Zappostrophe’ is a Vancouver-based eight-piece band performing both fan favourites and hidden gems from the eclectic catalogue of Frank Zappa. Made up of professional musicians with diverse backgrounds and training, the band shares one thing in common: a love of the challenge of recreating—and reimagining—Zappa's extraordinary music.

The band is excited to return to Nanaimo to share its fresh take on Zappa's incredible repertoire with audiences at the Nanaimo Jazz Festival.

Expect a set that ranges from classics like "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" and "Montana" to complex masterpieces such as "Inca Roads," along with high-energy instrumentals that showcase the band's exceptional musicianship. Virtuoso performances, tight vocal harmonies, and plenty of humour make for an unforgettable evening. Grab your favourite baby seal and Nanook your way down to the Shaw Auditorium for a night celebrating the music of Frank Zappa!

Zappostrophe is:

• Blair Fisher – vocals, trumpet, flute, keyboards

• Blair Lewis – guitar, synths, vocals, rubber chicken

• LJ Mounteney – vocals, kazoo

• Nick Apivor – percussion, vocals

• Guenter Schulz – guitar

• Cole Tinney – keyboards

• Brad Pearson – bass

• Nik Focht – drums

Party with Zappostrophe’ Saturday night in the Vancouver Island Conference Centre’s Shaw Auditorium overlooking Nanaimo’s downtown waterfront. Doors will open an hour before showtime with lobby entertainment and bar services offered prior to the show and during intermission. Downtown street level parking and the Bastion Street Parkade are free and underground parking (elevator to the Auditorium entrance) in the conference centre is plentiful ($.75 first two hours). More than two dozen downtown restaurants and night spots welcome your patronage before and after the show!