Event: BC Federation of Labour 50th anniversary celebration
Published by Patrick November 27th, 2006 in House of Labour Tags: bc fed.Strike Up The Band! 50 Years of Making Trouble For All The Right Reasons
- Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006 Time: 8 pm
- Venue: The Orpheum Theatre Admission: $35 (plus gst & service charges)
- Tickets:604.231.7535 or www.ticketstonight.ca
- Information: www.thefestival.bc.ca
The BC Federation of Labour celebrates its 50th anniversary Thursday, November 30, 2006, with a star-studded gala at the Orpheum Theatre, produced for the Federation by the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.
The gala concert will be a highlight of the Federation’s 50th Annual Convention, taking place November 27 through December 1, 2006, at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre. The theme of the anniversary convention is “A Proud History. A Strong Future.”
Strike Up The Band! will feature blues icon Jim Byrnes, African-American roots music celebrity Linda Tillery with Vancouver’s Universal Gospel Choir, and Po’Girls member Allison Russell. Steve Dawson will lead the Union All Star Band, assembled for the occasion, and a performance by Tons of Fun University will add a comedic note to the evening’s entertainment. Joe Keithley will emcee the event.
“The link between folk music and the trade union movement is as old as the drive to organize,” notes Vancouver Folk Music Festival artistic director Dugg Simpson, who has programmed the gala evening. “Call them rebel songs, slave songs, songs of freedom or songs of protest, from 1871’s The Internationale through 1930’s The Hungry Mile to this summer’s rallying cry Yell Fire by Michael Franti and Spearhead, music and song have been integral to the dignity of labour.”
Tickets to Strike Up The Band! Are $35 (plus gst and service charges) and are available by phone at 604.231.7535 and online at www.ticketstonight.ca.