We arrived in Squamish this afternoon in preparation for covering the first annual Live at Squamish music festival happening Saturday and Sunday. Here’s a quick 360 degree shot of the festival grounds that I shot with my iPhone this afternoon:

The line up is impressive, the beer garden is prepped, and the scenery could not be more beautiful. John and I will be posting photos and video interviews with some of the bands throughout the weekend. John’s photos will be available in his Flickr set and mine will be on Flickr as well.

Photo credit: John Bollwitt for Miss604.com

Stay tuned and follow the tag #LASFest on Twitter to see everyone’s updates and pics from the festival grounds. My updates will be live on Twitter as well.

To promote the launch of EA’s NHL 11 the Sedin brothers will be at Metropolis at Metrotown this coming Monday.

Where: EB Games, Metropolis at Metrotown
When: Metrotown on Monday, September 6th from 9pm-12am
What: Play NHL 11 on Playstation 3 (live games and demos) and meet the Sedins

Leading up to the Canucks pre-season it’s a fantastic opportunity to meet the twins and try out the new game (even though it’s got a Blackhawk on the cover this year). The first person in line for the event will also receive a ticket to a Canucks regular season homegame.

The Starlight Casino is presenting an outdoor concert series this month in New Westminster.

September 4th, 2010
Chuck Negron
Founding member of Three Dog Night, “Joy To The World”, “Mama Told Me Not to Come”

September 11th, 2010
Foghat

September 18th, 2010
Blood, Sweat & Tears

September 24th, 2010
The Guess Who
“These Eyes”, “Clap for the Wolfman”, “Hand Me Down World”, “No Time”, “Star Baby” and “Share the Land”.

If you would like to attend the Chuck Negron show, head to the casino’s guest services tomorrow and use the keyword “Miss604” for free tickets. Tickets can be claimed using the keyword on the day of the concert and this offer is valid for the first 50 people who drop by.

The Starlight Casino is located at 350 Gifford Street (Queensborough) in New Westminster and the outdoor concert series will be in the North parking lot.

At least once a month a really cool video of Vancouver makes it way around the internet. Whether it’s a tribute, news item, time lapse or miniature tilt-shift, it’s always cool to step back and get another view of the city.

The latest video (to appear on my radar at least) is by Brandon Moza, who was testing out his new Canon camera a few months ago.

Thanks to the Room With A View Blog for the heads up on this one.

And just for fun, here’s a new video time lapse video (above) featuring Vancouver. Our city is only in about the first 35 seconds of this video but it’s a neat time lapse view of Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics.

Continuing my Vancouver International Fringe Festival series I have tickets available for two more productions coming up this month.

The Exquisite Hour
by Stewart Lemoine
Directed by Julie McIsaac, featuring Josue Laboucane and Nevada Yates Robart
Carousel Theatre Studio
1411 Cartwright Street (on Granville Island), Vancouver

“Are you satisfied with what you know?”
A seemingly well-adjusted bachelor finds his life forever altered on a summer evening in 1962 when an alluring encyclopaedia saleswoman materializes in his backyard to make an unusual sales pitch… The next hour of real time will surprise and delight in this witty and romantic screwball comedy by Fringe favourite Stewart Lemoine.

Showtimes: September 10th – 14th, 17th – 19th

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Created & written by Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon & Zack Whedon
Music by Joss Whedon & Jed Whedon
At the Firehall Arts Centre
280 East Cordova Street, Vancouver

Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog is a live theatre production based on Joss Whedon’s popular online short film. This hilarious musical tragicomedy sees young Billy takes on the status-quo as he sets out to change the world under the guise of Dr. Horrible. Aspiring to join the infamous Evil League of Evil, Billy inadvertently introduces his nemesis, Captain Hammer, to Penny, the girl of his dreams.

Showtimes: September 10th – 14th, 16th – 19th

To enter to win tickets, please leave a comment stating which of these two shows you would like to attend. I will draw a winner for each show on Monday, September 6th, at 9:00am. 

The Vancouver International Fringe Festival launches next week with over 600 performances from 83 shows at over two dozen venues around the city. From September 9th until the 19th Fringe will host shows from pop-up “Bring Your Own Venues” outdoors around Vancouver to seven main stages.

Update My winners are Jessica (Dr Horrible’s) and Parker (The Exquisite Hour).

Update September 22, 2010: Dr Horrible’s has won PICK OF THE FRINGE and to celebrate, I have 2 tickets available for an encore performance tomorrow night. This is a Twitter-only contest so post the following to be entered to win: 

“Dr. Horrible’s wins Pick of the Fringe – RT to enter to win tix for an encore show tomorrow night! http://ow.ly/2IoSq”

I will draw one winner from all Tweets tonight at 8:00pm.