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Q CONCERTS

Irishers: an hour of P.E.I.-Irish

poems and fiddling will be presented July 30, 7 p.m., in the Lorimer Gallery, 82 Great George St., Charlottetown. Thomas O’Grady will be reading poems from “Delivering the News” and “What Really Matters” and Gerry Bradley will be on the fiddle.

A ceilidh is July 30, 7:30 p.m., at Bedeque United Church Hall. Lloyd Buchannan and Wanda Dunbar will provide the entertainment. A lunch will be served.

Leon Gallant Billy MacInnis and

friends are at the Stanley Bridge Hall Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m.

Seawalk Park Summer Concert Series

(free) continues July 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Seawalk Park, 24 Harbourview Dr., North Rustico, featuring Party Mix.

Concerts in the Garden are Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Wyatt Heritage Properties, 205 Prince St., Summerside. On July 31, music will be by the Irish pub band Not All There. Admission is by donation. Ice cream made daily on the premises is for sale. Call 902-432-1298.

Garrett Mason is at the Trailside Music Café in Mount Stewart, July 31 to Aug. 1, 8 p.m.

Kirk Recitals are at the Kirk of St. James, 35 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown, on Aug. 1, 12:10 p.m., featuring Lindsay Connolly, mezzo-soprano, and Frances McBurnie, piano. Admission is by donation to Choral Scholarships at the Kirk.

Jeanie & Charles are at Music at

the Manse on Aug. 1, 7 p.m., 14155 St. Peters Rd., Marshfield. The doors open at 6 p.m. Reserve tickets at 902213-2861.

Bedeque United Church concert

is July 25, 7:30-9:30 p.m., featuring A Piece of The Rock (Chris Murphy, Joe Sexton, Bruce McDaniel and Chad Wenzel) will perform. Admission is $10.

Close to the Ground concert series, hosted weekly by Fiddlers’ Sons, continues Aug. 1, 8 p.m. at the Kaylee Hall in Poole’s Corner with The Grace Notes as the special guest.

Q FOOD AND MUSIC

“Crazy Rich Islanders” Feast Dinner Acadian supper and Lennie Gallant concert are July 28, part of the Rendez-vous Rustico Festival. Enjoy a traditional Acadian feast, followed by Gallant live in concert. Supper starts at 5 p.m. at the Centre acadien Grand-Rustico, and the show starts at 8 p.m. in the St. Augustine Church. Visit www.rendezvousrustico.com.

“Crazy Rich Islanders” Feast Dinner Theatre is at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Tuesday to Saturday.

“Down with Demon Rum” is Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Kings Playhouse, Georgetown.

“My Ode to the Road – A Memory Journey with Stompin’ Tom” is at the Stompin’ Tom Centre in Skinners Pond.

“My Stompin’ Grounds – A Stompin’ Tom Story Dinner Theatre” is at the Stompin’ Tom Centre in Skinners Pond.

“We are the Champions” Feast Dinner Theatre is at the Brothers 2 in Summerside, Tuesday to Saturday.

Q DANCES

Country dance/open mike, featuring Mary and Clifford, is at Goose River Community Centre, July 27, 8-11 p.m. Admission is $8. There is a door prize and lunch.

A dance featuring Fall Back is at the Kaylee Hall, Pooles Corner, July 27. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the music starts at 8:30 p.m.

A square dance is July 27 as part of the Rendez-vous Rustico Festival. The dance will be called by Marion Copleston with music by Anastasia Desroches and Brent Chaisson. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. at the Rustico Seniors Club, 2104 Church Rd. Visit www.rendezvousrustico.com.

A dance is at 56 St. Peters Rd.,

Charlottetown, July 27, 8:30-11:30 p.m. Music is by Music and Friends with Joe Hynes. There’s a free lunch and a 50/50 draw.

A square dance is at the Olde

Lorne Valley School, Wednesdays, 8 p.m., with music by Ward and Alan MacDonald, Bonnie Campbell and guests. There is a 50/draw and lunch. Admission is $8 at the door. All ages are welcome.

FallBack ‘50s/’60s rock ’n’ roll

dances are at the Silver Fox, 110 Water St., Summerside, Thursdays, 8-11 p.m. Admission is at the door. Contact 902-315-0817 or www.fallbackmusic.com.

Thursday night dances are weekly at the New London Community Complex with the next one on Aug. 1, 9 p.m. to midnight, with Back in Tyme. Admission is $10 at the door. Q THEATRE/COMEDY/DANCE/VARIETY SHOWS “Anne & Gilbert – The Musical” is at The Guild in Charlottetown.

“Anne of Green Gables-The Musical”

is in the Homburg Theatre, Confederation Centre of the Arts.

“Atlantic Blue”

runs at The Mack in Charlottetown on select dates beginning July 26

“Boeing Boeing”

is at the Watermark Theatre in Rustico.

A Christian Escape Room is operating out of York United Church, created and run by Beverley and Olivia Lewis. Reservations may be made by calling 902-368-2678. Admission is free, but donations to York United Church are accepted.

“Crimes of the Heart” is at the Watermark Theatre in Rustico.

“Ebb & Flow: Tides of Settlement

on P.E.I.”, runs until Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m., in Charlottetown’s Beaconsfield Carriage House (accessible and air-conditioned), 2 Kent St.

Haunted Georgetown is Thursdays at 9:15 p.m., a haunted walk of the historic town put on by the Kings Playhouse.

“Heaven to Me - Songs & Stories of Prince Edward Island” featuring Catherine MacLellan, Meaghan Blanchard and Gordie MacKeeman is at the P.E.I. Brewing Company.

“Highland Storm” is at the College of Piping in Summerside.

“The Island Summer Review”,

featuring Patrick Ledwell and Mark Haines, is at Harmony House Theatre in Hunter River.

“Ireland meets

Scotland” is Wednesdays until Aug. 28,

8 p.m., at P.E.I. Preserve Company, New Glasgow, and Fridays until Aug. 30 at Beaconsfield Historic House, Charlottetown. Call Kevin Jeffrey, 902-314-3078 voice or text or https://www.facebook.com/ irelandmeetsscotland.

“Kronborg-The Hamlet Rock

Musical” is in the Homburg Theatre, Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown.

“Little Mermaid Jr” plays July 29, 11 a.m. to noon, at The Guild in Charlottetown.

“Madagascar Jr” plays Aug. 1, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at The Guild in Charlottetown.

“Meanwhile in Ward 16” plays for six Saturdays until Aug. 17, at The Guild in Charlottetown.

“Murder Inn”, a murder mystery comedy, is onstage Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown.

“Next Generation Legends”: A Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors Production is July 31, 7 p.m. at The Guild, Charlottetown.

“Searching for Abegweit: The Island Songs & Stories of Lennie

Gallant plays next at Harbourfront Theatre, Summerside, July 23-24.

“Spinning Yarns: Tales and Tunes of a Homesick Newfoundlander”

plays select dates beginning July 20 at The Mack in Charlottetown.

St. Peter’s Courthouse Theatre

has a new escape room. Admission is charged.

The TD Confederation Centre Young Company presents

“Aqsarniit”, Monday to Saturday at noon, in the outdoor amphitheatre in Charlottetown.

“Tellers and Tunes” with Gary Evans and Rachel Beck is Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown. The guests July 29 are Eddy Quinn and Alan Buchanan.

Theatre Tours are at Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m. until Aug. 29.

“The WinklePickers”, a whimsical family musical, plays Sundays at 3 p.m. at the Kings Playhouse in Georgetown.

“Where You Are” runs until July 28 at the Victoria Playhouse.

Q FESTIVALS

Northumberland Fisheries Festival is July 25-28. Check out northumberlandfisheriesfest.com.

Mermaid Tears Seaglass Festival

is July 27-28. Go to sourispei.com.

Rendez-vous Rustico is back for its 25th edition this year. For more info and tickets please visit www.rendezvousrustico.com.

The Stompin’ Tom Centre ninedate 2019 Festival Series is in Skinners Pond. Check out stompintomcentre.com.

Q LITERARY EVENTS /LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

“A film night at Bedeque Area

Museum, Central Bedeque, is July 29, 7 p.m. “Downtown Freetown – in the late 1940s and 1950s”, the colour home-movies of Lillian Scales, show activities in her home

and the Freetown area.

There will be a 5 Minute Book Club

at the Confederation Centre Public Library on the last Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. with the next one July 30. Drop by to meet other people who love to talk about books. Phone 902-368-4642 for more information.

The Malpeque Historical Society

in Malpeque has a six-part lecture series at Keir Memorial Museum in July and August. The next lecture, July 31, is “Learning from the Experts” by Olive Bryanton. Lectures are at 10 a.m. There is no admission, but donations are accepted for the upkeep of the Keir Memorial Museum.

Wednesday Evening with L.M.

Montgomery is at the Bideford Parsonage Museum, 784 Bideford Rd. (Route 166), 7:30 p.m. On July 31, the reading is “Her Pretty Golden Hair”, published in Philadelphia Times in March 1899 and “Kismet”, published in Canadian Magazine July 1899. Both short stories will be read by guest readers. Conversation and light refreshments will follow.

Q CLUB LISTINGS

Nate Carragher – Water’s Edge Resto/Bar/Grill, Charlottetown, July 26

Dave Woodside – Marc’s Lounge, Charlottetown, July 26 Dino Dunsford – Charlottetown Beer Garden, July 26

Mike Stratton – Brakish, Charlottetown, July 26 The Love Junkies – Fishbones, Charlottetown, July 26 Brian Dunn – Dundee Arms, Charlottetown, July 26 Misty Water– Charlottetown Legion, July 26

Hot Dan – Next Door at Merchantman, Charlottetown, July 26

Live local music – Main Street Pub, Montague, July 26

Dave Doyle – RCAF Wing, Summerside, July 26

Pearl and the Oysters – Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, Summerside, July 26

Sunday Drive – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, July 26

Breakwater – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, July 26

Copy Cat – Peakes Quay, Charlottetown, July 26

Lady Soul with Kelley Mooney

– The Old Triangle, Charlottetown, July 26-27

Saul Good Duo – John Brown Grille, Charlottetown, July 26-27

Acoustic music, deejay- Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, July 27 The Motones – Fishbones, Charlottetown, July 27

DJ OI – Next Door at Merchantman, Charlottetown, July 27

Adam MacGregor – Brakish, Charlottetown,

July 27

Tammy and Jay and friends – Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club, Summerside, July 27

Misty Water – RCAF Wing, Summerside, July 27

Kim Albert – Charlottetown Legion, July 27

Dave Woodside and Brandon Gillis

DJ Hot Dan–

– John Brown’s Grille, Charlottetown, July 20

Peakes Quay, Charlottetown, July 27

Live music – Marc’s Lounge, Charlottetown, July 27

Matt Hannah – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, July 27

Flat Teeth – Baba’s, Charlottetown, July 27 Macristo Trio – Charlottetown Beer Garden, July 27

Q EXHIBITIONS/ OPEN HOUSES

Art on the Quay at Peakes Quay has reproductions of 12 Island artists on display. Contact Barb, peiartonthequay@gmail.com.

Confederation Centre Art Gallery

in Charlottetown features a variety of exhibits. Call 902-628-6111 or check www.confederationcentre. com/en/art-gallery.php.

The Cornwall Library Art Gallery

in Cornwall Town Hall features Peter Ross’s exhibit, “Shades of Expression” until Aug. 2. The gallery is in Cornwall Town Hall off the Trans-Canada Highway in Cornwall. Call 902-629-8415.

Details Fine Art

Gallery on Victoria

Row, Charlottetown, has a new exhibition by Jean

Claude Roy – “Oil paintings of Newfoundland, France and Prince Edward

Island”. Check detailsfineart.com.

The Dunes Gallery is open in Brackley Beach, featuring a wide variety of artwork as well as furniture, clothing, jewelry and other items.

Eptek Art & Culture Centre, Summerside, is showing “P.E.I. Nature Inspires Craft”. Drop by for craft and art demonstrations on weekdays. Call 902-888-8373 or visit www. peimuseum.com or www.facebook. com/EptekCentre.

Gallery @ The Guild on Queen Street, Charlottetown, is showing “Beyond the Regalia” at 111 Queen St., open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and in the evening on performance dates. Check www.theguildpei.com.

Karen Gallant Studio Gallery in Rustico is on the corner of Route 6 and 243, Rustico Road. Contact karengallant.com.

Maroon Pig Art Gallery and Cafe

is at 37 Water St., Georgetown. Call 902-652-2569 or check www.maroonpig.ca.

The Purcell Parlour Gallery in Clyde River is open when the roadside sandwich sign is out on the highway.

Meadowbrook Arts, Crafts & Creations is in Crapaud, 677 Route 13. Visit meadowbrookartstudio.com or call 902-658-3171.

Ellen’s Creek Gallery features various exhibitions, located at 525 North River Rd., Charlottetown.

Q MUSEUMS, INTERPRETIVE CENTRES

The Acadian Museum in Miscouche is featuring “Acadian Children on the Island 1900-1965”. Call 902-432-2880, email basin_head@ gov.pe.ca or go to peimuseum.ca.

The Anne of Green Gables Museum is in Park Corner. Contact 1-800-665-2663 or 902-886-2884 or go to www.annemuseum.com.

Basin Head Fisheries Museum is open in Basin Head. Call 902-3577233.

Bedeque Area Historical Museum in the William Callbeck Centre, Central Bedeque (Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.) has exhibits on the Loyalist settlement of the Bedeque Bay area, the Borden ferry service, Callbecks country store, local signature quilts, Island nurses of the First World War I and L.M. Montgomery and Bedeque.

Bideford Parsonage Museum, 784 Bideford Rd. (Route 166), was the boarding house of L.M. Montgomery during 1894-95 while she was in her first teaching position and is a Designated Heritage Place of Prince Edward Island. It is open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 902-831-3133.

Elmira Railway Museum is open.

Call 902-357-7234.

The Farmers’ Bank of Rustico Museum, a bilingual National Historic Site, and the Doucet House are on Route 243, Rustico. Call 902-9633168 or check www.farmersbank.ca.

Garden of the Gulf Museum is open in Montague. Call 902-8382467.

Green Gables Heritage Place is open daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in Cavendish.

Green Park Shipbuilding Museum and Yeo House are open in Port Hill. Call 902-831-7947.

International Fox Museum and Hall of Fame

is in the Summerside Armoury, 33 Summer St., Summerside.

Keir Memorial

Museum in the former Keir Memorial Presbyterian Church in Malpeque. Contact kmmuseum@ bellaliant.com or 902-836-3054.

The Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace in New London is open daily.

Orwell Corner Historic Village is open. Call 902-651-8515 for information.

The P.E.I. Potato Museum is open at 1 Dewar Ln., O’Leary. Highlights include the world’s largest exhibits of potato-related farm machinery, agricultural and community artifacts and the world’s largest potato sculpture.

The Prince Edward Island Regiment Museum is at the Queen Charlotte Armoury, 3 Haviland St., Charlottetown. Call 902-368-0108 or check www.peiregimentmuseum. ca.

Roma at Three Rivers, 505 Roma Point Rd., Brudenell, a bilingual living museum and National Historic Site celebrating the life and times of 18th-century French settler Jean Pierre Roma, is open daily to Sept. 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check www.roma3rivers.com or contact roma1732@gmail.com or 902-838-3413.

The Tryon Museum is featuring “The History of Lighting” and “The Acadians of Tryon”. Located at #47 Route 10 in Tryon. Admission is by donation to the Tryon Area Historical Society Inc. Call Jack Sorensen, 902-658-2009.

Wood Islands Lighthouse Museum is open. Call 902-962-3110.