One Shot Left @ Whiskey Creek

Long time punk rockers One Shot Left are set to rock Whiskey Creek on Saturday September 11th, with special guests Lions and Tigers and Bears (Calgary) & Jon Creeden (Ottawa). Tickets are $7 advance, $10 door, available from CD Plus (MH Mall) & Whiskey Creek (937 13th Street SW) starting Monday August 23rd.

If you have ever had the privilege of watching a band at Whiskey Creek, or under it’s previous moniker The Blue Turtle, it is by far one of the best rooms in the city to see a show. Let’s hope this is a great start to a new era of rock music in Medicine Hat!

One Shot Left on MySpace
Lions and Tigers and Bears on MySpace
Jon Creeden on MySpace

Facebook Event Page

*UPDATE* This event is taking place on the 25th, not the 24th as posted.

Below is the invite description for this very unique and interesting event:

Enjoy a glass of your favorite tipple with the city’s creative community – media workers, artists, photographers and musicians – as well as special guests for an afternoon of lawn bowling and music starting at 2 p.m. on July 25 at the Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club.

Invitees are encouraged to bring their best dish, musical instrument or work of art to share. This is a rain or shine event with entertainment inside the club house if the weather turns foul. Kitchen facilities and barbecue will be available. Lawn bowling lessons provided free of charge. Admission is by way of a small donation to the Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club.

B.Y.O.B.
Dress whites optional.
For more info call 403-979-1463

I have always wanted to learn how to play lawn bowling… So whether you are a reporter, tv/radio host, photographer, artist, musician or any other type of media worker, stop by with some food and drinks, and well, play some lawn bowling, or maybe a little bit of croquet?

Joshua Cockerill will be playing the Ottoman Lounge Thursday, June 17th @ 9PM. Joshua Cockerill can be considered rock mixed with a lot of country, or “alt-country”.

“Influenced and inspired by legends Neil Young and Leonard Cohen and contemporaries Blue Rodeo and Rutledge, Joshua Cockerill is an alt-country rocker with a poet’s soul.”

http://www.myspace.com/joshuacockerill

$5 Cover

New CD, "Convergence"

Thursday, June 10, The Ottoman Lounge will be hosting ” Dinner and Jazz” with the music of Brent Mah and Alex Goodman.

Seating will be between 6-6:30pm. We are serving the menu from 502 South as well as The Ottoman’s regular snack menu. The band will begin around 7pm. Seating is Limited so we encourage reservations. Call us at 403-504-5689. In addition to our regular wine menu we welcome you to bring in a special wine of preference at a $20 corking fee.

7pm table seating is reserved for dinner guests; however, if your not interested in dinner, not a problem – The quartet will play through dinner, take a break, and begin again around 9pm. There may be seating left available at 7pm so feel free to check with us. There is a $7 cover fee for this event.

http://www.myspace.com/mahgoodman
http://www.myspace.com/alexgoodman
http://www.myspace.com/brentmah

The Roving Art Reception is the first event to happen in the newly launched and formed “The Hive Artist’s Hub“. The art reception is happening from 7:00PM to 10:00PM and will even feature a live band, aptly named, “Art School”. The live and local band will be performing from 7:00PM to 8:00PM.

The reception will be featuring the art of: Kelsie Risling, Alana Holst, Mitchell Martin, Chelsea Scott, Kristian Jungk and Tobie Laliberte. It’s almost a post-Visual Communications show in a sense with that line-up.

The Hive is located at 569 2nd Street SE.

All the Colours of the Spectrum is also happening tonight as part of the Roving Art Exhibition, please view the full post here.

I have already posted about All the Colours of the Spectrum, but what about the main event? This year it taking place over the following dates:

• Friday 4-10PM (June 4th)
• Saturday 11AM-10PM (June 5th)
• Sunday 11AM-4PM (June 6th)

The main Spectrum event contains a huge amount of art, sports, dance, music, food, festivities and other performances (including the magic of Trevor Moore). In fact, I think this post has been tagged with the most categories a single post has ever received. The following is a list of stage performers (which are free, by the way):

Friday, June 4th

4:00 – 4:45 – German Harmony Band
5:00 – 5:45 – Amy Nelson
5:45 – 6:30 – The Magic of Trevor Moore
6:30 – 8:00 – Scott Ward – Hypnotist
8:15 – 9:15 – Kool Ray and the Hip Kats

Saturday, June 5th

11:30 – Amy Nelson
12:00 – Walk a Mile in her Shoes
12:30 – Amy Nelson
1:00 – Medicine Hat’s Got Talent
2:00 – Dance Connection
3:00 – Master’s Extreme Makeover
4:30 – 5:30 – The Straight Jackets
5:30 – 6:30 – Blacksmith Jones
6:45 – 7:45 – The Magic of Trevor Moore
8:00 – 10:00 – Jazz – Lyle Rebbeck

Sunday, June 6th

12:00 – Gas Town Riot
1:00 – Medicine Hat’s Got Talent
2:00 – Dance Connection
3:00 – Quintet

Besides performances, there’s also a ton of other activities and events to keep you busy: THE JUMP – Read the rest of this entry »

The Manvils *NEW* Album

The Manvils will be at The Ottoman Lounge Friday, May 28th.

http://www.themanvils.com/
http://www.myspace.com/themanvils

Mikey Manville – Vocals & Guitar
Greg Buhr – Vocals & Bass
Jay Koenderman – Drums & Vocals ( Originally from Medicine Hat and played with Shortround)

Influences: The Clash, The Who, Kings of Leon, The Byrds, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy

In 2008, after starring in a national Budweiser advertising campaign that aired during the Super Bowl and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, The Manvils contributed eight songs to the Space Network thriller Never Cry Werewolf and provided the musical score for the CBC Humanity award-winning documentary Moscow Freestyle. Amidst all of this, the band set out on a major North American tour that brought them to New York, L.A. and Toronto three times in a mere six months.

2009 saw the hot streak continue for The Manvils. After being handpicked by Bif Naked to support her national tour, they graced the cover of Vancouver’s #1 entertainment magazine, The Georgia Straight, and rocked the 2009 Virgin Festival main stage crowd, supporting Sonic Youth, Jarvis Cocker, Metric and Ben Harper.

$10 Cover
Happy Hour 4PM-8PM
$6 Appetizers Until 8PM

Special Guests: Jay Bowcott and Derek Hintz.

The Perms will be back at The Ottoman Lounge Thursday, May 27th (tomorrow night). See our last post about them here.

http://www.myspace.com/theperms

Sounds Like:
Weezer, Sloan, Elvis Costello, XTC, Ok Go, Phanton Planet, Chicago, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, and Joe Jackson.

Happy Hour will be from 4PM-8PM, the band starts at 9PM and there will be the normal $5 cover

Brain Sauce, a Moose Jaw-based, Progressive Rock band will be playing tonight at the Ottoman Lounge at 9PM.

Rob Hudec and Troy Biccum, legends in the local music scene, will be playing the Ottoman Lounge, Saturday, May 22nd live at 9PM. Both artists play rock and blues – although quite a bit different flavours of each.

There is no cover for this event! Happy Hour is from 4PM-8PM with $6 Appetizers until 8PM.

http://www.robhudec.com/
http://www.myspace.com/troybiccum