Rock musicians are some of the most generous philanthropists. They may not have a great amount of money, but they’re always willing to play for charity.
Tonight four regional bands pool their talents for a benefit concert at the Sawmill Banquet Centre for Make a Wish Northern Alberta.
Boogie Patrol, MarketForces, The David Petovar Band and Mercy Funk tear a page out of their top playbook that will quench the thirst of most hardcore fans.
The various bands have eclectic styles. Boogie Patrol is a four-piece that seamlessly blends funk, soul and R&B while The David Petovar Band delivers an aggressive folk rock sound.
Mercy Funk’s musical foursome labels itself the grooviest funk/R&B band while MarketForces dispatches rock with a pop edge.
“Times have changed so much from when I started playing 20 years ago,” says MarketForces bassist Jeff Schmidt, a Sturgeon County resident.
“You used to go to a club to see one band and then you’d go to the next club to see the next band. Here you get to see four really good bands in one night.”
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $27 at tixonthesquare.ca
L'UniThéâtre contemplates romance and its consequences in playwright Carol FrĂ©chette workings of Jean et BĂ©atrice.
It is a dramatization of a woman whose imagination is more fertile than her experiences. She lies about her past and most things in the present to project an attractive image.
BĂ©atrice lives in a high-rise and partly from loneliness she distributes posters seeking a man who will “move and seduce her.” She publicizes herself as well off and offers a substantial reward.
Jean, a man claiming to be a professional bounty hunter, has a bag full of tricks, but greedily agrees to her conditions. Jean passes her tests, but when BĂ©atrice confesses she cannot pay, he wants out. However, she is not about to let him go.
Directed by Brian Dooley, Jean et Béatrice runs at La Cité Francophone from March 25 to April 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at lunitheatre.ca.
