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Getting gigs in Van
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Josh Rosario
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Hey guys, been a couple years since I've been on the boards!
We've moved the band to Vancouver and we're ready to start looking for some gigs again. The only problem is I don't know anyone here or where people are booking.
Anyone have any clues as to what we can do? We're in between hard rock and metal/hardcore I guess, it's hard to define our genre. Transient-Band.com

Oh, and if anyone wants us to play in Vic again, we'd be more than happy to but I'd like to get us playing here for a couple months first.
Thanks guys!
-Josh - Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:19pm
Above the knee
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As a metal band in Van you may be very limited in the venues that you are able to play. The biggest one, as far as I know, is Funky Winkerbeans. The promoters that deal with it are wendythirteen and brutal entertainment. Go to http://www.bloodredmetalheads.com/ and check the 'venues' forum for a list of venues in Vancouver and some discussion about each of them. It has helped me a lot! - Mon, 30 Aug 2010 3:50pm
Josh Rosario
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Hey, thanks for the quick response! Should I go to the pub and drop off my demos or just try and hunt down the people you mentioned? - Mon, 30 Aug 2010 5:00pm
Mike Bones
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or you can try Tanya Van or Lynzaii Mae on facebook. Lynzaii does somet shows at the funky winkerbeans and tanya does shows at Brandiz Pub. Pats Pub is Melinda Neil.. all those names you can look up at face book. - Mon, 30 Aug 2010 9:54pm
Aidan Logins
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Finally, a reason to leave the island. - Wed, 1 Sep 2010 3:22pm
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