JULy >> By sheri radford HOT Dates 1 Canada Day AT CANADA 2 PLACE Celebrate our 3 country’s 142nd birthday 4 (page 105). 5 6 KURT ELLING No Doubt TD Canada JULY 18 7 Trust International There’s no doubt Gwen Stefani is a superstar. 8 Jazz Festival After taking a few years off to start a family The jazz vocalist and pursue solo projects, she’s back with her 9 performs at bandmates, working on a new album and touring The Centre 10 (page 106). North America. Catch the group’s unique ska/ pop sound at GM Place (page 108). 11 12 Magic Slim and the 13 teardrops Bard on the Beach The Yale What do you get when you perform Shake- 14 Slim and his speare in a tent facing a picturesque back- ensemble sing drop? Bard on the Beach (page 108), which 15 the blues (page 116). marks its 20th anniversary by staging 16 Vancouver Folk Music Festival Othello (to Sep. 25) for the very first time, along with The Comedy of Errors (to Sep. 26), 17 JULY 17 TO 19 Les All’s Well That Ends Well (to Sep. 19) and Steven Page may have parted ways with his fellow Barenaked Ladies, but he hasn’t 18 misÉrables Richard II (pictured; Jul. 8 to Sep. 18). Don’t The Stanley left the music biz. You’ll find him performing at this year’s folk fest (page 107) at dally: all four plays are sure to sell out. 19 Industrial Jericho Beach Park, along with acts ranging from The Proclaimers to Reverend Alliance Stage 20 The popular Peyton’s Big Damn Band to Women in Docs. There’s more than just tunes on the local production agenda: food, crafts and an area for kids ensure a whole weekend of family fun. 21 continues (page 109). 22 ooper. ooper. C 23 mily mily ourism E

PLAY BALL! T BLAZED & CON- Hockey season is a few months away, but Vancou- 24 FUSED TOUR Pacific Coliseum verites enjoy some sports not played on an ice rink. 25 Snoop Dogg and 1 The Vancouver Canadians (page 108) others take the by Les Misérab l es by ayes courtesy courtesy H ayes 26 stage (page 107). play several home games at Stadium. ooper. 2 Football The BC Lions (page 108) take on Ham- C 27 ilton (Jul. 10) and Calgary (Jul. 24). 28 VANCOUVER PRIDE 3 Soccer The Vancouver Whitecaps (page 108) have 29 Kick-off to a received much hullabaloo lately after being named whole weekend ’s 17th team, starting in 2011. d richard ii Davi by 30 of over-the-top gay-pride events ancouver. baseball ancouver. ©grecosvet/istockphoto

photos: folk festival by Dannielle Dannielle by folk festival photos: V photos: d e pri society an d vancouver vancouver tourism pri d e courtesy vancouver 31 (page 107).

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