(Green Auto Music / Facebook)
As we all know the art scene in Vancouver is forever in a flux battling with low funding and ever-closing venues. While the city has lost great venues like the Railway Club and Cafe Deux Soleils, here is one newish club that is making waves in all the right ways.
Green Auto is an authentic, artist-driven venue tucked away in East Vancouver at 1822 Pandora Street. This is an intimate music venue that hosts a multitude of up-and-coming bands from around Vancouver. While the venue itself is small, you wouldn’t be able to tell by the booming music that comes forth. This is a place to not forget your concert ear plugs because the sound seems to reverb off the walls, through the floors, and deep into your ear canal. As stated in the Side Door article, “[Green Auto] is a space built by artists, for artists, with a mission to amplify voices and foster inclusivity in the local music scene.”
(Green Auto Music / Facebook)
My initiation to Green Auto was during our second fundraiser for No Apologies Necessary, the all-Canadian Co-op Radio Show that I’ve cohosted for the past four years. Green Auto did not disappoint in their support for the local music scene. They offered us the venue, staff for the front and the bar, and our payment to them would be in paying these employees and offering the venue a portion of our fundraising sales. This was magical and something I thought we’d never achieve with our cache of musicians behind us. But it happened! Our evening was monumental.
One of the venue’s standout features is the intimacy of the space. A single room where the sound could bounce of every node. A lounge space on your way outside. Then the thriving outdoor space in the undercover of a garage where the community intermixes and draws together. During our fundraiser we were even allowed to bring a bbq to add to the jovial nature of patrons outside. While it’s entrance is a hop-skip-and-a-jump through a darkly lit alley, once you’re through the gates you know that’s where you’re supposed to be.
This summer poses to be another jam-packed music filled season for the venue. On Thursday, April 24th, 2025 the incredibly band ?NUMB?DAME? hits the stage with bands Blindspot and Slowcide. Coming up on May 2nd, 2025 there is a line up of Devours, In Mirrors, Deadcells, and La Lune. Not convinced yet? Then come back on May 31st, 2025 where Doom Cocoon will be performing alongside Never Plenty, and Bitter Washed. The shows are never ending and the list of bands performing will not only excite the nerves but offer you up a band you might never have experienced otherwise. Tickets range from $15-20. There is ample parking in the area and just a brush off major bus routes. If you haven’t tried your hand at Green Auto, this summer is the time for you to pick up your britches and try it for the first time. I’ve never been disappointed by my Green Auto experiences.
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Written by Volante Matheson, Radio Arts & Entertainment at BCIT
Contact: vmatheson1@my.bcit.ca