Cool cars and classic rock for Street Wheelers Weekend
Cool cars and rock and roll go hand and hand so Street Wheelers weekend, July 8 and 9, will feature plenty of both.
The Mark Hall Band are one of many bands playing Street Wheelers weekend. Photo by Richard Amery
There will be a lot of cars circling the city down Mayor Magrath Drive and along 3rd Ave South and all along the way, bands are playing all over town including Fast Times at Backstreet South, June 8 beginning at 8 p.m.. For people whose tastes lean more towards hip hop, Backstreet South have Gray Area playing July 9 plus DJ Phenomenorm and Millz Skillz, Nickname and the Mighty Bridge plus Flam Boi, Trell and Nocturne beginning at 6 p.m. The other big rap show is an early show at Pulse, July 8 where Caspian will be performing with Slang and Sdk/ephin at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $10.
Whose Yer Daddy are at the 1010 Pub
on July 8. Also on July 8, The Mark Hall band play the Smokehouse
beginning at 7 p.m. and local blues rock band Coda play Casino
Lethbridge, July 8 and 9.
The Slice brings back Patrick
Alexandre Leclerc for a solo show, July 8. He is usually performing with
Little Miss Higgins and the Winnipeg 5 and his band the F-Holes.
Also
at the Slice, get ready to get funky with local trio Adequate and
Edmonton blues/ funk/ soul quintet The Boogie Patrol. Admission is $10
for that show, which begins at 9 p.m.
Things get loud relatively
early in the week at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, July 6 as Garrett Klahn
of New York City emo/post hardcore band Texas is the Reason will be
playing a solo show. We will be joined by Medicine Hat band Wint and
Edmonton punk band the Slates, who were just here for the Electric Eye
Music Festival. Admission is by donation.
The Owl Acoustic Lounge features a couple of indie
rock shows on the weekend including Vancouver’s Marina and the Specks
on July 8 and welcome back Calgary’s Windigo plus psychedelic folk and
post rock band Andrew’s Pale Horses and Focus People,a Calgary
indie-funk band including Anthony Biafore, Luke Smit, Justin Van
Groningen and Sean Abercrombie.
For something a little
mellower, Floyd Sillito plays his monthly set of old time country music
at the Lethbridge Public Library at noon on Wednesday, July 6.
And finger-style guitarist Feifei Du has a show at Casa, July 9 at 8 p.m. Admission is $15.
For
something a little different on the weekend, local artist Shannell Papp
opens her new show, “Severed Heads” at Blueprint on July 9.
You can also get a taste of Shakespeare In The Park’s upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet this weekend.
There will be excerpts from the play plus lots of music at the Mocha Cabana, July 8 and at Streatside on July 9.
Down
the road at the Twin Butte Store, Soulfest 10 happens this week
beginning with Cam Penner, July 8. But the big day is July 9 when Scott
MacLeod, Zonnis, Jay Aymar, Sean Burns, Andrew Scott, The Shaela Miller
Band, The Bitterweed Draw, Cowpuncher and Little Miss Higgins & The
Winnipeg Five will all be performing. Tickets for the weekend are $60.
Look on L.A. Beat for listings updated until almost the end of July and interviews with the Boogie Patrol and Patrick Alexandre Leclerc. If you missed it, there is also a review of New West Theatre’s production of Jukebox as well as plenty of concert reviews from the past week.
