2025 Concert Calendar: Concerts Near You

^ Oh, Pom Poko will be here in Vancouver on March 31st at The Pearl. So another for me to consider attending.

^^ Jared, hopefully that helps someone if they don't know it already. I knew that Ian is a big concert goer, don't know if you are.

As for me, I have not been to many concerts in years. And having moved out of Vancouver proper (but still in that region), I had stopped getting the news so much about concerts (of course its online but I used to follow it in the local paper). I was more of a film buff and would go to the cinemas regularly (international art house fare mostly). For this year I plan to be more proactive. We have had some fine concerts for my tastes in recent years in Vancouver such as Weyes Blood, St. Vincent, Stereolab.... Saw Magma live here, can't believe that was already ten years ago. Anyway, I do plan to go and support more acts with going to concerts this year. I mostly have worked from home for over twenty years and have become far too much of a homebody. Oh, and Seattle is the other obvious destination for me for concerts (about three hours to get there if there are not border issues getting into Washington state).

What I would like are more outdoor music festivals in the region (smoke has been bad in various recent years due to forest fires). There is one I wish to go to on Vancouver Island this year. And there are couple of free ones in my region that I often go to in summer. And likely will see some at the PNE (which is a kind of fair in Vancouver).

I was thinking about making the trip to Glastonbury (England) before for the music festival, but that seems too big and crowded for my blood as an outdoor festival.    I can only take being around people and in crowds for so long...

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