Monday, June 4, 2012

No Rest for the Wicked

I have been to more concerts and shows this year than in all the years of my life combined. Here's the list of what I have been to or will go to, most of which I enjoyed on my own:
  1. Mother Mother at the Commodore (December 30th - I'm counting this one since they're worth including)
  2. Dostoevsky's The Idiot at Frederic Wood Theatre as part of the PuSh Festival (January 24th)
  3. El pasado es un animal grotesco at the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre as part of the PuSh Festival (February 2nd)
  4. Dvorak's Rusalka at the Chan Centre (February 10th)
  5. Bombay Bicycle Club at the Commodore (February 20th)
  6. Maurice at the Biltmore (February 22nd)
  7. TheatreSports at Granville Island (March 1st)
  8. Musical improv at Granville Island (March 7th)
  9. Rossini's The Barber of Seville at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (March 22nd)
  10. Bahamas at the Biltmore (March 27th)
  11. A taping of George Stroumboulopoulos (April 4th)
  12. Kathleen Edwards at the Commodore (April 6th)
  13. Gotye at the Vogue (April 8th)
  14. Coldplay at Rogers Arena (April 20th)
  15. Ingrid Michaelson at the Commodore (April 22nd)
  16. The Naked and Famous at the Commodore (April 25th)
  17. M83 at the Vogue (April 27th)
  18. Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury at the Orpheum (April 28th)
  19. Verdi's Aida at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (May 1st)
  20. The Drums at Venue (May 8th)
  21. Yann Tiersen at the Commodore (May 9th)
  22. Van Django at the Waldorf (May 10th)
  23. The Isotopes at the Media Club (May 11th)
  24. Bon Iver at Deer Lake Park (May 25th)
  25. Chris Davis Quartet at the Waldorf (May 31st)
  26. Patrick Watson at the Vogue (June 14th)
  27. Laura Marling at the Commodore (June 27th)
  28. Florence + the Machine (July 20th)
  29. Phantogram at Venue (July 25th)
  30. Jovanotti at the Commodore (August 16th)
  31. Pink Martini at the Orpheum (August 17th)
My favourite concerts so far this year have been Bahamas and Yann Tiersen. Let's see what the rest of the year brings...other than an empty wallet!

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