The two major music venues, the Slice and the Owl Acoustic Lounge in Lethbridge close down for South Country Fair, but there are still some solid shows happening this week
The Owl Acoustic Lounge has a South Country Fair preview, July 15 with Ryland Moranz and bluegrass band Rotary Park who also play the festival on Saturday at noon.
There are a couple of huge punk shows happening in Lethbridge.
The biggest one is Edmonton born punk icons SNFU who play Inferno, July 16. They are celebrating the 30 year anniversary of their groundbreaking album ... And No One Else Wanted to Play, which was released in 1985. Local punks the Scallywags and Medicine Hat metal/ punk band Western Death are also on the bill. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Doors open at 8 p.m.
For the complete opposite end of the ’80s musical spectrum, classic rockers Journey play the Enmax Centre, July 19 at 7:30 p.m.
They had a string of hits skyrocketing up the charts in the 1970s and 1980s including “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Anyway You Want it,” “Wheel in the Sky,” “Lovin’, Touching, Squeezing” and “Who’s Crying Now,” to name a few. Tickets range from between $70 and $110.
A punk and metal show takes place at Inferno, July 18 with Calgary metalcore band Shark Infested Daughters, Edmonton pop punk band Point Place, Medicine Hat metalcore band Renzouken and Calgary metalcore/ hardcore band From the Wolves.
This early show will begin at 8 p.m. as it has to be finished by 10 p.m. Admission is $10.
The U of L Headbanger’s Society celebrate Shadows for the third metal show of the week, July 19 at Inferno— Toronto death and power metal band Crimson Shadows, Lethbridge metal band Caste of Shadows, Toronto’s Vesperia and Medicine Hat metalcore band Sengage. Doors open at 8 p.m. with the music beginning at 9 p.m.. Admission is $15 at the door.
There is a late announced metal and hardcore rap show at Inferno on Friday, July 17 as well. Several local, metal acts will be performing incuding SS Doom Fox Eyes, the Blood Rez Crew and more to be announced. The show will begin at 9 p.m.
For something different this week, voice instructor Bridgette Yarwood is hosting a recital of her students at the Fritz Sick Centre Music in Motion at 7 p.m., There is a $5 cover to go to the Lethbridge and District Humane society.
On the weekend, Bent 8 will be playing rockabilly music Friday and Saturday. Don and Cindy Helfrick return to the Mocha Cabana. And don’t forget about Shakespeare in the Park’s production of Much Ado About Nothing, running at 7 p.m. in Galt Gardens on July 16 and 17.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
