Thursday, Oct. 21st

Bodhi Jones performs downtown Thursday afternoon on Bernard Ave with the sun beaming down!  The #BreakOutWest festivals kicks off tonight, and Bodhi Jones will be performing at Doc Willoughby’s at 10pm.

In 2009 Bodhi was selected as Virgin Radio’s “BC artist of the month”, voted into The Peak Performance Project’s Top 20, and named Vancouver’s best busker by The Georgia Straight.

Bio: Fueled by over a decade of performing in many varied venues, Donn has fashioned and onstage persona that simply shines. Donn is a delightful, captivating entertainer who instantly wins over crowds with his pleasing demeanour, impressive onstage aura, and masterful musicianship.  Ryan’s fine song writing skills have also been utilized by a number of organizations to capture a moment in time.  Donn has written theme songs for the B.C. Disability Games and the Terry Fox Run, which became integral pieces to each event, being performed at both opening and closings.
Link: http://www.ryandonn.com/
BOW Performance: Friday Oct 22nd @ O’Flannigans at 9:45pm after Treelines AND Saturday Oct 23rd at The Keg at 9pm.
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Bio: Wassabi Collective, a spicy five-piece from the arty, alternative-thinking small town of Nelson, B.C, Canada has been busy spreading their positive west coast vibes. The band’s sound fuses everything from pop, rock, hip hop, roots reggae, funk, jazz and everything in between, wrapping it all up with their own identifiable twist that has captivated dance floors and won them legions of fans across the country.
Link: http://www.myspace.com/wassabicollective
BOW Performance: Fri. Oct 22nd at 1:45pm at Cush
Sat. Oct. 23rd at Habitat, midnight

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Bio: The time is now for Kuba Oms, the Canadian singer who mines 70s-era soul, funk and rock n’ roll on his solo debut, How Much Time. As the long-time musical director of the live house jam band Velvet, he has taken a contemporary approach to his own project that could be likened to a cross between Jamiroquai, Paolo Nutini, Jason Mraz, Ben Harper and Al Green.  Born in Victoria to a Scottish mother and Indian father, Kuba is a third generation Canadian. As a kid, his parents held studies every Thursday evening, which ended in huge sing-along jams, with his dad and uncle hosting on acoustic guitars. “This was when I’d come into the room,” he remembers. “I’d sit cross-legged and just listen.” He started at age 15 by singing covers at school and around bonfires. An accomplished tennis player, he had the option of a scholarship to a U.S. college, but opted for music instead. And so his pursuit began.
Link: www.myspace.com/kubaoms
BOW Performance: Thurs. Oct. 21st at Gotchas Nightclub, 11pm

Bio: Until recently, Aidan Knight was known as a helpful backing musician, playing everything from pop-rock bass lines to violent, pounding hardcore drums. He has recorded and performed with Maurice, The Zolas, and Counting Heartbeats amongst others. All the while, he was writing songs of his own, recording in intensive three day bursts whenever he was able to raise enough money. Sleeping on the studio floor at Buena Vista Audio, Knight immersed himself in the project, waking up to play most of the instruments himself. Over the course of 2 years, producer Jonathan Anderson (In Medias Res, Kensington Prairie, Eisenhauer) and Knight carefully pieced together the songs, collaboratively. With the arrangements in place, he invited Toronto’s The O’ Darling to fill in the additional drums, guitars, girl harmonies, strings and horns.
Link: http://www.myspace.com/aidanknightmusic
BOW Performance: Thurs. Oct 21st at Habitat, 10:30pm

Bio: Royal Canoe is a deadly band armed with falsettos, guitars, effects pedals, drums, basses, tambourines, shakers and a five-keyboard super-weapon. Royal Canoe play lyrically sharp pop songs that make people dance, sing along and weep.

It all began in 2006, when Matt Peters (The Waking Eyes) teamed up with some Winnipeg friends and musicians (Nathan Blanchard, Jo Snyder, Tom Keenan and others) to write a collection of songs. Many of the songs that emerged revolved around tragic characters, each treated with equal parts humour and tender endearment. “Kasparov” is a love song from the super-computer Deep Blue to chess champion Gary Kasparov, “Dear June” is about a Siamese twin who wants to go it alone and “Me Loving Your Money (Gonna See Us Through This)” explores the complexities of love…kinda.
Link: http://www.myspace.com/royalcanoe
BOW Performance: Sat. Oct 23rd, 9pm at Habitat

Bio: The Grapes of Wrath were formed in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1983 by Chris Hooper, Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane. Keyboardist Vincent Jones joined the band in 1988. In 1984, they signed to Nettwerk, releasing a self-titled EP that year. The following year, their debut album “September Bowl of Green” was released. It was a major hit on university and college radio in Canada and the U.S. 1987′s “Treehouse”, produced by Tom Cochrane,took the band to a new level yielding the minor hit single “Peace of Mind” and fan favorite “Backward Town”. Now and Again, released in 1989, was the band’s big breakthrough. The singles “All The Things I Wasn’t” and then “What Was Going Through My Head” propelled the album to platinum status and soon the band went from playing bars to theaters and touring Europe, opening for Lloyd Cole.
Link: http://www.myspace.com/theofficialgrapessite
BOW Performance: Sat. Oct 23rd at Habitat, 11pm
Award show performance Sunday night!

Bio: Emerging from the shambolic ocean of wild youth comes Kingdom Cloud, a three-piece pop group based in Kelowna, British Columbia. Formed during a hot summer of sand and surf, these three pop ambassadors are tied together by both family and friendship. The band consists of Laura Jeffery on drums, Jaedan Leimert on bass and synthesizer, and Evan Jeffery on vocals, guitar, and synthesizer. Together, they make pop music that will fill the deepest cavern of your heart with electric sound.
Link: http://www.myspace.com/kingdomcloud
BOW Performance: Sat. Oct 23rd, 3pm at the all-ages show at Habitat
Sat. Oct 23rd, 9pm at the Grateful Fed