Mountain Guide

Hard on the heels of shows at Wild Bill’s in Banff (May 13-14) country music sensation Lindsay Ell will play the Canmore Hotel, May 20.

If, as parents, you think it is getting harder to find good clean fun for your kids, consider this weekend’s WOW!, presented by the Canmore Children’s Festival Society, which, as part of its one-day programming, will feature the inventive musical com

Icelandic author Kristín Ómarsdóttir has come to the wilderness seeking inspiration. “It’s an unbelievable place,” she said. “It’s so different from where I come from.

An Australian story of a boy made from cheese will take centre stage at The Banff Centre this weekend.

Kate Maki and Fred Squire are not calling it quits. Despite that being the title of their latest tour, the two solo musicians plan to continue touring and making new music for the foreseeable future.

In 1964, Ruth (Ruthie) Oltmann came west, like so many before her, in search of adventure or, as she says “to follow her star”.

Drama – most families experience it; some thrive upon it. In the case of Marion Bridge, the newly-formed Banff Theatre Company could be said to be both taking root as a community theatre family and staging a heart-felt play about family.

If you’re unsure of whether to pair The Balkan’s ouzo prawns with Banff Avenue Brewing’s IPA or Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery’s Gewürztraminer – it doesn’t matter.

Old Man Luedecke will return to Canmore’s Communitea Café, May 7. “I’ve played a few really lovely shows at the Communitea,” said Chris Luedecke, in an interview with the Outlook.

Last year was a bumpy one for many Bow Valley residents, including Banff painter Monica Ferrari. In fact, even a priest commented that something was off. “He said something that ended in horribilis,” she recalls. “I thought that about summed it up.