ARC Showcase October 8

Music BC presents three nights of showcasing featuring the 2025 cohort from the ARC Program.

Day 1 - October 8, 2025

Doors: 7:00pm / Music 7:30pm sharp

Tickets- $9.99

19+

Follow @arcprogram_bc on Instagram for set times.

Featuring:

After nearly a decade of chasing sounds that didn’t quite fit, Vancouver-based Tess Anderson found clarity in the chaos of alt-rock. Channeling both defiance and vulnerability, she fronts a powerhouse six-piece band known for high-octane, emotionally charged performances. Inspired by acts like Paramore and Nothing But Thieves, her music strikes a collision between gritty distortion and glossy pop hooks.

Her 2024 debut album Before I Come Unhinged is a visceral dive into self-reclamation and breaking toxic cycles. With over 180,000 streams to date, it’s earned features in Billboard Music Canada and Exclaim!, along with national airplay on CBC. A relentless live performer, Tess recently wrapped up her first Western Canada headline tour, opened for Canadian heavy-hitters Mother Mother, and secured slots at major festivals across British Columbia.

Starting out as a stupid pun on the name of a flower, Tiger Really has since transformed from a bedroom project to one of the most exciting and unique bands the Vancouver scene has to offer. Fronted by songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Lian Shao, the band has carved out a niche for themselves by mixing emo with elements of jazz, folk, and indie rock, creating a sound that is both distinct and deeply resonant.

Since signing with legendary emo label Counter Intuitive Records in 2023, Tiger Really has built a global cult audience through social media and word of mouth. The band has shared stages with some of the genre's most influential touring acts including 'Michael Cera Palin', 'Chinese Football', 'Weatherday' and 'Your Arms Are My Cocoon'. Their consistently electrifying performances coupled with Lian's intensely personal songwriting has garnered them a deeply connected fan base and community, cementing themselves as a staple of the Vancouver underground.

Haleluya Hailu is reclaiming the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Raised in Vancouver, British Colombia Canada, Hailu is a multi-instrumentalist, poet, and activist. Eclectic, energetic and constantly moving, Hailu manages to turn the awkward transition to adulthood into songs that anyone could lose themselves in. Her debut release ‘eternally, yours’ with Canadian music powerhouse 604 Records, features a vibrant and sparkling collection of alternative-minded tracks that effortlessly straddle emo, punk, and pop.

Computer is a 6 piece alternative music project band from “vancouver”

Posh Coat is a wardrobe full of florals, denim and velvet, paired with your favourite flared jeans, Chuck Taylor’s, and a shaggy haircut. A tireless blend of glamorous indie and soul pleasing rock & roll, live on stage, their sound is both raw and refined. With their unique voice and flair, and a seamless blend of gritty guitar riffs and silky modern melodies, Posh Coat is chaos and control, intimacy and intensity.

Put on your most posh coat, take it off, throw it on the ground and stomp on it. Let’s rock and roll!

ARC is an intensive accelerator program that highlights, nurtures, and sends into orbit the exciting, diverse voices that beat in BC. This multi-stage program will advance the business, creative, and technical skills of recording artists to help them build sustainable careers in the music industry—both at home and away. Led by a faculty of music industry professionals, participants will benefit from decades of experience and success within the music business.

Venue Accessibility: Red Gate is fully wheelchair accessible. Please contact [email protected] if we can do anything to make your attendance more comfortable.

Music BC always takes pride in being an inclusive and safe space for everyone. Please let us know if you have any questions prior to the event.

ARC is made possible through the ongoing support of FACTOR and the Government of Canada, Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia.

Music BC acknowledges that this event will be celebrated on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ /sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Host or Publisher Music BC Industry Association