DON’T MISS THIS: Entertainment events to enjoy across P.E.I., June 8-14, 2023

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The following is a list of events happening around Prince Edward Island from June 8-14, 2023:

Traditional music/jam sessions 

• Tunes are at the Schooner Session with Mark Douglas and Friends, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., at the Old Triangle in Charlottetown.  
• Weekly Friday night ceilidhs are at the Seniors Circle Club in St. Peter’s Bay, 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5. 
• The ceilidh June 9, 8 p.m., in the Katherine Hughes Memorial Hall at the Irish Cultural Centre, 582 North River Rd., Charlottetown, will feature Tip Er Back (Allan Betts, Clive Currie, Wade Murray) with guests Darlene Bradley and fiddler Allison Giggey. There will be a 50-50 draw, and a light snack is served during intermission. Tickets are $15 and $5 (12 and under) or on Eventbrite. Door opens at 7 p.m. A portion of the proceeds supports the society’s benevolent activities. For information, text or call 902-314-8840. 
• Kitchen party is June 10, 8-10 p.m., at Acadian Musical Village, Abram-Village, featuring Peter Burke and Kendall Docherty. Admission is $5 for those 19 years and over. There will be a Chase the Ace draw at 9:15 p.m.
• Kitchen party is at the Summerside Legion on June 10, 1-4 p.m. (note the change in time for this week only), with Rheal Arsenault, Andy Paynter and special guest Dwayne Doiron. 
• Helping Hands Band jamborees are Saturdays at St. Anthony’s Hall, Route 2, Woodstock, with the next one June 10, 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 with a light lunch and a 50-50 draw. Proceeds are donated to charities. Call 902-859-2394.  
• Sunday Afternoon Tune Session is at the Old Triangle, Charlottetown, 2-5 p.m., with the next one June 11.  
• The Stratford ceilidh is June 11 at 7 p.m. at the Cotton Centre, 57 Bunbury Rd., Stratford, with lots of local talent. Proceeds will be donated to Camp Gencheff. For information, contact Cliff Martin, 902-213-3255.
• Sunday night kitchen parties are at St. Margaret’s Community Hall, 11394 Northside Rd., 7:30 p.m. Music is by Ward MacDonald and Kevin Chaisson, with vocals provided by Louise Chaisson MacKinnon and Urban MacAdam on alternating nights. There will be a light lunch and a 50-50 draw. Admission is $10.
• The Ross Family Ceilidh is onstage at The Guild on Tuesdays, starting at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact the venue.

Concerts     

• Island Jazz continues at Baba’s Lounge in Charlottetown on Thursdays with the next one June 8 featuring folk jazz with Jordan Taylor Trio (Chris Martell, bass, and Mat MacEachern, drums). There are two sets, with the first at 8 p.m. Donations are at the door. 
• Live in the Lounge is at Harmony House in Hunter River, with the next one on June 9 featuring Brian Dunn. This is a non-ticketed event – pay-what-you-can at the door. Music gets underway about 7:30 p.m. For information, contact the venue.
• Coyote and The Darvel are at the Trailside Music Hall (standing show) on Kent Street in Charlottetown, June 9, 8 p.m. 
• Under the Spire festival presents an open house with Lovely Nelly, June 10, 1-3 p.m., at Historic St. Mary’s on Hamilton Road in Indian River. This free family-friendly event is a concert for community members and a chance to explore Historic St. Mary’s as the summer season opens. There will also be strawberry shortcake, snacks and beverages on sale in the pavilion
• Got Blues Matinee is on various Saturdays, 2-4 p.m., at The Salvatore Dali Cafe, 155 Kent St., Charlottetown, hosted by Got Blues (Chris Roumbanis, Reg Ballagh, Mike Robicheau), with a special guest for the first set, and an electric blues jam in the second set. The next one June 10 features singer Annette Drapeau from Nova Scotia and Todd MacLean, keyboards/sax. Check
• Acoustic Saturdays at Copper Bottom in Montague, 3 p.m., featuring Craig Fair on June 10. Admission is free.  
• The Stompin’ Tom Centre in Skinners Pond features entertainment every Saturday, starting June 10, 7:30 p.m., as part of the Stompin’ Tom Festival Series. The first performers are JP Cormier and Rakish. For tickets, contact the venue’s website.
• Live in the Lounge is at Harmony House in Hunter River, with the next one on June 10 featuring Jerry Laird. This is a non-ticketed event – pay-what-you-can at the door. Music gets underway about 7:30 p.m. For information, contact the venue.
• Lawrence Maxwell and The Family Band are at the Trailside Music Hall on Kent Street in Charlottetown, June 10, 8 p.m.
• Copper Bottom Presents: Ledwell & Haines – Stories and Songs at the venue in Montague on June 10. Tickets can be purchased in the taproom or online via Eventbrite. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
• Definitely Not the Symphony (DNTS) presents a spring concert June 10, 10 a.m., at Park Royal United Church, 11 Christie Dr., Charlottetown. Admission is by donation (suggested $5-10) to cover event costs. Musical directors Marti Hopson and Lucy Morkunas will conduct this volunteer group of instrumental music enthusiasts in a mixed selection of popular, film and light classics.
• Winsloe United Church will present a benefit concert June 11, 7 p.m., in support of the family of Christine and Dillon Cameron and Keelin Wedge. Host Eddy Quinn will be joined by Fiddlers Sons and Cynthia MacLeod, as well as Colleen MacPhee, Dino Dunsford, Lester MacPherson, Lennie Gallant and Patricia Richard, Jacinta MacDonald, Tip Er Back and the Winsloe United house band. Admission is $15 at the door which opens at 6:30 p.m. Coffee, tea and cold drinks will be served at intermission. 
• Music is at the St. Louis Community Centre, 3563 Union Rd., St. Louis, June 11, 7-9 p.m., with Marnie and Harold Noye and friends. Admission is $5. There will be 50-50 tickets available plus a canteen.
• Steve Zaat and Poets & Liars are at the Trailside Music Hall on Kent Street in Charlottetown, June 14, 8 p.m.
• Jeremy Dutcher is in concert June 16, 7:30 p.m., in Historic St. Mary’s on Hamilton Road in Indian River, part of the 2023 Under the Spire Festival. For tickets, call or visit the festival office in Kensington (902-836-4933) or call TicketPro (888-311-90900.
• Swift Kick – Taylor Swift Tribute is at the Trailside Music Hall on Kent Street in Charlottetown, June 16, 8 p.m.

Dances 

A dance is at the Hillsboro Community Centre on June 10, with music by Music and Friends, featuring Lester MacPherson, and dancing 8:30-11:30 p.m. Lunch is served, and there’s a licensed bar.

A dance is June 10, 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., at the Charlottetown Legion, 99 Pownal St., Charlottetown, with music provided by Roger Jones. All are welcome. 

Theatre/Dance/Comedy 

• ACT (a community theatre) will stage Al Pittman’s West Moon at the Watermark Theatre in 2023 in the week leading up to Halloween. A preview evening is June 8, 7 p.m., at the Fox & Crow pub in the Murphy Student Centre, UPEI, to read through the play and share plans. Auditions are June 17-18 June, by appointment, at the Fox & Crow, UPEI. For information or an appointment, contact 902-628-6778 or [email protected].
• “Anne & Gilbert, The Musical” is at Holland College’s Florence Simmons Performance Hall in Charlottetown on select dates and times. Tickets are on sale at AnneAndGilbert.com or call 1-877-566-3346.
• Side Hustle, a female comedy team, is on stage at The Guild on June 9, 7:30 p.m. Contact the venue for tickets and information.
• “The Play That Goes Wrong” opens June 14 and runs on select dates and times in the Sobey Family Theatre of Confederation Centre of the Arts. For tickets, contact the venue.

Movies

• The FilmWorks June 7 film screening is “Riceboy Sleeps” at Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Contact the venue.

Club listings  

• Vintage 2.0 – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 8, 7:30 p.m.
• Entertainment trivia with Darcy Campbell – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, June 8, 9 p.m. 
• Brad Milligan and Isaac King – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 8, 11 p.m.
• Julie Arsenault and Danny Drouin – Lone Oak Brewing Co., Borden-Carleton, June 9, 1 p.m.
• Kim Albert Trio – Charlottetown Beer Garden, June 9, 6 p.m.
• Brooke MacArthur – Lone Oak Brew Pub, Charlottetown, June 9, 6 p.m.
• Marvin Birt – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 9, 6:30 p.m.
• Margarita Wayne – Bogside Brewing, Montague, June 9, 6:30 p.m. 
• Carter MacLellan – The Local Pub and Oyster Bar, Charlottetown, June 9, 7 p.m. 
• Roundabout – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 9, 10 p.m.
• Bayview Crossing – Silver Fox Entertainment Complex, Summerside, June 9, 9:30 p.m. 
• Live music – Old Triangle, Charlottetown, June 9-10.
• Matt and Jeff Duo – Charlottetown Beer Garden, June 10, 6 p.m.
• Mike and Karen Penton – Lone Oak Brew Pub, Charlottetown, June 10, 6 p.m.
• Billy White – Bogside Brewing, Montague, June10, 6:30 p.m.
• Adam MacGregor and Liam Kearney – The Local Pub and Oyster Bar, Charlottetown, June 10, 7 p.m. 
• House Music – Silver Fox Entertainment Complex, Summerside, June 10, 9:30 p.m. 
• Big Shiny Party Band – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 10, 10 p.m. 
• Nathan Carragher – Lone Oak Brewing Co., Borden-Carleton, June 11, 1 p.m.
• Cole Brioux – The Local Pub and Oyster Bar, Charlottetown, June 11, 6 p.m.
• Taylor Buote – Lone Oak Brew Pub, Charlottetown, June 11, 6 p.m.
• Gordon Belsher and Cynthia MacLeod – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 11, 7 p.m.
• Name that Tune trivia with Andrew Rollins – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, June 11, 8 p.m. 
• Lawrence Maxwell – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 12, 7 p.m.
• Matt and friends – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, June 12, 10 p.m. 
• David Woodside – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 13, 7 p.m.
• Lieutenant Dan – Hunter’s Ale House, Charlottetown, June 13, 10 p.m. 
• Richie Bulger and Brian Langille – Olde Dublin Pub, Charlottetown, June 14, 7 p.m.

Workshops

• River Clyde Pageant is hosting a design workshop with Laura Stinson to help build design elements and puppets for the 2023 Pageant, beginning June 10 – paper mâché puppets and masks; June 17 – spruce root weaving; June 24 – Bird & Bat Puppets; July 8 – Flag Creation, July 15 – Flag Creation. to register and for information, go to www.riverclydepageant.com.
• River Clyde Pageant is hosting a pageant choir workshop with Andrea Ellis and Garry Williams, Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 21 to July 19, adding in two Monday evening sessions on July 10 and July 17. Workshop location is the New Glasgow Christian Church. To register and for information, go to www.riverclydepageant.com.
• River Clyde Pageant is hosting Art and Storytelling, a storytelling and performance creation workshop for adults and teens. Newcomers to P.E.I. and to the pageant are especially welcome. The workshop is at New Glasgow Christian Church, 617 Route 258, New Glasgow on select dates and times, beginning June 18. To register and for information, go to www.riverclydepageant.com.

Literary events

• Island Literary Awards and the Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty Creative Writing Awards for Young People will be presented at the Trailside Music Hall on June 11. The Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty Creative Writing Awards for Young People are 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (doors open at 10:30 a.m.), and the Island Literary Awards are 2-3:30 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.). Tickets for each event are $25. Tickets to the Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty Creative Writing Awards for Young People are at To purchase tickets to the Island Literary Awards, visit

Festivals

• The 2023 P.E.I. Mutual Festival of Small Halls is June 9-18, featuring 21 shows over 10 days across P.E.I. Tickets are now on sale at

Art galleries/events 

• The summer gallery opening party for the Confederation Centre Art Gallery is June 10, 7 p.m., in Studio 1 for Generations: The Sobey Family and Canadian Art, Human Capital and Conversation Pieces. Also on display are the Anne of Green Gables Manuscript: L.M. Montgomery and the Creation of Anne and work by Ronald Bloore, Paul Griffin and Eleanor King in the Entrance Gallery. Gallery summer hours are daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Thursday, which is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 902-628-6111 or email [email protected]. 
• The Summerside Art Club presents Inspirations 2023, an arts and crafts sale with a collection of paintings (oil, acrylic, mixed media, watercolour, pastels), jewelry, baskets, dream catchers, pottery, fabric art and much more. It runs June 10-11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Sherbrooke Community Centre, 26998 Route 2, near Summerside.
• Mari Basiletti’s exhibit, Pondiorama and Recent Works, is on display until June 23 at the Cornwall Library Art Gallery. The exhibit will feature the art installation Pondiorama and recent works in oils, acrylics and watercolour. Contact the library (902-629-8415, library.pe.ca.) for information on displaying in the gallery, located at 15 Mercedes Dr, Town Hall, Cornwall. 
• Details Fine Art Gallery at 166 Richmond St., Charlottetown, is open Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 902-892-2233. 
• The Dunes is open in Brackley Beach in June, daily, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Eptek Art & Culture Centre is featuring Quilts of COVID, an exhibit by the Kindred Spirits Quilt Guild. During the 2020 COVID lockdown, members discovered unfinished quilting projects. Using this narrow time frame, they created a body of work that reflects, not only their guild, but also P.E.I. Opening June 13, it will be on display this summer. Admission is by a suggested donation of $5. Eptek Art & Culture Centre, a site of the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, is at 130 Heather Moyse Dr., Summerside. Call 902-888-8373 or visit www.peimuseum.com or www.facebook.com/EptekCentre. 
• The Hilda Woolnough Gallery at The Guild (111 Queen St., Charlottetown) is showing the P.E.I. Photo Club’s 41st annual show, until June 15, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Each participant presents a series of photographs on a theme and in a style of their choice. This year, for the first time, there will be a video component. Go to www.peiphotoclub.com or www.theguildpei.com.
• Tribute to the Trees is at Ellen’s Creek Gallery, Charlottetown, June 14 to July 15. Presented by The Painted Ladies, this exhibition and sale of work captures the artists’ impressions of trees in diverse landscapes and various media, following post-tropical storm Fiona, with attention to resilience, regrowth and stability in the face of devastation. The show runs until July 15. Everyone is invited to attend the opening June 14, 7 p.m. The artists will be present, and refreshments will be provided. Ellen’s Creek Gallery is at 525 North River Rd., Charlottetown. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday.
• Hurricane Fiona Up Close and Personal Art Exhibit is on display until July 3, and Family Place’s Reggio Kids PRE-K and Preschool Art Show until June 8 at the Lefurgey Cultural Centre, 205 Prince St., Summerside. Both can be viewed 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Also, the Three Oaks High School Grad Art Exhibit is on display at MacNaught History Centre and Archives Gallery, 75 Prince St., Summerside, June 2-18, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Museums 

• The Acadian Museum in Miscouche is featuring Unearthing the Past: Archeological Discoveries of P.E.I. Contact 902-432-2880. Hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays, 1 p.m. Admission is charged.  
• Basin Head Fisheries Museum opens for the season June 12. Until June 30, hours are Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 902-357-7233.
• Beaconsfield Historic House is on the corner of West and Kent streets in Charlottetown. Contact 902-368-6603. Admission is charged. Call 902-368-6603.
• Canadian Potato Museum is at 1 Dewar Lane, O’Leary, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 1-844-849-1470 or 902-859-2039.
• East Point Lighthouse is open daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 902-357-2718.
• Elmira Railway Museum opens for the season June 13, daily, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 902-357-7234.
• Green Gables Heritage Place in Cavendish is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is charged. Call 902-963-7874. 
• Green Park Shipbuilding Museum and Yeo House is open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 902-831-7947
• Lefurgey Cultural Centre is in Summerside. Admission is by donation. Contact 902-432-1296.
• Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace in New London is open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 902-886-2099.
• MacNaught History Centre and Archives in Summerside is open. Admission is by donation. Contact 902-432-1332.
• Orwell Corner Historic Village is open. Admission is charged. Call 902-651-8515.
• Panmure Island Lighthouse and Museum is P.E.I.’s oldest wooden lighthouse. Contact 902-969-9380 for off-season hours in June, September and October. It is open in July and August, daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 902-969-9380.
• Point Prim Lighthouse, the oldest of P.E.I. lighthouses and the only round brick lighthouse in P.E.I., is open in June, Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 2147 Point Prim Rd., Belfast. Admission is charged. Call 902-659-2768.
• P.E.I. Regiment Museum is in the Queen Charlotte Armouries, Charlottetown. Tours can be arranged, as well as a slide show on the history of the P.E.I. Regiment. Admission is by donation. Contact 902-368-0108.
• Stompin’ Tom Centre, Homestead and Schoolhouse is in Skinners Pond. Admission is charged. Call 902-882-3214.
• Souris Historic Lighthouse features a display of marine and fishery artifacts. Admission is charged. Call 902-687-7209.
• Tryon Museum is open by chance or appointment at #47 Route 10 in Tryon. Call 902-629-5806 or visit www.tryonareahistoricalsociety.com. 
• Wood Islands Lighthouse and Museum is open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with tours between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Admission is charged. Call 902-962-3110.

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