VancouFur is Western Canada’s first furry convention. Held in beautiful Vancouver BC, the home of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, VancouFur is surrounded by some of the worlds most beautiful scenery. Vancouver prides itself on its city’s rich history and gorgeous scenery, as well as its fantastic shopping and tourist destinations.
VancouFur is in its first year as an official furry convention and is looking forward to creating an experience that will bring the furry world to western Canada. We also strive to educate as well as entertain in the fields of arts, crafts, culture and other aspects of the furry fandom.
For more information, please see their website.
Join fellow artists in a casual and fun get together where creativity and good times come hand in hand.
The Cloudscape Comics Society is a community of comic creators in Vancouver who together publish and distribute quality graphic novel anthologies, as well as host comic workshops and other related events. Here enterprising comic artists come together to network, develop their ideas, and help each other perfect their craft. Everyone is welcome to the weekly evening meet-ups.
More information is available at the Cloudscape Comics website.
Jason Michael Paul Productions, Inc. and Nintendo proudly present “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses”, a concert event that will take audiences of all ages on a thrilling orchestral adventure through one of the video game industry’s most beloved franchises.
Conducted by Eímear Noone, “The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses” is the first ever video game themed concert to feature a complete 4-movement symphony, arranged by Zelda Symphony music director Chad Seiter (Star Trek, LOST and Fringe), showcasing the enduring and ever-adored work of Nintendo composer and sound director Koji Kondo and his dedicated music team. Brought to life as never before, witness as 25 years of video game history unfolds complete with a gorgeous and cinematic video presentation, synced to picture with the game’s sensational, thematic and action-packed music played live by a full orchestra and choir.
Tickets go on sale on January 5th. For more information, see the Ticketmaster site or the official site.
IRL Events is proud to help sponsor the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo.
This 15-hour gaming expo has taken the basics of vendors, retro video games, tournaments, panels, charity auctions, costumes, etc. and spiced it up a bit with a licensed venue, a DJ spinning some old-school tracks and remixes, and nerd burlesque into the evening.
Instead of 2-3 shorter days with the same content spread out, as much content as possibly could has been crammed into one big day.
For more information, check out the IRL Events forum, or http://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/.
HackVAN is the 2012 Vancouver-based edition of HackDays, the one-day API programming hackathon events that take place across Canada.
For one day, teams of 1 – 3 developers work on integrating with one or more of the sponsors APIs. Judges from the local tech community judge based on awesomeness and technical difficulty, and we award fantastic prizes including a MacBook Air, iPads, e-readers and more.
We’ll start with a mixer on Friday night so people can find development partners and meet everyone else, and then you have one day on Saturday to code your entire application. We’ll keep you fed and pour you a beer at the end of the day, and then the presentations and judging occur.
Tickets can be found at http://hackvan2012.eventbrite.com/
Due to popular demand, The VanDolls present Video Game Burlesque: Pew! Pew! on March 31st at The Red Room. The last time The VanDolls did this show, it sold out a week in advance so make sure you get your tickets before they sell out.
Tickets can be bought at ClubZone
To kick off the launch of Wasted Talent: Welcome to the Real World, Angela Melick is hosting a launch party at The Pint in Downtown Vancouver. Yes, she knows that this is on short notice. Yes, she knows that everybody’s going to be watching their favorite hockey squadron score a basket in the last quarter. But you know what? That’s the way the real world works. Awesome stuff just happens while you’re making other plans. So do yourself a favour and stop by and say hi. There will be beer and cake.
Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson Series is coming to Vancouver! He will be hosting a 45 minute Q&A session at the Hellenic Centre on Arbutus Street. The tickets ($25) will be sold at kidsbooks.ca and can be picked up at their Kitsilano, North Shore and Surrey Locations.
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