Author: Johnny Papan
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THE HOT AMP: New Music Venue Adds Sizzle to Surrey’s Summer Schedule
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Mighty Speck Records: BC’s Community Music Label Has A Grand Purpose
Written by Johnny Papan
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Flamingo Liquor Store Delivers Booze to Your Door and Music to Your Ears
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The Flamingo: Former Strip-Club Transformed Into Arts Hub
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Stephano Barberis | Local Music Video Director Bends the Rules of His Genre
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A Historic Look Into Surrey: A City of Stories
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.76″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid” module_alignment=”justified”] Surrey, British Columbia is met with a mixed reputation in the eye of our surrounding provinces. For years, the media has put a main focus on negative events that take place, as it does with most cities, never bringing attention to our growing community, developing infrastructure, and […]
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Famous Slayer: Potter’s House Of Horrors Returns to Forge New Nightmares
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.73″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid” module_alignment=”justified”] It was a dark and stormy night. Gusts of wind rustled the Autumn leaves as chimes wavered calmly beneath the misted moonlight. An eerie sense of fear and excitement washed over the city of Surrey in the year of 2003. A new monster had made it’s presence […]
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Shambhala Music Festival: An Unaltered Tale of My Altered Journey
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid”] Featured Image | Shambhala Music Festival It’s 10am on Tuesday, I have just awoken from a nearly 19-hour sleep. I left Shambhala at around 5:30am Monday morning, although it felt more like Sunday night. I walked straight to my friend Steve’s car after spending the entire evening roaming […]
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Homegrown: Surrey604’s Top BC-Born Artists to Look out for at Shambhala Music Festival 20th Anniversary
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid”] British Columbia is known worldwide for a number of different reasons. The beautiful and natural greens that surrounds the province, the cleanly-coated white mountains of Whistler, the multicultural diversity that inhabits the Seattle-meets-Hollywood Canadian hybrid that is the city of Vancouver. Most of us also won’t forget about […]
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An Inspiring Chat with Classified
By Johnny Papan
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Local artist AMRIT BAINS wants you to rock with him at the Surrey Arts Centre on August 12!
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid”] “I don’t think anybody should be discouraged. I think people who sing at a party or in the shower should feel free to do so. We should recognize that music is a language that everybody can speak.” Amrit Bains is a local singer-songwriter who is building a strong […]
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Vancouver Paranormal Society to publicly host ghostly investigation at Surrey’s Camp Alexandra
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.62″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”justified” border_style=”solid”] Paranormal is a word that often draws intrigue. For years, humankind has tested ways to communicate with those who have passed on while others remain skeptical and reserved from the phenomenon. Vancouver Paranormal Society (VPS) has been exploring the questions of afterlife since 1993 and officially became a […]
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All Star Wrestling brings ECW hardcore-legend Tommy Dreamer to Cloverdale for 10 Year Anniversary
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” column_structure=”1_2,1_2″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.6″ text_orientation=”justified” hover_enabled=”0″ border_style=”solid”] Love it or hate it, the art of professional wrestling has been a strong entity in the entertainment business for a long time. Beginning as far back as the 1920s, the theatrical sport consistently grew and by […]
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TOP 5 MUSIC VENUES FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS AROUND SURREY
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From within the bleak depths of hopelessness, Pastor Dave found his light, and now aims to make Whalley shine
“Whenever I see hopelessness, I also see hope, because I used to be that hopelessness.” Dave Morgan of Eden Whalley Church lived a life much different than what you would expect from a normal pastor. Diagnosed with dyslexia and a learning disability at a young age, Dave faced many hardships growing up, including an […]