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Vancouver: The 72-Hour Weekend

This weekend, throw on a tacky sweater and dance, and eat a whole lotta great cheese.

Gentlemen, it’s time to get festive.

Peak Performance, Thursday, 9 p.m.
Rock out to local indie bands TV Heart Attack (pictured above), Ben Sigston, The Painted Birds, and Familia at 100.5 FM’s PEAK Christmas. 881 Granville St., $12.

Say Cheese! Friday, 7 p.m.
From the folks behind the Les Amis du Fromage cheese stores, and named after a Loire Valley goat, it’s no surprise cheese rules within the dusty rose-coloured walls of Au Petit Chavignol. Offering roughly 20 cow, goat, sheep and mixed-milk varieties, ordered as singles or on tasting boards, these cheeses beg to be complemented with paper-thin slices of Spanish Jamón Ibérico de Bellotaan. For indulgence, nothing beats the house fondue’s mix of Emmenthal, Gruyère, Comté, and Beaufort served with cornichons, pickled onions, and heaps of cubed baguette. Mains, $10 – $22. 845 East Hastings St., 604-255-4218.

Knit Wit, Friday, 10 p.m.
Throw on your best reindeer sweater and hit the dance floor at the annual Christmas Sweater Jam. Tonic Nightclub, 919 Granville St., $10.

Deck Your Walls, Saturday, 3 p.m.
Win one of 12 original artworks by local artists valued at over $18,000 at Re-Gifted, the Petley Jones Gallery raffle fundraiser for the Vancouver Children’s Hospital. 2235 Granville St., 604-732-5353, $10.

Ghost of Xmas Past, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
For the last 17 years, the Winter Harp has revived medieval carols played on period instruments for one of the city’s most unique Christmas concerts. St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church, Burrard St. at Nelson St., $33.

Sin-sational, Sunday, 7 p.m.
Get your fill of tall tales when the Vancouver Society of Storytelling presents an evening dedicated to stories about gluttony. 1805 Larch St., 604-683-1575, $5.

Image courtesy of TV Heart Attack.

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