LOUNGE LIZARDS

LOUNGE LIZARDS

Thursday, April 25

5:00 – 8:00 PM

featuring Rocky and the Gems

Free Event / Cash Bar

Join us as we gather to mark the closing of the ZOOVEILLANCE exhibition at New Media Gallery. Relax in our pop-up lounge alongside a performance by unforgettable vintage jazz combo Rocky and the Gems. Cash Bar available, enjoy a drink before or after your visit to see the exhibition.

ABOUT ROCKY AND THE GEMS

Rocky Riobo is a queer-femme, mixed-race, hearing-impaired, singer, performer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and teacher. She is skilled and charismatic, enthusiastic and joyful. Riobo created Rocky and the Gems to present a vintage jazz experience – elevated music, a memorable show, and a celebration of a Black American music form. She currently lives in New Westminster and teaches private music lessons and choir out of Horizon School of Music.

The Gems, gorgeous and coveted as their adornment suggests, are handpicked from an outstanding roster of talented musicians from Greater Vancouver out to the Fraser Valley. Longest running and dearest gem is Vancouver’s own Kelly Brown. A masterful guitar player and veteran to the scene. Rocky and Kelly have been performing jazz together for many years and their chemistry on stage is as palpable as it is enjoyable.

(Artist Biography)

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