This week, all of the big shows happen early in the week, beginning Nov. 22 with Crash Karma who will be playing Essies. Competing with that show, the Slice is bringing back Victoria based pop/rock band Maurice along with Will Currie and the Country French. Grady along with the Motorleague and Lustre Creame play the next day, Nov. 23 at Average Joes.
There are also a couple other good shows on Nov. 23 including Toronto folk trio the Good Lovelies who play the Geomatic Attic, Nov. 23 with Karen Romanchuk opening the show.
The Good Lovelies are bound and determined to get you into the Christmas spirit, though it is only November.
Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore, aka the Good Lovelies are aptly named in more ways than one.
They are lovely to look at and have even lovelier voices. Voices which take you back to a simpler time — a time of innocence and easygoing jazz, a time when nothing was worth worrying about.
Also on Nov. 23, Calgary bred, B.C. based singer songwriter Wil plays the Owl Acoustic Lounge.
Other highlights of the week including a jazz jam with David Renter, Nov. 18 at the Slice.
And if you want to brave the snow, The New Weather Machine hosts the open mic at the SLice tonight. And the beaches open mic has been moved to Tuesdays. Plus, a new bluegrass jam takes place at the Lethbridge Folk Club’s Wolf’s Den, on the first and third Fridays of every month. And The Most Vocal Poets have an exceptional show on Nov. 17 with poet Ian Ferrier performing at the Slice.
Former Fred Eaglesmith guitarist Roger Marin and his band also return to Lethbridge this week with special guests , Treeline, who perform at the Slice, Nov. 19.
Meanwhile Average Joes brings back AC DC tribute Who Made Who, Nov. 19 as well.
And blues fans won’t want to miss the return of Chris Carmichael, Nov. 20. He will be at the Slice with Blues Sensashun and Shawna Romolliwa and David Renter.
An interesting show will be seeing Planet Telex at the Owl Acoustic lounge, espacially as it is an acoustic room, usually. And Broken Down Suitcase returns to play the Owl, Nov. 19.
The Lethbridge Symphony’s Chamber series also continues this week with “Romantic Reflections” at the Southminster United Church, Nov. 19. Musaeus will perform J-P Christopher Jackson’s Episode for String Quartet, Puccini’s Crisantemi, Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 in D Major with special guest Matthew Blackburn and Sir Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A Minor Op. 84.
Also for classical music fans, renown pianist Glen Montgomery will be performing at the University of Lethbridge Recital hall, Nov. 20. Montgomery will be helping celebrate the 100th birthday of Samuel Barber and the 200th birthdays of Chopin and Schumann by performing some of those composers’ best known works including Bach’s “prelude and Fugue in F# minor,” Schumann’s ‘Papillons, a Chopin polonaise and nocturne and a magnificent sonata by Samuel Barber.
Montgomery is an active performer and teacher, having performed as a soloist and in collaboration with chamber musicians including Musaeus. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. The performance begins at 8 p.m.
