DON’T MISS this
Traditional music/ jam sessions
• Tunes are at the Schooner Session with Mark Douglas and Friends, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., at the Old Triangle in Charlottetown.
• Weekly Friday night ceilidhs are at the Seniors Circle Club in St. Peter’s Bay at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5.
• Kitchen party is Dec. 2, 8-10 p.m., at Acadian Musical Village, Abramvillage, featuring Jamie Matthews and guest Wade Carragher. Admission is $5 at the door for this adults-only event. There is a Chase the Ace draw at 9:15 p.m.
• Harmony House Holiday Kitchen Party is at Harmony House in Hunter River, 8 p.m., Dec. 2-3, 9-10, 15-17 and 20-22. Contact the box office for tickets and information.
• Kitchen party is at the Summerside Legion on Dec. 3, 2-5 p.m., with Rheal Arsenault, Andy Paynter and guest Corey Gallant. New Year’s Eve tickets are also available ($25 each) by calling 902-4362091. Music by Rheal Arsenault, Andy Paynter, Larry Campbell and Shane Arsenault
• Christmas Ceilidh at Kinkora is Dec. 4, 1:30 p.m., at Kinkora Place. Admission is by donation. All proceeds will be donated to the South Shore Food Share. Refreshments will be provided. There will be a 50-50 draw and door prizes. Performers will be Not All There, Lou Doiron, Brad Trivers and friends, Abbi Mccarthy and Dunrovin.
• Sunday afternoon entertainment is Dec. 4 at the Summerside Legion, 2-5 p.m., with Still Kickin’ (Heath Hicken, Nelson Veno, Kathy Jackman). There is free admission.
• Sunday Afternoon Tune Session is at the Old Triangle, Charlottetown, 2-5 p.m., with the next one Dec. 4.
• 27th annual Christmas Ceilidh is Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m., at St. Paul’s Hall, Route 17A, Sturgeon. Celebrate with the Sturgeon Ceilidh crew, as well as special guests Celtic harpist Jill Harris, step dancer Vanessa Bernard with Shirley Bernard, Evy Lou and Leith Mccarron and Santa. There will be lunch and a 50-50 draw. Admission is $5 at the door, which opens at 6 p.m.
• A ceilidh is at Dunstaffnage School Centre on Dec. 4, 7 p.m., hosted by Road Masters Band with Ivor Price, Wayne Diamond, Theo Wiegers, Dave Moore. Guest entertainers include Joyce Arsenault, Audrey Barlow, Leonard Gaudet, Vince Savoie and Leo Gallant. Admission is $10. There will be a door prize and a 50-50 draw. The centre is at civic #13529, St. Peters Road, Dunstaffnage.
• Country Christmas comes to the Winsloe United Church Ceilidh on Dec 5. Jacinta Macdonald and Colleen Macphee will be presenting a Country Christmas Concert and joining them will be Judy Lowe, Dave Berrigan, Brian Knox and Brian Langille. Admission is $15 at the door with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. The church is wheelchair accessible.
• A special Christmas Ceilidh in the City will be held in the airconditioned comfort of the Jack Blanchard Centre, 7 Pond St., Charlottetown, on Dec. 7 with guests Abbie Marie and Luka Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15 per person at the door. This is a fundraiser for Toys for Tots.
Concerts
• Island Jazz continues Dec. 1 at Baba’s Lounge, Charlottetown as Grahame Rhodes leads an all-star jazz cast in the first ever Island Free Jazz Experiment this week, featuring Rhodes, trombone, Sean Ferris, keyboards, Sid Acharya, keyboards, and Chris Martell, bass. The first set, beginning at 8 p.m., is a full 50 minutes of free but focused jazz improv, and the second set is an open jam. Donations are at the door.
• Ava & Lily are at The Trailside Music Hall, 155 Kent St., Charlottetown, Dec. 1, 8 p.m.
• Deck the Hall Music Series, with TBD, is Dec. 2, 4-6 p.m., at Founders’ Hall on the Charlottetown
waterfront.
• Got Blues Matinee is held on two Saturdays each month, 2-4 p.m., at The Trailside Music Hall, 155 Kent St., Charlottetown, hosted by Got Blues (Chris Roumbanis and friends Reg Ballagh and Mike Robicheau). Special guests on Dec. 3 are singer Theresa Malenfant and guitarist/singer Scott Medford. Check out http://www.facebook.com/groups/306169336775.
• Deck the Hall Music Series, with TBD, is Dec. 3, 3-5 p.m., at Founders’ Hall on the Charlottetown waterfront.
• Amanda Jackson and Roland Beaulieu with the P.E.I. Blues Rock Band are at The Trailside Music Hall, 155 Kent St., Charlottetown, Dec. 3, 10 p.m.
• Deck the Hall Music Series, with Rowan Gallant and Jesse Periard, is Dec. 4, 1-3 p.m., at Founders’ Hall on the Charlottetown waterfront.
• Memorial Carol Sing is at St. Paul’s, Church, Charlottetown, Dec. 4, 2 p.m. Sing seasonal music and honour a remembered person by putting their name on a star for the memorial tree. Contributions help maintain the 1936 Cassavant organ. Donations aren’t necessary: this event is for fellowship, memories and the joy of traditional music. Enjoy it in the church or via live-streaming (link on St. Paul’s Facebook or website). For information, call 902-892-1691.
• Park Royal United Church hosts a holiday concert, Christmas on the Town, on Dec. 4, 2 p.m. Performers include Maxine Maclennan, Janet Mcgarry, Norman Stewart and Serge Bernard. Enjoy timeless carols, ballads, original songs and sing-along songs. Tickets are $20 at the church office, 902-894-9656 or at the door.
• A Joyful Sound will ring out this Christmas season with concerts Dec. 4 in St. Mary's Church, Souris, 2 p.m., and at Hillcrest United Church, Montague, 7 p.m. Admission is by free-will offering. New and returning choir members, under the direction of Christie Beck, have been brushing up on favourite Christmas songs. Elizabeth Wisnicki will accompany on piano.
• Phase II and Friends present A Merry Island Christmas at West River United Church, Dec. 4, 2:30 p.m. This two-hour show features a mix of old and new tunes of the season. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the church at 902-566-4052, or by calling Gerry, 902-393-3251.
• Music, featuring Helping Hands Band, is at St. Louis Community Centre on Dec. 4, 7 p.m. Admission is $5.
• Juno Award-winning singersongwriter Catherine Maclellan is bringing her Christmas show to the Maritimes this year, including Dec. 4, 8 p.m., at the Trailside Music Hall, Kent Street, Charlottetown. She’ll be sharing beloved classics, self-penned holiday songs and some rare gems. Maclellan will be accompanied on stage by special guest Tanya Davis and guitarist Nick Gauthier.
• Kelly Mooney Christmas Show is at The Trailside Music Hall, 155 Kent St., Charlottetown, Dec. 7, 8 p.m. • Piano Wednesdays with Max Keenlyside are in the lounge of Harmony House in Hunter River, 6:30 p.m.
• Santa's Angels Soiree featuring The Love Junkies is Dec. 8 at The Guild in Charlottetown. Doors open for a reception at 6:30 p.m., with the show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $50. All proceeds go to helping children and families in need on Christmas across P.E.I. For tickets, contact the box office.
• Deck the Hall Music Series, with Dave Woodside, is Dec. 9, 4-6 p.m., at Founders’ Hall on the Charlottetown waterfront.
• A concert featuring Christmas music plus Vivaldi’s Gloria in D with a six-piece instrumental ensemble will be presented by the Island Choral Society, led by Margot Rejskind, with accompanist Morgan Saulnier, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul’s church, downtown Charlottetown. Enjoy festive arrangements of beloved carols, some traditional audience singalongs and this featured piece, which fits the joyful Christmas mood. Tickets are on Eventbrite (https://icsgloria.eventbrite.ca/) at $15 (+ 1.93 fee) or at-the-door for $20. For information, contact islandchoralsociety@gmail.com.
• Back Home at Christmas, featuring Gordon Belsher, Todd Maclean and Brad Fremlin, is Dec. 9 at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Belfast, 7 p.m., Dec. 10 at the WI Hall in Stanley Bridge, 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 11 at the Murray Harbour Rec. Centre at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 cash at the door or can be purchased in advance using Paypal on www.guernseycove.ca
Dances
• A dance is at Hillsboro Community Centre, Dec. 3, with music by Music and Friends with special guest Mike Mcgarry. Dancing is 8-11 p.m. There is also a lunch and a licensed bar. Also on Dec. 31, there will be a New Year’s dance with a special lunch and dancing, 9 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Music and Friends will be the band, featuring Lester Macpherson. New Year’s tickets can be picked up at the door for $20 each or call Felix at 902-213-0801.
• Dance to live bands every Saturday, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., at the Charlottetown Legion, 99 Pownal St., Charlottetown. On Dec. 3, music will be provided by Wannabees.
Theatre/dance
• Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story by Beau Dixon is at Watermark Theatre in North Rustico until Dec. 10, telling the story of Maurice Ruddick, “the singing miner,” an African-canadian who survived nine days underground during the historic Springhill mining disaster of 1958. Ticket are at ticketwizard.ca or by calling 902963-3963.
• The New Glasgow Christmas Choir will present the musical drama, A Village Christmas, at the New Glasgow Christian Church on Dec. 3-4, 7:30 p.m. The church is located opposite the New Glasgow Lobster Suppers at 617 Route 258, New Glasgow. A free-will offering will be taken for World Vision.
• Fandango Presents The Singing Christmas Tree with the College of Piping Dancers, Dec. 3-4, 7:30 p.m., at the College of Piping in Summerside. For tickets, contact the box office.
Food and music
• Street Food from Around the World is Dec. 10, 6:30-10 p.m., at The Mill in New Glasgow, to recognize World Human Rights Day and to help with fundraising efforts by KARSI (Kensington and Area Refugee Sponsorship Initiative). Chef Emily Wells and her staff are donating their time and venue. Tickets are $50 and will be available through EVENTBRITE www. themillinnewglasgow.com. Local shellfish (oysters and mussels) will be served as well as food from different parts of the world. John Rehder and Tamara Steele will provide entertainment. All proceeds will benefit KARSI and assist in its continuing effort to bring the family of Issack Hassan Aden from refugee camp in Kenya.
• Jingle & Mingle Feast Dinner Theatres run until Dec. 21 at the Brothers 2 in Summerside and Nov. 25 to Dec. 21 at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel. For tickets in Sumerside, contact 902-436-7674. For the Charlottetown show, call 902-629-2321.
Auditions
• Auditions for this year's St. Patrick's play, The Maiden Aunt, by Jimmy Keary are Dec. 11, 1-3 p.m., at the Irish Hall on North River Road in Charlottetown. There are eight characters needed – four male and four female of varying ages. The director, Paul Whelan, will have people read from the script. All are welcome. Contact Whelan at whelanp2013@gmail.com for a time to read.
Films
• The Friends of Eptek Centre’s Lunchtime Film series runs from October to the end of April. The films, mostly travelogues, are screened on Thursdays at noon, with Dec. 1 featuring 15 Wanderers of the Deep: Dolphins (58 minutes) distributed by Reader’s Digest. There is no charge. Eptek Centre, a site of the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, is located at 130 Heather Moyse Dr. on the Summerside waterfront.
Club listings
• Fraser Mccallum – Lone Oak Brew Pub, Dec. 1, 6 p.m.
• Entertainment trivia with Darcy Campbell – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, Dec. 1, 9 p.m.
• Trivia – Lone Oak Brewing Co., Borden-carleton, Dec. 2, 7 p.m.
• Chris and Roger Ahearn – Old Triangle, Charlottetown, Dec. 2, 8 p.m.
• Mitch O’blenis – Silver Fox Entertainment Complex, Summerside, Dec. 2, 9:30 p.m.
• Hired Guns Band and Soul Filter – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, Dec. 2, 9 p.m.
• Dave Woodside and Matt Hannah – Lone Oak Brewing Co., Bordencarleton, Dec. 3, 6 p.m.
• Aaron, Kristy and Cory – Silver Fox Entertainment Complex, Summerside, Dec. 3, 9:30 p.m.
• Keepin Busy, w/dmayne, George Jonsin' and Billy Bonka – Babas Lounge, Dec. 3, 10 p.m.
• Brian Dunn – Lone Oak Brewing Co., Borden-carleton, Dec. 4, 1 p.m.
• Name that Tune trivia with Andrew Rollins – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, Dec. 4, 8 p.m.
Festivals
• Charlottetown Christmas Festival runs until Jan. 2. Experience the magic of the holidays in Charlottetown with the 2022 Charlottetown
Christmas Festival, a product of Discover Charlottetown.
• Holiday Magic on the Plaza runs until Jan. 2, 5-10 p.m., at Confederation Centre of the Arts Upper Plaza (Grafton Street), Charlottetown, an all-new, animated holiday-themed projection and music show will bring the Grafton Street façade of the Confederation Centre of the Arts to life again this year.
Fall fairs/craft fairs
• HO HO HO Christmas Craft Fair is at the APM Centre Cornwall, Dec. 2, 4-9 p.m. and Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with local vendors selling gifts and crafts. For information, call 902-316-3444.
• Spring Park United Church is holding a Holiday Market on Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to noon, in the church auditorium (use the Trafalgar Street entrance). In addition to homemade baked goods, jams, jellies, pickles and fudge, there will be Christmas decorations, games and puzzles, crafts, jewelry, festive greenery and gently used gift items. Come early for the best selection. Bring a bag.
• Our Lady of the Assumption CWL annual Christmas Bazaar is at Assumption Parish Centre, Stratford, Dec. 3, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with home-baked goods, jams, jellies, pickles, fudge, crafts, holly, used books, puzzles, jewelry, scarves and tickets on gift baskets and silent auction items. Admission is free.
• Christmas Craft Fair at Stanley Bridge Hall Dec. 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Dec. 4, noon to 4 p.m., with two floors of vendors selling meat pies, greenery, baked goods, knitted goods and lots of great things for Christmas.
• Christmas Craft Fair and Tea are at the Irish Hall, North River Road, Charlottetown, Dec. 4, 1-4 p.m. Admission is $2, which includes a ticket to the door prize basket that contains an item from each of the vendors. Participants can buy extra tickets. There will also be tea tables ($5) serving tea, coffee, sandwiches and home-baked sweets. Among the items for sale are candles, wreaths, custommade jewelry, wooden carvings, knitting, Christmas table runners and place mats, baking, jams and jellys, a used book table and a local author selling her recently published book. Profits go towards the group’s Christmas-sponsored families this year.
• Beaconsfield Holiday Craft Fair is at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House in Charlottetown, Dec. 9-10 and 16-17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come celebrate the holiday season and enjoy the many attractive and meaningful locally-made crafts and products. Admission is by donation. Beaconsfield Historic House, all dressed up in its Christmas finery, will also be hosting tours both days so don’t forget to book a spot in advance at 902-3686600. Beaconsfield is at 2 Kent St., Charlottetown.
Literary events/ presentations
• Eptek Centre Book Club meets Dec. 1, 7 p.m., to discuss Us Against You by Fredrik Backman. Eptek Art & Culture Centre, a site of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, is at
130 Heather Moyse Dr., Summerside. Please note: with the ever-changing COVID-19 situation, details are subject to change. For more information, call 902-8888373 or visit www.peimuseum.com or www.facebook.com/eptekcentre.
• Mo Duffy Cobb and Lisa Lypowy launch their new children's book for all ages, Crescent Moon Friends, at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre on Dec. 3, 10 a.m. The book is about two best friends, Amelia and Aisha – one from Canada and the other from Afghanistan – who reconcile their differences through exploration of the values they share.
• The launch for Second Glimpses, a new book by P.E.I. journalist, author, photographer and awardwinning poet Kathy Birt, is at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown Dec. 3, 1-4 p.m. The author’s first memoir, Just a Glimpse, as well as others by her hand will be available for sale.
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• Island author Marlene Campbell brings together a new collection of nostalgic stories that recalls Christmas celebrations of a different era, transporting readers to the bygone days of rural Prince Edward Island. There are stories of actual Islander’s Christmases — from wartime to Christmas on the farm — retold through Campbell. She will be launching Memories of Christmas at the new Summerside Interpretive Centre, 33 Summer St., on Dec. 3, 1 p.m.
• The lecture Dec. 7, 7 p.m., at the Katherine Hughes Memorial Hall, Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Rd., Charlottetown, will feature P.E.I. musician and folklorist Eddy Quinn. His lecture is called Island Irish characters I have known and remember in my books. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Admission is by donation. For more information, text or call 902-213-3924.
Art galleries/events
• The Native Council of P.E.I. is hosting an art show Dec. 2, 4-9 p.m., showcasing Indigenous Island artists of many mediums and skill levels. The event is hosted at the Native Council Programming Office at 614 North River Rd.
• Confederation Centre Art Gallery is featuring the following: Entrance Gallery: Ronald Bloore, Paul Griffin and Eleanor King; Revisiting; Dreaming Machines; Surabhi
Ghosh: What’s mine is yours; While Black: a forum for speculation on what the gallery can’t hold. The gallery is open Sundays, 1-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 902-6286111 or email artgallery@confederationcentre.com.
• The Cornwall Library Art Gallery is showing a group exhibit, featuring a local artist with one piece each in the show, until Dec. 2. Youth in the Cornwall area are invited to each submit one piece of art for the December Youth Art Exhibit. The drop-off deadline is Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. Contact the library for information on displaying in the gallery, located at 15 Mercedes Dr., Town Hall, Cornwall. Call 902-6298415 or go to library.pe.ca.
• Details Fine Art Gallery at 166 Richmond St., Charlottetown, is open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring local, national and international artists, as well as art pottery, blown glass and Inuit sculpture. Call 902-892-2233.
• Eptek Art & Culture Centre is showing Still Quilting Forward, featuring work from members of the P.E.I. Modern Quilt Guild. Enjoy bright colours, contemporary designs and coziness. Wartime Memories from Prince County will be on display, highlighting Second World War artifacts, in partnership with the P.E.I. Regiment Museum. Admission is by donation. Scavenger hunts related to exhibits are also offered available to people who drop into the site. Call 902-8888373 or check out Eptek Centre’s Facebook.
• The Hilda Woolnough Gallery at The Guild (111 Queen St., Charlottetown) is showing Double Takes, featuring the work of Doug Dumais, a camera artist based in Charlottetown. He documents spaces undergoing drastic changes such as construction sites, eroding shorelines and public institutions and manipulates his images by layering them with historical paintings, illuminating them with illegible poetry or obscuring them with frosted glass. For gallery hours, contact the venue.
• The Sixty Days of Fame series is at the Mcnaught History Centre, 75 Spring St., Summerside, with a new exhibit beginning Dec. 1 and running to the end of January – Through our Lenses, a photography show by the Red Sands Photography Club. A meet-theartist night is Dec. 6, 6:30-8 p.m. The exhibit can be viewed Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. At the Lefurgey Cultural Centre, 205 Prince St., Summerside, enjoy Christmas Trees Through Time, featuring 30 trees decorated for the era they represent. The exhibit is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and Saturday, 3-8 p.m.
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