Khatsalano! West 4th Art + Music Festival

This weekend we attended the Khatsalano! Festival in Vancouver. We watched two shows, David Vertesi and Aidan Knight, although we did see some special guests too!

DAVID VERTESI:
       We've seen Dave perform many times and, as usual, it was very enjoyable. I was also happy to see that Peter Carruthers joined him yet again, playing cello and bass. They performed a number of songs off of David's album Cardiography, as well as, much to the crowd's delight, his cover of Say You'll Be There (yes, the Spice Girls song). Here's Dave's performance of this cover from his show at the Commodore in May!
      I also noticed that Dave seemed to be covered in glitter, although I don't know the story behind that one..
    On a personal note, I just have to say that I always enjoy watching Peter on stage. He's entertaining, passionate and so talented! It's nice to see him play alongside Dave :)

Here's Dave singing "Say You'll Be There"

If you...

Put two

And two together

You will see

What our

Friendship

Is two.. err wait

Five? No wait, I mean for/four :P

Nerds break!

Never eat Nerds on stage unless you have enough to share?

Nerds make everyone happy :)

AIDAN KNIGHT & THE FRIENDLY FRIENDS (and guests):
       For more info on Aidan Knight (and on his special guests) click here!
       Between talking about his grandmother, pizza, and his innate awkwardness, Aidan put on an emotional set highlighting all of his and his band's musical talents! He opened with "Friendly Fires" and closed the show with a "dance party on stage". Even the crowd stood up for the last few songs to dance along!
  

    But the most exciting part of the show was when Aidan invited a number of special guests on stage! All of the members of Said the Whale, along with David Vertesi and Ashleigh Ball, joined Aidan and his band on stage to perform a couple of songs! The stage was pretty crowded but they all looked like they were having fun as they sang along with Aidan, played a number of instruments, and exchanged hugs!

Pikachu!

Who needs real drums? Just get creative and use whatever you have :)

This is Ben and Dave trying to convince Ashleigh Ball to come on stage

And... success! Who can resist Ben AND Dave?

    We also got a number of candid shots of members of Said the Whale and Ashleigh Ball as they waited in the crowd!

Ben Worcester of Said the Whale

Tyler Bancroft of Said the Whale

Nathan Shaw of Said the Whale

Ashleigh Ball of Hey Ocean!

     Thanks for checking out our post on the Khatsalano Festival!