The PG Lion's hold a Bluegrass and Country Jamboree all this weekend at the Blackburn Hall. See acts like Blackwater Express, The Chainsaw Boys, Vern Charlton, Peace Country Ramblers and many more. There will be a band scramble, open mic, on-site food, and plenty of family entertainment tonight through Sunday. Various ticket options available from $25 weekend pass and cheaper for smaller segments.
Call 250-998-4550, email [email protected] or look up the PG Lions Bluegrass and Country Jamboree website.
The Cold Snap Music Festival's annual general meeting happens at 2 p.m. Sunday.
"We have some updates [on the 2015 partnership with the Canada Winter Games] and some exciting news about the 2016 festival," said an executive statement. Anyone interested is invited to the meeting at the Downtown Prince George office (1406 2nd Ave.) and for further information email [email protected].
On Sunday, the public is invited to a colourful piano recital. Local piano teacher and cookbook author Lori Elder will assemble some of her students at 2 p.m. inside the B.C. Cancer Agency Centre for the North where they will unveil a unique piano. It was donated then artistically jazzed up to enliven the cancer treatment facility by both sight and sound. After Elder and the students launch it with that afternoon's concert, it will be freely available for anyone passing by to play or just poke the keys. Her music-themed cookbook and a CD of their music will also be available for sale, with proceeds going to local cancer causes.
Steve Earle and the Dukes returns to Prince George on Thursday. The modern country outlaw is at Vanier Hall packing hits as diverse as Copperhead Road, Guitar Town, Transcendental Blues, The Other Kind and many more hits.
June 29 Prince George Legion will be hosting a family event at the Railway and Forestry Museum (850 River Road) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate 100 years of P.G. rail history. Admission is free with a donation to the food bank. The day includes games, crafts, guided tours, the full array of museum attractions, along with hamburgers, hotdogs, ice cream and rides on the Cottonwood Express Minirail. For more information call the Legion at 250-562-1292 or the Railway Museum at 250-563-7351.
Double author event. On July 2, 7 p.m., come meet acclaimed Canadian writers Gary Geddes and Ann Eriksson. The husband and wife literary team each has a book new to the shelves - a novel by Eriksson and a poetry collection by Geddes. They will read and sign their latest work, and discuss their long list of past works at Books and Company's Cafe Voltaire.
The African Children's Choir returns to Prince George on July 25. Their rousing choral voice and inspirational story takes them all over the world raising funds and awareness for important causes on the African continent. They have been a popular attraction in previous P.G. appearances.
Their performance here will be at the Evangelical Free Church (4590 5th Ave.) at 7 p.m.
For more information call the church at 250-564-5889.
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.
