12 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, March 6

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      Looking for something to do tomorrow? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 12 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, March 6.

      CONCERTS

      Great Big Sea member Alan Doyle (pictured above) performs songs from latest solo album So Let's Go at the Vogue Theatre. Part of CelticFest Vancouver.

      Local indie-rock band the Duvettes performs with Relative and DJ Joe Gold at the Rickshaw Theatre.

      The Rogue Folk Club presents Canadian folk singer-songwriter Craig Cardiff at the CBC Studio 700.

      EVENTS ETC

      At venues across Vancouver, CelticFest Vancouver celebrates Celtic culture with music, dancing, plays, markets, demonstrations, and workshops.

      Performance Works hosts the Vancouver Web Fest, featuring three days of industry workshops, panels, pitch sessions, screenings, and parties.

      FOOD AND DRINK

      Whiskies from around the world are explored at a women-only tasting held at the Vancouver Club.

      COMEDY

      American standup comedian Emo Philips takes the stage at Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club.

      LITERARY EVENTS

      Author Andrew Struthers launches new book Around the World on Minimum Wage at the Commercial Street Cafe Gallery.

      Nino Pagliccia launches new book Cuba Solidarity in Canada—Five Decades of People-to-People Foreign Relations at the Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House.

      MUSIC

      The Vancouver Recital Society presents British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor at the Vancouver Playhouse.

      Cellist Eric Wilson and pianist Chiharu Iinuma perform works by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and Lucas Foss at the Roy Barnett Recital Hall.

      MOVIES

      The Vancouver Public Library Mount Pleasant Branch hosts a screening of Rush.

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