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3/8/2026 Newsletter

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

3/8/2026

GIGS

Friday, March 6, 2026

Elisa Thorn Trio @ St Andrew's-Wesley United Church (Jazz Vespers)

by donation - show 4-5pm

1022 Nelson St, Vancouver, BC

This trio consisting of Elisa (harp/voice), Trent Freeman (fiddle) and myself (electric bass) will sound really cool in this big room with gorgeous reverb.

Venue is wheelchair accessible.

​https://elisathorn.bandcamp.com/album/xiik​

​https://standrewswesley.com/jazz-vespers/​

Thursday March 26th & Friday March 27th, 2026

Imaginal Airlines: Flight A108

$30 - 7pm check in

1410 Venables St, Vancouver BC

For full details and tickets go to: https://www.imaginalairlines.com/3

26th musicians : Adrian Avendaño, Nikko Whitworth, Matthew Ariaratnam

27th musicians : Irene Senent, Jen Yakamovich, Nikko Whitworth+

"Flight A108 is our signature immersive experience, named for its auspicious and circular nature. From check-in to landing, you'll move through our curated space while live musicians guide you through sonic landscapes for inward travel.

The flight is designed to be a meditative sound experience: a journey across the internal terrain of your imaginal world."

Venue is not wheelchair accessible (Second floor + flight of stairs). The space is equipped with medical-grade air filtration, and ear protection is available upon request.

Saturday, March 28th, 2026

Elisa Thorn @ David Lam Park (Cherry Blossoms Festival After Dark)

Free - show 7:20pm

1300 Pacific Blvd, Vancouver, BC

Elisa's band will be playing outside with the Cherry Blossoms in David Lam Park. I played a gig at this event last year and they made the park look quite magical.

​https://elisathorn.bandcamp.com/album/xiik​

​https://vcbf.ca/festival/blossoms-after-dark/​

Allow me to nerd out about this pedalboard I put together for last month's Mandelbrat gig. We decided for this gig to use a setup we've experimented with before where I manipulate Morgan's electronic drum pads with my effects so I built this board specifically for using with my hands on a table and to add. Normally I would make layout decisions based on the fact that I have to use my feet to operate the pedals so it was refreshing to be able to squeeze pedals in together tight.

Signal chain: Diamond Bass Comp -> Boss LS-2 (used for wet/dry) -> TC Electronic Mimiq

LS-2 wet loop: Meris Ottobit Jr -> Dwarfcraft Grazer -> Loud as Feck Hot Coffee Espresso -> Empress Heavy -> Iron Ether Xerograph Deluxe -> Earthquaker Devices Rainbow Machine -> Iron Ether Polytope -> Electro Harmonix Canyon

Made a quick youtube vid of the gig below if you want to hear some of it in action.

video preview​

If you have the means and are looking for trustworthy places to donate, please consider this link:

​https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/​

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