Events in the Village
Evenings in Edgemont: 10th Anniversary
As promised, summer is just around the corner (we are assured of it!) and so are our summer music concerts. Join us as Edgemont Village celebrates our 10th year with Evenings in Edgemont, our Friday night outdoor music concert series.
This annual event is brought to you by the Edgemont Village Business & Professional Association, the District of North Vancouver and the North Vancouver Recreation Commission (and with Edgemont Village merchant sponsors who help to defray the costs of these events).
Anticipation starts early for this increasingly popular venue. As soon as the weather begins to warm, we start to get inquiries from bands hoping to perform and from our community, who can’t wait for the performances to start.
This anniversary year, we have a spectacular and diverse lineup, with exciting music to please every musical taste. Exuberant Swing. Foot stompin’ country. Standards swung hard. Tractor jazz(?). And at long last, for all of us Boomers, a nod to the 60s with a British Invasion evening. (Can you do the Freddy?)
On a few special evenings this summer, we’ll be enhancing our line-up with some visiting dancers. And for those of you who have always been interested but too shy: a dance lesson or two at intermissions.
As always — with our community partner, the North Vancouver Community Arts Council — we can expect to be dazzled and bewitched by the Wild Lights Lantern Festival and Fire Performances by Public Dreams on our last evening (August 22nd) following this year’s final band. These evenings attract roughly 5000 people, many of them children who, after making lanterns before or during the event, are able to join the parade and walk through the Village with the musicians and costumed performers from Public Dreams. If you are able to attend only one concert this summer, be sure to bring your children or grandchildren for this wondrous evening!
We look forward to seeing you all here this summer for our fantastic community concerts. Can there be a better to way to spend an evening than in the company of your neighbours, with music soaring through the air of this magical setting?
Please remember to check the site for Friday night weather forecasts and possible last minute rainout cancellations. Otherwise, don’t forget your lawn chairs and your dancing shoes!
Photos courtesy of Kia Porter Photography. To see more photos from the event (and other community photos), visit our Edgemont Village group on Flickr.
Evenings in Edgemont: 2008 Schedule
7 to 9pm, every Friday evening throughout July and August
July 4th · Three Generations of Swing (Swing)
Sponsors · Trims; BMO Bank of Montreal; Edgemont Fine Wines, Spirits & Ales
July 11th · The Artie Devlin Quintet (Souped-up standards)
Sponsors · Delany’s Coffee House; Digby Leigh & Co.; TD Canada Trust
July 18th · Tiller’s Folly (Celtic)
Sponsors · Shirley Clarke & Co. Real Estate Inc.; Runaway Bay Day Spa; St. Catherines Childcare Society
July 25th · Backbeat (British Invasion)
Sponsors · The Bakehouse; Highland Optical; Pharmasave
August 1st · Smith & Jones (Foot-stompin’ country)
Sponsors · Starbucks; Zig Zag; RBC Royal Bank
August 8th · Paul Pigat Quartet (Jumpin’, jivin’ jazz)
Sponsors · Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory; HSBC Bank Canada; The Edge Bistro
August 15th · Headwater (Tractor jazz)
Sponsors · Giftworks; BC Playthings; Kidsbooks
August 22 · California Calling (Surf)
Hosts · The Executive Committee Members of the Edgemont Village Business & Professional Association
Grand Finale! · North Vancouver Community Arts Council’s Wild Lights Lantern Festival, with Fire Performances by Public Dreams