114 Vancouver concerts in September
If you're a Vancouver guitar-rock fan who's into AC/DC (above), the Who, and the Foo Fighters, you're in luck as far as September gigs go. But there's also plenty for those who appreciate hip-hop, death-grind, folk, world, jazz, African, boogie-funk, Celtic, accordion-noir, reggae, gypsy-punk, indie-pop, blues, and even DJ music.
SEPTEMBER 1: the Georgia Straight presents American jam-rock group the Dave Matthews Band performing acoustic and electric sets at Rogers Arena.
SEPTEMBER 1: Australian psychedelic-garage band King Gizzard & the Wizard plays the Biltmore Cabaret, touring in support of latest album I'm in Your Mind Fuzz.
SEPTEMBER 2: legendary American pop-vocal group Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (“Big Girls Don’t Cry”, “Walk Like a Man”) plays the River Rock Show Theatre.
SEPTEMBER 2: New Jersey stoner-rock band the Atomic Bitchwax (above) plays the Rickshaw Theatre, with guests Black Wizard, Black Pussy, Mos Generator, and Against the Grain.
SEPTEMBER 2: the Western Arts Alliance World Music Showcase at the Imperial features music by Alex Cuba, Harry Manx, African Guitar Summit, Locarno, and Vahagni.
SEPTEMBER 3: American rockers Eagles of Death Metal play the Commodore Ballroom.
SEPTEMBER 3: American alt-rock musician and Taking Back Sunday member John Nolan plays the Media Club.
SEPTEMBER 3: dance-music duo Audiotricz plays Venue, with guests Crisis Era and Jimmy Vu.
SEPTEMBER 3: Vancouver punk band Living With Lions plays the Cobalt, with guests Broadway Calls, Youth Decay, and Grease Thieves.
J. Garcia SEPTEMBER 4: the Georgia Straight presents American soul-blues guitarist-vocalist Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals (above) at Malkin Bowl, with guests Benjy Ferree.
SEPTEMBER 4: American hip-hop artist and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon plays Venue, with guests Juvi Dizzle, Mic Dreams, JuLS, ILL-Legitimate, and Flipout.
SEPTEMBER 4: Australian indie-rock duo Big Scary plays the Cobalt, touring in support of upcoming release.
SEPTEMBER 4: the Georgia Straight presents Denver gypsy-punk/indie-folk quartet Devotchka at the Imperial.
SEPTEMBER 4: New York hardcore band Madball plays the Rickshaw, performing tunes from its 27-year career.
SEPTEMBER 4: Minneapolis punk-rock trio Babes in Toyland (above) plays the Biltmore Cabaret.
SEPTEMBER 5: New York City-based DJ-producer songwriter duo the Chainsmokers, consisting of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, plays the Commodore.
SEPTEMBER 5: Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna plays the Rickshaw, with guests Minsk, Subrosa, Anciients, Bushwhacker, If We Are Machines, and Astrakhan.
SEPTEMBER 5: American punk-metal band the Melvins plays Venue, touring in support of latest release Hold It In.
SEPTEMBER 6: American rapper Machine Gun Kelly plays the Vogue Theatre, touring in support of upcoming album General Admission, with guest King Los.
SEPTEMBER 6: Netherlands electronica DJ Dannic plays Venue.
SEPTEMBER 6: Toronto hard-rock band Bloody Diamonds (above) plays Studio Records, with guests Elizabeth and Caustic Sodapop.
SEPTEMBER 7: California singer-songwriter Mikal Cronin plays the Biltmore, with guests the Cairo Gang.
SEPTEMBER 8: American pop-music parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic performs at the Queen E. Theatre on his Mandatory World Tour.
SEPTEMBER 9: English folk-rock singer-songwriter Passenger plays the Orpheum Theatre, with guest Gregory Alan Isakov.
SEPTEMBER 9: death-metal bands Krisiun and Origin coheadline the Rickshaw, with guests Aeon, Alterbeast, Soreption, and Ingested.
Volkan YukselSEPTEMBER 10: British guitar legend and former Dire Straits member Mark Knopfler (above) plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. SOLD OUT.
SEPTEMBER 10: Christie Lee Charles, Rup Sidhu, Jillian Christmas, JB the First Lady, Kimmortal, and Abyssinian Creole perform at WISE Hall for Frontlines Beat Pipelines II, with proceeds to the Unist'ot'en Camp's Healing Center.
SEPTEMBER 10: American boogie-funk musician Dam-Funk plays Venue.
SEPTEMBER 10: English indie-rock band the Cribs plays the Cobalt, touring in support of latest album For All My Sisters.
SEPTEMBER 10: the eighth edition of the Accordion Noir Festival kicks off at the Western Front.
SEPTEMBER 10: Vancouver rapper Madchild plays Alexander, with guests Demrick, Pimpton, and Adlib.
SEPTEMBER 10: the Roedde House Jazz Concert Series presents local jazz group the Steve Kaldestad Trio at Roedde House.
SEPTEMBER 11: the Georgia Straight presents Seattle guitar-rockers the Foo Fighters (above) at Rogers Arena, with guest Gary Clark Jr.
SEPTEMBER 11: Norwegian DJ and producer Orjan Nilsen coheadlines the Commodore with Australian trance DJ Marlo.
SEPTEMBER 11: the Step Into Tomorrow Party at the Media Club features music by Joshua Oldsoul, XVI Records, and Mixes, with proceeds to Frenchies Run Faster Than Cancer.
SEPTEMBER 11: cellist Peggy Lee, guitarist Tony Wilson, and the NOW ensemble perform at the PAL Studio Theatre for the Sweetbird fundraiser.
SEPTEMBER 11: Vancouver indie band Jay Malinowski and the Deadcoast plays the Fox Cabaret, touring in support of Skulls & Bones, the companion book to previously released album Martel.
SEPTEMBER 11: Vancouver world trio featuring piano-guitarist Itamar Erez, handpan player and percussionist Liron Man, and clarinetist Francois Houle plays VCC Broadway.
SEPTEMBER 11: Seattle-based country-folk singer-songwriter Noah Gunderson plays the Biltmore, touring in support of latest album Carry the Ghost.
SEPTEMBER 11: Brooklyn-based electronica musician Eliot Lipp plays the Rickshaw, with guests Gladkill and Kermode.
SEPTEMBER 12: English indie-rock band alt-J plays Burnaby's Deer Lake Park, touring in support of latest release This Is all Yours, with guests San Fermin.
SEPTEMBER 12: the Red Truck Parking Lot Concert Series features performances by Logan Mize, Me and Mae, Rod Black, Cash Crawford (above), and Jaxon Hawks at Red Truck Brewery.
SEPTEMBER 12: the Rogue Folk Club presents Scottish troubadour Dick Gaughan at St. James Hall.
SEPTEMBER 12: German DJ and producer Tensnake plays the Imperial, with guests Luke McKeehan and Andy Clockwork.
SEPTEMBER 12: American and British rock bands Toto and Yes ("Hold the Line"/"Roundabout") play the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver on a coheadlining tour.
SEPTEMBER 12: Brooklyn-based psychedelic-rock trio A Place to Bury Strangers the Cobalt, with guests Grooms.
SEPTEMBER 12: Indian composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant play the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
SEPTEMBER 13: Saskatchewan musical duo Belle Plaine & Blake Berglund plays the Railway Club, touring in support of a recent collaborative vinyl-record release.
SEPTEMBER 13: American Christian/alt-metal band P.O.D. plays Venue, with guests Islander.
SEPTEMBER 14: Missouri punk band Radkey plays the Cobalt, touring in support of debut album Dark Black Makeup.
SEPTEMBER 14: the Georgia Straight presents American funk-rock act Primus & the Chocolate Factory (above), featuring bassist-vocalist Les Claypool, with the Fungi Ensemble.
SEPTEMBER 16: night of DJ beats at the Roxy featuring Beastie Boys member Mix Master Mike, with support from locals Vinyl Ritchie and JT James.
SEPTEMBER 16: English post-punk band the Chameleons Vox plays the Rickshaw, performing album Script of the Bridge in its entirety, with guests Infidel.
SEPTEMBER 16: the Georgia Straight presents Australian electronica duo Empire of the Sun at the Orpheum, with guests Holy Ghost!
SEPTEMBER 17: Philadelphia pop band Man Man plays Venue, with guests Shilpa Ray.
SEPTEMBER 17: New York City indie-rock band Blonde Redhead plays the Imperial, with guests Day Wave.
SEPTEMBER 17: Toronto-based rock band Young Empires coheadlines with Toronto-based electropop duo Brave Shores, with guests Seoul.
SEPTEMBER 17: the Railtown Cultural Eclective presents María Volonté and Kevin Carrel Footer's tango-blues project at the Orpheum Annex.
SEPTEMBER 17: California singer-songwriter and Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape plays the Cobalt, with guests Walt Hamburger, Laura Mardon, and KJ Jansen.
SEPTEMBER 17: American hip-hop artist Sage Francis plays Alexander, touring in support of latest album Copper Gone.
SEPTEMBER 17: reggae-pop singer-songwriter Daniel Wesley (above) performs an acoustic show at the Roxy, followed by a Q&A session.
SEPTEMBER 18: Calgary-based production duo Beach Season plays the Fox Cabaret, with guests Bed of Stars and Oceanographers.
SEPTEMBER 18: American rock band Modest Mouse plays Malkin Bowl, touring in support of latest release Strangers to Ourselves.
SEPTEMBER 18: American soul-pop vocalist and actor Patti Labelle ("New Attitude", "On My Own") plays Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.
SEPTEMBER 18: Paris music producer Onra plays Fortune Sound Club, touring in support of latest album Fundamentals.
SEPTEMBER 18: San Diego death-grind band Cattle Decapitation plays the Rickshaw, with guests King Parrot, Black Crown Initiate, Dark Sermon, and Zuckuss.
SEPTEMBER 18: Ontario-based indie-rock band Tokyo Police Club plays the Imperial, with guests Van Damsel.
SEPTEMBER 19: The Rogue Folk Club presents local Celtic ensemble Blackthorn performing material from new album Open Skies.
SEPTEMBER 19: Festival African Heritage Music and Dance Society presents music by Ndidi Onukwulu, Mr Fantastik, and OHR Afrika at Surrey City Hall.
SEPTEMBER 19: Kim Soo Goodtrack, Lea Sheldon, Gerry Potter, Daryl Wakeham, and Mark Sheldon perform at the Goodtrack Collective CD Release Party at New West's Heritage Grill.
SEPTEMBER 19: End of Summer Tropical Boat Cruise aboard the MV Britannia features music by Alibaba, Daddy Mikey, Earl Da Pearl, and DJ El-Nino.
SEPTEMBER 19: Montreal indie-pop singer-songwriter Coeur de pirate (above) plays the Commodore.
SEPTEMBER 19: Montreal orchestral-pop rockers the Dears play the Fox Cabaret, touring in support of sixth album Times Infinity Volume One.
SEPTEMBER 19: American rapper tours Joey Bada$$ plays the Vogue, touring in support of debut release B4.DA.$$.
SEPTEMBER 19: Canadian musicians Hayden & Chad VanGaalen coheadline the Imperial, with guest Samantha Savage Smith.
SEPTEMBER 19: Vancouver alt-rock and metal bands One Left Alive and Celestial Ruin coheadline Venue, with guests Dead Rivals.
SEPTEMBER 19: Portland indie-pop band Pure Bathing Culture plays Fortune Sound Club.
SEPTEMBER 20: music by the Sentimental Journey Big Band at Knox United Church raises money for the First United Church's ministry on the Downtown Eastside.
SEPTEMBER 20: pop duo Say Lou Lou (above), featuring sisters Miranda and Elektra Kilbey, plays the Media Club, touring in support of debut release Lucid Dreaming.
SEPTEMBER 20: American indie-electronica artist Neon Indian plays the Imperial.
SEPTEMBER 21: American electronica musician Toro Y Moi plays the Commodore, with guests Astronauts, Etc.
SEPTEMBER 21: reunited American alt-rock bands Hum and Mineral play a coheadlining show at the Rickshaw.
SEPTEMBER 22: Australian hard-rock legends AC/DC ("Highway to Hell", "You Shook Me All Night Long") play B.C. Place Stadium on their Rock or Bust Tour, with guests Vintage Trouble.
SEPTEMBER 24: experimental piano-pop music by vocalist Alicia Hansen and drummer Ben Brown at Pyatt Hall.
SEPTEMBER 22: Toronto-based indie-rock band Grounders plays the Media Club, touring in support of debut self-titled LP.
SEPTEMBER 22: British-American-Australian electronica trio the Acid plays Fortune Sound Club.
SEPTEMBER 22: American country artist Brantley Gilbert ("Bottoms Up") plays the Commodore.
SEPTEMBER 23: Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith plays the Rio, with guest Kevin Hearn.
SEPTEMBER 23: instrumental duo Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld plays the Biltmore, touring in support of latest release of original compositions for horn and violin Never Were the Way She Was.
SEPTEMBER 23: Canadian industrial band Front Line Assembly plays Venue.
SEPTEMBER 24: American blues-rock singer-songwriter Beth Hart (above) plays the Vogue, touring in support of latest release Better Than Home.
SEPTEMBER 25: local percussion band Kutapira performs Zimbabwean-style melodies and Afro-Latin rhythms at West Vancouver Memorial Library.
SEPTEMBER 25: violinist, pianist, and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain performs with spoken-word artist and activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph at Chan Centre's Telus Studio Theatre.
SEPTEMBER 25: U.K. doom-metal band Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats plays the Commdore, with guests Ruby the Hatchet and Ecstatic Vision.
SEPTEMBER 25: Canadian country artists Paul Brandt and Dean Brody coheadline the Abbotsford Centre on their Road Trip tour, with guest Lindi Ortega.
SEPTEMBER 25: Brooklyn-based house trio Tortured Soul plays the Imperial, with guests DJ Krown, DJ Luis, and Luke McKeehan.
SEPTEMBER 25: pianist John Kameel Farah presents fresh lyrical takes on improvisation, hard-edged multi-metered Arabic rhythms at the Western Front.
SEPTEMBER 26: American rock-guitar hero Marty Friedman (above), formerly of Megadeth, plays the Rickshaw, with guests Exmortus.
SEPTEMBER 26: American jazz group Louis Hayes & The Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band plays the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts.
SEPTEMBER 26: Australian psych-pop band Sticky Fingers plays the Media Club.
SEPTEMBER 26: U.K. electronica duo Autechre plays the Imperial, with guests cygnus and Rob Hall.
SEPTEMBER 26: Vancouver blues veteran Jim Byrnes plays Langley's Baselines Pub, with guest Desiree Dawson.
SEPTEMBER 26: Seattle indie-rock band Chastity Belt (above) plays the Biltmore, with guests Strange Wilds.
SEPTEMBER 26: French DJ-producer Zimmer plays Alexander, touring in support of debut release Coming of Age.
SEPTEMBER 27: American folk-rock singer-songwriter Martin Sexton plays the Imperial, touring in support of latest album Mixtape of the Open Road.
SEPTEMBER 27: Brooklyn-based producer and DJ Taylor McFerrin plays Alexander, with guest Photay.
SEPTEMBER 27: American pop-punk band All Time Low plays the Vogue, performing on its Future Hearts tour.
SEPTEMBER 28: English industrial-metal band Godflesh plays Venue, with guests Prurient.
SEPTEMBER 28: American actor, comedian, musician and former Grass Roots member Creed Bratton plays Langley's Cascades Casino.
SEPTEMBER 29: British rock legends the Who (above), featuring original vocalist Roger Daltrey and original guitarist Pete Townshend, play Rogers Arena, with guest Joan Jett.
SEPTEMBER 29: Winnipeg hardcore-punk band Comeback Kid plays the Cobalt, with guests Stray From the Path.
SEPTEMBER 29: English punk-rock legend Paul Weller from the Jam plays the Commodore, with guests Villagers.
SEPTEMBER 30: the Georgia Straight presents Scottish indie-rock trio the Fratellis at the Commodore, touring in support of latest album Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied.
SEPTEMBER 30: American rock musician and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell plays the Orpheum, touring in support of new solo album Higher Truth. SOLD OUT.
SEPTEMBER 30: California-based gothic-folk singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe (above) plays the Rickshaw, touring in support of latest release Abyss.
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