Folklorama is 45!! l Keys N Krates l Triple Threat Beach Volleyball Tournament l Connect Festival 19 l River City Rumble

August 3 to 16

Explore one of the most vibrant arts and culture scenes found in the heart of the continent as Folklorama celebrates its 45th festival in 2014.

Experience the world’s cultures at Folklorama's
43 pavilions!!

Celebrate life and culture with world-class entertainment, delicious authentic food and beautiful cultural displays at Folklorama, the largest and longest-running multicultural festival of its kind in the world (the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts). 

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July 31, 10:00 pm - 2:00 am
Union Sound Hall, 110 Market Avenue
Tickets $20, $25, also at the door, The Urban Bakery (403 Graham Ave), Music Trader (97 Osborne St), Green Apple Skateshop (836 Corydon Ave)

18+ w/ ID || DOORS @ 10 pm

Serotonin Entertainment & Union Sound Hall present Keys N Krates

Formed as the brainchild of drummer Adam Tune, synth/keyboard aficionado David Matisse and award-winning turntablist Jr. Flo in 2008. They've been referred to as the world's only "trap band".  The EP features KNK's banger "Treat Me Right," which launched with the support of figureheads like Diplo, Major Lazer, Flosstradamus, and TNGHT. 

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August 1 to 3
Hill Top Resort, hwy 59 & Provincial Road 102 N., Grand Beach, Manitoba R0E 0T0

Triple Threat Beach Volleyball Tournament  is designed for participants to have recreational "Fun in the Sun". Get your Co-Ed team and play on one of Manitoba's best sand courts.

Friday Night kicks off with Glow Volleyball and registration. Competitive games kick into full swing on Saturday with semi finals and finals being played on Sunday. 

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August 1 to 3

Besant Campground - 60 minutes West of Regina, Saskatchewan on Hwy. #1

Connect Festival 19, started 19 years ago with international talent and urban culture in a beautiful Southern Saskatchewan setting. Since then, it has grown into Western Canada’s most illustrious grassroots electronica and alternative culture festivals. People from all walks of life come out and let their hair down.

On a secluded Saskatchewan hillside from the evening of Friday until Monday morning, the tribes of the North and the West will gather for a flow of positive minds and hypnotic music.

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August 2 - 3

The Metropolitan Entertainment Centre, 281 Donald Street

Advance tickets $65  l  Regular $75

Cash, Debit and Credit Card sales at Rockabetty, or online.

River City Rumble: Your Rockabilly Festival!

Workshops

Sunday Car Show

Roof Top Tiki Patio

Pinup Competition

THE MATADORS - London, Ontario

BLOODSHOT BILL - Montreal

COUSIN HARLEY - Vancouver

HELLBOUND HEPCATS - Montreal

EVE HELL and THE RAZORS - Calgary

ALISTAIR CHRISTL - Toronto

BUTCH HALLER and HIS CHESTERFIELD RAMBLERS

REVEREND RAMBLER - Winnipeg

THE FL!P CATS! - Winnipeg 

GREG ARCADE and HIS ROCKIN BAND - Winnipeg 

THE CLASSY CHASSYS - Saskatoon

THE GREASEMARKS - Toronto

BRIAN TEMPLETON TRIO - Regina 

HANDSOME D and THE LOUSY LOVERS - Winnipeg 

THE PUSH RODZ - Winnipeg 

August 3, 8:30 pm to 9 pm

Miss River City Rumble 2014 Pinup Contest!!

The pinup contest is open to festival wristband holders. 

Registration is $10 and can be done online or at Rockabetty, 121-B Osborne Street.

After registering send an email with a photo, your stage name, and write up (a self-description, influences, hobbies, future aspirations and career goals, in 200-250 words)

Gimli Film Festival l Winnipeg Comedy Showcase l Forks Bridge Party l FREE: Connect in The Park l Folk Fest 2014 Hula Hoop and Bellydance

Gimli Film Festival is pleased to announce the FREE, very popular beach screenings on our one-of-a-kind 35-foot outdoor screen on the beautiful shores of Lake Winnipeg.
The RBC Cinema Under The Stars will present six films, beginning at sunset.

July 23, 10 pm
Cocoon by Ron Howard starring Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy and others

July 24, 10 pm                  
A River Runs Through It by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt and Tom Skerrit

July 25, 10 pm
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou  by Wes Anderson starring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Anjelica Houston
LATE NIGHT   (around 12 midnight)  Dead Calm
starring Nicole Kidman, Sam Neil and Billy Zane

July 26, 10 pm                  
Dirty Dancing  starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey

July 27, 10 pm                  
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
(The Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon)

Purchase your 2014 GFF Passes by phone (204-642-8846) or drop by GFF office at suite 100 – 94 1st Street in the Waterfront Centre, Gimli at the Lake Winnipeg Visitor Centre.

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July 4, 9:00 pm 

The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne Street       Tickets Available

The Park Theatre is proud to present our third Winnipeg Comedy Showcase. 

We are featuring Jordan Welwood, Tim Gray, Dana Smith, JD Renaud, Tyler Penner and Michael Blomquist. This is no open mic, there are no amateurs here. Only the best.  

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July 5, 1:00 pm - 11:00 pm

The Forks, 1 Forks Market Road – Historic Rail Bridge (Over the Assiniboine River)

All day free electronic music event + special multimedia visual performance at night. 

Followed by a special after party at The Pyramid Cabaret going until 3 am!

Saturday July 5th, MEMETIC Presents: FORKS BRIDGE PARTY

Featuring: 

MAX ULIS (Vancouver) - Mich EP - (Nanaimo) - Shael The Kitty - Nathan Zahn

Mike jasper - Rick Logic - Lotek - Berbs - Kasm

Plus a special set from Symptom Tech co-founder Cory Ash:"way" (Symptom Co-Founder)!

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July 6, 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm in CST

Central Park, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P

The Creative Avenue Collective is pumped to bring you Connect in The Park 5; a FREE concert and BBQ fundraiser. 

Join us for fun in the sun with great music, amazing local vendors, and delicious dining. 

All proceeds will go towards community art projects. 

Keiffer McLean - 3 pm

Techtonix - 5 pm

Tictoctopus - 6 pm

Kataclysm - 7 pm

Billy B - 8 pm

Slimbot - 9 pm

4 pm: Tie-Die Workshop by Kenzii Mae Tumak - $5 supply fee. 

Live-Art Sets: Keegan Rice - Kaleidoscopic Creations

Desire Saturnae - Moonstruck Mystiks - Desire Satana

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July 9 and 10

Winnipeg Folk Festival - Birds Hill Park, Hwy #59

Both workshops will take place at Popes Hill

Hula Hoop Workshop with Brittany Dona-lyn Roginson - July 9, 7 pm (hoops will be provided).  Bellydance Workshop with Accalia Carmen - July 10 

Cathleen Lesperance & Wade Fehr

Saskatoon House Concert!!

May 25, 7:30 pm 

Show at 8 pm

Tickets $15 each

at Sarah's House - email Cathleen for address

Born and raised in Winnipeg and now calling Saskatchewan home, Belgium Rootstime Magazine described Cathleen Lesperance as "..a clear and pure voice…destined to appear on many stages”. 

The follow-up to her full length "Gypsy As I Go" released in 2008, "Brilliant Bright" offers 11 self penned songs featuring her unique voice, where roots music and story meet soul.

Raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Wade Fehr has been writing songs and honing his guitar skills for over fifteen years. Ranging in musical styles from blues and rock to country and bluegrass, he has called himself a "creatively confused" songwriter.

In 2009 Fehr released "The Bottle and a Grave", a six song EP featuring a full band. 

In May of 2012 Fehr is releasing the follow up titled "Sooner of Later".

Songs for Kids: Prince Albert Fundraiser

May 12

ST. PAUL'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 60 - 12th Street East, Prince Albert

Tickets $10 each, phone 764-4771 for ticket or buy at door

Doors open at 7:30 pm

Show starts at 8 pm

The evening will feature the music of rock/folk musician Matt Remenda, country/blues musician Wade Fehr and folk/roots artist Cathleen Lesperance. 

Opening the evening will be local jazz trio Java Time. 

This event is sponsored by the Trito Send Kids to Camps in Partnership with Riverside 

and Westview Community Schools and Rev. Sandy Scott. 

Help us help local kids create wonderful memories at summer camp!

Thank you to local Prince Albert sponsors - Mosaic Music and Action Printing.

Breaking the Silence Conference

Breaking the Silence On Issues of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

The fifteenth annual conference sponsored by 

the College of Education University of Saskatchewan

March 16 and March 17

Edwards School of Business PotashCorp Centre, 25 Campus Drive

Online registration forms and program available

Registration by March 11: $40 

                after March 11: $50

Post-secondary students, un(der)waged, retired, suggested donation: $15

High school students: FREE! Friday night only: $10

March 16, 7:00 p.m. Broadway Theatre

Telling our stories —Making Lives Better

Special Guest: Ivan Coyote

As Good As We Can Make It: 

On bullying, collective responsibility, and actually making it better 

March 17, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm 

Edwards School of Business (Commerce), Rm 18

A full program of panels, workshops, and presentations

For full details, email

Breaking the Silence Educational Foundations 

College of Education University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X1

Tel: (306) 966-7514

Fax: (306) 966-7549 

Strawberries in January

Odyssey Productions presents

Strawberries in January

February 24 to March 3

Carrefour Fransaskois, 449 10th Street East, Prince Albert, Sask.

Doors open 1/2 before show time

Do you ever wish love could be more like the movies? 

Francois does. 

A cafe bartender/frustrated screenwriter, he uses every event in his life as inspiration. He casts Sophie, his ex-flatmate-turned-lover-turned-friend, opposite Robert, a cafe regular and university professor. Outside the city, Sophie's childhood friend Lea, runs a B & B. Their stories colllide and interweave with intriguing serendipity.

with DINNER:

$38/person (advance only)  

February 24 and 25 

March 1, 2, 3

SHOW ONLY:

February 26 @ 2pm

February 29 @ 7pm

Adults: $14 Seniors $11 Students $8 (advance & at the door)

The Love List / Craft & Bake Sale

November 25 - December 3

Carrefour Fransaskois

449 10th Street East, Prince Albert, SK

The Love List by Norm Foster is a a comedy that warns you to be careful what you wish for. Two men concoct a list of the attributes of the top ten best qualities in a mate. 

When this 'Ideal Woman' arrives, the men learn that their list could use a few revisions.

For all Dinner Theatre Performances: 

cocktails start at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7:00 pm

performances begin at 8:00 pm

Tickets: $38/Person (only available in advance)

Show Only Performances:

Sunday, Nov, 27 - Show at 2:00 pm

Wednesday, Nov. 30 - Show at 7:00 pm

Tickets: $14/Adult   $11/Senior   $8/Student

Box Office Location: Gateway Mall

For details call 922-2287, or visit Odyssey Productions Inc 

THIS PRODUCTON CONTAINS MATURE THEMES & LANGUAGE 

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Riverside Country Craft & Bake Sale

Saturday, November 26 · 9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Riverside Community School

511 5th Avenue East, Prince Albert, SK

over 85 tables to choose from!!

BAKING, CHRISTMAS ITEMS, SCENTSY, SEWING, AVON, EPICURE, JEWELLERY, QUILTS, MUSIC, TUPPERWARE, REGAL, and much more!!

Spring Thaw Prairie Run / Camp for Kids

Join Saskatchewan artists Underneath the Fray and Cathleen Lesperance as they perform on a short run of local Saskatchewan coffee houses to showcase their own original songs. 

Also, to celebrate Canadian National Parks 100th Birthday in the month of May, they'll throw into the mix a slideshow of original photographs by Cathleen Lesperance featuring photos from Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia to Nahanni National Park in the NWT.

Thursday, May 26 Regina Show starts at 8:00 pm

Java Express Coffee House

4114 Albert Street S.

Regina

Friday, May 27 Swift Current Show starts at 8:00 pm

Urban Ground Coffee House

167 Central Avenue N

Swift Current

Saturday, May 28 Saskatoon Show starts at 8:00 pm

Caffe Sola

38 23 Street East

Saskatoon

Admission by donation (suggested $10) at door.

CDs and original photographs will be available for sale.

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Coffee House for Camp 

Amy's On Second Restaurant 

2990 2nd Ave West

Prince Albert, SK

Sunday, May 29  7:00 pm to 9:30 pm 

  

Coffee, Dessert and Musical Entertainment

Tickets $20 each (tax receipts for donations over $10)

ALL money raised goes towards sending local children to summer camp.

A recent recipient of a Saskatchewan Arts Board grant, Cathleen Lesperance will be sharing new songs from her recent self-directed residency in Banff. In the theme of summer, part of the evening will be original photographs from various Canadian National Parks to celebrate Parks Canada's 100th birthday.

Featuring a sneak peak of new songs from Cathleen's next album, set to be recorded in Halifax this summer. This will be her last show in the area for awhile. 

This event is being organized by Elizabeth Moar and Sandy Scott as part of their annual fundraising drive to send over 100 children to camp each year.

Purchase tickets from Jan at 763-3989 

or from St. Paul's Presbyterian Church 

or call Amy's on Second at 763-1515

Love Your Neighbour Banquet

Volunteers needed to help with our community Easter meal. 

Saturday, April 23, 9:00 to 11:30 am

Souls Harbour Soup Kitchen

Please email mcalder.shrm@gmail.com

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You are cordially invited to attend our eighth annual  

Love Your Neighbour Banquet 

to help raise funds for Souls Harbour Rescue Mission, Saskatchewan.  

Monday May 9 

Delta Regina, 1919 Saskatchewan Drive 

Free Parking 

Doors open at 5:30 pm  

Tickets: $30 each 

$25 each (when buying 2-7) 

$160 for a table of 8 

Rush seating 

Tickets can be picked up or mailed.

Call Derrick Moore at 543-0011    

Plate Service: Chicken Cordon Bleu Dinner 

Entertainment: Juno Award Winner Steve Bell 

Featured Event: 2011 LifeChange Program Graduation Ceremony  

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"Adopt-A-Plate" is our monthly giving program. 

If you are interested, just call 543-0011 and press 2 to speak to a financial clerk.

“The high rate of Saskatchewan’s volunteerism contributed to 80.6 million hours of volunteer service in 2004, the equivalent of 41,979 full-time jobs. 

– Government of Saskatchewan”

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Little Souls Daycare, 1475 Athol Street, Regina, is a fully licensed and subsidized Christian childcare facility located in North Central Regina. We have spaces for 60 children to play, eat, nap and enjoy their days.