Entertainment

World champion jazz/blues harmonica player Carlos Del Junco is launching his new album, Mongrel Mash, with a tour of Western Canada that includes a March 6 show at the Hornby Community Hall.

Saxophonist Dan Craven will make his first appearance of the 2010-11 Thursday Night Jazz season with his own group this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks' Hall.

Veteran performers Kenny Shaw and Brian Temple are bringing their new ’60s tribute extravaganza to the Comox Golf Club Lounge this Saturday.

Highland Secondary School drama department’s production of Little Shop of Horrors promises to give audiences a new “taste” of musical theatre.

Bananafish is an eight-piece powerhouse groove sensation.

Stephen Hume will be at the Laughing Oyster Book Shop to sign his most recent book, A Walk with the Rainy Sisters: In Praise of British Columbia’s Places, this Saturday.

The Luzna Orchestra CD released at The Big Time Out last year, the recording is a high-energy dose of pure Latino salsa.

If you have something to sing, or play or express, come down to the open mic this Friday at Zocalo Café.

March 5 is the date for another monthly house concert in Merville, this time featuring Celtic Chaos, a band of traditional musicians from the Qualicum Beach area.

ROSS STEPHANSON AND Kymme Patrick shared the stage for the well-received The- atreworks production of Misery