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Coast City Country inagural Festival in Vancouver

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The Coast City Country Festival is coming to Vancouver this weekend at BC Place, becoming the largest country music event to ever come to Vancouver.

BC Place, Vancouver

 

With the cancellation of the Rockin River Music Fest after the 2022 event, country fans in the lower mainland have been wanting a festival close by that doesn’t involve getting onto a ferry to get to the Sunfest Country event. The Coast City Country Festival is hosting a 2 day event this weekend that is split into 5 different chunks: three after hour shows at the Commodore Ballroom, and two festival days at BC Place.

So for the next couple of days, the city of Vancouver will not only be buzzing with the Canucks in the playoffs, but it will be buzzing with the many different country music fans from all across the country. This will be an absolutely electric weekend in Vancouver. There is no telling how busy downtown will be this weekend, but one can only guess that most restaurants and bars will be very hard to get into.

Here’s what to expect: some seriously huge names in the country music industry like Luke Bryan, who just started his Mind of a Country Boy Tour, and Dierks Bentley, as well as some new Canadian up and comers like Tenille Arts and Josh Ross. Arts will be playing at the Commodore, while Bentley, Bryan, and Ross will take the stage at BC place.

Oh ya, did I mention Nickelback is headlining too? That’s right Canada’s favourite rock band is the headline performance for tonight’s event, while Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley headline tomorrow’s performers. Nickelback recently broke into the country scene, with High Time from their most recent album being featured on a country music radio. They’ve also been on the CMT Crossroads with country music Artist Hardy to perform his hit song Truck Bed.

 

To go to this event, you have a few options. You can either buy the single day tickets which are selling for just over $100 after fees, whereas the cheapest tickets for a two day pass are $139 after fees… I know which one I would pick! If you’re super boujee you can purchase the 2-day Marriott Bonvoy Tree Top VIP ticket for a measly $1299… Yikes. This ticket includes VIP entry, a separate designated seat, access to a raised platform in the middle of the floor, and access to the Surfside Lounge. I’m not quite sure who has the money for those tickets, but if I did I would absolutely use it on those seats. 

If you’re looking for a good time this weekend, Vancouver is definitely the place to be. Grab some tickets to the music festival for tonight and tomorrow, then go watch the Canucks in playoff action on Sunday! Sounds like a great weekend to me.

Playoffs back in Vancouver

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3284 days later. Rogers arena will be hosting a playoff game again, and the city of Vancouver is ready for it.

The Vancouver Canucks are finally back in the playoffs and are finally hosting a game in the playoffs after the long drought is over. For the first time since 2015, they will be hosting the Nashville Predators in the first round of 2023-2024 playoffs. The last time the Canucks played the Predators in the playoffs was the infamous 2011 playoff run, where they made it to the Stanley Cup finals and suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Boston Bruins. 

Since the Canucks joined the Pacific division in the 2013-2014 season, the Canucks finished first for the first time with a 50-23-9 record, tallying a total of 109 points. Prior to that, the Canucks won the previously titled Northwest division 7 times. They look to continue their stellar season deep into the playoffs, as they have swept the Predators in their season matchups. 

The Canucks had many standout players this season that led to their division title, including the likes of Captain Quinn Hughes, who put up the most points by a defenseman this season with 92.

Other players on the team put up impressive numbers this season, Thatcher Demko had a 2.45GAA which was the 5th best in the league, Elias Petterson registered 89 points, his second most total since joining the league in 2018, and JT Miller had his best season yet, scoring 37 times and assisting 66 times for a total of 103 points. 

The city of Vancouver is absolutely buzzing right now, no one has seen the Canucks play this well since they made the Stanley Cup finals in 2011. It is a great time to be a Canucks fan, the team is firing on all cylinders, and Coach Tochett has outlined what the team needs to do in order to be ready for the series against Nashville following a last game of the season loss to the Winnipeg Jets.

“We did a bunch of work with Nashville this morning, we’ll do it tomorrow, so that was kind of the mindset” – Rick Tochett, Head Coach, Vancouver Canucks.

The Stanley Cup playoffs kick off for Vancouver and Nashville on Sunday April 21st at Rogers Arena. The puck drop is at 7pm and the stadium will surely be packed. Game 2 also takes place at Rogers Arena, starting at 7pm on Tuesday April 23rd. If the series goes all the way to a 7 game series, the Canucks will host two more games on Tuesday April 30th, and Sunday May 5th.