CITY AND COLOUR
WITH THE LOW ANTHEM
TUESDAY JANUARY 24, 2012

ESPLANADE ARTS & HERITAGE CENTRE

401 FIRST STREET SW, MEDICINE HAT AB – WWW.ESPLANADE.CA

DOORS 7:00 PM – ALL AGES

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30 AT 10 AM

ADVANCE TICKETS $44.50 (+S/C), available at UnionEvents.com, Tixx.ca, Esplanade Box Office (M-F: 10 am – 5 pm / weekends & holidays: Noon – 5 pm), phone 403-502-8777

City and Colour has announced an extensive and much-anticipated cross-Canada tour. The tour kicks off in Vancouver on January 19, 2012 and wraps up in St. John’s, NL on February 25, 2012, with a few stops in USA border towns along the way. This is the first major national tour since 2008, which sold-out across the country and comes off the heels of an extensive international run, including several sold-out shows in the US, UK and Europe. The tour is in support of Little Hell, the 3rd studio album from City and Colour, currently out on Dine Alone Records.

Pre-sale began Tuesday September 27 at 10AM local time in each city and runs until Thursday, September 29, while pre-sale quantities last. Fans will be able to purchase tickets, during the pre-sale, directly from cityandcolour.ca/tour. Tickets will be available to purchase on their own or with added bonus items including an 18 x 24 screen-printed tour poster designed by Munk One (munkone.com), and a 10″ limited edition vinyl. The 10″ features a live version of “Sometimes (I Wish)” on side A and two unreleased covers on side B. The Canadian colour variant is purple and limited to a pressing of 700 copies. It is the 3rd and final colour in a three colour set (black, green, purple) which were also sold as part of the USA, UK and European tour presale. THE JUMP – Read the rest of this entry »

Medicine Hat College is just one week away from its annual homecoming celebration, “Shake, Rattler n’ Roll.” The event is aimed at both alumni and the community, and hopes to bring Hatters of all ages to campus.

The event kicks off on Friday September 16 with an alumni cabaret. Local favourites Mahoney will be performing for MHC alumni, and appetizers and drinks will be served. The free cabaret will take place in the new courtyard outside of Crave as well as inside the campus pub. Anyone who attended classes at MHC is welcome to come and renew friendships with former classmates. Alumni can RSVP to alumni@mhc.ab.ca.

Saturday, September 17 brings the annual Rattlers Hall of Fame breakfast at 9 a.m, featuring the induction of the 1972-73 Kudus women’s basketball team. Community members are asked to come celebrate this historic team with the Rattlers staff and fans. Tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door and can be purchased by calling (403) 529-3834. Proceeds will support Rattlers Athletics initiatives.

The action continues Saturday afternoon as the Rattlers soccer teams play host to the Lethbridge Kodiaks in their home openers. The women take the field at 12 p.m. and the men at 2 p.m. Both games are free for the public to attend.

After the soccer games, the excitement will carry over to the return of the free ATB Family Fun Zone at 4 p.m. This year’s fun zone will feature several stations, including the ever popular face painting, clown, Wandering Wally, inflatable obstacle course, bungee run and castles. Also, the Lion’s Club will be selling snacks in the Fun Zone area to keep everyone ready for a day of entertainment. Families will especially enjoy the addition of acapella group Hoja. The popular group has performed across Canada for more than 3,000 audiences, including several shows in Medicine Hat, most recently at Spectrum. Hoja will kick off an afternoon and evening of live music when they take to the Family Fun Zone stage at 4:30 p.m.

Inside the main concert gates, the Kinsmen beer garden will be open at 4 p.m. with food service by Earl’s restaurant and Local Public Eatery. The main stage will start rocking at 5:30 with Mahoney, followed by the Rob Hudec Trio. In a change from previous years, the entire concert area is licensed for alcohol, meaning no line-ups for the beer garden. Concert goers are welcome to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets for seating.

Canadian hit makers Bedouin Soundclash will take the stage at 8:30 p.m., promising an entertaining close to a full day of community activities. The group will perform hit songs such as “Mountain Top” and “When the Night Feels My Song.” With a modern urban sound mixed with reggae fundamentals, the group is sure to bring a great vibe to the outdoor show.

All of Saturday’s activities are free and open to the entire community, with the exception of the ticketed breakfast. For more information, visit www.mhc.ab.ca or call (403) 504-3643.

The Silver Buckle is proud to present Raise The Roof, a fund raising event in support of The Medicine Hat Skate Association. With all proceeds going to help this great local organization, the night is chalked full a wide variety of entertainment including:

• Silent Auction!
• Door Prizes!
• Charity Bingo featuring everyone’s favourite hillbilly Cletus!
• Live music from Mahoney & The Robertson Privilege!

Saturday April 9th
The Silver Buckle
Doors @ 7PM
$10 at the door

Facebook Event
Medicine Hat Skateboard Association

Looking for a band to entertain at your party? Event ? Anniversary? What ever it is look no further then Soaring Over Sights.

We’re one of Medicine Hat’s newest cover bands. We have a few of our own songs in the making and you can request anything that you would like played. We competed in the recent Battle of the Bands at Crescent Heights High , and have played numerous times at our school and other gigs around our hometown, Redcliff. We are all ages 15-16, are eager and willing to have easy rates and exceptional quality of music. Please contact java-lover@hotmail.com if you are interested.

Thank you. -Soaring Over Sights – all girl band , with a great taste in music 😉

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

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

Looking for the Spectrum 2011 post?

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.