Despite the name, the Victoria-based, high-octane band Ballgag ’n’ Chain Gang is far more buoyant (and at times flamboyant) than restrained.

The Ghetto Funk Tour comes to the Mex Pub this Saturday.

Possibly more than anyone on the planet, David Crosby has lived a life that is emblematic of his generation’s dizzying journey — an agrarian ride through exhilarating highs and soul-crushing lows on the paths of creative expression, political activism, personal growth and spiritual self-discovery.

World Community is hosting a Best of Fest screening of Soundtrack for a Revolution on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College.World Community is hosting a Best of Fest screening of Soundtrack for a Revolution on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College.

Courtenay musicians Granville Airton, Steve and Viv Ruskin, Scott Lyle and Lainie Laughlin perform as 5Play, a fun-loving band with an eclectic repertoire.

Jazzy singer songwriter Flora Ware is coming to Joe's Garage in Courtenay on April 21.

Head of the Herd are doing a West Coast British Columbia Three Chapter Tour that will see them play Vancouver, Courtenay, and Whistler.

Original rock operas, old-style crooning and a killer brass section — the Flying Foxes deliver flamboyant pop epics and gritty gypsy folk.

The Queen of Tango, Linda Lee Thomas, is the next guest of the Comox Valley Piano Society when she performs April 1.

Time is running out for you to bid on estuary-inspired art.