Curated by Bobbie Fox

Local singer Cheri Thompson captivating the audience at the Inn Purple in 1967.

Photo Courtesy St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Archives.

For two years during the late 1960s, a teen coffeehouse opened at 1287 3 Avenue South. The Inn Purple was a place where teens and young adults could hang out, be artistic, and listen to music without adults. Famed singer, Gordon Lightfoot, even made an appearance there when he was in town.

Learn all about this short-lived but memorable institution in Lethbridge’s history by visiting our new archives exhibit in the downstairs hallway of the Galt Museum & Archives.