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There’s music in the mountains!
Thursday, February 19th, 2004 by GetawayBC.com
From good ol’ fashioned rock ‘n’ roll to the best of the classical beat, there is music in the air year round.
During the summer evenings Grizzly Plaza in the downtown is the place to be for live entertainment during StreetFest. Musical offerings range from the instrumental stylings of Revelstoke’s Bob Rogers Jazz Quintet to the new country jive of Alberta’s Leslie Alexander with just about everything in between from bluegrass to Bavarian.
Heralding the departure of spring and the arrival of summer is the annual Beats and Blues Festival, a three-day weekend in Centennial Park of blues, funk, R&B and jazz.
The annual Mountain Arts Festival in September is another three-day celebration with music and other entertainment from street musicians and jugglers to poetry readings and live theatre.
Local nightclubs also feature live music ranging from The Powder Blues Band and Mocking Shadows to talented showcase groups like Freeflow and solo artists like Ken Hamm.
The local Arts Council also sponsors fall/winter concerts which have in the past included Michael Kaeshammer, Canada’s boogie-woogie wizard and the Barra MacNeils for a Celtic Christmas celebration.;