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Thursday, December 14th 11pm at THE PICADILLY PUB (Pender St, Vancouver) with THE BURNETTES. The night could have been better attended but the music couldn't have been better. The Burnettes play straight out rock and roll with no frills or gimics. They were a great group and we were really happy to meet them.

Thursday, December 14th 8pm at A PIECE OF CAKE (Lonsdale Blvd, North Vancouver) with LOTUS. Thanks to the Psychic Cowboy for inviting us to this fundraiser. We were fortunate enough to have our photo published by the local newspaper. You can check out some of our own pics HERE.

Saturday and Sunday December 11/12 at Maplewood Farms (405 Seymour River Place, North Vancouver) We played from 10:30 to 11:30 in a livestock barn, singing traditional Christmas carols and even some of our original holiday numbers. This show was a lot of hard work, learning all those Christmas songs, but well worth the effort. Thanks to the North Shore News for the photo that appeared in the next week's newspaper.

Friday, November 6th at THE MAIN (4210 Main St, Vancouver) for ROB'S ART SHOW. The best gigs are always the ones at which we feel honoured to play. Rob from the Hard Rock Miners is one of the best musicians in the city, so when he asked us to entertain him and his friends at at his art show after-party, we took it as a major compliment. There is nothing quite like support from those you look up to. On that note, we felt a little ashamed to find out that the art show preceding our gig was none other than "Rob's Art Show". Yikes!. Why didn't we know this? How could we have been so oblivious? Why weren't we at his show buying one of his stellar pieces? Of course, Rob's art! His posters are original pieces made from bamboo and wood - wicked, rockin' designs and stenciled lettering. We've got past posters, from gigs with the Hard Rock Miners, on our wall at home and they are the best we have. They've totally got that ultra-cool DIY vibe. Anyways, he sold all of the pieces and we are still kicking ourselves for that mistake. Oh yeah, the show was held at RED CAT RECORDS, only the best indie record store in Vancouver. So, as you can see, we totally missed out. But, that being said, we were still there at THE MAIN. Plus, we got to play for a bunch of people we totally respect and admire. We hope that came across on the stage and we think it did because we had such a great time.                                                                                                                                                                                       

Thursday, October 14th 9pm at THE MAIN (4210 Main St, Vancouver)

Saturday, July 10 10pm at THE RAILWAY CLUB (Dunsmuir and Seymour, Vancouver) with headliners THE HARD ROCK MINERS. Thanks to the Hard Rock Miners for setting up this great show. We had a lot of fun. We love playing with bands that we really respect.

Thursday, June 24th  9:30pm at CENTRAL CITY BREWING in Surrey (13450 - 102nd ave and King George Highway) for their Summer Rhythm and Brews Talent Quest. We really appreciate all the support from friends and family. We had some equipment troubles and the sound guy didn't bother to set things up until we had already started. The stage is really strangely situated. We played on the lower floor to just a few tables looking down at us. The rest of the bar can only see you on TV monitors. Yuck! 

Tuesday, June 22nd  8:00pm at THE YALE  - Vancouver's Home of the Blues (1300 Granville St, Vancouver). This show was part of the Yale's emerging talent night and we felt really honoured to be playing one of the great classic blues stages in the world. Our type of blues rock didn't really suit the place though. The Yale has a lot of really schmaltzy blues acts that play there regularly. I would never go to the place if I didn't know of the act. The house bands are usually just that terrible.

Saturday, June 12 THE MEDIA CLUB (695 Cambie St, Vancouver) Some of Vancouver's finest acts rocked out seventies style as part of "Jukebox Heroes II". Kick in the Eye played a little AC/DC (The Jack), a little T-Rex (Raw Ramp), and some Neil Young (Powederfinger).  Thanks to our good friend Brian Jensen for filling in on drums.

Wednesday, June 9 9:30pm at THE RAILWAY CLUB (Dunsmuir and Seymour, Vancouver) with headliner Rich Hope. Word had it that this was going to be a bluesy "way out Wednesday". They were right. Rich Hope and the Evil-Doers played some great country-blues-rock. Rich Hope is one of the best talents around Vancouver. Thanks to Frank Rumbletone for setting up the show.

Saturday, May 22 10pm-1am at THE MAIN (4210 Main St, Vancouver) with LOTUS. Come for the delicious food and stay for the best in BC entertainment. As one East Coast fan put it: "I've been waiting to hear some music like this on the West Coast!" Music like what? Foot-stompin', toe-tappin', down home, honky-tonk, beach rock! This was our pitch, but it turned out to be much more than just a pitch. Folk on Main Street did come out  for the food and dog-gone it if they didn't stay 'til closing time! Thank you to patrons and staff for all the kind compliments.
 
Wednesdays 8pm-8:30 at the COTTAGE BISTRO (4468 Main St, Vancouver) 
Kick in the Eye hosted the open mic at the COTTAGE BISTRO from Jan to Apr. 2004. We had an excellent time, due, in large part, to the owner Eugene Dong, who is a huge supporter of local music. Without him, there'd be a void in the city. The music scene in Vancouver is very cliquey, so without the open arms policy of the BISTRO, many newcomers would be destined to obscurity. Here you don't have to be a scenester to hit the stage on Wednesday nights and feel appreciated.

Tuesday, April 26th 9:30pm at the MEDIA CLUB (695 Cambie St, Vancouver)
We played with JOEY and Elbore James. Elbore James played blues covers, and maybe even a few originals, in the Texas style. Joey has some of the best original songs you are likely to hear in any part of the world. A little Split Enz, some Police, the Beatles and the Stones. Mix 'em up and serve it as Joey. It's great stuff for the ears. 

Tuesday April 13th 10pm at TORNADOE JOE'S (45844 Yale Rd. Chilliwack, BC)
If you haven't heard headliner JOEY  from the Valley, you are missing out. Check the MEDIA CLUB listings for JOEY and then go see these quirky alt-rockers rock out!

Thursday April 8 7pm at NORTH SURREY SECONDARY SCHOOL as part of "Celebrating Canada" Night. Students performed dances, songs, and fashion displays to represent their cultural heritages. Kick in the Eye played to simply represent "Canada". "My Home on the Fraser"  and Stompin' Tom's "The Hockey Song" were crowd pleasers. The extensive international food buffet was the highlight of the evening, with foods ranging from Afganistan to Zimbabwe. For only five dollars it was an unmatchable evening of food and entertainment.

Friday March 26th 10 pm at the MAIN (4210 Main St, Vancouver) with special guests The Champions. (Read the review of The Champions CD on our KICK PICKS page.)
This gig rocked. No wonder Main Street is building a kick ass, grass roots buzz. Thanks to Ida from the Main for booking us the show. 

December 23rd 9pm at the MEDIA CLUB (695 Cambie St, Vancouver)
Jingle, jangle, jingle. We played Brenda Lee songs: "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" and "Papa Noel". It wasn't snowing but we were "hopin' for snow".

Thursday March 18

December 20th 9pm at the OUR TOWN CAFE (245 East Broadway, Vancouver)
We opened for Marq DeSouza who regailed us with a performance of "Hit Somebody" by Warren Zevon. "What's a Canadian farm boy to do? What else can a farm boy from Canada do?" Apparently either "hit somebody" on the national ice rink, or "hit somebody" with an awesome song in a local cafe. We had some Aussies buy our disc so that they could take a little "Home on the Fraser" home with them!

Thursday December 4th 10pm at THE PICADILLY PUB (Pender St, Vancouver)
We played with a magician named David and an indie singer-songwriter named Aaron Ritchie.

Wednesday, November 25th 11pm at the GREEN ROOM (695 Cambie St, Vancouver) We had the whole place dancing! All six of them..

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