TOP 5 PICKS

EDDY FEST

Where: King Eddy

When: Oct. 4-7

The King Eddy officially launches with a four-night party featuring music from John Rutherford, Nice Horse, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and Astral Swans.

ANTIBALAS Where: MacEwan Hall

When: Oct. 5

The Brooklyn band was modelled after Fela Kuti’s Africa 70. The 11-piece band bring their improvisational take on Afrobeat and their first album in five years, Where the Gods Are in Peace.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IN CONCERT

Where: Jubilee Auditorium When: Oct. 5-6

The tale as old as time gets a musical refresh by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, who provide the soundtrack backing for the classic animated film.

WORDFEST

When: Oct. 8-15

The literary festival starts Thanksgiving Monday with a family-friendly celebration of Calvin & Hobbes at Memorial Park Library featuring Michael Grills, The Heebee-jeebees and Edmonton author Michael Hingston, author of Let’s Go Exploring “a critical and cultural analysis of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.”

K. TREVOR WILSON

Where: The Gateway

When: Oct. 9

Wilson, probably better known as Squirrely Dan from Letterkenny, brings his Man Mountain of Comedy standup tour. Expect the kind of oneliners good enough to get him into the quarterfinals of Jeff Ross’s Roast Battle two years in a row.