Dance Princess … Dance! is a medieval tale that is the August production for local theatre company Theatreworks this coming summer.

The Mo Funk Band with special guest opener Emily Spiller hits the Bridge Lounge this Friday.

The Lensmen perform this Thursday at Zocalo Café from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Edmonton-born songwriter Cory Danyluk and Ontario-based guitar-dobro player Dan Walsh hit the stage at Joe’s Garage this Friday.

Imagine a gathering of some of the finest blues and roots musicians across the country, converging in the Comox Valley, to play an amazing one-of-a-kind concert.

The stage at the Sid Williams Theatre will explode with dance this Thursday and Friday evenings as the Laurie Tinkler School of Dance presents Dance Explosion 2011.

Jill Barber has always had stars in her eyes. It’s a natural side-effect of gazing up at the moon and composing songs bathed in its silvery glow. From her modest beginnings as a shy acoustic folkie on the local coffeehouse stage, Barber’s recent career has been reaching starry heights.

The sounds of jazz will fill the gym at G.P. Vanier Secondary School this Saturday night as music students once again perform at the annual Vanier Jazz Café.

You’ll never find Jay Aymar in a martini bar. Give him a beer and a toasted western, talk about inexpensive hotels, waitresses at truck stops, and the small towns that dot this country from St. John’s to Vancouver Island, and you’ll find a man you’ll want to be friends with for the rest of your life.

The Cumberland Coffeehouse presents the Doobie Sisters this Sunday. Although usually held on the first Sunday of each month, May’s coffeehouse will occur on Mother’s Day; appropriate, as each of the three Doobie Sisters is a mother, and two of them grandmothers.