Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza is coming to Vancouver this July, under the Grand Chapiteau at Concord Pacific Place. Tickets are on pre-sale right now so you’ll have to sign up as a member to purchase tickets for the time being, with tickets starting at $50.
Cirque du Soleil shows in Vancouver are always very popular and sell out pretty quickly, so it’s a good idea to buy tickets early. Just got mine yesterday and am very excited to catch the show.
Vintage rhythm and blues by potent young artists. India.Arie’s Grammy-winning R & B, which recalls such soul masters as Roberta Flack and Stevie Wonder, makes “faith, goodness and positive thinking seductive,” according to The New York Times. Raphael Saadiq is a throwback, a retro-soul practitioner who has mined a rich vein of old-school R & B and Motown cool since his days with 80s hit-makers Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tickets are already on sale at Tickets.com, starting at $42.50. The concert will be held at the Orpheum Theatre, and starts 8pm on Saturday, March 20th. This is going to be such a sick, sick, sick show. I am so excited.
Videos of both India.Arie and Raphael Saadiq after the jump. Don’t sleep!!
Here’s a pretty sweet 40 second trailer for the BBC Sport’s coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. (I hope the Brits don’t get misled to believe Vancouver is actually overrun by wolves… or snow, for that matter.)
Free urban zipline during Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
As a downtown Vancouver resident, I am a little apprehensive about the Olympics coming up in a couple of weeks and basically taking over the downtown core. However, there is no denying that there will be some pretty crazy events going on in our usually quiet little city.
One of those events: free urban zipline across Robson Street, provided by Ziptrek Ecotours.
Come and be dazzled at Ziptrek’s latest venture. Perched above the law courts at Robson Square, guests will be provided the opportunity to zip over 170 metres (550′) across Robson Street. Guests will zip high above the crowds an exhilarating six stories over Vancouver’s iconic downtown core!
This unique endeavor will provide visitors the opportunity to experience the thrill and exhilaration of ziplining – brought to prominence in North America by Ziptrek’s flagship operation in Whistler. Switching the traditional backdrop of old growth forest, to cityscape, should prove to be an amazing and rare experience. Not to mention the fact it will be taking place at one of the key hubs of Olympic activity! Be sure to come and check out this exclusive attraction. Only during the Olympics, and Free!
Sounds nuts! I’ll definitely line up for this one. (If only downtown residents were given a free fast-pass to skip the line…) The zipline will be open from February 12th until the 28th, from 10:00am – 9:00pm. Mark your calendars, folks!
While the Japanese Taiko drum is a simple traditional instrument, it has the world’s greatest sound pressure and is an instrument that conceals infinite possibilities.
Enchanted by this instrument, Tao have freed the taiko from its confines of being the “successor of Japan’s traditional culture” and developed a totally new genre of entertainment.
Tao brought together highly skilled technical staff and produced a show with their meticulous eye for detail and performance mastery. They built a powerful management force and using their wonderful sales skills began actively performing.
They then set up base at a site of 40,000 square meters, surrounded by nature in a national park at Kyushu’s Kuju Plateau, prided as one of Japan’s most picturesque areas. While receiving inspiration from the rich natural environment that engulfed them, they grappled with the meaning of real music, undertook the strenuous training of athletes and continued to produce totally unique pieces of music that totally overturned Japanese taiko’s traditional image. In the blink of an eye, word of their activities spread like wild fire. Tao received explosive support in Japan, renowned as a “Japanese Taiko Group with a difference”. In just 7 years from it’s formation, Tao achieved incredible popularity with an audience exceeding one million.
TAO’s Worldwide Whirlwind The rest of the world could not help but notice such a conspicuous Japanese troupe. In 2004, with outstanding success, Tao took the powerful performances they developed in Japan to the world’s most renowned Arts Festival, the “Edinburgh Fringe Festival”. From among the 1800 artists that gathered from all over the world, Tao continuously achieved the record of No. 1 daily ticket sales. Judged by the media as “undoubtedly the best masterpiece”, Tao received a 5 star rating. Promoters around the world noted this amazing success and thus Tao began their first, real world tour.
Will be a good show for sure. Last I checked, the best available seats were balcony seats. The show will likely sell out soon, the closer we get to Olympic season. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster, starting at $42.00.
