music and fireworks

On Tuesday night we ventured down to Yaletown, one of the sites that is part of LiveCity Vancouver to catch some of the free concert series going on. Every night for the entire run of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, there are free concerts and celebrations happening around town. There is a long list of great artists to check out including: Wilco, Alexisonfire, Sam Roberts Band, Wintersleep, Buck 65, and Blue Rodeo... just to name a few.

At the end of each show, there is a huge fireworks display too... very cool, exciting and romantic... well, except when we were there, and it was pouring rain and the two burly policemen standing in front of us kept sneaking into all the photos.

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virgin festival

Last weekend, Roger got us free one-day tickets for Virgin Festival at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. Even though we had plans that night, we thought we'd head there in the afternoon to just check out some of the acts and have a picnic (I think that's the first concert I have been to where we were allowed to bring our own food and water!). Managed to see a few bands, including K-OS, then had to leave since we were already meeting up with my sister who was visiting from out of town. Turns out shortly after we left, it was the first thundershower of the summer... it began to dump rain and the final act had to be cancelled. Hmm... so I guess everything worked out for a reason.