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MUSIC MEETS MURALS Hannah Georgas will headline the Vancouver Mural Festival’s Mount Pleasant Street Party on August 11 on the main stage at Main Street and East 11th Avenue. The songstress will be joined by the Belle Game, Schwey, and Shamik at the celebration, which starts at 1 p.m. The free all-ages and licensed show will precede the Park Show, VMF’S ticketed concert in Jonathan Rogers Park, featuring A Tribe Called Red and Charlotte Day Wilson. Tickets are now on sale at Livenation.com and Red Cat Records. The afternoon concert adds to festivities that span more than 13 blocks and alleyways in the neighbourhood, which is readying for more than 125,000 visitors. Look for food trucks, live art, markets, craft beer, and, of course, murals.