54-40 & The Trews in Drumheller

54-40 is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in British Columbia in 1980. Its catalogue includes “I Go Blind,” “One Gun,” “Baby Ran,” “One Day in Your Life” and “Ocean Pearl,” as well as the albums Dear Dear and Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret. The band played its first concert at Vancouver’s Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret in 1981, beginning a live history rooted in the local club circuit. Across the following decades, 54-40 toured Canada in clubs, theatres and festival settings; its later hometown concerts have included multiple nights at the Commodore Ballroom.

The Trews are a Canadian rock band formed in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, in 1997. Their guitar-led sound took shape on the debut album House of Ill Fame, which includes “Not Ready to Go” and “Tired of Waiting”; later releases brought songs including “Poor Ol’ Broken Hearted Me” and “Highway of Heroes.” In 2009, the band documented an acoustic concert at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio on Acoustic: Friends & Total Strangers. They later returned to their debut material for the House of Ill Fame 20th Anniversary Tour, performing the album in full as part of the show.