Got the back to school blues? Then the Downstream Bar and Grill in Jasper may have the medicine to cure what ails you. They’re planning a series of gigs this August 27-29 weekend that will hopefully send off with a blast those who are departing back to school.

“Everyone is taking off, getting called back to school, so, let’s go out with a bang,” said Alex Newton, the manager at the Downstream Bar and Grill. “We just wanna have some fun.”

Jasper is packed with rodeo-inspired entertainment for the weekend, but for those looking for music with a bit of a harder edge, The Led Zeppelin Show will be playing the Athabasca Hotel on August 20 and 21. 

The show is a recreation of an authentic Zeppelin show circa 1972 complete with lasers and smoke to set the scene back almost 40 years.

Every church needs to find a way to raise money to keep the roofs from leaking and the furnaces running. The Jasper Anglican Church has managed to find a way to keep some of that money rolling in while also supplying the community with esteemed, beautiful (and inexpensive) artwork. That long-running tradition of art and the practical continues this week as the church’s art auction starts up again after a two year absence.