A couple of really cool events are happening this week. First off, this is the weekend where hippies, yippies, folkies and basically anybody who loves music and want to relax in the sun in a laid back atmosphere for a weekend congregate in Fort Macleod for the South Country Fair.
The fun officially begins Friday night with an outstanding line up including Lethbridge talent like Shaela Miller, The Darby and Joan Club and Treeline. Shaela Miller plays the song she wrote to win the South Country Fair songwriting contest this year , “Loving You” during her set at 10 p.m. Saturday night on the South Stage, while the Darby and Joan Club are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Sunday on the east stage and Treeline is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on the East Stage, Saturday afternoon.
Other highlights include Juno Award winner Jenny Whiteley who is playing Saturday night at 7:40 p.m. and Twilight Hotel who will be a Friday evening highlight along with Cumako who played at the lineup announcement party , May 30 at the Slice.
The United Steelworkers of Montreal are going to be another popular act Saturday night as will Woodpigeon on Saturday afternoon.
If you want to be in a music video, New Brunswick country singer Julian Austin will be filming one, July 18 for his next hit “If Houston Doesn’t Want You.” If you are interested meet at Henotic, the old fire hall at noon where the street party scene takes place. The shoot takes place until 8 p.m. and the day winds up with a special show at Average Joe’s Downtown at 10 p.m. A limited number of tickets will be sold for $20 each.
The full schedule is available at www.scfair.ab.ca.
This week is also a good one for open mics with one tonight (July 14) with Andrew Scott, Brad Brouwer and Tyler Bird. Henotic has one on Wednesday (July 15).
As of July 14, the South Country Fair schedule is:
Friday Night -- South Stage
06.00 pm - Ry & The Cow Pies
07:00 pm - Twilight Hotel
08:10 pm - David Ross Macdonald
09:15 pm - poet - TBA
09:30 pm - Tarhana
10:35 pm - Sidney York (songwriter winner)
10:50 pm - Cumako
12:15 am - The Swifties
10:15 pm - Jah Youssouf & The Woodchopper’s Assoc.
11:30 pm - United Steel Workers of Montreal
12:50 pm - Sean Brewer & The Switchmen
Friday Night -- Lotos Land
7:00 pm - Dale Herrington
7:30 pm - Linda Weasel Head
8:00 pm - Anushka
8:30 pm - Lance Semak
9:00 pm - Zaccheus Jackson
open mic
Saturday Afternoon -- South Stage
01:30 pm - Poet - TBA
01:40 pm - Gordie Tentrees
02:50 pm - Jen Paches
04:00 pm - Woodpigeon
05:10 pm - Declan de Barra
06:20 pm - Scott Nolan
Saturday Morning/Afternoon -- East Stage
10:30 am - Declan de Barra, David Ross Macdonald,
Scott Nolan, Jen Paches
11:30 am - Sage, Silt & Desert Rose
12:30 pm - Dustin Bentall
01:30 pm - Colleen Brown Band
02:30 pm - Scott Cook
03:30 pm - Treeline
04:30 pm - Andrea Ramolo
Sunday Afternoon -- South Stage
11:50 pm - U of L Steel Band
01:00 pm - Poet -TBA
01:20 pm - The Secretaries
02:40 pm - Bomba
03:50 pm - Cam Penner
Sunday Morning/Afternoon -- East Stage
10:30 am - Jenny Whiteley, Cam Penner, Gordie Ten-
trees, John Wort Hannam
11:30 am - Roderick Watt
12:30 pm - Darby and Joan Club
01:30 pm - F&M
02:30 pm - Erin Ross
Sunday Morning/Afternoon -- Lotos Land
11:00 am - Workshop - Getting Your Voice Out There
12:00 noon - Mary Pinkoski
12:30 pm - Chris Sitter
01:00 pm - Monolo Blahnik
01:30 pm - Linda Weasel Head
02:00 pm - Lori D Roadhouse
02:30 pm - Sonis McAllister
05:30 pm - Screamin Jimmies
Saturday Morning/Afternoon -- Lotos Land
11:00 am - Workshop - Wise Women/Wise Words
12:00 - lunch break
01:00 pm - TBA
01:30 pm - Brent Schaus
02:00 pm - Dale Herrington
02:30 pm - Lance Semak
03:00 pm - TBA
03:30 pm - Anushka
04:00 pm - Zaccheys Jackson
04:30 pm - Mary Pinkoski
05:00 pm - Chris Sitter
SONGWRITERS’ WORKSHOPS
East Stage - Saturday - 10:30 am
Songwriter in the Round - Declan de Barra, David Ross
Macdonald, Scott Nolan, Jen Paches
Saturday Night -- South Stage
07:25 pm - Poet - TBA
07:40 pm - Jenny Whiteley
08:45 pm - Scott Cook
08:55 pm - The Hank & Lily Show
10:00 pm - Shaela Miller (songwriter winner)
10:15 pm - Jah Youssouf & The Woodchopper’s Assoc.
11:30 pm - United Steel Workers of Montreal
12:50 pm - Sean Brewer & The Switchmen
Saturday Night -- Lotos Land
07:00 pm - Lori D Roadhouse
07:30 pm - Sonis McAllister
08:00 pm - Monolo Blahnik
08:30 pm - TBA
09:00 pm - Gina Drag Piper
— Richard Amery, L.A Beat Editor
