Legion stage heating up with slate of shows
The Legion was once the hot spot in many a town across Canada, the place where the best music was performed and the peppiest parties were held.
In Prince George, it’s happening again. The Legion has one of the hottest stages in the city these days, with a slate of shows from international folk to legendary punk.
Fresh off last night’s metal burst with Vancouver’s Ninjaspy and Prince George’s Home Slice, the gears get shifted tonight for a pair of folk acts making return appearances in the city. The headliner is Melbourne singer-songwriter Liz Stringer, one of Australia’s most applauded modern folk performers. She has been to this region before and has a fan base eager to see her again. The same could said for her opening act, the Crooked Brothers, making their return from Manitoba.
On Aug. 4, the fiddles and accordions come out to play when The Whiskey Jerks drop into the Legion from their hometown of Saskatoon. Their opening act is local fiddle powerhouse Chloe Nakahara back for the summer from her music studies in Victoria.
Named for a line in an iconic Canadian folk song, The Staggers And Jags come to Prince George on Aug. 11 along with co-headliners Red Haven. This is set up to be a night of power folk with little chance of getting in at the last minute.
The next night it is the return of always popular acoustic bluesman Brandon Isaak, he of the curled mustache and Maple Blues Award trophies. He’ll have local megamusician Curtis Abriel on bass for this encore performance
Aug. 18 brings another one-two punch with two high-flying northern B.C. attractions. Twin Peaks, the nationally recognized modern folkies from Fort St. John, will make their long anticipated return to the city and with them that night will be Sam Tudor from the rural Cariboo.
The decibels get amped up on Aug. 19 when local progressive punk rockers Wild Hearses warm up the crowd for legendary headliners D.O.A., one of the most storied punk bands of all time.
August closes out at the Legion with a show on the 26th featuring what’s been described as “psychedelic folk” by The Alkemist, an act rooted in Fort Fraser and Haida Gwaii.
Ticket prices at these shows vary by the event. For information, look up the Legion’s page on Facebook or the page of Mad Loon Arts & Entertainment.