18 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Friday, June 26

Looking for something to do on Friday? The Straight’s got you covered. Here are 18 events happening in or around Vancouver on Friday, June 26.

CONCERTS

American rapper Goldlink tours in support of latest release The God Complex at Alexander.

Brooklyn-based jazz vocalist-trumpeter Bria Skonberg performs with her band as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Held at Performance Works.

New York City-based jazz vocalist Eliane Elias performs at the Vogue Theatre as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.

New York-based post-rock musician Son Lux performs with guest Olga Bell. Part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Held at the Fortune Sound Club.

The Rogue Folk Club presents El Paso-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Tom Russell at the St. James Hall.

Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath performs with his band as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Held at Pyatt Hall.

Dutch post-bop quartet the Eric Boeren 4tet performs as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Held at Ironworks.

Montreal dance-electronica multi-instrumentalist Pomo takes the stage at the Fortune Sound Club.

Vancouver post-jazz duo Peregrine Falls performs as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Held at Ironworks.

SPORTS

All Star Wrestling presents women's-wrestling matches at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

COMEDY

American author and standup comedian Jen Kirkman takes the stage at the Biltmore Cabaret.

Amber Harper-Young and Brent Constantine host Vancouver-themed comedy at Hot Art Wet City Gallery.

DANCE

The Endangered Dance Co. presents A Woman's Worth at the Columbia Theatre.

LITERARY EVENTS

The Vancouver Public Library Central Branch hosts an evening of poetry by Cecily Nicholson, Rob Budde, Kayla Czaga, Patrick Lane, Jane Munro, and Russell Thornton.

MUSIC

The East Van Choir Collective performs with the Kingsgate Chorus, Mount Pleasant Regional Institute of Sound, ESCHOIR, and DJ Ruggedly Handsome at the Rickshaw Theatre.

MOVIES

The Rio Theatre screens Stuart Gordon's 1985 comedy-horror flick Re-Animator.

The Rio Theatre screens American Graffiti, George Lucas's 1973 film about friends who cruise the streets of small-town California.

The Rio Theatre screens Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater's 1993 film about the adventures of incoming high-school and junior-high students.