Mountain Guide

When the Strumbellas hit town tonight (June 7), small town will mesh with big city and bluegrass will mesh with country – but the whole show will be honed with rock. The Strumbellas are a six-piece that was born in small town Lindsay, Ont.

In the Bow Valley, bears are never far from the mind. Look around and they appear everywhere; from signs to gift-shop windows, from books to postcards and major sculputural instillations. Sometimes, they even appear in person.

New music will move through The Banff Centre this month as Dave Douglas and Vijay Iyer, among the most inventive musicians in modern jazz, co-host three weeks of intense writing, rehearsing and performing with a lineup of leading young players from a

Renowned author George Bowering will speak at this year’s artsPeak Arts Festival, though what he’ll say is a bit up in the air.

One of America’s favourite sons and greatest troubadours, Steve Earle, will roam into the Bow Valley for a performance at The Banff Centre’s Eric Harvie Theatre, Sunday (June 10). Earle will perform, solo and acoustic at 7:30 p.m.

Jeff Melanson, to quote from the old TV series The A Team, apparently loves it when a plan comes together. Melanson took over as president of The Banff Centre on Jan.

A celebrated Canada House classic and former Canmore resident, Page Ough returns to the gallery this weekend for a spring solo show.

It’s pretty much what every band hopes for. Some friends who share an interest in music get together, begin jamming, find they have a talent for singing and songwriter, then cast about for others to join and round out a sound.

You’ve got holidays coming up in the third week of August or, for that matter, the fourth week of March, and you’re looking for something uniquely Canadian to do.

On their way to the West Coast, the Ramblin’ Ambassadors will roll into Banff this weekend. Playing a mix of garage and surf rock, with a hint of rockabilly, the Calgary-based band will play Sunday (May 20) at Wild Bill’s.