The Lensmen perform this Thursday at Zocalo Caf茅 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 Caf茅.

You鈥檒l 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鈥檚 to Vancouver Island, and you鈥檒l find a man you鈥檒l 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鈥檚 coffeehouse will occur on Mother鈥檚 Day; appropriate, as each of the three Doobie Sisters is a mother, and two of them grandmothers.

Well-known Valley artist Joe Smith will hold a solo exhibition and sale of his work at Filberg Lodge in Comox on May 7 and 8. This will be his first show of the season and he has quite a number of new works that will be shown for the first time.

The Bridge Lounge presents XLR8 for one night only this Saturday.