Entertainment

Comedian Gilson Lubin will be headlining Comedy Night at the Avalanche Bar & Grill along with Kwasi Thomas on June 16.

The Big Time Out鈥檚 super-early bird tickets are disappearing on June 14, and the festival鈥檚 crew wants to make sure you can cash in on the deal.

It鈥檚 been over a year since Comox Valley writer Shawn K. Carpenter participated in the Next Top Spiritual Author contest run by best-selling spiritual authors Robert Evans and James Twymann.

Flying Fox Circus presents Cirque City, the latest production performed by your local community circus troupe 鈥� on June 13, 17 and 18.

Auditions for 2011-2012 season of Just in Time Vocal Jazz will be held June 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Highland Secondary music room. There are two auditioned groups under the Just in Time banner.

Featuring dancers and musicians from the Comox Valley and Campbell River, Rhythm & Roots at the Tidemark Theatre on June 12 is the story that so many Canadians and people worldwide can relate to; in fact 70 million people around the world can claim Irish roots.

Vijai Nathan mortified her traditional Indian parents by giving up a career in journalism, cancelling her wedding and becoming a standup comedian 鈥� and she hasn鈥檛 looked back since.

The Art of Judi Pedder returns to Filberg Lodge in Comox this Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Roger Baird鈥檚 Black and White Trio is doing a Sunday afternoon concert at Studio Live, an intimate setting in Cumberland, on June 19 at 4 p.m.

Laughing Oyster Bookshop is very pleased to host five writers with local connections over the next few weeks. Amanda Hale will present her latest book 鈥淚n the Embrace of the Alligator鈥� on Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m.