Bands: Far From Ruin
Run With The Hunted
E Town Beatdown
Born For Battle
Pacific
date: Sunday, May 7, 2006
venue: Knights of Columbus Hall

Bands: Matthew Barber with Brandon Scott and Shaun of Closing Iris
date: Monday, May 8 2006
venue: The Blue Gator
tix: $6
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank
Miss T Promotions

Bands: Cold Driven
Coda
Four Hour Drive
date: May 13th
venue: Kelowna Community Theatre
tix: $10
Doors open at 6:30, show time starts at 7:30

Bands: The Matadors w/TheCreepshow and The Haut Chachis
date: Tuesday, May 16 2006
venue: Cheetahs
tix: $7
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank
Miss T Promotions

Bands: All Night Long
No Other Way
Drunk and Pretending
Blacked Out
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
venue: Bluelines Sports Bar
tix: $7

Bands: Incura
Drunk and Pretending
The Glim Project
All Night Long
date: Thursday, May 18, 2006
venue: Breaker’s Billiards
tix: $7

Bands: Counting Heartbeats
Open, Parachute!
AlphaBaby
date: Friday, May 19, 2006
venue: Mission Hall

Bands: The Hell and Backs
Princess Die
Mr. Awesome
date: Wednesday, May 24th
venue: Back Country Dan’s

Bands: Ladyhawk
Alphababy
date: Wednesday, June 7th
venue: tba
tix: tba
This should be a great one!!

Bands: Bend Sinister
the Illuminati (from toronto)
Pride Tiger
Alphababy
date: Monday, June 19th
venue: OK Mission Hall
tix: tba

Bands: Boys Night Out
The Receiving End of Sirens
Rosesdead
Machete Avenue
date: Saturday, June 24th, 2006
venue: Habitat
tix: $10
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank
Miss T Promotions

Before they showcase at the New Music West festival in vancouver this weekend, the Meligrove Band from Toronto are playing the OK Mission Hall with Paper Moon and Alpha Baby. Check it out! I can’t make it because I’m going to the Death Cab for Cutie show in vancouver, but the OK Mission Hall will be rockin’.

Wow, what a great show!

GrooveTunes Entertainment & North Forty Saloon & Pub present….

Thursday April 20th 9.30 pm $ 8.00 advance at the Pub

Dustin Bentall

With his dusty boots, and guitar in hand, Dustin Bentall is embarking on touring his debut album Streets With No Lights. This project is a collection of stories from the road, youth and being a man. He has had nothing but thumbs up feedback from all his performances, it is truly a good time for all at a Dustin Bentall gig. Son of Barney Bentall, Dustin has definitely learned a thing or two from the old man about songwriting, performing and least of all singing. Dusty’s vocal capabilities range from soft melodies, gravelly blues, to straight up belt it out. Streets With No Lights is the epitome of this young songwriters influences including Gram Parsons, Neil Young, Steve Earl, and dear old dad, but with Dustin’s size 10 bootprint firmly stomped into the backside of this timeless piece of work.
www.dustinbentall.com

Ridley Bent
Bent is a crooner, gee-tar player, songwriter, entertainer, and recording artist currently residing in Vancouver, B.C. Love and murder, dope and glory, politics, western fiction, pop culture is Ridley’s addiction. Throw in some break beats, phat bass, sweet country lead and a melody and you’ve got yourself an earful of ‘Hick Hop’. Ridley has opened for the likes of Sam Roberts, Buck 65, and 54 40, along with his own successful touring schedule across Canada.
www.ridleybent.com

Cameron Latimer
Cameron Latimer is a timeless country gentleman. Caught somewhere between the roaring 20’s and the future Cameron finds inspiration from Classics of all eras from Gram Parsons to Wilco. He’s been a staple on the Ridley Bent gang for a number of tours as his a guitarist and song writing partner. His upcoming record is track after track of fine songs, fine players, and fine talent.
www.cameronlatimer.com

TONIGHT! April 9, 2006
Dan Mangan w/ Brandon Scott and Dan Harden
The Blue Gator
$6 Doors @8pm

April 17, 2006
Matthew Barber and The Union Dues w/ Julie Doiron and Shotgun & Jaybird
The Blue Gator
$6 – Doors @ 8pm
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank

April 25, 2007
Small Sins (formally The Ladies and Gentlemen) w/ Magneta Lane and Terza Rima
The Blue Gator
$7
Doors @8pm
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank

April 28, 2006
Meligrove Band w/ Paper Moon and AlphaBabyOkanagan Mission Hall 4409 Lakeshore Rd
$7 Adv.
Doors @ 6pm
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank

April 30, 2006
Dr. Smooth and The Operators w/ Trevor Salloum and Guests
The Blue Gator
Details TBA
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank

While I’m in newfoundland for 2 weeks, I’m still keeping on top of the Kelowna live music scene and I’ll be soon posting some more show listings. I’m also getting some strong rumours about more summer concerts so stay tuned….
Jason

Bands:
Ladyhawk
Pride Tiger
date: Saturday April 8th
venue: OK Mission Hall
Tix: $8

Sunday April 9, 2006
Dan Mangan w/ Brandon Scott and Dan Harden
The Blue Gator
$6
Doors @8pm

Bands:
Minus the Bear
The Archer and the Eagle
AlphaBaby
Adventures
date: Friday, April 14, 2006
venue: Mission Hall
tix: $8

Bands:
All Night Long
Fear Zero
Fourhourdrive
date: Friday April 14th
venue: The Well
Doors 8pm Tix $7 at the door
http://www.fearzero.com

Bands:
The Hell & backs
Pheora
Drunk and Pretending
All Night Long
Stonecrow
date: Saturday, April 15th
venue: Breaker’s Billards
tix: $12 door / $10 advance at Breakers
Part of Rock Royalty show

Bands:
Revival Dear (from Toronto)
Curbside Music Co.
date: Thursday, April 16th
venue: The Habitat
tix: $5

Bands:
The People Vs
The Doers
Darcy Hancock
date: Monday April 17th
venue: Mission Hall
Doors at 7pm, all ages

Monday April 17, 2006
Matthew Barber and The Union Dues w/ Julie Doiron and Shotgun & Jaybird
The Blue Gator
$6
Doors @ 8pm
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank

Tuesday April 25, 2007
Small Sins (formally The Ladies and Gentlemen) w/ Magneta Lane and Terza Rima
The Blue Gator
$7
Doors @8pm
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank

Friday April 28, 2006
Meligrove Band w/ Paper Moon and AlphaBaby
Okanagan Mission Hall 4409 Lakeshore Rd
$7 Adv.
Doors @ 6pm
advance tickets available now – @ Revolver & Bering Music in Westbank

Sunday April 30, 2006
Dr. Smooth and The Operators w/ Trevor Salloum and Guests
The Blue Gator
Details TBA

I’m going to be back in Newfoundland and I’m going to miss these 8 great shows!

Ladyhawk
Pride Tiger
date: Saturday April 8th
venue: OK Mission Hall
Tix: $8

http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/03/2707.cfm

Ladyhawk album coming out in June. These guys are great. They played the Duotone Arts festival here last July.

So what is there to do on a Tuesday night in this quiet ‘ol town? Well if you’re lucky, you stopped by the Blue Gator for a sold out show featuring 3 great bands from Halifax. Miss T Promotions did a fantastic job advertising this show and thanks to the staff at the Blue Gator (normally closed on Tuesdays), this was a great night.

The Dependant Records Tour, presented by Exclaim magazine made a stop in our town and the night kicked off at 8:30 with Jill Barber. She offered some great bluesy-folk songs with a lot of passion. My friend said she remindered her of Sarah Slean, and she reminded me of Tom Waits in her stage presence and delivery. After a nice short break, while the waitresses were busy serving jogs of beer and great food, the second band Contrived came on. This band consists of 3 members of the headlining band, Wintersleep, and they played an agressive, solid 40 minute set. Their guitar tech even came on for a few songs beforehand. The headliners who have been getting a lot of buzz and recently one an ECMA award, started around 11:15 and played for a solid hour. They played some great new songs, and some familuar songs like “Jaws of Life” and “Danse Macabra”. They have a couple albums out and I would recommend giving them a listen. They keep the dance floor hoping for their entire set, and the band seemed to be feeding off the energy of the crowd and having a great time.

A great Tuesday night out, and the support for live music and a great venue really came together. Big Thanks to the artists, and Miss T Promotions for a great evening. Stay tuned for a lot more exciting shows!