Have you ever heard of Michael Jackson, or the artist formerly known as Prince? These two icons defined pop music during the 20th century, and on June 18th, some of Vancouver’s best local musicians will be joining to celebrate the music of the two icons.

The event is called, “Infidels Jazz Presents: A celebration of Prince & Michael Jackson”. The event is going to take place at Hero’s Welcome, the exact address is 3917 Main St in Downtown Vancouver, and will take place from 8:30 PM till 10:30 PM.

The event will showcase the talents of David Ward on vocals, Jonny Tobin on keyboards, Alvin Brendan on guitar, JeanSe Le Doujet on bass, and Johnny Andrews on the drums. There is a price for tickets for this event, but compared to other events that happen downtown, the price is not bad at all. It is only $20.00.

If, somehow, you haven’t heard of either the artist formerly known as Prince, or Michael Jackson, you’re missing out. These two defined a generation and were the largest musicians on the planet for a large period of time. For Michael Jackson, it has even proceeded past his death in 2009.

If you want some of the largest songs from Michael Jackson, you can’t go wrong with any of them. To name a few that do stand out above the rest would be songs like Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, Bad, and Beat it.

For Prince, it is fair to say that his music doesn’t have the same impact in the modern day that Michael Jackson does, but the songs are still amazing if you take the time to listen to them, especially with the vocals from Prince. Some of the standout songs from Prince would be Raspberry Beret, Purple Rain, I Wanna Be Your Lover, and I Would Die 4 U.

The local artists that are taking part in the tribute have been around for a while and are accomplished in their own right as well. For example, David Ward has songs on Spotify, one of which has over 100,000 streams on it. Jonny Tobin has been nominated for Juno awards, as well as his collaboration with D.Smoke garnered a Grammy award nomination as well.

It should be noted that there is a dress code of black clothing, white clothing, or purple clothing for the event. If you want to find out more about the event, and where to buy tickets, you can find out all the information needed at the link here.