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Jazz Pick: The weekend at JazzFest is busy
By Lyle Rebbeck on June 28th, 2019
@medhatjazz JazzFest hits the weekend and the busiest days of the festival. The offerings range from free to ticketed, family to late night, dance party to jam session. There is so much going on, there is something every minute of the day from noon until after midnight for the next two days. The sidewalk in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio Ramblings: Strolling, rambling down Penny Lane with Steve Krysak
By Steve Krysak on June 27th, 2019
If you don’t know, June 25 was Global Beatles Day. It was on that day in 1967 the Fab Four sang “All You Need Is Love” on the BBC program “Our World.” That just happened to be the first-ever live, international, satellite television production. It’s believed more than 400 million people watched that broadcast. While ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Dark June 20-26
By Medicine Hat News on June 20th, 2019
THURSDAY – Live jam, Cecil Hotel, 9 p.m. – Ride the Mechanical Bull, Ralph’s Texas Bar and Steakhouse, 9 p.m. – Top 40 DJ music with Ryan Stewart, Temptation Night Club, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. – DJ jam nights, Corona, 9 p.m. – Karaoke, Mainliner Pub – Cozy Comedy’s Netflix & Chill comedy special on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sons of the Pioneers set to hit the Medicine Hat College stage
By Justin Seward on June 14th, 2019
The Sons of the Pioneers (also known as the “legends of Western music”) are taking their 85th anniversary international tour through Alberta and Saskatchewan from June 12-22. They’ll be in Medicine Hat June 19. The current band members – Tommie Nallie (guitarist), Ken Lattimore (fiddler), lead singer ‘Dusty'(Roy) Rogers Junior, John Fullerton (harmony vocalist, rhythm ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Dark June 13-19
By Medicine Hat News on June 13th, 2019
THURSDAY – Live jam, Cecil Hotel, 9 p.m. – Ride the Mechanical Bull, Ralph’s Texas Bar and Steakhouse, 9 p.m. – Top 40 DJ music with Ryan Stewart, Temptation Night Club, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. – DJ jam nights, Corona, 9 p.m. – Karaoke, Mainliner Pub – Cozy Comedy’s Netflix & Chill comedy special on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forty years later, Stampeders still rockin’ Canada
By Chris Brown on June 7th, 2019
cbrown@medicinehatnews.com @MHNBrown Take a look at music charts and and old Canadian venue posters from the 1970s and one name will be seen over and over again – The Stampeders. The Calgary band went coast to coast, back again and toured internationally during the first half of decade. Life on the road then is what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After Dark June 6-12, 2019
By medicinehatnews on June 6th, 2019
THURSDAY – Live jam, Cecil Hotel, 9 p.m. – Ride the Mechanical Bull, Ralph’s Texas Bar and Steakhouse, 9 p.m. – Top 40 DJ music with Ryan Stewart, Temptation Night Club, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. – DJ jam nights, Corona, 9 p.m. – Karaoke, Mainliner Pub – Cozy Comedy’s Netflix & Chill comedy special on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fiddle master Scott Woods is back at the Monarch Theatre this week
By Medicine Hat News on June 4th, 2019
Renowned Canadian fiddle champion Scott Woods will be Fiddlin’ Around in Medicine Hat this week. The fiddle master, always a hot ticket when he comes to Medicine Hat, will perform his new show, titled Fiddlin’ Around on June 6 at 7 p.m. at the Monarch Theatre. The “Branson-style” show will fiddle tunes, traditional country and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eye on the Esplanade: What’s new with the HRC?
By Karen-Anne Cherwonogrodzky on May 31st, 2019
As the heritage assistant with the city, my main role is to support the heritage resources committee, more commonly known as the HRC. This is a very active committee that in 2018 recorded a total of 828 volunteer hours. These hours do not include the 160 hours donated by the Ewart Duggan House Heritage Garden ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boney M booked for December
By Medicine Hat News on May 31st, 2019
Boney M, singers of the Christmas staple “Mary’s Boy Child,” will be in Medicine Hat in December. The group that also counts “Rasputin” “Ma Baker” and “Belfast” among its eight No. 1 singles on the European charts will perform at the Canalta Centre on Dec. 6. “Boney M. has a live show that is as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Radio Ramblings: Music can make or break the movie
By medicinehatnews on May 30th, 2019
I was administering the appropriate amount of ketchup to my KD recently when it hit me harder than a stubbed toe in the wee hours of a house full of family that the best part about macaroni and cheese is the always overlooked cheese portion of the Tuesday evening supper staple. Without the cheese all ... Read More »
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