It isn't particularly hot in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Not like it is in, say, Alabama or Georgia — hot beds of heat and Southern rock. But this province to our north is home to The Sheepdogs, a band born in 2006 to serve up an excellent blend of Southern rock, mixed with a little hippy and a lotta happy. While The Allman Brothers are gone and Skynyrd is running on empty, here's your rock fix, heat and all.

The Sheepdogs play Saturday, May 7, at the Rochester Lilac Festival in Highland Park. 7 p.m. Free. rochesterevents.com/lilac-festival; thesheepdogs.com.