Oct 5, 2021 | Press
If These Walls Could Talk is a one-hour special taking you inside Canada’s iconic live music venues and hidden gems. Watch Juno Award winners Kardinal Offishall, Joel Plaskett, Lights, and others share stories of their historic nights of triumph and...
Jan 25, 2021 | Press
By Gail Johnson The force behind the beloved cinema-turned-live-music venue has pivoted to survive the pandemic in several creative ways Ever since Mo Tarmohamed began running the Rickshaw Theatre in 2011, a who’s who of musicians and bands have rocked the...
Nov 8, 2020 | Press
By Derrick Penner Society might appear to have settled into a sense of normalcy nearly eight months into the pandemic, but beneath the surface many businesses continue to struggle The Rickshaw Theatre stage on East Hastings has gone from hosting 15 to 20 concerts a...
Jun 17, 2020 | Press
By Nelson Bennett Whether it is justified or not, Vancouver has been dubbed “No Fun City” because of its allegedly tepid nightlife and throwback liquor laws. So just how joyless will it be if half of the nightclubs and live music venues permanently close? And what...
Jul 14, 2019 | Press
by Allan MacInnis Sure: the dance floor is better at the Commodore, the Astoria is friendlier to stage diving, Venue and the Imperial are swankier, the WISE Hall is homier, and the SBC and Fox Cabaret mayyybe have cooler backstories—depending on how you feel about the...
Jul 11, 2018 | Press
By: Chloe Hoy Formerly a theatre that screened kung-fu films in the 70′s, The Rickshaw Theatre on 254 East Hastings has since played host to a variety of diverse acts, and is celebrating nine years as a live music venue this July. “A vital institution in the ongoing...
