Mountain Guide

Despite the whimsical, euphemistic band name, Cuff the Duke is a serious troupe of old-school country music aficionados.

Long before computers, television and MP3 players, vaudeville, with its wide array of entertainment, was the only show in town.

YOU COULD SAY DAVID FRANCEY IS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE. As a child, he and his musical family, who emigrated from Scotland when he was 12, used to tour the Ontario countryside, singing traditional songs as they motored around.

Now that the busy summer season has come to an end in the valley, The Shoulder Season is moving forward with a CD release party for its first album set for Tuesday (Oct. 18).

Anyone who’s ever stepped foot into Banff National Park’s vast backcountry knows it’s something special. It’s the place where silence reigns and colours dance.

If it’s autumn in the mountains, it’s time for all those climbers who haven’t embarked on road trips to the warm rock of Utah, Colorado and California to settle into chairs right here in the Bow Valley to be inspired by some of the most exciting and

Lovers of cowboy lore are in for a treat as The Banff Centre presents Cariboo Buckaroo, a one-man play about obscure B.C. history. The production is by Matthew Payne, artistic director of Vancouver’s Theatre SKAM.

Guy Vanderhaeghe is a bold and daring man.

The Darlings of Chelsea, a Toronto-based punk band, will be rocking out this Sunday (Oct. 9) at Bruno’s Bar & Grill in Banff.

No stranger to the Bow Valley, Saskatoon-based singer-songwriter Jen Lane returns to the Rose & Crown in Banff for a performance on Sunday (Oct. 2). She’s touring Alberta in support of her latest album, For The Night.