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Vancouver Musicians Busking for Change

POSTED December 16, 2009 BY Christine McAvoy
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Twenty-four… yes 24!… Vancouver musicians will be taking part in a day of Busking for Change in support of War Child Canada at 3 different locations in Vancouver on Friday (18th).

The 3 locations include Library Square (Homer & Georgia and Hamilton & Georgia) and Vancouver City Centre (Granville & Georgia).

The schedule looks like this and includes the following bands:

Library Square (@ Homer)
10:00 Elias
10:30 The Autumn Portrait
11:00 Joe from DOA
11:30 Current Swell
12:00 Sam Bradley
12:30 Morgan Cameron Ross
1:00 Carly Rae Jepsen
1:30 Said The Whale
BREAK
4:00 Jessie Farrell
4:30 Joseph Blood of Bend Sinister
5:00 The Februarys
5:30 JP from Marurice
6:00 The Painted Birds

Library Square (@Hamilton)
10:15 Henry & The Nightcrawlers
10:45 Current Swell
11:15 Adaline
11:45 Benjamin Keith
12:15 Elias
12:45 Said The Whale
1:15 The Racoons
1:45 The Autumn Portrait
BREAK
3:45 We Are The City
4:15 JP from Marurice
4:45 Winston Hauschild
5:15 The Painted Birds
5:45 The Februarys

Vancouver City Centre Stn
10:00 The Autumn Portrait
10:30 We Are The City
11:00 Benjamin Keith
11:30 Carly Rae Jepsen
12:00 Goodbye Beatdown
12:30 Adaline
1:00 Sam Bradley
1:30 The Zolas
BREAK
4:00 Chad Brownlee
4:30 Elias
5:00 Jessie Farrell
5:30 Sweetheart
6:00 Yukon Blonde

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The facebook event is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195330086823

And if you can’t make it to ANY of those sets, or if you don’t carry change anymore you can donate ahead of time here:
http://warchild.ca/buskingforchange

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  • http://www.bobkronbauer.com Bob K

    That lineup is seriously insane. So stoked!



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