Entertainment
One of the most significant changes lately at the Waverley is the hiring of a fulltime entertainment coordinator. avigdor schulman (vig) has been presenting
music and performance art on the westcoast and N.S.W. Australia for 25 years. In the past 3 years he has successfully coordinated shows
for entertainers as diverse as MARIA MULDAUR and NOMEANSNO. From blues to hiphop, the clientele ranges in age from 19 to 70 and the weekends are hopping.
Quoia
Friday, May 18, 2012 | $10 Cover | Doors at 9:30pm | With special guest Shred Kelly.
Formed in the spring of 2008, Quoia {Kwoi – a} is a collective of musicians currently residing on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Quoia is a well-respected, well-established band known for their high energy live show and up lifting grooves. Their music is a perfect blend of originality and accessibility and they perform a dynamically entertaining show with a tightness and style possible only through years of focused playing.
This quintet quickly developed a loyal fan base by playing over 60 shows in their first year. They originally garnered much attention through their hugely popular weekly session at the Canoe Brewpub in Victoria, B.C. The night quickly grew in popularity and soon consistently packed the 410-person venue to capacity.
In 2010, the attention surrounding the group continued to grow rapidly. Following the release of their first EP “Five Feathers” early in the year, they were offered a multitude of opportunities.
Some of the bands notable accomplishments include having two songs licensed for use in the internationally distributed surfing movie “Around the world in 80 waves” and being selected to play at Rexall place in Edmonton for 14,000 people. They also played at Swangard Stadium in Vancouver for and MLS soccer game. On July 1st, 2011 they were selected to perform for 30,000 people on the main stage for Victoria’s Canada Day Celebrations.
Lastly, Quoia members are also co-founders/producers of the popular Tall Tree Music Festival in Port Renfrew, B.C. The event has featured many acts from the thriving music scene on Vancouver Island, and garnered national media attention by being put on CBC Radio 3’s Top Canadian Festivals list.
Mindil Beach Markets
Saturday, May 26, 2012 | $12 Advance $15 Door | Tickets available at Bop City, the Waverley Hotel or by phone (250) 336-8322. | Doors at 9:30pm. | With special guests 50th Parallel.
With special guests 50th Parallel.
Explosive, dynamic, and original, Mindil Beach Markets has discovered a blistering fusion of Rock, Reggae, Hip Hop, Folk, Funk, and Blues that is entirely their own. Their songs will leave you awash in sentiments ranging from love of the planet, to love of a party.
MBM’s diverse sound and universal appeal has enabled the band to play a wide variety of concerts and festivals, establishing a fan base stretching across all age groups and demographics. To date, MBM has been billed with such acts as Nazareth, Bedouin Soundclash, Del The Funky Homosapien (Hieroglyphics/Gorillaz), Katchafire and Hollerado.
Co-presented with Lightburn Productions.
Brasstronaut
Thursday, May 31, 2012 | $12 Advance $15 Door | Tickets available at Bop City, the Waverley Hotel or by phone (250) 336-8322. | With special guest Útidúr. | Doors at 9:00pm.
Emerging in 2008 with their debut Old World Lies EP, the Vancouver based sextet has developed a distinctly unique sound that continues to defy genre pigeonholing. Their ability to weave together unexpected textures of clarinet, slide-guitar, trumpet, noise, synthesizers, voice and rhythms has garnered them international acclaim from notable critics such as Gilles Peterson, BBC1, CBC Radio3, Exclaim!, Q Magazine, Toronto Star, to name a few. Other achievements include winning the 2010 Socan Echo Prize, a Polaris Prize nomination, a #1 Hype Machine listing, and also having completed a creative residency program at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts. The UK’s Independent newspaper has even called the band’s sound “a new way forward”.
Their second full-length, forthcoming, record was recorded with Juno Award winning producer Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, Dan Mangan, Cave Singers, etc.), and will be released in Canada May 15, and in early fall overseas.
With special guest Útidúr
Útidúr (pronounced: ooh - detour) is a ten piece group from Iceland that plays joyous and ambitious chamber-pop with a dramatic streak. Although this charismatic crew is quite (midnight) sunny in attitude they also know their way through darker waters. Trace elements of Angelo Badalamenti, Beirut, Calexico and Ennio Morricone can be found in their system so fans of these should expose themselves to Útidúr in any way they deem appropriate.
Útidúr’s debut album ‘This Mess We’ve Made’ is out now and was recorded at the Sigur Rós recording studio ‘Sundlaugin’ in the summer of 2010. The album is big in sound, featuring over 20 musicians, and you can expect a spacious blend of bipolar drama and sofa-sinking mellowness, all soaked in hook-laden pop sensibility.
Non Prophet Society
Friday, June 1, 2012 | $10 Cover | Doors at 9:30pm | With special guests the Dukes of Dodge.
Non Prophet Society is an original blues rock fusion band based out of Smithers, British Columbia. NPS has been creating a buzz in Northwestern B.C. since early 2006 performing festivals, pubs, restaurant, roadhouse, weddings in and around the area. Sweet guitar work, brilliant improvs, and cheeky originals aside, they play until the calluses on on their fingers fall off, or the crowd goes home. In an evening with Non Prophet Society you can expect to hear some catchy new songs you never heard before and some of you favourite classic rock, blues, and even country hits.
James Hay
During his lifelong love affair with the guitar and music in general, James has paid his dues in many rock bands across the Northwest, Lower Mainland, and Vancouver Island regions of B.C. He disciplined himself initially with rock and metal shredding, Playing in traditional blues bands, and progressing to formal classical guitar training at Malaspina University College. A return to the Bulkley Valley has rewarded him with strong connections that he has utilized to form a cohesive musical unit with which to perform his growing repetoire of original music.
Jason Friesen
Jason is a transplanted Smithereen, formerly of the Vancouver/Lower Mainland area. He cut his teeth as a bedroom guitar player while training in the art of guitar building, eventually co-establishing the Rayco Resophonic Guitar Company. Jason plays guitar, bass, and tries to sing in both NPS, as well as his side project as an operatic metal shred God. Influences range dramatically from rock, metal, and blues, to country, bluegrass, and swing.
Gary Miles
Gary's musical background started when he was five, beating the skins off of his older brother's drum kit. He continued in his quest of disturbing his family's peace by playing in school bands. Gary wants you to know that during his extensive travels to Europe and New Zealand, his highlight was playing in a Highland pipe and drum band in Scotland, although he wisely opted to leave the kilt behind. Gary is an old performing compadre of James', as well as other talented musicians in the Bulkley Valley over the years.
Kyprios and the Chaperones
Friday, June 8, 2012 | $12 Advance $15 Door | Tickets available at Bop City, the Waverley Hotel or by phone (250) 336-8322. | Doors at 9:30pm | With special guest Tonye Aganaba.
With special guest Tonye Aganaba.
On a roadtrip to New York City with Prevail from Swollen Members, the aspiring MC/actor/poet was compelled to lengthen his stay in hip hop’s Mecca. Studying theatre at HB Studios in Greenwich Village, hitting monthly rap battles anywhere in NYC and participating in poetry slams at the Nuyorican Poetry Cafe, the young artist was learning amongst the most reputed craftsman and developing his trade amongst them. Winning a poetry slam with a controversial spoken word piece “Hate,” Kyprios headed back to his hometown of North Vancouver to transfer his education into practice. Kyprios released the independent EP “Mic Tease” that would be the catalyst to get him performing numerous club shows and begin to host a weekly open mic poetry series dubbed “Come With It” in Vancouver.
During this period, Kyprios was also a founding member of the two time Juno-nominated Sweatshop Union. While working within the group, Kyp maintained his solo identity and continued to write and record his own material. This output included three tracks featured on the Local 604 album, which was released by BattleAxe Records. BattleAxe also selected Kyp’s song “Master” for inclusion on their Lyrics Of Fury compilation.
Kyprios moved back to Vancouver, re-joined Sweatshop Union to begin a rigorous touring schedule and put out the Juno nominated “United We Fall,” and the critically acclaimed “Water Street” albums. He recently released a new solo offering entitled “12:12? which propelled him into a radio competition for one hundred thousand dollars in Vancouver, through the Peak radio station called the Peak Performance Project. Kyprios eventually went on to win this prestigious competition and recognizes this experience as the most informative/beneficial of his career.
Kyprios has toured all over North America solo and as part of Sweatshop Union with the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, The Roots, Rakim, Living Legends, Swollen Members and Jurassic Five to name a few.
Tonye Aganaba is a sultry singer-songwriter born in London, England and raised in Northern Canada. Now based in Vancouver B.C., she has lent her voice to a collection of recordings spanning multiple genres of music such as Electro-House, Dubstep, Neo-Soul, Hip-Hop and R&B.
Bananafish Dance Orchestra
Saturday, June 16, 2012 | $12 Advance $15 Door | Tickets available at Bop City, the Waverley Hotel or by phone (250) 336-8322. | Doors at 9:30pm
Bananafish is a 7-piece powerhouse groove sensation!! With a 3-piece horn section and a 5-piece rhythm section, the music starts playing and the dancing never stops. From Latin to Funk, Jazz Fusion to Reggae & Ska, this band has been proven to keep you movin'. It's members are all Vancouver island residents and have either attended or graduated from the VIU Jazz Degree program. BFDO has just released their debut self titled album!! Enjoy the tasty, the refreshing, the energetic, BananaFish Dance Orchestra!
Los Rastrillos
Saturday, June 30, 2012 | $12 Advance $15 Door | Tickets available at Bop City, the Waverley Hotel or by phone (250) 336-8322. | Doors at 9:30pm.
Mexico City has been skanking to the cool- mestizo-reggae rhythms of the Rastrillos since 1988, grooving to their joys and pains, following their musical quest for basic human values—friendship, respect, love, communication, teamwork as well as individual effort—and for the group's growth.
The Rastrillos' songs talk about all they have experienced during this long voyage guided by the four winds. They have shared the stage with internationally renowned groups, and with the best the Mexican musical scene has to offer, infusing their compositions with every kind of musical influence, but never compromising their unique sound, identity and roots. They use reggae as a route to self-awareness.
The Rastrillos is more than just a band: it is a vessel for the fusion of multiple artistic disciplines in a kind of open workshop that functions thanks to the participation of many talented creators. These contributions have enriched the collective project, which has allowed the Rastrillos to create a genuine and constantly evolving sound.