Jazz Festival

There was a Jazz festival in Vancouver all last week. Both weekends we went to it.

It was at a couple of venues. Gastown which is a bus ride away and also in a park that is right by our building.

You could pay to go see shows at a couple of venues, but for the most part everything was free. They blocked off streets and there were food vendors. Everything you could imagine from Greek to Jamaican to Corn on the Cob and delicious lemonade.

There were also little stands to get free stuff and people selling clothing, crafts, etc.

The first venue we went to was the Lamp Lighter.

It is an old pub in Gastown (the historical district) which was apparently the first pub in town to serve alcohol to women.

We went with our friend Kevin and a couple of his friends. He knew one of the band members as he plays guitar himself.

I took a little walk down the street to see what was happening outside and this stage was set up in the little square in the heart of Gastown.

There were tons of people out and it was a beautiful day.

Whenever they have these events, there are always buskers.

They are usually very entertaining.

I had a hard time seeing over the crowds, but if you can believe it, this guy ended up at the top of that platform...

When the band was finished at the lamplighter we all went to Wild Rice which is a nice restaurant in the area. We met up with Chris and Rain and after a late dinner called it a night.

When you start a party at 3:00, it usually ends early.