Two of Canada鈥檚 favourite rock bands, The Tea Party and I Mother Earth will play the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre on Thursday, Nov.16.

Their journey began over 30 years ago when Martin, Chatwood and Burrows, high school friends from Windsor, Ont., joined forces to start a band rooted in their love of the adventurous side of classic rock. Adopting the name, The Tea Party as a reflection of their defiant stance against then-popular musical trends, the band soon incorporated many traditional world music elements to its sound, in addition to Martin deploying the violin bow technique made famous by Led Zeppelin鈥檚 Jimmy Page.

Their first release for the label, Splendor Solis, was an immediate hit, powered by road-tested songs such as 鈥淪ave Me鈥� and 鈥淭he River,鈥� and also earned their first Juno nominations for Best New Group and Best Hard Rock Album. It was followed up in 1995 with the even more successful The Edges Of Twilight, containing the hits 鈥淪ister Awake鈥� and 鈥淔ire In The Head,鈥� which cemented the band鈥檚 status both at home and in Australia where they were warmly embraced on a national level.

Over the next decade, The Tea Party continued to move from strength to strength, containing their first number one Canadian single 鈥淗eaven Coming Down,鈥� along with a stunning cover of Daniel Lanois鈥� 鈥淭he Messenger.鈥�

I Mother Earth started in the 90s and continues today as IME鈥檚 unique brand of psych-rock. The first two albums from IME, Dig (platinum) and Scenery & Fish (triple platinum) spawned a number of top 10 singles including Rain will Fall, Not Quite Sonic, SoGently We Go, One More Astronaut, Another Sunday and Used To Be Alright place as well as classic jams like Earth Sky and C and Shortcut to Moncton.

General admission tickets are $40 (additional fees apply) and will go on sale Thursday, July 13 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at ValleyFirstTix.com or in person at the Valley First Box Office at the South Okanagan Events Centre.