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DOPE SODA BACK IN VICTORIA! ...Cravers be warned: Dope Soda, The Leg-Up Program, Boomshack
Dope Soda hail from mid Island (Nanaimo BC) and are one of the most active hard ...
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Fri. March 13th 2015 + Add to Calendar
Lucky Bar
10:00pm Doors at: 9:30pm
$12 advance.
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Dope Soda hail from mid Island (Nanaimo BC) and are one of the most active hard working ska/reggae bands in the province. Formed in late 2011, Dope Soda present a fresh concoction of six of the top jazz, rock, and Jamaican-music-inspired musicians from Vancouver Island, with membership in acts such as Current Swell, The Bananafish Dance Orchestra and The Kiltlifters. The band is led by a three-piece horn section with roots in the highly-regarded Vancouver Island University Jazz Department, buoyed by a funky rhythm section that serves up sips of bubbling Hammonds and Wurlitzers, shots of distorted guitar, and heavy bass--in your face. Dope Soda jumps back and forth between reggae jams, punk rock assaults, happy ska romps, and hiphop throwdowns--a thirst quencher for audiences who nee... more...Event Poster
