The beginning of July features big festivals, metal, classical music and lots of Latin music.
Festival Latino happens in Galt Gardens, July 7 beginning at noon with plenty of Latin food and live music, dancing and a cantina bar. The event is free to attend.
Hollywood based keytar powered metal trio trio The Maension play the Smokehouse with Australian band Be Faced, To The Mountains and the Hockey Moms. Admission is $10 for the show which begins at 7 p.m.
CKXU features an alternative rock show at the Old Firehall, July 7 with Montreal’s Alder and Ash, Calgary’s Redress and local bands An Ant and and Atom and the Ugly Cry Club. The show begins at 8 p.m. There is a $10 cover.
The Terrific Kids Collective brings in Edmonton psych rock band Dead Friends and two piece fuzz punk project Fear the Mammoth along with local act Marigold to the Slice, July 7. The show begins at 9:30 p.m. There is a five dollar cover.
The day before, on July 6, the Slice combines art and music with the art of Laurel Scott and the music of Vancouver songwriting collective Honey Tongue.
And the Owl Acoustic Lounge features the beautiful melodies and wonderful harmonies of Cranbrook duo Clayton and Joelle with local singer songwriter Tyson Ray Borsboom.
Adequate get funky with local hop hop collective the AWD Fellows at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, July 7.
The opening concert is at Casa. Iberian Melodies features U of L professor and classical guitarist Illiana Matos and Dale Ketcheson. The concert begins at 7:30 though there is a pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50.
There are several Centric concerts, July 7.
At 2:30 p.m., at the Lethbridge Public Library hosts Opus 3 featuring violinist Airdrie Robinson, cellist Christine Bootland and pianist John-Paul Ksiazek.
Tickets are $30.
Concert 3, Colour and Light, features most of the Centric Music Festivals artists honouring Debussy’s centennial at La Cité Des Prairies. Tickets for the concert are $30.
Centric winds up with two concerts on Sunday, July 8. the first one “She Shines on the Earth is at 2:30 p.m. at the library featuring mezzo-soprano Camille Rogers and pianist Perri Lo. Tickets are $30.
Stories; The Closing Gala is at Cite Des Prairies at 7:30 p.m. featuring violinist Andrew Wan and pianist Ryan Kolodziej. The pre concert discussion is at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets for the Gala performances are $50, or you can get a festival pass for $125.
The monthly ukulele jam is at Casa at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 8 as well.
