The Dreadnoughts presents
Punkstravaganza
March 13th + March 14th, 2026
The Rickshaw Theatre
19+
Doors: 7:00pm

Presale Code: POLKAPIT
Tickets: $30 + s/c adv
2 Day Pass: $50 +s/c adv
Day 1 Ticket Link: https://punkstravaganza-2026-night1.eventbrite.ca
Day 2 Ticket Link: https://punkstravaganza-2026-night2.eventbrite.ca

Announce: Weds, Dec 10th @ 10am
Presale: Thurs, Dec 11th @ 10am – with code: POLKAPIT
General On-Sale: Fri, Dec 12th @ 10am

Short Event Description:
The Dreadnoughts celebrate their 20th anniversary with another Punkstravagranza weekend!

NIGHT 1
THE DREADNOUGHTS
The Dreadnoughts began to play folk-punk in 2007 with a single goal: to make enough money at shows to cover the cost of shots of Fireball Whiskey at Vancouver’s notoriously seedy Ivanhoe Hotel. Ten years on and counting, they can boast of four studio albums, two EPs, and hundreds of unforgettable live shows spanning the globe. They’ve blended punk rock and a bunch of European folk traditions with a power and range that few other groups can match. And it’s been a blast.
Website: https://thedreadnoughts.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedreadnoughts/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedreadnoughts/?hl=en
Bandcamp: https://thedreadnoughts.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedreadnoughts/videos
Twitter: https://x.com/TheDreadnoughts
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeh1S_kl8YI

LOS FURIOS
Los Furios is a Ska Reggae Punk Rock band from Vancouver BC. Since 2002, they have been entertaining audiences with a unique blend of Ska Punk & Reggae with Latin influences. Nothing slams like a Furios dance floor. See you in the mix.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losfurios604/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/losfuriosvancity/?hl=en
Bandcamp: https://losfurios.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@losfurios604
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqQ4Q8f3ubc

SPACE CHIMP
Space Chimp is a four to five piece Reggae-Rock outfit from Vancouver, BC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Spacechimpmusic/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_space_chimp/?hl=en
Bandcamp: https://spacechimp.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcBn4BEt6-faXBaqRXccLZQ
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfzP5SCfsCc

NIGHT 2
BALKAN SHMALKAN
Balkan Shmalkan is East Vancouver’s sweet dance party orchestra; think global music with local attitude. Their funky brass dance beats are rooted in the aural traditions of the Roma and Klezmorim of Eastern Europe and blended with a mixture of pop and jazz. Members of the group sing in 5 languages including Serbian, Romani, and Italian. The group contains six to twelve musicians playing reed, brass and percussion instruments of both eastern and western <a href="http://origin.

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Balkan Shmalkan is the brain child of a group of musicians with a long history of collaboration in traditional South Serbian Trubaci music. This project is a way of blending that music with other vibrant traditions and bringing it to the general population of Greater <a href="http://Vancouver.

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Balkan Shmalkan is exceptionally versatile and mobile, playing on and off stage with nothing more than the power of their lungs and a few horns.
Website: https://balkanshmalkan.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BalkanShmalkan/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shmalkan/?hl=en
Bandcamp: https://balkanshmalkan.bandcamp.com/album/album-shmalbum
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@balkanshmalkan4233
Twitter: https://x.com/shmalkan
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_KoBzOnmQE

DIRTY ARTICHOKES
Party music from Turin.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DirtyArtichokes/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dirty_artichokes/?hl=en
Bandcamp: https://dirtyartichokes.bandcamp.com/album/losco-pruzio
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgT2DPPP6_Q_hIB9MjC1fqg
YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teHKnZdL5Qs