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Mindil Beach Market – saturday at Doc’s

Explosive, dynamic, and original, Mindil Beach Markets has discovered a blistering fusion of Rock, Reggae, Hip Hop, Folk, Funk, and Blues that is entirely their own. Their songs will leave you awash in sentiments ranging from love of the planet, to love of a party. MBM’s diverse sound and universal appeal has enabled the band to play a wide variety of concerts and festivals, establishing a fan base stretching across all age groups and demographics. To date, MBM has been billed with such acts as Nazareth, Bedouin Soundclash, Del The Funky Homosapien (Hieroglyphics/Gorillaz), Katchafire and Hollerado.

Accelerate Okanagan New Year Kickoff Party

Thursday, January 12, 2012
8:00pm – 19+
Laurel Packing House (map)
1304 Ellis Street
Kelowna, BC V1Y 1Z8

Other Info
From the Accelerate Okanagan website

To keep you nourished and refreshed:

* Buffet style culinary delights
* Spirit Bear Martinis from Urban Distilleries
* Wines from include() wine & Kalala Organic Estate Winery
* Local Brews from Tree Brewing
* Free non-alcoholic options

To keep you movin’ groovin’ & having fun:

* Live music from The Ozzy Ozmunds
* Twisted Disco from Code: E & DJ Rich Taylor Esq.
* Poker, Blackjack & Roulette

This is ticket-only event. Tickets MUST be bought by 5pm, Monday January 9th.
Tickets: $25 each (Premium Members: $10 each)
Dress: casual-cocktail.

This is a public event, so please forward this to a friend or colleague.

Weekend live music! January 6th and 7th

Fri Jan 6
Cheeky Monkeys – The Minstrel Cafe
Hambone – Dakoda’s Sports Bar & Grill
The Young ‘Uns – The Blue Gator
Porch Crawler w/Crowd the Joanna & Joelle – Grateful Fed
Sat Jan 7
Reuben Bullock – Streaming Cafe
Windborn – The Old Bike Shop Cafe
Cheeky Monkeys – The Minstrel Cafe
Thomas Kjorven and Jaclyn Gee – Grateful Fed
Nix Dicksons w/ Paper Boy – Doc Willoughby’s Downtown Pub
The Young ‘Uns – The Blue Gator

And for listings for shows in the North and South Okanagan, check out this great site –http://oook.ca/ (Facebook Page)

Tribe House Songwriter Circle – Jan. 20th

Jan. 20 @ 7pm
Streaming Cafe
Free

Corey Doak
Joshua Smith
Jordan Matchett
Glen Koide

Corey Doak
Corey (with last name pronounced like “oak” tree) has been doing his thing for over 10 years where he has been busy recording 5 albums, winning awards (like the ’09 Covenant Folk/Roots album of the year), playing hundreds of shows around the globe, sharing the stage with legends like Martyn Joseph, and concentrating on growing his hair out. His songs have a unique blend of story, offbeat humor (see Scruffy the Elf video), psalmistry and poetry bound to cause you to either laugh, cry, sit up and take notice, and/or all of the above. He’s a great writer with skills that pay the bills.
Website

Joshua Smith
After learning to play the gee-tar at age 10 in his hometown of Halifax, Josh moved to Nashville, learned a pile of stuff, and then ventured on to the 13th best city in the world, Kelowna. His tunes remind you of words like folk, pop, chill, imaginative, and are influenced by the the artists frequently played on his iPod like James Taylor, Paul Simon, John Mayer, The Beatles, and maybe a few more. He also played Lille Gard Festthis past summer.
Website

 

Jordan Matchett
Jordan is a bit of a newbie to Kelowna and a few of us met him busking on the street downtown playing an old Kay guitar from the 50s (details might be a bit off here). He played outside all summer and apparently was able to earn a decent living doing so but the winter months are too cruel for outdoor musician bravery, so we’re stoked to hear his tunes in the warmth of a cafe.

Glen Koide
Glen is a roots / rock singer songwriter who is one of the most humble artists you will ever meet. He was mysteriously injured in a bike accident a couple of months ago so he wasn’t able to make the Sept. Songwriter Circle. Luckily, he’ll be ready to strum & pick like an 8 fingered gecko. And as for that last analogy, we apologize & realize that it doesn’t make sense but you get the picture.
Website

Hard Times Hit Parade- A Theatrical Extravaganza by the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret

  Date: Thurs January 19th 2012 7:30PM

Evening Show Price: $30 per adult / $10 per student www.selectyourtickets.com

This Dance-Until- You- Drop Marathon has rolled into our humble City!  In a world reminiscent of 1930s, reflecting the economic hardship of our present time, this full-length theatre production is chalk-a-block with swing dance, cabaret, live music, puppetry and surprise. Haunted by their own hallucinations, inner voices and deepest desires, the hidden worlds of the contestants come to life before our very eyes.

Hard Times Hit Parade features several dancing couples, as well as vaudevillian band Maria in the Shower playing popular songs from the ’30s and original compositions in a similar vein. “The band is very much part of the action,” stresses director Kat Single-Dain. “And the audience is involved as well, because it becomes the dance-marathon audience. The narrative is about a trio of organizers-the referee, the emcee, and the band leader-who travel the country setting up these events.”

The Rotary Centre for the Arts is transformed into a Depression-era dance hall for the show dubbed Hard Times Hit Parade where our audience will experience 5 and a half months of dance marathon in one night. The longest dance marathon on record lasted 157 days. We encourage everyone to show up wearing “Dirty Thirties” vintage threads, a fedora or your dancing shoes.

Next Tuesday – Jim Cuddy with special guest Doug Paisley @ Kelowna Community Theatre

Date: January 10 (8:00 PM)
Price: $ 63.50
Tickets: TicketMaster
Toll Free: 1-855-985-5000
Website: jimcuddy.com
dougpaisley.com

With the release of his third solo album, Skyscraper Soul, Jim Cuddy announces he will be hitting the road this fall with The Jim Cuddy Band.

In the winter of 2011, following extensive Blue Rodeo touring, Jim Cuddy began to write music to accompany his wife Rena Polley’s comedic short film “Four Sisters.”  It turned out that writing music for the film put him on a creative roll and before long he was on his way to writing a third solo album.

Top local concerts for 2011

It’s always fun to look back at the local shows around Kelowna to come up with this Top 10 list. I must say, every year there seems to be new venues opening their doors to live music, and new bands popping up. It’s great to see the support of local live music fans.
1. Sloan – Barking Parrot, Penticton, BC, June 2nd, 2011
2. Great big sea – Kelowna community theatre, March 11, 2011
3. We are the city / Said the Whale / aidian knight / kingdom cloud – Kelowna community theatre, April 3rd, 2011
4. The Sheepdogs / Monster Truck – Barking Parrot, Penticton, BC, Dec. 19th, 2011
5. Imaginary Cities / The Coppertone – Doc Willoughbys, Nov. 26th, 2011
6. Wassabi Collective – Canada Day, Waterfront Park, July 1st, 2011
7. Unknown Culprits – Doc Willoughbys, April 4th, 2011
8. Five Alarm Funk – Pop Okanagan Festival, Oct. 13-15th
9. Rococode – Pop Okanagan Festival, Oct. 13-15th
10. Kingdom Cloud, Little Jungles, and Super Dew – Fernando’s, July 19th, 2011

 

Live music around Kelowna – Happy New Years!

It’s been another great year for live music in Kelowna.  The inaugural Pop Okanagan festival was a big hit, and lots of Canada’s top indie bands passed through town (and a few went to Penticton’s Barking Parrot instead…K-os, Sloan, Mother Mother and the Sheepdogs) We’re closing the book on 2011, and looking ahead to more festivals, great local artists, and more touring bands passing through the Okanagan!

Fri Dec 30, 2011
JC Wilson – Kelowna Lake City Casino
Random Act with Uptown Hornz – The Blue Gator
Sister Speak – Grateful Fed
Blue City trio – Pheasant & Quail Pub
Poppa Dawg – The Minstrel Cafe

Sat Dec 31, 2011
New Year’s Eve Bash with Colt 45 – O’Flannigans Pub
New Year’s Eve with Ellen Churchill – The Bonfire Grill at The Cove Lakeside Resort
Robert Fine and Soul Remedy, NYE – Kelowna Lake City Casino
NYE with DJs Invizible, Conro, Braden Erhardt & Roberto Stylz – Level Nightclub
NYE at Sapphire, 6 DJs – Sapphire Nightclub
Poppa Dawg – The Minstrel Cafe
The Order of Chaos – Lake City Bowl & Billiards
Little Jungles – Chicken Vindaloo & The Red Room – Fernando’s Taqueria on Bernard
New Years Eve w/ Toddy Rockwell, Rumpus Room & Freaky Fisher – Habitat
News Years Eve Party with Devon – Doc Willoughby’s Downtown Pub

And for listings for shows in the North and South Okanagan, check out this great site –http://oook.ca/ (Facebook Page)