Local Entertainment

The 28th World Community Film Festival is just around the corner and the Comox Valley is invited to downtown Courtenay on Feb. 1- 2, to experience more than 30 engaging and inspiring documentaries that showcase social and environmental justice stories from across Canada and around the world.

Next show at popular Comox art gallery opens Jan. 29

Georgia Straight Jazz Society presents Blue Tonic - an exciting new local jazz trio of seasoned players from the Comox Valley, featuring Ralph Barrat (keyboard &vocals), Bruce Jacobs (bass &vocals), and Mike Berman (drums). Downbeat is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Avalanche Bar &Grill, 275 Eighth St. in Courtenay.

The Bard 鈥榦鈥� Scotland will be honoured at the Robbie Burns Contra Dance on Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Big Yellow Merville Hall (1245 Fenwick Rd., Merville).

The Comox Valley Pipe Band Society is celebrating Robbie Burns on Jan. 26 with their 6th Annual Burns Dinner fundraiser in the Upper Lounge of the Royal Canadian Legion Comox Branch 160.

The Comox Valley Art Gallery enters the new year with a new look inside and out, new thematic programming and new community engagement opportunities.

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Adam Bailie is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter. He crafts an acoustic contemporary sound (Bob Marley, Eddie Vedder, Beck). His experimentation and fearless production techniques in the studio has allowed his sound to evolve and even translate into his live show where he offers an array of modern effects (vocoder, loop pedal) to give the set more character and variety.

Last week, jazz enthusiasts at the Avalanche Bar &Grill were wowed by a brilliant guitarist.