BY WENDY ELLIOTT

Kings County Register

Covered up

Six Valley cover bands will be playing their five best covers each in a competition to see who the Valley's best cover band is.

Some of the bands include Spare Parts (of Kingston), Ambush (of Windsor) and A Call for Submission (of Berwick). The top three bands will win themselves a bit of cash.

Covered Up will be hosted by the Top Hat in Greenwood Dec. 22, beginning at 9 p.m. Admission is $7 at the door.

A Merry Metal Massacre

Come see why over 200 people came to the last Metal Massacre in November.

Four Maritime metal bands are putting on a show for all ages at the Coldbrook Lions Hall, with headliners Valley metal legends Subspecies and Black Moor (from Halifax). Also on the bill is Come to an End (of Kentville) and A Fatal Fascination (up ’n comers from Kingston).

The music plays Dec. 28, beginning at 6:45 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door; advance tickets are $7 at 902-691-4747.

A Folkin' Great Fundraiser

Enjoy a night of folky fun with a cause at the Kingston Lions’ hall Dec. 29, getting underway at 8 p.m. with The Grass (of Ottawa) and Oh Dinah! (of Halifax). The event’s proceeds will support the Alzheimer’s Society - a night out to remember for those who can’t.

Tickets are available by calling 902-691-4747. Advance tickets only $10, $25 for three, $7 each for groups of eight or more; $12 at the door. 19 and over.

Tip of the Hat

Bring in 2008 with a bang, as Jim Rain & The Rebellion rock the Greenwood Top Hat.

This event is the cheapest night of great entertainment in the Valley this New Years' Eve, with free champagne at midnight and finger foods throughout the evening. Enjoy two sets of great music by Jim Rain & The Rebellion, plus a live DJ playing all the hits in between.

Dec. 31, 9 p.m.: get your tickets soon at 902-691-4747, $14 per person, $20 per couple.

Night Kitchen

Andy Flinn and Ariana Nasr have lined up another Night Kitchen concert for Jan. 5 at 8 p.m.

The talented line up includes Caleb Miles, Adam Bazinet, Jamie Loughead, Donna Holmes, Jesse and Liam Potter & Paul and Delores Boudreau, Avard Woolaver, Anthony Wood, Jeff MacLean, Linda Fuller and Chris Robison.

It will unfold at Acadia Cinema's Al Whittle Theatre in Wolfville. Tickets are $10 ($7 in advance) at the Just Us Café.

Winding down

The Minas Basin: Elements of Light exhibition at the Acadia Art Gallery will close Jan. 9.

Geri Nolan-Hilfiker has created images with a handcrafted pinhole camera that uses neither a lens or a viewfinder. She uses a simple box with a black interior and a tiny hole at one end.

This exhibition features work of the familiar shoreline and waterways near her home along the Minas Basin.

Arts series

January 19 at 8 p.m., the Festival Theatre will have Mocean Dance on stage.

Mocean Dance brings audiences work that engages, provokes thought, involves the emotions and enhances the appreciation of dance. Their appearance is part of the Acadia Performing Arts Series.

Coming up

Dec. 22

Covered Up, six Valley bands play their best covers in competition, Top Hat, Greenwood, 9 p.m.

Dec. 28

A Merry Metal Massacre with Subspecies, Come to an End, A Fatal Fascination and Black Moor; Coldbrook Lions Hall, all-ages, 6:45 p.m.

Dec. 29

A Folkin’ Great Fundraiser for Alzheimer’s work featuring Oh Dinah! and The Grass, Kingston Lions Hall, 8 p.m.

Dec. 31

Jim Rain & The Rebellion, Top Hat, Greenwood; 9 p.m.