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Top 5 things to do this Friday in Vancouver

March 6, 2015

Get a taste of Newfoundland: Folk-rock rock star from The Rock and Russell Crowe’s drinking buddy Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea plays a solo set tonight at the Vogue as part of the launch for this year’s CelticFest.

Get emo: Comedy legend and Prince Valiant hairdo enthusiast Emo Philips brings his squeaky-voiced idiot savant act to Yuk Yuk’s for two separate sets tonight and tomorrow starting at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Get down and dirty: East Van’s WISE Hall get hopping tonight with a pay-what-you-can member appreciation night featuring live music from Cass King and the Next Right Thing, Mandatory Underdog and El Salvador’s DJ Su Comandante.

Get girly: The tenth annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival continues with the Vancouver premiere of Deanne Foley’s Relative Happiness, about a plus-sized Nova Scotia’s B&B owner’s romantic misadventures, tonight at Vancity Theatre along with a screening of the short films Bed Bugs: A Musical Love Story and Happy and Gay.

Get plucky: The Vancouver Ukulele Festival begins tonight with a hand-picked group of celebrated strummers of the much-maligned instrument from across North America tonight at St. James Hall.

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