Local Entertainment

It's heartwarming to see the spirit of giving is alive and well in Sault Ste. Marie. Wednesday evening, the Lock City Grand Theatre played host to Sick Jams For Sick Kids.

Country artist Crystal Shawanda, who grew up on Manitoulin Island's Wikwemikong reservation and attended high school in Sault Ste.

Sault Ste. Marie bluesman Al Wood is set to return home from Ottawa for a bit of quality family time this holiday season.

Who: Brain Tuel with special opening act Jeff Jonusaitis What: Normally a punk rock band, Brain Tuel will perform and acoustic show Where: Loplops Gallery-Lounge, 651 Queen Street East When: Monday, December 22, 2008 at 8 p.m.

It's difficult to say exactly what stole the show during last night's Dancing With the Sault Stars at the Kiwanis Community Theatre Centre. Possibly the fact that local dancer Jen Mote was there.

The nominees for the 2009 East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) were announced earlier this week. The ECMA, Festival and Conference is scheduled to take place at the Pepsi Centre in Corner Brook, NL from February 26 to March 1, 2009.

Canadian Country Music Award winners Doc Walker from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba will be the OLG concert headliners at the 2009 Ontario Winter Carnival Bon Soo, organizers announced last night.

A new show has just been added to the list of entertainers appearing in the Dream Makers Theatre at Sault Michigan's Kewadin Casino. Skid Row will perform on Thursday, March 5, 2008 at 7 p.m. with special open act, Firehouse. Tickets are $33.

Local bands, including Fury, Sense of Truth, Aftersight, the Scary Uncles and Garden of Bedlam, are joining forces to raise money for Sick Kids Hospital.

NEWS RELEASE THE RANKIN FAMILY ************************* SAULT STE. MARIE, ON) - (4 December 2008) – The Rankin Family will return to the concert stage in 2009, following the overwhelming success of their 2007 Reunion Tour.