Coaldale’s Gem of the West Museum will welcome award-winning country artist Trevor Panczak for an intimate acoustic performance on Friday, June 13, 2026. The Southern Alberta native, who grew up near Magrath and now calls Lethbridge home, brings nearly two decades of musical success and a deep commitment to community into one of the region’s largest rural museums.
Tickets for the evening are $40 in advance or $45 at the door, with the museum at 1316 20th Street opening its doors at 6:30 p.m. and the show beginning at 7:30 p.m. Panczak has earned 18 Country Music Alberta nominations and landed multiple Canadian country radio hits, including the Top 40 single ‘Where I Go to Come Back’ and the Top 50 hit ‘Riverbank.’ Over the past 10 years, he has helped raise more than $1,000,000 for charities across the province, earning him the Alberta Centennial Medal of Honour for Excellence in Community.
The museum itself carries deep local roots, operating out of the former Mennonite Brethren Church building. The structure originally went up in 1929 and served the congregation until 1971. A group of residents formed the Gem of the West Museum Society in 1995, and after six years of restoration and artifact collection, the museum officially opened its doors to the public in 2001. Today, it houses more than 15 distinct exhibit spaces that preserve the area’s heritage.
Panczak’s musical journey began in nearby Magrath, where his father Johnny booked him at community fundraisers before passing away from cancer in 2003. Those early experiences, along with the loss of his brother Richard to a drunk driver, shaped the artist’s drive to give back through his music. The June 13 concert offers Coaldale residents a chance to see a nationally recognized performer in a setting far more personal than a major arena.
