Lake Country band CYNK; Pete Seeger tribute and El Mariachi coming to Creekside

Lots of talent at the local theatre coming in March, including new album from local bank CYNK

Lake Country band CYNK will debut its new album March 9 at Creekside Theatre

Lake Country band CYNK will debut its new album March 9 at Creekside Theatre

Lake Country band CYNK will play through their new album live on March 9 at Creekside at 6:30 p.m. with special guest,  KAIRO’S.

CYNK is a four piece band out of Lake Country that so far has recorded two singles, and one music video for Song Moments, that picked up very fast on local social media and YouTube, with over 5,000 views in the first week.

The March 9 show is going to be the official release of their album Strings. They are going to be playing through the album’s entirety, as well as some well-known cover songs.

Tickets will be for sale at the District of Lake Country Box Office for $12 each. Special guest KAIROS is opening the show.

Come out and support local youth bands, and enjoy some great music.

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The music of the late American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger will be celebrated this month at the Creekside Theatre.

Seeger was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers.

Kelowna musician Felix Possak will play songs from Seeger March 12th at Creekside, looking at the long career of the legendary singer through the late 1950s or early 1960s, with his banjo. A champion of folk music, Seeger always urged audiences to sing along to his hits including Goodnight Irene, Where Have all the Flowers Gone, If I Had a Hammer, Waist Deep In The Big Muddy and The Bells Of Rhymney.

Possak will be performing on an original Vega long neck  “Pete Seeger model” 5-string banjo. The presentation also covers songs by the artists who influenced and inspired Pete such as Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Malvina Reynolds, Elizabeth Cotton, Tom Paxton and others.

Pete Seeger – his life and time is at the Creekside Theatre, Lake Country March 12 at 7:30 p.m.

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The music and culture of Mexico will be on display at the Creekside Theatre when El Mariachi Los Dorados, a fiesta of music and culture from south of the border and “ol Mexico”!

El Mariachi Los Dorados heralds the advent of spring and is still riding the crest of their most recent CD “Si Tu Te Vas”.  As in the past El Mariachi features the bass guitar stylings of Diego Kohl, the trumpet and vocal stylings of Mark D’Angelo and the lead guitar and vocals of band leader, Alex Alegria.

El Mariachi Los Dorados will perform Friday March 18 at Creekside at 7:30 p.m.

For tickets at Creekside Theatre phone 250-766-9309

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