Friday, May 22nd, 2026
Tall Brain AND Tall Mary @ KW Studios
$20 presale, $25 at door, Doors 7pm, Sounds 8pm
111 Hastings, Vancouver, BC
Pulling double duty with two bands that start with Tall. As usual I will be playing electric bass with Tall Brain and this will be my first show playing guitar with Tall Mary. Also on the bill are dpqb and The Magic Triangle.
https://www.showpass.com/mary-vs-brain-tall-mary-tall-brain-unknown-and-dpqb/
https://tallmary.bandcamp.com/album/when-will-i-find-something-new
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
Elise Boulanger @ Studio 16
Various ticket options, see the link below
8pm.
1551 West 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC
I will be joining vocalist/instrumentalist Elise Boulanger and her band for her set at the Festival D’Été Francophone de Vancouver. Kelly Bado will also be on the bill.
https://www.lecentreculturel.com/kellybado-eliseboulanger\
Friday, June 5th, 2026
how to survive a high rise hotel fire @ Victory Square
Free. Outside at Victory Square – 7pm
118 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC
htsahrhf are supporting two touring bands from Calgary: Facts (free jazz drums/piano duo) and Quiet Winter (post rock/ambient).
Monday, June 15th, 2026
Tall Mary @ Red Gate
$20 – Doors 7pm, Sound 7:30
1965 Main St, Vancouver, BC
Playing with Tall Mary for a Sled Island send off show with Chlorine Time Machine, Horse Rider and Bananahaus.
https://tallmary.bandcamp.com/album/when-will-i-find-something-new
Friday, June 19th, 2026
Tall Mary @ Palomino (Sled Island)
Free Show, Priority given to pass holders
Doors 1:30pm, Sound 2:30pm
109 7 Ave SW, Calgary, AB
Making my sled island debut with Tall Mary. Also on the bill is Plëzher, Cell Press, and PERRA.
https://www.sledisland.com/2026/tall-mary
https://tallmary.bandcamp.com/album/when-will-i-find-something-new
Friday, June 26th, 2026
how to survive a high rise hotel fire @ Red Gate
$25 – Doors 7pm, Sound 8pm
1965 Main St, Vancouver, BC
“Lucas ‘Granpa’ Abela (fka Justice Yeldham) of Sydney, Australia, is best known for shmucking your earballs into writhing fractal ephemera with glass, his face, and circuitry. We are extremely proud to present Lucas, who is also on this year’s Sled Island, on his long-awaited return to Vancouver. Supporting Lucas Abela are Deliriant Fracture (AV power electronics / industrial by Anju Singh of The Nausea and Vancouver Noise Fest) RITUAL PURIFICATION (Indigenous noise to colonial signals) how to survive a high rise hotel fire (experimental performance duo, direct channel of invariable truth) Allinesik (of Regina, Saskatchewan, unfolding atmospheric landscapes of tone and tension)”
Sunday, June 28th, 2026
Mike WT Allen’s Space Elevator @ Vancouver Jazz Festival (Downtown Stage)
Free – Sound 1:30pm
850 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC
“Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the 20-person jazz-metal powerhouse that is Space Elevator channels Mike WT Allen’s ideas of what big band music can sound like in the modern age…and it sounds pretty wild! Mike’s compositions travel between big band jazz, heavy metal, funk, experimental, and the avant-garde, while boasting a 14-piece horn section, guitars, synths, and not one but TWO drummers. Don’t forget your ear plugs, it’s gonna get loud!
With Evan Cribb, Jen Davidson, Dom Conway, James Wilfred Martin, and David Brown saxophones; Robin Comeau, Jocelyn Waugh, Heather Anderson, Thad Bailey-Mai, and Trevor Whitridge trumpets; Nicky Walsh, Casey Thomas-Burns, Janine King, and George McNally trombones; Terrence Trusdale keys; Thomas Hoeller and Seb Chamney guitars; Nikko Whitworth bass; Eliot Doyle and Max Ley drums.”
https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/mike-wt-allens-space-elevator-2/
https://mikewtallense.bandcamp.com/album/ceci-nest-pas-une-album
Sunday, June 28th, 2026
Wallgrin @ Vancouver Jazz Festival (Ocean Artworks Stage)
$15 (in advance and at the door)
Sound at 8:30pm
1531 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC
“Wallgrin is the experimental art-pop project of Toronto-based composer, vocalist and violinist Tegan Wahlgren. Drawing from a background in Celtic fiddle and choral singing, Wallgrin moves between lush string-based orchestration, beat-driven pop, and ornate vocal arrangements. From their 2018 debut Bird/Alien to their most recent album, Yet Again The Wheel Turns, Wallgrin’s world-building has always revolved around fantastical and mythological imagery. Called “an innovative artist who is just starting to flex their myriad skills and talents” (CBC Music), and a songwriter who “measures up to standards set by art-pop visionaries like Björk and Kate Bush” (Northern Transmissions), their spirited and raw live performances have led them to international festivals like Iceland Airwaves, The Great Escape, and Tallinn Music Week.
With Jen Yakamovich drums, Elisa Thorn harp, Nikko Whitworth bass, Amanda Sum keys/synth.”
Sharing the bill with the one and only Devours.
https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/wallgrin-devours/
Sunday, June 28th, 2026
Wednesday, July 1st, 2026
Immix @ Vancouver Jazz Festival (Revue Stage)
PWYC – Sound 5pm
1601 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC
“With a sound world that embraces the magnetism of bodies, the emotions of late-capitalist hearts, and the dreams of ghosts and angels, Immix’s songs dance between the vulnerability of the human voice and the potential of an emergent vocabulary hidden within the glitch and grain of synthesized voice. The burgeoning solo project of Robyn Jacob–a composer, performer and educator who has worked with Grammy-winning ensembles Third Coast Percussion and Sō Percussion, Chor Leoni, and others–Immix sees Jacob exploring voice and harmonizer alongside Olive Shakur double bass, Nico Whitworth double bass, Haley Bird oboe, and Liam Hockley bass clarinet.
This event will also be screening the short film Dream Baby Dream.”
https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/immix/
past performances
April 2026
4/4 - Tall Brain @ KW Studios
4/11 - 8EAST Recording Project @ 8EAST
4/12 - SISSY XO @ Bully's Studio
4/26 - Imaginal Cells @ The Hargrove (Lost Dog Sundays)
March 2026
3/8 - Elisa Thorn Trio @ St Andrew's-Wesley United Church (Jazz Vespers)
3/26 - Imaginal Airlines: Flight A108 w/Adrian Avendaño, Nikko Whitworth, Matthew Ariaratnam
3/27 - Imaginal Airlines: Flight A108 w/Irene Senent, Jen Yakamovich, Nikko Whitworth
3/28 - Elisa Thorn Trio @ David Lam Park (Cherry Blossoms Festival After Dark)
February 2026
2/4 - Tall Brain @ Lanalou’s (Gander Jam)
2/8 - how to survive a high rise hotel fire @ Red Gate (Disorder)
2/13 - how to survive a high rise hotel fire @ take your time back
2/14 - solo electric bass set @ KW Studios (Teflon Spine)
2/18 - Mandelbrat @ Lanalou's (Gander Jam)
2/27 - Hauser/Ariaratnam/Whitworth @ Zameem Art House
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