SPECIAL BOYS CLUB & LONGSHOT MUSIC PRESENT..

30 YEARS OF LONGSHOT MUSIC

JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE 3 DECADES OF THE BEST IN STREET PUNK, ROCK AND ROLL, AND OI!

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9

CASTILLO (LA)
RECKLESS UPSTARTS (WINDSOR)

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10

THE RETURN OF
KNUCKLEHEAD (CALGARY)
THE PROWLERS (MONTREAL)
HARD EVIDENCE (ST. LOUIS)

FULL LINEUP COMING SOON

SINGLE DAY TICKETS AND LIMITED WEEKEND PASSES AVAILABLE NOW

SPECIAL BOYS CLUB & LONGSHOT MUSIC PRESENT..

30 YEARS OF LONGSHOT MUSIC

JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE 3 DECADES OF THE BEST IN STREET PUNK, ROCK AND ROLL, AND OI!

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9

CASTILLO (LA)
RECKLESS UPSTARTS (WINDSOR)

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10

THE RETURN OF
KNUCKLEHEAD (CALGARY)
THE PROWLERS (MONTREAL)
HARD EVIDENCE (ST. LOUIS)

FULL LINEUP COMING SOON

SINGLE DAY TICKETS AND LIMITED WEEKEND PASSES AVAILABLE NOW

Winnipeg rock and roll outfit Show Pony make their Vancouver debut at The Cobalt with local support from Glitter Bomb. October 5.

The Cobalt presents Show Pony with Glitter Bomb and additional support TBA.

Show Pony (Winnipeg, MB)

Show Pony is a wild ride through the heart of rock and roll, dressed to thrill in cowboy hats, snakeskin boots, and a shimmer of sequins. With a raw fusion of gutsy punk energy and arena-shaking rock 'n' roll, they pull listeners into their electrifying, glam-soaked universe. Drawing from the grit of The Gun Club and the rebellious edge of bands like X and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Show Pony's sound is a high-octane mix of soaring melodies, blistering spaghetti-western riffs, and infectious choruses that stick long after the show ends. ALT 94.3's Artist of the Month and fresh off opening for Mannequin Pussy, this is their Vancouver debut.

Glitter Bomb (Vancouver, BC)

Vancouver femme punk with a dash of . ݁₊ ⊹ ⋆˖ . ݁ ⋆ ⋆

Monday October 5. Doors 7PM, show 8PM

IMMORTALIS VANCOUVER 🩸 October 4th, 2026 Past Self • Mvtant • Pink Stiletto • ET with local support from Covert Forces Doors at 6:30 PM Show at 7:30 PM Ends at Midnight Tickets: $32.50 online / $40 at the door A night of dark electronics, body music, synth-punk, and underground club heat. Come early, stay late.

🎭 YOU ASKED FOR AN ENCORE.
So, apparently, we have to do this again.

ANTONIO FERRARI PRESENTA

JIM E. BROWN

a once-in-a-lifetime encore performance

with local support from:

FRETGAU 

AMBERETTE

You missed it the first time.
Naturally, you complained.
So here we are.

📅 OCTOBER 3, 2026
📍 THE COBALT
🕥 22:30
🎟️ $20

ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Because, despite your best efforts, we can't make you appreciate it twice.

#JimEBrown #TheCobalt #Encore #LiveMusic #YouAskedForIt #YourFault

Witness three of BC's finest post-metal bands: Empress, Druin, and The Monarch bring a night of swirling atmosphere and immense riffing to The Cobalt on Saturday, October 3rd.

Empress, Vancouver's favourite post-metal/blackened sludge band since 2017, punctuate hypnotic song structures with heavy, ear-worm riffs. Empress conjure a crushing and psychedelic atmosphere with unmatched stage presence.

@empress_bc
https://thisisempress.bandcamp.com

The Monarch, Nanaimo's signature post-metal quartet is as enthralled with down tuned riffing as they are with drenching a room in ambient washes, full of reverence for delay and reverb. Don't miss their Vancouver debut!

@themonarchlives

https://themonarch.bandcamp.com/music

Druin is a Vancouver-based post-doom metal juggernaut featuring seasoned players from The Nautilus, Kataplexis, The Post War, and Dungeons. Their debut album, The Goat Whispering in the Panther's Ear, delivers a relentless barrage of crushing riffs and dark, immersive soundscapes.

@druinmusic
https://druin.bandcamp.com/music

Saturday, October 3rd @ The Cobalt (917 Main Street, Vancouver)
$20 at the door, less in advance.
Doors at 6:30

19+

Art by @october_midnight
Presented by Journeyman Productions

OI! VANCOUVER!

Have you grown weary of sensible entertainment?

Tired of evenings that begin and end according to plan?

Then clear your diary for Friday, October 2nd, because JIM E. BROWN (U.K.) is crossing the Atlantic to appear at THE COBALT for a single evening of whatever it is that Jim E. Brown does.

📍 The Cobalt – 917 Main Street
🗓 October 2, 2026
🕗 8:00pm
🎤 Karaoke until the authorities intervene

Supported by:
★ TONK
★ YEP
★ THE HETEROSEXUALS

Presented by Heinz Salad Cream and Thee Incidental Press, two organisations bravely asking questions nobody requested.

Will there be music?
Almost certainly.

Will there be spectacle?
Legally, we hope not.

Will Jim E. Brown appear?
The poster strongly suggests so.

£30? No.
$30? Yes.

Tickets available now.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, unless it goes surprisingly well.

goreshit 2026

US Tour tickets on sale now!

Who: goreshit // bye2 // RiDylan // Hitori Tori // TR4CK ID? B2B RUFFA

Where: The Cobalt Cabaret 917 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V8

When: Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 9:00 pm

Age: 19+

Tickets can be purchased through the Kittyonfire webstore!

For pay what you can please email info@kittyonfirerecords.com

MODO-LIVE, The Plant present... MESSA w/ Crimson Funeral & Space Queen

Sunday September 27th, 2027

The Cobalt
Vancouver, BC

The Invisible Orange presents: AUTHOR & PUNISHER with special guests: GUILTLESS and DOOM RITUAL BASTARD

AUTHOR & PUNISHER
Author & Punisher is an industrial doom and drone metal, one man band utilizing primarily custom fabricated machines/controllers and speakers called Drone/Dub Machines. The devices draw heavily on aspects of industrial automation, robotics and mechanical tools and devices, focusing on the eroticism of the interaction with machine.
https://authorandpunisher.com/
https://www.instagram.com/authorandpunisher
https://orcd.co/authorandpunisher

GUILTLESSBorn from a love of experimental rock, noise rock, early industrial, sludge, and doom, Guiltless (featuring members of A Storm of Light, Intronaut, Generation of Vipers and Battle of Mice) heralds the coming of a heavy music which looks both inwards and out to convey the encompassing mixture of hope, despair and determination which comes from observing life as we know it today. 
https://guiltless.band/
https://www.instagram.com/guiltlessband
https://www.facebook.com/guiltlessband
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LbnbvP0S13LSl8JsBJ9EP

DOOM RITUAL BASTARDDoom Ritual Bastard is an immersive descent into cinematic darkwave, where haunted ambience collides with experimental soundscapes, trap-infused rhythms, and ritualistic intensity. Carving a path through the eerie and the ethereal, the project conjures sonic atmospheres drenched in shadow - dystopian echoes, hypnotic pulses, and spectral textures that linger like a curse, merging the weight of doom with the fractured beauty of electronic minimalism.  
https://www.instagram.com/doomritualbastard

***Ages 19 and over***

Tune in / Tune Out! is a cross-border punk rock showcase featuring ATD, Scatterbox, ADD, Big Time, P.O.T.U.S., and The Fatalz at The Cobalt

Louisville's DOOM GONG bring their Denim Psych to The Cobalt. Psychedelic rock, jazz fusion, prog, and a whole lot of denim - with SUNDRESS

The Cobalt presents DOOM GONG with Sundress, live in Vancouver.

DOOM GONG (Louisville, KY)

Formed in 2022 by seven music school nerds in Louisville, Kentucky, DOOM GONG have spent three years building one of the most distinct sounds in the international psych scene. They call it Denim Psych - a genre of their own invention that pulls from psychedelic rock, jazz fusion, prog rock, bedroom pop, lo-fi, and contemporary classical music, stitched together with blood, sweat, and a lot of denim. Three rock opera-esque LPs in three years, a live album, festival appearances at Treefort, Sled Island, Levitation, and Swampfest, and shared stages with Amyl and the Sniffers, The Black Angels, BADBADNOTGOOD, Allah Las, and King Buffalo among many others. They are currently on a European and UK tour and headed this way. The Gong rings on.

Sundress (Vancouver, BC)

Vancouver indie rock with hooks and heart. Sundress have been a reliable and well-loved presence in the local scene, building their following one show at a time.

Thursday September 18.

Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards bring their genre-defying chaos to The Cobalt with Friend of a Friend and Karma and the Killjoys. Sep 17

The Cobalt presents Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards with Friend of a Friend and Karma and the Killjoys.

Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards (Oklahoma City, OK)

"There's a mad genius living in Oklahoma City who possesses the manic drive of a classical composer." Since 2016, Johnny Manchild has led an ever-evolving lineup in pursuit of conveying the noise in his head - a noise that gets louder every day and never sounds quite the same twice. Over the last decade he has amassed over 400,000 listeners, collaborated with Adrian Young of No Doubt and Todd Foreman of Sublime, performed alongside the Dresden Dolls, and independently assembled a 48-show six-week house show tour for over 3,000 attendees. Five albums deep with a new self-produced record Side Effects slated for 2026, he shows no signs of slowing down.

Friend of a Friend

Formed in the summer of 2020, Friend of a Friend have spent the years since touring relentlessly through Europe and North America, releasing three records in three years, and landing features in SPIN Magazine and Rolling Stone, who named them an artist to watch. Wonderland Magazine called them an indie rock band taking the scene by storm. The resume speaks for itself.

Karma and the Killjoys

Piano-rock that earns the name. Loud, key-smashing chords dueling with gritty electric guitar, powerful raw female voices, and a thick chorus of harmonies that somehow holds it all together. Karma and the Killjoys push the bounds of what piano-rock can mean with every song, both embracing and defying the genre.

Gordi brings her folktronica and indie-pop to The Cobalt on September 16 in support of her 2025 album Like Plasticine. w/ GRACIE AND RACHEL

SPECIAL BOYS CLUB PRESENTS

Tuesday September 15

Dark Thoughts

Schedule 1

Pill Mill

THE COBALT CABARET

Vancouver BC

8pm doors

20 adv / 25 door

Celebrate the End of the 2026 Outdoor Season

This year, we’re subbing the formal gala for the kind of party OFK does best. Join us at The Cobalt for an evening of good food, cold drinks, awards, performances by OFK icons, and dancing that spills from the main room onto the back patio—and over to Boxcar next door.

We’ll kick things off with our Annual General Meeting, where members can hear how the league has grown over the past year, vote for the 2027 Board of Directors*, and help shape what’s next for OFK. Then it’s time to celebrate another unforgettable outdoor season with the people who made it one to remember. Formalwear not required.

Your Ticket Includes

• Casual Dinner

• One drink ticket

• Access to awards ceremony  

Ticket Prices

OFK Members: $20
Guests / Plus Ones: $30

Vancouver DJs Alex Norman and Where's Joe bring a late night dance party to The Cobalt.

The Cobalt presents Alex Norman with Where's Joe.

Alex Norman (Vancouver, BC)

A fixture in Vancouver's underground electronic scene and one half of Off Piste Music, Alex Norman brings deep, dancefloor-focused sets to late night rooms across the city. A regular at The Cobalt and a trusted name in the local club circuit.

Where's Joe (Vancouver, BC)

Music has always been at the centre of everything for Where's Joe. Starting with piano at a young age before diving into dance music through mashups and edits, he moved into producing house, techno, and trance with a sound that is driving, melodic, and built for the dancefloor. Vancouver's après ski mountain culture runs through everything he does, and he's been making his presence felt across the city this summer.

10:30 - LATE

The Invisible Orange presents: LIGHTNIN' LUKE with guests: YES MA'AM and THE STAGGERS & JAGGS

LIGHTNIN' LUKE
Soulful, passionate, and sincere are the words used most frequently when describing Portland-raised Lightnin' Luke. Singer, songwriter, and violinist, Luke's bluesy vocals, heartfelt lyrics, and wild fiddle playing have made him a versatile musical force. Lightnin' plays fiddle in the Bridge City Sinners and currently is located in Charleston, SC.
https://www.instagram.com/thelightninluke/
https://www.facebook.com/lightninlukemusic/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3mwDEPe9f6EM00XNgYkwqS

YES MA'AM
Born from the swamps and overpasses of the American South, Yes Ma’am merges Depression Era blues, jazz and bluegrass with instrumental virtuosity and the raw, emotional storytelling of early punk rock. Matt’s soulful voice and authentic stage presence have made him a muse for the traveling community and solidified his legendary status as street-corner royalty. His sound has shaped a generation of musicians, whether he’s performing solo or with a rotating ensemble of folk punk’s finest.
https://www.instagram.com/yesmaamtheband/
https://www.facebook.com/yesmaamtheband/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ImmXDgaacATNycVOulRZg

THE STAGGERS & JAGGS
The Staggers & Jaggs play high energy folk music that takes influence from old world traditional tunes, tango, Honky tonk, cartoon, and classical music.
https://www.instagram.com/the_staggers_and_jaggs/
https://www.facebook.com/TheStaggersandJaggs
https://thestaggersandjaggs.bandcamp.com/

***Ages 19 and over***

The Invisible Orange presents: GOETIA with ASPHYXIATED  and EMPALEMENT

GOETIA
Invoked from the crypts of Washington DC, Goetia have arisen to wreak havoc on all who dare to lay ears upon them. Theirs is a relentless assault of pummeling drums, razor sharp riffs, and otherworldly vocals that spew a never ending barrage of curses from beyond on those unfortunate enough to get caught in their wake.
https://www.instagram.com/goetia_death_cult/
https://goetiadeath.bandcamp.com/

ASPHYXIATED
East Van grinding death.
https://www.instagram.com/asphyxiateddeath/

EMPALEMENT
Empalement is a barbaric black metal band from Victoria, BC. Fresh from the Wacken Metal Battle and the Armstrong Metal Fest, Empalement is out for blood. They are out in support of their debut EP, Celestial Perversion and will have more music coming in 2027. Chaos reigns.
https://www.instagram.com/empalement/
https://www.facebook.com/Empalement/
https://empalement.bandcamp.com/

***Ages 19 and over***

The Invisible Orange presents: KRUELTY with guests: DEAD HEAT,  DYING REMAINS and KILL CHAIN.

KRUELTY
Formed in Tokyo, Japan in the summer of 2017, KRUELTY has emerged as the most notable artist to find that sweet spot where the amalgamation of heavy beatdown hardcore and 90s American/Scandinavian death/doom metal becomes the blueprint of brutality and slam KRUELTY unleash. With KRUELTY you will hear the ultimate convergence of some of the most punishing death metal riffs and the most mind-blowing breakdowns influenced by Japanese and 90s East Coast hardcore bands.
https://www.kruelty666.com/
https://www.instagram.com/krueltyjphc/
https://www.facebook.com/krueltyjphc
https://kruelty666.bandcamp.com/music

DEAD HEAT
"Process of Elimination", Dead Heat's first album for Metal Blade, sees the Oxnard, California-based band reaching a sonic and lyrical apex across 11 heavy tracks, produced by the band with Paul Fig (Deftones, Trivium, Jerry Cantrell). "Perpetual Punishment" opens the record with gentle guitar before kicking into aggro/hardcore mode. "We chose this song to start Process… because when it hits, it's hard, and has a great flow," states singer Chris Ramos. "Lyrically it's about not wasting your time in life because tomorrow simply isn't promised. It's a key theme I always try to portray in lyrical form, or even in random stage banter. I feel like it's what's keeps me going on every day."

"Process of Elimination" finds Dead Heat at the top of their powers. "Dead Heat has changed in so many ways since the start of this band, but we're the same beast, just a different animal. We have the same musical aspects but with different attitude towards the outcome which makes all the difference," concludes Ramos. "We unconsciously changed from a force on a roll into a well-oiled machine."
https://www.instagram.com/deadheat805/
https://www.facebook.com/DeadHeat805/
https://deadheatca.bandcamp.com/album/process-of-elimination

DYING REMAINS
Alberta death metal.
https://www.instagram.com/dying.remains/
https://www.facebook.com/p/Dying-Remains-100091308382555/
https://dyingremains-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com/album/merciless-suffering

KILL CHAIN
Vancouver metallic hardcore with members of Bayonet Dismemberment A Mourning Star and Comeback Kid.
https://www.instagram.com/killchain.hc
https://killchainhc.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2026

***Ages 19 and over***