This coming week is a little slower than usual as far as touring acts coming to Lethbridge.  But there are a lot of excellent local shows and a lot of roots and country music.

  Dustin Bentall, the son of ’90s rocker Barney Bentall will be coming to the Slice, Nov. 3. Bentall junior  is a popular roots and country musician who is just returning from a  successful European tour. 

Cosmic Charley will be playing on the bill as well. There are a couple good country shows on the weekend. Shaela Miller Threesome will be playing the Slice along with Karen Romanchuk and Rancho Deluxe,  Nov. 4.

 The next night, the Slice features the return of the Uncas as well as Treeline. There is a $10 cover for each of those shows.

 The Slice also has a metal show on Nov. 2 featuring Psycomantium plus Alone Against Rome and Datura.

 Also for metal. If you like Kiss, one of Canada’s best Kiss tributes plays the Soundgarden, Nov. 4. IKONS Kiss Tribute They dress in full make-up and ’70s costumes, and even breathe fire, taking the audience back to the band’s ’70s heyday. The show begins at 9:30 p.m. There is a $10 cover.

If you missed the ’80s, the Chevelles will take you back there with ’80s night at Average Joes on Nov. 4. The show begins at 9:30 p.m. There will be a $5 cover after 8 p.m.

The Mocha Cabana has a couple excellent weekend shows on the weekend with Tanyss Nixi playing  Nov. 4 and Lethbridge blues trio The Riviera Paradise Blues Trio plays the next day.

 The big rock show of the week though, takes place on a Monday.
 Big Sugar is back and better than ever and will prove it to you when they play the Stone, Nov. 7 with special guests Wide Mouth Mason. tickets cost $40 for the show, which begins at 9 p.m.

 Big Sugar frontman Gordie Johnson will be playing bass with Wide Mouth Mason as well.
 And for fans of musical theatre, Lethbridge Musical Theatre’s production of Oliver opens Nov. 4. It runs at the Yates Theatre until Nov. 19.