Local Entertainment

A Latino festival of entertainment, food and culture will cha-cha its way on a downtown street for the second year in a row.

The sights and the sounds of fifth annual Central Music Festival drew hundreds to the outdoor site on the old C & E trail in Red Deer County throughout the weekend.

It’s no accident that Michael Kaeshammer’s boogie-woogie piano music has upbeat, life-affirming vibe.

Tommy Banks might well be “The Honourable,” but don’t call him senator — at least not in connection to his music.

Soul Sisters: A Journey to the Hearth is a joint installation by Grande Prairies artist Sabine Schneider and Red Deer’s Glynis Wilson Boultbee and documents their friendship. This exhibit runs at the Harris-Warke Gallery until Sept. 10.

Palisade Ballroom, beneath O’Malley’s Pub in the Cornation Inn on Ross Street, presents the St. Alberta metalcore band All Else Fails on Aug. 27. Doors at 8 p.m. show at 9. Cover charge is $8 at the door.

Considering Sonny and Cher and Captain and Tennille, does the world need any more husband-and-wife acts, questioned Paul Jefferson at the prospect of becoming a singing duo with his wife Lisa Brokop.

Preparations for this coming weekend’s Central Music Fest are in full swing at the site north of Red Deer.

Two Alberta artists have opened a Red Deer exhibition detailing their two-and-a-half year old friendship.

Rain or shine, the Central Music Festival is back for a fifth year.Boasting more than 25 musical acts, the popular outdoor festival starts on Friday evening and wraps up Sunday afternoon, on Township Road 392 in Red Deer County.