There is a lot happening this week.
First of all , congratulations to local country musician Shaela Miller for winning first prize in the last Project Wild competition last week. She took home the first prize of $100,953. She has been a huge part of Lethbridge’s music community for as long as I can remember and all her hard work has paid off, culminating in the well deserved win. She released her most recent CD “Big Hair Small City” last year.
The other big event of the month is the return of the live Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival, which began March 28 and runs until April 9.
It is a chance to up and coming performers as they begin their careers with plenty of performers performing all over the city, mostly at the Yates Theatre, but also at Gilbert Paterson Middle School, Chinook High School, Sterndale Bennett Theatre snd Raymond Elementary.
Admission is three dollars per session or $15 for a a program book that allows you admission to all sessions. You can pick them up picked up at the Yates Theatre, the Festival’s headquarters.
There are the the usual array of open mics this week, beginning with the open mic at the Owl on Tuesday.
But instead of the Slice’s usual Thursday open mic, local band Fawns will be opening for Vancouver’s Strange Breed at the Slice instead. Over at the Owl Acoustic lounge, Theatre Outré presents Lip Synch Roulette.
The other big event this week is at the Enmax Centre where , you can immerse yourself in Irish dance and music sensation Celtic Illusion, happening March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $65, $74, $86.
Theatre Outré presents Lip Synch Roulette at the Owl Acoustic Lounge on Thursday as well.
As usual Teri Petz’s poetry open mic closes off the month at the Owl Acoustic lounge , Wednesday, March 30 at 7 p.m.
April opens with a lot of live music.
Pink Floyd Tribute Pink Freud: The Ultimate Pink Floyd Tribute play the Place, April 1. Tickets are $22.23 .
Country roots duo West of the Fourth return to the Slice, April 1 with Richard Inmann.
Local blues rock band Coda rock Casino Lethbridge this weekend.
Honkers Pub is featuring a couple new hosts to kick off April’s open mics. DanAlie aka Danny Douglas and Ali Fehr-Hawkins from Uncovered host the open mic at And Keith Catfish Woodrow returns from Mexico to host Honkers Pub’s open mic on Saturday, April 2.
Things get a little weird at the Owl Acoustic Lounge on April 1 with psychedelic rock band Ghost Woman, local punk band Face Cut and Tyler Bird’s alternative rock band Queen of the Worms.
Ben Proulx will be making you laugh over at Good Times on Friday and Saturday.
And there have been a couple of big concert announcements.
Comedian Russell peters performs at the Enmax Centre, June 29. Tickets are $53 $77, $99 and $121.
And just announced, Styx with Nancy Wilson’s heart play the Enmax Centre, Friday, Oct. 14. Tickets go on sale April 1.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. beat Editor
