Get an early start on St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with a couple big Celtic  shows this week.

 Celtic routes return to Theoretically Brewing on Thursday to host the monthly Celtic jam.

 And the Geomatic Attic is back  with a big Sunday show featuring  Glasgow, Scotland  quintet featuring a cadre of award winning United Kingdom musicians including  former members of Mànran,(Bodhran player Adam Brown)  RURA,(Ryan  Murphy, uilleann pips, Flute, tin whistle)  Talisk, (concertina player Mohsen Amini) Barrule (fiddler Tomas Callister, bouzouki  player Adam Rhodes) and Cara  who have won a cornucopia of awards including2018 BBC Radio 2 Musician of the Year, 2016 Radio Scotland Musician of the Year, BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award, BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award and several All-Britain & All-Ireland title.

 Tickets are $40 for the show, which begins at 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 10.

 

There are plenty of opportunities to play, pretty much every night of the week. The Owl Acoustic Lounge’s open mic is tonight, Tuesday, March 5. Luke James Bruce hosts the Slice’s open mic on Wednesday. The Lethbridge Folk Club has an open mic beginning at 6 p.m. at McKillop United Church on Friday, March 8 . Paul Kype hosts the open mic at Honker’s Pub on Saturday,  March 9.

 

 Undefined play a show at Honker’s Pub on Friday, March 8.

 Get in the mood for the Lethbridge and District Music and Arts Festival, but catching up and coming  talent at  the Lethbridge Youth Songwriting  Camp Showcases at the Owl Acoustic Lounge at 3 p.m., featuring the music of the participants of Shaela Miller and Lethbridge Girls Rock Camp’s Youth Songwriting  Camp last week. Admission is free for this songwriters in the round style showcase, but donations will be taken for the Lethbridge Girls Rock Camp programming.

 

 Silvana Campus has a busy week as she was also involved with the showcase as part of Lethbridge Girls  Rock Camp. She will also be performing with local alternative rock band Big Cat (Aaron Trozzo, Silvana Campus, Garwin Poff, TJ Waltho) on Friday at the Slice for their EP release party with Calgary band Fulfillment.

 Tickets are $10.

If you want to rock your socks off ’70s style, Brass Camel will tear your ears off  with the Decadent Phase at the Owl Acoustic lounge, Saturday, March 9. Tickets are $16.50 online

 Time Bandits, a new band,  featuring vocalists Jackie French and her daughter Jasmine Mitchell, lead guitarist Larry Howell, bassist Lars Hailstrom, keyboardist Rick Derricot and drummer Mike Hoffman play their debut show at the Slice, Saturday March 9 at 8 p.m.. There is a $10 cover.

 The Bow City Underground (Casey Hellawell (vocals, guitar) Kevin Viergutz (vocals, guitar) Ric Johnson (bass guitar) Bruce Mackay (keyboards, vocals and me Bob Gammon (drums) rock Casino Lethbridge  Friday and Saturday.

 

If you want to dance, drag your dancing shoes to LEMF’s Get Juicy 4 featuring Canada  Drag Race Season 4 runner up  Aurora Matrix return to the Owl Acoustic Lounge  with performances by Justine Tyme, Sophie Wright, SissyFit, ZiggyZayAh, Dana Dementa and Dick Goblin with the beats being provided by DJ Rabbyt.

 Tickets are $39-$50.

 

 If you want to laugh comedian Mike Dambra  plays three shows at Good Times Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30  and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $24.95.

 

Relive the ’80s and ’90s  on Tuesday, March 12 as the rock starts early next week as a rescheduled show from Buck Cherry and Skid Row hits the Enmax Centre.

 Tickets are  $47, $59 and $71.

 The show begins at 6:30 p.m.

 There is also a blues jam at the Slice on Tuesday, March 12 at the Slice with host Peter Noel.

— by Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor