Local music and art cooperative CVGBs is proudly presenting it’s first ever New Year’s event, an inclusive dance party featuring three diverse live acts & DJs. Co-headlining will be two acts that have caused multiple long line-ups to see them play at Cumberland’s Woodstove Festival: Vancouver’s Devours, and Salt Spring Island’s Drama Queen. Opening the show will be a solo set from Denman Island’s Avro.

Drama Queen, is the lush, nostalgic, bejewelled synth-pop band that your pelvis never knew it needed. Reminiscent of Heroes-era Bowie and Kate Bush, their music will confuse, delight and alight your feelings and your senses. Give in to the emotional pop-star paradise soundtrack that is Drama Queen. Drama Queen is a synth-wave band, and the latest invocation from Knick Tomlinson formerly of “Superfeather.” The group consists of Knick on Synthesizer, Pierre Vincent Forgues on Synthesizers, Harley Dunn on bass guitar and Ben Frey on Drums. Effortlessly channeling the essence of the past while crafting a sound distinctly their own, Drama Queen weaves a tapestry of neon melodies and pulsating rhythms. They transcend the ordinary and envelope listeners in a vibrant sonic journey reminiscent of an electrifying ’80s dreamscape dancehall.
https://www.instagram.com/drama.queen.band/

Devours (they/them) is the DIY electropunk project of Vancouver-based musician Jeff Cancade. Across four acclaimed underground albums, including the recent Polaris Prize-longlisted Homecoming Queen, Devours has written confessional and confrontational electronic music about masculinity, body image, gay politics, and inner-city queer existence. They have toured Canada and the US, received coverage from Vice, CBC, Exclaim, and the Globe and Mail, and have performed at festivals such as SXSW, Treefort Music Fest, Up Here Festival, Purple City, Vancouver Jazz Fest, and more. Their anticipated fifth record will be released in March 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/devoursvancouver
https://www.instagram.com/devours.ufo/
https://linktr.ee/devours
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1naaQv78Dwzc6iwCNRUWTb…

Denman Island’s is an electronic pop group from Denman Island. Influenced by synthpop, classic new wave / cold wave, minimal techno, and with a pinch of post punk. Their New Year’s eve set will be a solo set of new material from leader Adam Percy.
https://www.facebook.com/thisisavro
https://avromusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/avromusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1H85Rkd1aCTHK0vFdZYBBS…

The CVGBs New Year’s Dance Party will take place at the Comox Valley Curling Centre’s recently renovated Rotary Banquet room, a growing cultural and community space.

DJs to be announced!

Produced with support from Comox Valley Pride
https://www.facebook.com/comoxvalleypride2016