Local Entertainment

Visitors to St. Albert this weekend should come dressed in jeans, cowboy boots and hats – or they might stand out like sore thumbs. The Rainmaker Rodeo, hosted by St. Albert Kinsmen, is one of the city's biggest and most-anticipated events.

A major local artists’ collective is facing the same struggle that many people face when they move into a new home: renovations.

Dancing sticks. Clapping palms. Booming drums. Drums United’s World of Rhythm is riveting percussion at its finest. A blend of funky, lyrical and electronic, it straddles continents and overcomes language barriers.

Meet Grug. He’s Australia’s equivalent of our beloved Elmo, and he’s flying up to St. Albert’s International Children’s Festival May 28 to June 1.

The St. Albert Cruisers are up to their old antics again, and local classic car enthusiasts couldn’t be more pleased. The group is putting on the 21st annual Autorama.

Mission Hill Brass Band is hosting its final concert of the season Gatsby style – with elegance and panache. Raring to go with a night of bubbly Pops, the band regroups at its traditional haunt, the St. Albert United Church on Friday, May 24.

Fiddle champ Calvin Vollrath has a reputation for sell-out concerts, sometimes weeks in advance.

“It’s kind of a big thing.” Kathy Batty wasn’t kidding. The scene at Servus Place last Saturday afternoon was one of games, crafts, activities, bonding and, above all, girls.

While seated in L'UniThéâtre’s darkened audience absorbing The 25th Annual County Spelling Bee, the polished, superficial Glee popped into mind.

Nightmare Before Christmas isn’t really a spring show. Come to think of it, it’s not even a Christmas show. But the two-act musical is the highly successful Tim Burton horror fantasy that Visionary College will mount to close its season.