What to do this weekend (August 15th - 17th)

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Here are all of the upcoming events posted for this weekend across Canada: (Click on the event link for full ticket information)

Ottawa

Sunday, August 17th - PARTIO Mooney's Bay Beach ft/ Ryan Labelle, Henreet + More @ Mooney's Bay Beach House Bistro

Free Mat Zo

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Mat Zo has been busy as of late with the introduction of his new label Mad Zoo, which will be officially up and running August 11th. The label will focus on free releases, which means that it will get a lot of EDM Canada coverage because I know that you all love free stuff. To celebrate this new label project from Mat Zo, he uploaded two new tracks on Soundcloud, check it out: 

To get these releases for free, click here. 

Hottest tracks of the week

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Here's this week's selection of the hottest tracks hand-picked by the biggest radio shows and charts in the land. I know that it's hard to keep up with so many EDM shows on a weekly basis so let this list help you out and keep you up to date on the hottest tracks in the land, enjoy: 

#1 on the Beatport top 100: Oliver Heldens - "Koala"

#1 on Hypem: Vic Mensa - "Wimme Nah" (Produced by Kaytranada)

Pete Tong's "Essential Tune": Gardens of God - "Gluk"

Above & Beyond's Group Therapy Radio 091's "Record Of The Week": Above & Beyond - "Blue Sky Action" (A&B Club Mix)

BIG ROOM

W&W's Mainstage Podcast's 219 "Most Wanted": Dyro - "Wolv"

TRANCE

A State of Trance 675 "Tune Of The Week": Rank 1 - "Airwave" (21st Century Mix)

DRUM & BASS

Crissy Criss' The Drum N Bass show #1 pick: Callide & Intraspekt - "Outbreak" EP



Win 2 tickets to see the Stafford Brothers this Saturday at Republic!

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These crazy Aussie brothers are coming back to Vancouver this Saturday and EDM Canada/Vancouver wants to send a lucky winner 2 tickets to see them for free at Republic! If you want to get a taste of what to expect this Saturday, check out this teaser of "This Girl", their latest single:

All you have to do is get on Twitter is do the following: 

  1. Follow @edmvancouver. 
  2. Tweet this contest message: 

Win 2 tickets to see the @StaffordBros this Sat at @REPUBLIC958  - Follow @edmvancouver + RT to enter! Ticket info: http://ow.ly/Ad7dv 

Contest is open now and will end this Friday at noon time (Friday, August 15th) so enter now!

To buy tickets - click here

Important note: A potential winner will be contacted via direct message on Twitter at 12:00 pm PST on Friday, August 15th. To win you must give me your full name and email to claim the prize. A potential winner will only be given a short time to claim before EDM Vancouver is forced to re-draw the prize and another winner will be selected. Good luck!