Local Arts

Two famous rock groups will be coming to Estevan this fall for a concert. An announcement was made Monday morning that veteran American rock band The Offspring will be performing on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Affinity Place.

Singer Rory Allen paid tribute to the King of Rock-n-Roll, the late Elvis Presley, as he sang Elvis songs on a special train put on by the Southern Prairie Railway train tour out of Ogema on Friday evening.

It hasn’t taken long for Coldstare to become a hit with local music fans.

Pianist Meagan Milatz has been named as one of the best 30 classical musicians in Canada under the age of 30, in a ranking by CBC Music released last week.

The Estevan Recreational Dance Club has had good attendance for its camps so far this summer.

Reviver Records artist Tenille Arts was headed out for dates in Pennsylvania and Ontario last week, when she was given the exciting news she’s been hoping would come for as long as she can remember.

About 30 people joined the Roche Percee Trail Ride and Wagon Trek this year.

A group of dancers performed one of several routines on the stage at the Weyburn Wheat Festival on Friday afternoon, at the entertainment tent in the Heritage Village.

Métis Celebration Day took place at Hitchcock Hall on Saturday. Some people drove from as far as Penticton, B.C.

An Oxbow author’s first book is her effort to bring peace to others. Michelle Sinclair released The Way to Peace, which is her reflections on how people can gain peace within themselves, and parlay it to the larger world.