The first day of tour was set up in Edmonton, Alberta. Unfortunately, I had not been able to attend it. With the rest of the weekend set up for Thanksgiving, we waited out until Tuesday to drive to Kelowna. We weren’t sure what to expect in a city that often doesn’t get shows of this genre, but the brewery was accommodating. That was where we also met up with the fantastic people of Tulsy Place and Anchorage Blue. For all of the main-land shows, Anchorage Blue played as an acoustic act and then played full-band on the Island. This was one of the luckier tours, where all of the shows were well put together as well as close in distance! There was always ample time for driving and finding good coffee and vegan-friendly food.
KELOWNA, BC
KAMLOOPS, BC
VANCOUVER, BC
VICTORIA, BC
NANAIMO, BC
It was after Nanaimo we had to say goodbye to both Tulsy Place and Anchorage Blue. We were heading back to Vancouver so that Dorian could record a new record. That meant there was still a lot more work in music to be done, but it was also a break from travel for a little while longer before Dorian would join another tour that I was taking part in (another gallery / journal entry to follow in the coming weeks). I split up with Dorian once we got home for a short few hours but we met up again in Saskatoon where we went right back into working mode. Now there was a little less stress. No longer was Year Over Year headlining, but rather was able to get his set finished earlier in the evening. Since we had been in Saskatoon and Regina earlier in the year for different Year Over Year shows, we already had a good idea of some additional vegan eats that we could go have. We found one new place in Regina that changed my mind about the city having boring food. If you ever get the chance to go through and have lunch at Hunter Gatherer I would highly suggest it!
REGINA, SK
SASKATOON, SK
CALGARY, AB
With Calgary being Dorian’s hometown show, it was expected to be busy. Paired with the fact, that he was the local support to Seaway’s tour the show was bound to do well. With a sold out show and almost all of the patrons in the room while Year Over Year was playing, it was bazaar to hear how quiet Dicken’s Pub could actually get. The barricade was completely fully with people watching intensively as he performed his heart breaking songs. Several friends and fans sang along quietly to the live track he had released online as well as the parts they knew from attending so many of his shows in the past. In between songs there would be claps of appreciation but at the end of Dorians’s brief set there was a whirlwind of people clapping and immediately he was bombarded at the merch table. I ran over to it and started helping him out. It was so pleasant to see probably the most successful show for him to end his tour.