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Honda Celebration of Light When: July 26, 30 and August 2 Where: english Bay Cost: Free It wouldn't be summer without Vancouver's annual fireworks festival. Join the 400,000 spectators on the beaches of English Bay to enjoy stunning pyro displays from this year's competing countries: the United States, France and Japan. Be sure to also check out SHOREfest, a free concert series that showcases Canadian musi- cians like e Sheepdogs on a beachfront stage. honda celebrationoflight.com 60 | SUMMER 2014 bcliving.ca Petunia & the ViPers JuNe 21 AT THe GATHerING FesTIVAL AT emery bArNes PArK "Originally from Quebec, troubadour Petunia's wander- ings all around North America led him to his current home in Vancouver. It's hard not to use cinematic references when trying to describe Petunia's mix of brooding yet joyous hillbilly swing and yodeling: it's David Lynch, it's Tarantino, it's stompin' Tom hav- ing coffee with Zorro in a Jim Jarmusch film. It's like nothing you've ever heard." the new PornograPhers JuLy 18 AT THe PemberTON musIC FesTIVAL "Critically acclaimed Vancouver pop heroes The New Por- nographers are set to release their first record since 2010's Together this year. The band's members are all celebrated and prolific solo artists, but there's a lot of anticipation sur- rounding the new in New Pornographers this summer." the harPoon- ist and the axe Murderer AuGusT 9 AT THe burNAby bLues + rOOTs FesTIVAL "Vocalist/harmonica player [Harpoonist] shawn Hall and gui- tarist [Axe murderer] matthew rogers gen- erate a lot of sound for a duo of one-man bands. each of the pair's four limbs is busy simultaneously playing harp, guitar, drums and percus- sion, producing a racket of dirty blues and feverish gospel." Mounties AuGusT 10 sQuAmIsH musIC FesTIVAL "When newborn supergroup mounties played to a sold-out crowd at the Com- modore this spring, it was just the fourth- ever show by the band, which features singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, and Vancouverites steve bays (Hot Hot Heat) and ryan Dahle (Limblifter). since then, the trio has mounted a cross-country tour and will surely put on an authoritatively arresting show for the throngs who've now spent some time getting to know the band's 2014 debut album, Thrash Rock Legacy." local Vocals "There's just something about an outdoor music festi- val. The band, the crowd, the setting and the weather all become – for good or bad – a part of the concert experience. Chances are good that the following performances will be revelatory, both for the performers playing for the home crowd as well as for the audiences celebrating these local heroes." Wide Mouth Mason's Shaun Verreault picks four Vancouver artists you need to see live and outside this summer see shaun Verreault perform with blues-rock trio wide Mouth Mason and reggae-rockers Big sugar at the burn- aby blues Festival on August 9 at Deer Lake Park in burnaby. wide mouth mason (from left) Gordie Johnson, shaun Verreault and safwan Javed rock Burnaby on august 9. PHOTO (CANADA DAY) NATTAWOT JuTTIWATTANANON PHOTOS (MOuNTIES) ALI RODDAM, (WIDE MOuTH MASON) JuDSON BAkER p58-61_Festivals.indd 60 2014-05-15 1:39 PM