my girlfriend is friend's with
The Town Pants who are a local Celtic band that have a following of university aged people, and put on a strong show. three of TTP's members play in the off beat, acoustic cover band
Smiling Politely that used to play at Mahony and Son's at UBC.
also
The Dreadnoughts are a local up and coming Celtic-Punk band that are pretty awesome.
i'd recommend
Dino DiNicolo who is a great jazzy musician, but he has a pretty busy schedule these days.