Monsters on wheels will be at CN Centre on Saturday for two shows - a 1:30 p.m. matinee and a 7:30 p.m. evening encore.
The Monster X Tour features epic machines like Bigfoot, Rockstar, California Kid, and Mega Merc plus an exciting slate of thrill acts. Two levels of seating are priced at $25 and $40 and you can purchase a Pit Party Pass for just $5 to hang out with the drivers and pit crews starting 90 minutes before show time (ends 30 minutes before show time), every show.
Prince George buzz band Bright City Heights performs at Nancy O's on June 6.
The band features some of the city's best-known music talent. David Baycroft won last year's PG Idol competition and handles the band's bass, while Lee-Wai Yu won the last year's The Voice competition by radio station 101.3 The River and handles keyboards and the vocal load. Nick Rubadeau pounds the drums while Mike Vigano is on guitar. The each have strong vocal abilities, bringing a lot of layers to their indie-folk sound.
Their singles Ivory and My Dear are both on local airwaves and clicking with downloads. An album is anticipated early this summer.
Bright City Heights takes the stage at 9 p.m. that night.
For everyone looking back on their experiences at proms and spring formal dances, the Home Sweet Home Grocery crew is offering a spark of live nostalgia. They are hosting a Re-Prom Dance at the Moose Hall for all those who loved those nights of teal cummerbunds and meringue taffeta, or cringe at the red-eyed photos of mullets and back-combed hair piles and want a "do-over." On June 7 you get the chance to hearken back or spring forward, with a live deejay and punch bowl and all the trappings of a teenage dream, but now you get to dance Stairway To Heaven in the sensible shoes of an adult.
Tickets are $15 available in advance at Home Sweet Home Grocery.
On Monday night, two icons of Canadian rock - Randy Bachman and Fred Turner - will stand together on a Prince George stage for the first time in their storied history together.
The namesakes of Bachman Turner Overdrive have had megahits like Takin' Care of Business, Let It Ride, You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet and others. They have attained glory in other projects as well, BTO for Turner and The Guess Who for Bachman. Now they reunite for a new chapter in their musical saga and they bring it to CN Centre on June 2.
They will be joined by opening guest Barney Bentall who has a thick layer of his own rock 'n' roll success with his band The Legendary Hearts.
Three Doors Down brings their acoustic show to CN Cente on Wednesday night. They have sold more than 16 million albums worldwide, garnered three Grammy nominations, two American Music Awards, and five BMI Pop Awards before changing up their hit list with an unplugged interpretation of their material. They brought us hits One Light, Kryptonite, When I'm Gone, Here Without You, and more.
The show opens with alterna-country-folker Joey Only from the goldfields of Wells / Barkerville.
Prince George's own Gary Fjellgaard is returning to his hometown. The country-folk balladeer has been one of Canada's musical treasures and he continues to produce new, evocative roots music.
He is a Juno Award winner, was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, and always remembers where his career was launched. He will be at Art Space on June 6 at 8 p.m.
Ronnie McDowell brings his band to the Civic Centre on June 8. The urban country crooner has launched million-seller singles like The King Is Gone (a 1977 megahit tribute to Elvis Presley), Wahtching Girls Go By, and many other radio riders. He duetted with icons like Conway Twitty and Jerry Lee Lewis. He toured with the biggest names in country music history. He was the singer for all the songs in the movie Elvis with Kurt Russell in the lead role. Now he comes to Prince George. Tickets available at Studio 2880, CN Centre box office or online at Ticketmaster.
Popular children's characters Toopy and Binoo will be live in P.G. on October 23 at the CN Centre. Tickets go on sale June 6 at CN Centre box office, Studio 2880 and Ticketmaster online.
Toopy and Binoo were born on the pages of books by Dominique Jolin, then became television stars starting in 2005. Now the live stage show is touring western Canada for the first time.
