Seven things to do in Vancouver: April 12 to 18: Earl Sweatshirt, Kobo Town, more

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This week in Vancouver includes a show by rapper Earl Sweatshirt, an environmental children’s play and more

Whether you’re looking for date ideas, free things to do or just something fun to do in downtown Vancouver, you can’t go wrong with our list of events happening around Metro Vancouver between April 12 to18.For more ideas, click HERE for our coverage of Vancouver’s arts scene, or HERE to search our entertainment listings database.12th Annual Nifty for 50When: Sun., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.I’m going to guess that this is going to be one very busy event.

Juno Award-winning calypso/reggae/soca band Kobo Town is the project of Trinidadian Canadian singer-songwriter Drew Gonsalves. Over the course of its three albums the group has explored themes ranging from class politics to life at sea, always with wit and swinging hard. The band is astonishingly fluid moving between genres and styles often in one song, with Gonsalves acting as the main drive and ringleader. Not much music this dance happy also delivers a strong message of social consciousness.

Tony Wilson — Looking Back Large Ensemble, Multi-Media Event, Concert, Book Launch and CD ReleaseWhen: The Fox CabaretB.C.-based jazz composer, bandleader, guitarist and author Tony Wilson has been an important fixture on the Canadian jazz scene for decades. In his latest memoir, Looking Back, he documents an 18 month-long incarceration at the St. Joseph’s Training School for Juvenile Delinquents. It’s a rough ride and clearly did much to shape the artist that developed afterwards.

 

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