Mountain Guide

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.

You might say Stone Iris’ new recording effort has been an illuminating one. The Edmonton band, which blends rock, reggae, blues and funk, has released a new five-track EP, Illuminations, and launched a tour of Alberta and B.C. to support it.

Scott Woods is bringing his family of fiddlers to Canmore. The Canadian fiddle champion and his band will pay tribute to legendary fiddle masters in a performance at the Canmore Miners’ Hall on Monday (May 28).

Big band, big sound, big stage presence. That doesn’t describe a lot of bands, but it does describe the high energy musical onslaught which is Vancouver’s Five Alarm Funk.

A full-time job and a toddler at home hasn’t stopped Canmore writer Lauren Hawkeye from seeing her first novel hit the shelves and electronic book devices this spring.

It may not be Rydell High School with the Pink Ladies and the Burger Palace Boys, but Banff’s teenagers are channeling the ’50s and its associated greaser culture with an upcoming production of the musical Grease.

Peter Katz returns to Canmore for his third performance at Communitea. Taking place Tuesday (May 8), the show follows on the heels of Katz’s newest album, Still Mind Still, released last week.