The Vault Cafe

Tonight at The Vault in Nanaimo, BC, Tiny Pyramids transmits the music of Sun Ra🪐 DOORS 7:30PM | LIFTOFF 8:30PM. Tickets available at the link in bio or at the door. #livemusic #concert #nanaimoevents #nanaimo #thursday

THIS WEEKS EVENTS ! ITS HERE. Sunk City weekend has arrived. But first a very special show guaranteed to send you into cosmic bliss THURSDAY <TINY PYRAMIDS PLAYS THE MUZIK OF SUN RA> Vancouver jazz trio Dan Gaucher(drums), Colin Cowan(bass), and Tyson Naylor(keys) play the music of visionary afro-futurist, SUN RA. With opening set from VOLCEL do not miss this intergalactic ripper of a show Tickets available online & at the door /events/nanaimo/community/music/tiny-pyramids-plays-the-muzik-of-sun-ra/PEN4I3 Two sets! Doors at 730pm Muzik at 830pm $16 cover SUNK CITY AT THE VAULT CAFE! FRIDAY LINEUP 8PM < RED LENSES > 9PM < ELISE BOULANGER > 10PM < HIMALAYAN BEAR > 11PM < SMALL PLEASURES > SATURDAY LINEUP 6PM < DAVID P. SMITH > 7PM < WILLIE THRASHER & LINDA SADDLEBACK > 8PM < MYLES BLACK > 9PM < LILY FAWN > 10PM < PINDN & THE NATION OF CREATION > 11PM < DEVIANT > Get your tickets online --> @sunkcitynanaimo or at the vault cafe! Friday pass - $40 Saturday pass - $75 Sunday pass - $55 Weekend pass - $115 LETS GO! see you there xo

We have Sunk City tickets! 🕸 Your favourite nanaimo music fest is back and you're gonna want to get your hands on these tickets before they're gone Come grab 'em! Friday pass - $40 Saturday pass - $75 Sunday pass - $55 Weekend pass - $115 More info on the festival lineup and participating venues ---> @sunkcitynanaimo

Today's special.... the Vault Beef Dip! Just like momma makes it ❤️ Roast beef on a garlic butter baguette, served with a side au jus and your choice potato wedges or salad! 😋

Ever wonder what we’re drinking? Well this is Gabe’s pick of the week. A simple iced americano with oat milk and a good ol’ sprinkle of cinnamon. Speaking of Gabe he is leaving us very soon for the big city of Toronto. Make sure to give our boy some love before his departure and check him out at SUNK CITY ( @sunkcitynanaimo ) as GNARLS BRONSON/DEATHPROOF.

Who cranked up the heat? We’ve got a week of hot hot events ready for you! THURSDAY- MONTHLY OPEN MIC, open mic’rs don’t you forget! The first Thursday of every month is open mic. SIGN-UP, 6:30PM START TIME 7pm FRIDAY- VOID DJS W/ MASKARA, JACOB AUBREY + TAVES. Mind bending experimental jazz and psych tunes. DOORS 8PM START 9PM $15 or P.W.Y.C SATURDAY- FOSTER MOTEL, NEW DRIVER (Toronto) + KORALEE TONACK. A night of indie groove rock and more. DOORS 8PM START 9PM COVER UNLISTED SO WILL BE UPDATED AT DOOR.

Happy Monday funday even SUN-day vaulties! Our patio is glistening in the sunlight calling you over for a good time. We’ve got a great week of events lined up for yall! THIS WEEK THURSDAY- HII REGIONS (Montreal) playing galactic free improvised Afro dub & Zubot Lowen Zubot (west coast) with drum/violin wild spiritual chaos. DOORS AT 8PM START 9PM Tickets available at door or on EVENTBRITE FRIDAY- GHOSTLY HOUNDS, ATTICUS MERCREDI & JO BAND. A night of old time soulful folk noir, dreamy psych-folk and prairie city anti-folk. DOORS 8PM SHOW 9PM $15 advance (ghostlyhounds.com/events/nanaimo) or $20 at DOOR SATURDAY- TOWER OF DUDES, ALBUM RELEASE, night of fuzz-folk eclectic Chanty. DOORS 8PM SHOW 9PM $15 or p.w.y.c

THIS WEEKS EVENTS- (first video from last weeks show with @elisathorn ) THURSDAY- DAISY VANDER WEE, dreamy indie folk tunes, a perfect night for cocktails n’ vibes. $10 DOORS 8pm SHOW 9PM FRIDAY- BURYING GROUND & THE TUMBLING TUMBLE WEEDS. Original & traditional roots, country blues, ragtime (last video posted) $20 DOORS AT 8PM SHOW AT 9PM SATURDAY- PAINT & SIP, (early event) hosted by @justpaint_ca TICKETS available through their account. STARTS 5PM Later event THEY, THEM, THEIRS DRAG NIGHT. Our monthly night of drag! STARTS 9PM

THIS WEEKS EVENTS, WED-SAT EVENINGS! (Pictured is a build your own brekky) WEDNESDAY- AVA MENDOZA, prominent NYC tzadik recording artist/guitarist. Extremely special show! STARTS 8PM $18 p.w.y.c THURSDAY- BEREAVED, ELISA THORN. Bereaved, local (staff member) banjo soloist playing plucking folk grunge. ELISA, profound harpist with whimsical melodies. SHOW STARTS 9PM $15 FRIDAY- ALLY FLOWERS & COAL MOON, a night of local folk rock n’ roll . SHOW STARTS 9PM $15 SATURDAY- SPACE JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE & PIU. Nanaimo groove and funk band with psychedelic flows. SHOW STARTS 9PM $15

TONIGHT- we have an earlier event GRUB STREET, reading series with Lee Groen & Masha Zhaksybek OPEN MIC reading later in the event. STARTS 6pm $5 P.W.Y.C LATER IN THE NIGHT… FAKE JASS W/ EARTHBALL, SLINGJAW (Vancouver) and BUTTERFLY STITCH. STARTS AT 9PM

TURKISH EGGS on BRUNCH SPECIAL this week! 2 poached eggs with creamy garlic yogurt, house made chilli butter, served with toasted sourdoug. See you soon!

JUST ANNOUNCED!!! Tzadik recording artist Ava Mendoza will be coming to Nanaimo to grace our stage with her powerful and transcendent guitar music. Not to be missed!!! Advanced tickets are recommended as this is a small and intimate venue. Available via www.Gigpit.ca @gigpit.ca Come and see!!! AVA MENDOZA is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Best known for her solo guitar and vocal performances, and as the leader of the experimental rock band Unnatural Ways, she has received critical acclaim for her guitar work’s compelling combination of technical virtuosity and visceral impact. In any context she is committed to bringing expressivity, energy and a wide sonic range to the music. Mendoza has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe and recorded/performed with musicians including Carla Bozulich, Malcolm Mooney (CAN), Bill Orcutt, Abiodun Oyewole (Last Poets), Mike Watt, Adele Bertei, Mick Barr, William Hooker, Nels Cline, Matana Roberts, John Zorn, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Fred Frith, William Parker, Hamid Drake, John Zorn, ROVA, Negativland, the Violent Femmes, and members of Caroliner. Recordings are available on labels Tzadik, Astral Spirits, Weird Forest, Clean Feed, Resipiscent, and New Atlantis.