7/30/2026 newsletter


7/30/2026


i hope you are having a lovely summer... here are some gigs that i'm playing in early august that are fun and cool:

Saturday, August 1st, 2026

Lisa Miller Trio @ Tyrant Studios

$21.50 presale

Doors 7pm, Sounds 7:30pm

1019 Seymour Street, Vancouver BC
above Penthouse Nightclub.

7:30 pm - Lisa Cay Miller Trio - standard and open playing

Lisa Cay Miller - piano
Alvaro Rojas - guitar
Nikko Whitworth - bass

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9:30 pm - Jimi James Fraser Trio
Featuring Ardeshir & Atley King

Jimi James Fraser - piano
Ardeshir Pourkeramati - saxophone
Atley King - vibraphone
Brad Pearson - bass
Wes Anderson - drums

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From Tyrant Studios:
Thanks to Lisa Cay Miller and the Now Society for their generous help in sourcing a new piano for Tyrant Studios! We are now the proud custodians of a beautiful 1979 Yamaha baby grand. The old historic piano is still in the building, and will be available to musicians in the green room. Come celebrate this exciting new era!

​https://checkout.square.site/merchant/2S7PPEQ6Z6Y0N/checkout/V36BYXVAYPZQ33N4PG3W2LA6​

Saturday, August 1st, 2026

Mandelbrat @ Conduit Gallery

Limited capacity, door tix $30, online tix $25

doors 8:30, sound 9:00.

At Conduit Gallery (DTES, email me at nikkowhitworth@protonmail.com and I will help you find it)

Quite loud with potentially strobing visuals.
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City Dragon (Paris)
Marble Skirts (BC/SK)
RKTTS
Mandelbrat
The Goh Ensemble
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See ticket page for slightly more info.

​https://gigpit.ca/shows/event:YUeunSnfF0Y​

​https://mandelbrat.bandcamp.com/album/murder-is-normal​

Sunday, August 2nd, 2026

Elisa Thorn Trio

By Donation

2pm, Sunshine Coast, BC

"Join us for a Concert Series on three Sundays this summer (July 12, July 19 and August 2) in support of the expansion and connection of Elphinstone’s protected forest areas above xwesam / Stelk’aya (Roberts Creek). The Concerts take place at the end of the Health Trail Forest Trailhead #1 this time (located off the Roberts-Flume Forest Service Road).

We gather at 2pm at the trailhead for a welcome and then hike for 20 minutes to the concert spot. Allow about 3 hours for the experience.

Admission is by donation and registration is not required. Participation is at your own risk. Each performance will be about 45 to 50 minutes long and takes place within a 15 to 20-minute slightly uphill hike along a well-maintained forest trail home to about 100 old growth trees.

More information here:

​https://www.livingforestinstitute.ca/expansion-2026​

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

Friday, August 7th, 2026

Tall Mary @ The Pearl

$21.50 Presale

Doors 6pm, Sound 7:30 (maybe? we are first)

881 Granville St, Vancouver, BC

Tall Mary will be opening for Porcelain on their west coast tour alongside Cherry Pick.

​https://www.ticketweb.ca/event/porcelain-with-cherry-pick-the-pearl-tickets/14986873​

​https://tallmary.bandcamp.com/album/when-will-i-find-something-new​


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

Urban Native Youth Association: https://unya.bc.ca/ways-to-donate/​


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