Vancouver after Dark: The Wild History of a City's Nightlife

by Aaron Chapman

Overview

A raucous history of Vancouver’s music and entertainment venues, from Prohibition-era nightclubs and Chinatown cabarets to gay bars, dive bars, goth hideaways, discos, and taverns. Archival posters and photos chronicle how the city’s nightlife changed with times, and how some of these nightspots ushered in changes to Vancouver. Vancouver after Dark documents the famous people and infamous places that contributed to the non-stop party, at least once the sun went down.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551527833
Publisher:	Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date:	06/02/2020
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Aaron Chapman is a writer, historian, and musician. He is the author of three previous books: The Last Gang in Town, the story of Vancouver’s Clark Park Gang; Liquor, Lust, and the Law, the story of Vancouver’s Penthouse Nightclub; and Live at the Commodore, a history of the Commodore Ballroom that won the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award in 2015.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 The City after Sundown 11

Chapter 2 Ballrooms and Bandstands 17

Chapter 3 The Supper Clubs 27

Chapter 4 The East End 59

Chapter 5 Never a Dull Moment 69

Chapter 6 Night People 95

Chapter 7 Fly by Night 121

Chapter 8 Stepping Out into the Seventies 139

Chapter 9 Gastown and Beyond 165

Chapter 10 The End of the Golden Age 197

Chapter 11 Last Call 227

Acknowledgments 235

References 237

Index 241