier Park, Kits) FREE | ALL AGES
🛍️ May 3+4 | hijulez Artist Market: 10 Local Brands (Kerrisdale, SWVan) FREE | ALL AGES
✨ May 4 | AWAKENED Book Launch: A Queer Witch-Cowboy Literary Dance Party (Slice of Life, EVan) ALL AGES
🎭 May 4 | Zee Zee Theatre: RISE! A Community Offering for Every Day She Rose (YVR) FREE RSVP | ALL AGES
✨ May 4 | May the Fourth Be With You: Family Day (HR MacMillan Space Centre, Vanier Park) ALL AGES
🎤 May 4 | Afternoon VarieTea Open Mic (Bimini’s, Kits) FREE
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🔊 TUNE IN: LOCAL MUSIC RELEASES
≋ Diwa, by IHA | 6 track album
Code offering to those who have donated to a fundraiser regarding the events of April 26.
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love always
CP & Questhe