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Eight days – 13 events at Kaleidoscope festival
By Mike Redfern
Kicking off Saturday, August 6, with a full day of First Saturday activities including the Saturday Night Outdoor Concert with vintage rock band, the Lovebullies, this year’s Kimberley Kaleidoscope festival offers a lively selection of 13 arts and cultural activities and entertainments spread over eight days.
All events take place in or alongside the Centre 64 arts centre with one exception, a children’s festival on Saturday morning, August 13, which will be held at the Platzl gazebo area.
Sexy, sassy rock n’ roll is what the Lovebullies will bring to Saturday night’s outdoor stage at Centre 64 on August 6. The band’s engaging line-up of Chantal Vitalis, Joni Brent, Paul Jahn, Kevin Herring and front singer Caroline Connolly will have you up on your feet and dancing if you’ve an ounce of rhythm in your blood.
When they last appeared in Kimberley ‘Live at Studio 64’ in March 2015, this reviewer wrote, “The star of the show was Caroline Connolly. In her short shorts and calf-hugging boots she wowed the crowd time and time again with her dramatic interpretations of the songs, often ending up on her knees, head bowed, or, in more teasing vein, in the lap of a male member of the audience. She was a lot of fun!” I’m sure anyone who was there, and it was full house, will vividly remember her and this Calgary retro-rock band’s performance.
So, anyone with a penchant for 50s and 60s rock should make sure to bring their lawn chair early and find a good spot to return to when their feet get tired of dancing.
The concert is free, donations are gratefully accepted, and the music starts at 7:30 p.m. It will be preceded at 6 p.m. at the same location by a barbeque with the Kimberley Elks Club featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the fixings. Beer, wine, and soft drinks will be available.
And the younger set has not been forgotten that Saturday, either. Earlier, during the afternoon, Wendy Passmore of WP Puppets in Calgary, will conduct two one-hour mini-workshops for children in the Platzl, teaching them how to make a simple puppet of their own. The workshops are free. Check the First Saturday program for times.
Wendy Passmore (pictured above) will follow up these workshops with a Sunday night performance of the puppet theatre show, Pigs in a Canoe, in the Centre 64 theatre and a puppet-making workshop for adults and children on Monday. More about that in the next article about Kimberley Kaleidoscope. Meanwhile, you can go to kimberleyarts.com for festival details or look it up on Facebook.
