Summer Night Market 2010

Locus will be performing at the Summer Night Market on Friday, August 27th, 2010. This will be the group's fourth appearance at the annual night market festival held in Richmond, BC.

For more information, see the official Summer Night Market page here.

Anime Evolution 2010

Locus will be one of the returning performers at Anime Evolution 2010. They will appear at the main stage, located at the UBC War Memorial Gym, on Saturday, August 14th at 8:30pm. Locus will be performing new material from their forthcoming self-titled full-length album, as well as songs from their previous releases.

The popular Anime Evolution convention, which attracted close to 5000 attendees in 2009, has hosted anime screenings, game shows, panels, workshops, cosplay events, and musical performers since 1998. Other featured musical performers for this year's event include Eve, The Beautiful Losers, and The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.

For more information, visit the official Anime Evolution website here.

Vancouver Pride

Locus will be performing at the Sunset Beach Pride Festival for the annual Vancouver Pride celebration on August 1st, 2010. The quartet will be part of an entertainment roster that includes, among many others, Kim Kuzma, Matthew Presidente, Peter Breeze, and headliners Yehonathan and Lyrik.

The Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) brings the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, their friends, allies and supporters in celebration of the unique spirit and culture of the LGBT community by producing quality, inclusive events such as the popular annual Pride Parade and Festival.

This will be the third appearance for Locus at Vancouver Pride - the group was previously featured on the Vancouver Pride stages in 2008 (Brockton Oval for Picnic in the Park) and 2009 (PNE Playland for Gay Day at Playland).

向日葵 (Sunflower)

向日葵 (Sunflower) is the second mandarin language single from Locus' third studio recording, "Shine." The single, written as an ode to friendship, was penned by Kaila So and Jason Chu, and originally appeared in remixed form on Locus' 2009 full-length release, "Ambrosia."

Stream the original piano mix of 向日葵 now at Locus' MySpace Music page.

向日葵 (Sunflower)
Written by Kaila So & Jason Chu
Produced by Jason Chu & Eric Chan

Kaila: vocals, vocal arrangement
Jason: keyboards, programming, mixing
Eric: electric guitars

想跟最美的女孩在一起

Stream Eric/Anita/Jason's qualifying SQ15 finalist song, 想跟最美的女孩在一起 (Pretty Girl), in its entirety!

Friends and Family Day

Locus will be performing live on the explorASIAN stage at the Friends and Family Day at UBC on May 29th, 2010. The event, which runs from 11am to 4pm, is part of the UBC Alumni Weekend series and will feature free tours of the Museum of Anthropology, Botanical Garden, Nitobe Garden, and Chan Centre, along with open houses at the Belkin Art Gallery, the Chung Collection Exhibition, and Irving K. Barber Gallery. For more information on the event, click here.

More information:

• explorASIAN
• UBC Alumni Weekend 2010

NOH8 Campaign

The original NOH8 Campaign was founded in 2009 by American photographer Adam Bouska, as a form of silent protest against California's Proposition 8, which stripped gay couples of their civil right to marry. Since then, over 3500 official and non-official photos have been taken by supporters of the campaign.

Today, gay communities all over the world are still fighting for equal rights. On May 8th, 2010, the musicians of Locus proudly showed their support for marriage equality by posing for the NOH8 photoshoot organized by local photographer Daryl Dyck.

For more information on the NOH8 Campaign, please visit the official website here.