Thursday, September 22-Sunday, September 25
Rifflandia Festival 2011
Royal Athletic Park, plus various venues, $55-$275
The fourth reincarnation of the multi-day Rifflandia Festival is here. If you’ve got some money kicking around for a true sonic experience, this is the festival for you. Rifflandia boasts top acts such as Broken Social Scene, City and Colour, De La Soul, The Besnard Lakes, Dinosaur Bones, The Pack AD, among many, many others.
Saturday, September 24
Scimitar, The Poor Choices, Atrous Leviathan, Forcast
Bert Richman Auditorium (4100 Lambrick Way), $10, 7 pm
Come support local act Scimitar with a slew of punk, garage, and metal bands on their tour kickoff. Scimitar is a ripper fast melo-death metal band who are, ironically, not mellow at all. All ages. Get in the pit.
Wednesday, September 28
Kate Reid, Auto Jansz, Andrea June
Victoria Event Centre, $15, 8 pm
Vancouver-based folk singer/songwriter Kate Reid is in Victoria for her CD release of Doing It for the Chicks. Kate’s songs are uplifting, fun, witty, and real. If you’re into a bit of LGBTQ humor and radical awareness, this concert is for you. Queer it up.
Wednesday, September 28
DJ Vilify, Deerface, CaÇadora
Hush, $8, 10 pm
Montreal’s DJ Vilify has gone west coast to headline a drum ‘n’ bass, dubstep, breakcore venture with Deerface and CaÇadora. DJ Vilify is one of a handful of very talented female Canadian dubstep DJs. Should be messy, should be fun.