Events in the Village
12th Annual Evenings in Edgemont
Can you hear it? Music notes, faintly in the air… signalling, for those of us here in Edgemont Village, the official beginning of summer. The long awaited arrival of sunshine harkens our summer music series!
Join us as Edgemont Village celebrates summer with our 12th annual Evenings in Edgemont, our Friday night outdoor music concert series.
This fabulous neighborhood event is brought to you by the Edgemont Village Business & Professional Association, the District of North Vancouver, the North Vancouver Recreation Commission and the listed Edgemont Village merchant sponsors who help to defray the costs of these events.
As always, we carefully select bands to bring vibrant, diverse and stimulating music to the neighborhood to engage and inform you, but also to enhance your musical horizons and mostly to just enjoy. Something for every musical taste. This year a little Motown, more scintilating Cuban ( just try not to dance!), Tractor Jazz, Cajun, Soul, Celtic and for us diehard Beatlemaniacs; The Fab Fourever return.
We tried to get you dancing last year with moderate success…and we aren’t giving up on you. Your efforts were valiant and we will encourage you each friday to keep trying, so that by August 13th, our family dance party night you will be stoked, and ready!
This will be our 2nd Dancing in the Street, family street dance, with The Bobcats for some Rock & Roll. See the event posting for details & remember to practice your dancing at any/all of the concert nights!
Sadly, there will be no Grande Finale this year. One of our community partners, the North Vancouver Community Arts Council, will no longer be part of our concert series due to significant budget cutbacks. The loss of this grant to them, and subsequently to us and our community has repurcussion’s we will all feel.
We have been very fortunate to have been, dazzled and bewitched by the Wild Lights Lantern Festival and Fire Performances by Public Dreams on our last evening for many years, and for this we are very grateful. These evenings attracted roughly 5000 people, many of them children who, after making lanterns before or during the event, were able to join the parade and walk through the Village with the musicians and costumed performers from Public Dreams. Building memories for a lifetime. We thank you.
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!
To see photos from our concerts/ events and other community photos, visit our Edgemont Village group on Flickr and our village archives.Evenings in Edgemont: 2010 Schedule
7 to 9pm, every Friday evening throughout July and August
July 09th · La Candela (Cuban Dance Music)
Sponsors · Edgemont Village Jewellers; Trims; Highland Optical
July 16th · The Paper Boys (Celtic)
Sponsors · Team Clarke; Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.; Cobs Bread
July 23rd · Fab Fourever (Beatlemania)
Sponsors ·Delany’s Coffee House; Digby Leigh & Co.; HSBC
July 30th ·Gary Comeau & The Voodoo Allstars (Cajun)
Sponsors · Giftworks; BCPlaythings; Kidsbooks: TDCanada Trust
Aug 06th · Headwater (Tractor jazz)
Sponsors · Runaway Bay Day Spa; Highlands United Church; RBC
August 13th · ‘Dancing In The Street’ (Family dance night) The Bobccats (Classic 50’s 60’s Rock & Roll)
Sponsors · Super Valu; Starbucks; Zig Zag; Pharmasave; Call The kettle Black
August 20th · The Dynamics (R&B, Soul)
Sponsors ·Edgemont Fine Wines, Spirits Ales ; BMO; The Bakehouse
August 27th · California Calling (Tom Arntzen, Beach Boys cover band)
Sponsors · Westland Insurance; Steve & Clive of Sotheby’s Realty; Windsor Meats
Event Details
Date · July through August, Friday Evenings, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location · Highland Blvd., at Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver