This week is all about laughter not to mention country music and metal.
But it is also a good week if you feel the urge to get up on stage and play.
Bo Diddly’s has a Wednesday night jam featuring Doug Steven, which is getting a good turnout. It begins early at 7:30 p.m. and ends usually by 10:30 p.m. The Mark Hall band host a reg
ular Saturday night jam at the Smokehouse.
The Lethbridge Folk Club still has their open stage at the Wolf’s Den on the second and fourth Fridays of every month including this Friday. And Steve Keenan hosts a blues jam at Honker’s every other Friday as well.
The Owl Acoustic Lounge has an open stage on Monday nights and comedy open mics on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month including this one, March 11. They have open stages on Wednesday nights when they don’t have their comedy open mic.
They have also begun their afternoon family jams on Saturday afternoons at 1:30 though this Saturday, they begin a regular blues jam at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 14.
In addition to their regular Tuesday night jams, the Slice has decided to open up their stage for jams on any night they don’t have a show booked.
Though this Tuesday, March 17, instead of an open stage, the Slice celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a special show featuring Calgary drum and bass rockers HighKicks, including Danny Vacon and drummer Matt Doherty who also play in the Dudes and Zojo Workhorse.
They will be accompanied by Toronto based female fronted rockers the Mohrs who started out as writing project between lead vocalist Jackie Mohr and Juno award winner Hawksley Workman.
There is a $10 cover for the show.
There is surprisingly not a lot going on for live music for a Tuesday St. Patrick’s Day. Calgary based swamp blues-rock singer and songwriter Mitch Belot plays the Owl Acoustic Lounge, March 17. And London, UK DJ Deekline will be at Inferno with local DJs opening. Tickets cost $5 in advance, $10 at the door.
Before that however, it is a solid week of entertainment.
Unfortunately the Let It Be Beatles Tribute scheduled for March 12 at the Enmax Centre has been cancelled.
It is a good week for country music as local country band Hurtin’ return to Casino Lethbridge March 13 and 14.
Another local country band, Blacksmith play the Owl Acoustic Lounge, March 13.
The Owl Acoustic Lounge brings in Central Alberta based country trio, Ol’ Boots and the Hoots featuring Boots Graham, Sean Vandenbrink and Tyler “ Grits” Allen.
There are a couple of opportunities for head-banging too.
The University of Lethbridge Zoo hosts an all ages gig, March 13 with Grande Prairie’s Arrival of Autumn, Edmonton death metal band Eyes of Horus, Medicine Hat thrashers Naraka and local metal band One More for the Captain.
There is a $10 cover for the show, which begins at 8 p.m..
And the Slice hosts a fundraiser for the Electric Eye Music Festival, March 14 featuring local punk trio Advertisement.
But for the more classically inclined, the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra brings you “Opera’s Hot Parade” for their fifth show of the season, March 16 featuring the University of Lethbridge Opera Workshop and Vox Musica.
You are in luck if you want to laugh on Friday, March 13.
In addition to the comedy open mic at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, March 11, Mike “Pickle” Dambra returns to Lethbridge to make you laugh at Soundgarden, March 13. Tickets cost $15 in advance.
There will also be plenty of laughs to be found during the Regional One Act Play Festival, March 13 at Sterndale Bennett Theatre presented by Playgoers of Lethbridge. There will be plenty of familiar faces from all of the local theatre groups as well as the University of Lethbridge who will be performing in five different plays. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the first play starting at 7 p.m. Admission is a mere $4.99.
Tonight a thought provoiking play takes place at CASA. A Brief history of Tomorrow is an original play written by Ben McFee, set in the future . It's set up as a lecture series, talking about a great space war that happened, similar to world war 2, so the plot is various scholars and ex soldiers talking about the attack, humans now live on Mars. It takes place at the University of Lethbridge on Mars. The show begins at 7 p.m. Admission is eight dollars.
