Here's what's happening for Culture Days on Sept. 11-12

Two packed days of music, dance, and visual arts will fill the downtown core for Cochrane Culture Days on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

The performances are being held on stages in the Historic Downtown and outside of the Cochrane Lions Event Centre (CLEC). An artisan marketplace is being held inside the events centre on both days.

Culture Days chair Jane Kaczmer gives us a lowdown on what's instore. It's being held

Centre Stage, located in the Lions Club Event Centre parking lot, will be alive with 13 multicultural music, dancing, and drumming groups. You can sit on the grass in this natural amphitheatre to enjoy Chinese harp, Bolivian pan flute, Celtic band, Cochrane’s own dance studios’ dancers, Thai and Bhangra dancing, and the Mini Thni Dancers.

There's plenty of drumming, too, from Japanese Taiko to Stoney Nakoda, and you can join a djembe circle.

Front Stage, located Centennial Plaza in the Historic Downtown, leads off with the Cochrane Pipe Band and moves into jazz, folk, fusion and Dixie with bands and choirs from Cochrane, Canmore, and Calgary, plus the Mini Thni Dancers.

Register online now (www.cochraneartsociety.com/ccd2021-glass/) to play in the Mesmer’s Glass Concert at “Upstage” (Lions Club Event Centre). No experience is needed.

On Saturday, bring your kids to make their very own puppets at the Puppet Pop Up! All materials and helpers provided.

On Sunday, and move the earth in a mass percussion event on “found” instruments” at '!BOOM! She Said'.

For the first time ever, Cochrane Culture Days has a headline event. Jessica McMann will wrap up the weekend on a high note at 4 p.m. on Sunday. (supplied)

Headline performance by Jessica McMann

It all leads up to headline performer Jessica McMann on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Centre Stage.

McMann has recently moved to Cochrane and is a musician, contemporary dancer, composer, choreographer, and nominee for the Prophets of Music Emerging Artist Award for the YYC Music Awards.

Cochrane Culture Days are being presented by the Cochrane Integrated Arts Society with the support of many community-minded organizations and businesses.

Check out the CCD2021 schedule below. For full details, you can visit here.