The Daniel Cook Trio plays at the Brentwood Bay Village Empourium, PUP takes over the Capital Ballroom, and you can test your beer smarts at a trivia showdown.
“We were always hopeful that he would get better. We didn’t tell many people because he didn’t want the drama, and didn’t know how things were going to go.” The Saskatchewan native, who moved to Victoria from Edmonton in 1988, leaves behind a legacy of music in Victoria that includes several prominent groups, including the popular Roy Orbison tribute, The Lonely. A singer, guitarist, and producer, it was the project showcasing his uncanny vocal similarities to the Only the Lonely hitmaker that gave him the best reviews of his career. Benji Duke co-founded The Lonely with Demers in 2015. The group has toured Canada and the United States to sold-out theatres, and was scheduled for another run of theatres last year that was postponed when the pandemic shut down live events.