Category: Music

Where: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street
When: October 31, 2018. Doors: 7:30pm / Show: 8pm / Dance Party: 10pm
Cost: $25 – Show and 90’s Vampire Dance Party or $20 – Dance Party Only. Tickets are available online at buddiesinbadtimes.com

Details: After a sold out run in 2017, Cardboard Sword Collective presents A Night At The Bronze: Once More With Feeling on Halloween night. Cardboard Sword calls on all Buffy fans for a live read-through of one of Joss Whedon’s most beloved episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Things in Sunnydale aren’t as harmonious as usual. Balance has been thrown off kilter when a mysterious force makes everyone in town burst into song and dance, revealing their deepest secrets as they do. It’s up to Buffy and the gang to get to the bottom of this musical mystery before everyone dances themselves to death.

The cast of A Night At The Bronze will read and sing-through the entire episode of Once More With Feeling, followed by a 90s vampire dance party, so the fun never ends. Lyrics will be provided so audience members can sing along with this satirical performance of the cult classic.

A Night At The Bronze: Once More With Feeling cast will include: Jenna Warriner (CMT’s Hottest) as Buffy, Liz Johnston (Entrances and Exits, Star Falls) as Willow, Kaitlin Morrow (Sex T-Rex) as Tara, Stephanie Malek (Songbuster, D&D Live) as Anya, Ian MacIntyre (Degrassi, The Beaverton) as Xander, Mark Andrada (Cannibal The Musical) as Giles, Nkasi Ogbonnah (The Second City House Co.) as Dawn, Kyah Green (D&D Live, Songbuster) as Spike, and Conor Bradbury (Sex T-Rex) as Sweet. Connor Low (Entrances and Exits) will narrate, Jordan Armstrong (The Second City) and Tricia Black (She The People) will be the musical directors, and the ensemble will include Andrew Cromwell (The Second City Diversity Fellowship), Monica Garrido (Buddies Queer Emerging Artist Award Winner 2018), Nancy Kenny (Roller Derby Saved My Soul), and Ophira Calof (Second City Diversity Fellowship).

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Where: The Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust Street, Burlington
When: October 17, 2018
Cost: Regular $59  and Member $54. Can be purchased by telephone, online or in person: 905-681-6000, www.burlingtonpac.ca

Details: Legacy: A Tribute to Gord Downie will mark the one-year anniversary since Canada lost this important icon. This event will be a special evening to celebrate the man, the music and his legacy. Will include performances of Gord Downie songs and shared stories by Twin Flames, Bruce McCulloch, Tom Wilson, Danny Michel, Trent Severn, Matthew Barber, and Damhnait Doyle. Speakers will also include Chief R. Stacey Laforme, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, and Sarah Midanik, President & CEO of The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund.

Funds raised at this inaugural event will go directly to the DWF, and the designation of the Downie/Wenjack Fund Legacy Space at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre – the first performing arts centre in Canada to do so. Legacy Spaces are designated spaces that are dedicated to providing accurate information regarding Indigenous history and the journey of reconciliation.

The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund is part of Gord Downie’s legacy and embodies his commitment, and that of his family, to improving the lives of First Peoples in Canada. In collaboration with the Wenjack family, the goal of the fund is to continue the conversation that began with Chanie Wenjack’s residential school story, and to aid the collective reconciliation journey through a combination of awareness, education and action. Funds raised through Legacy Spaces help support the development of resources for the spaces as well as DWF programming such as Legacy Schools, ReconciliACTIONs and events that serve to bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities together.

More Info:  www.burlingtonpac.ca/event-listings  @BurlingtonPAC  @burlington_pac

Ricky Skaggs Courtesy of BPAC

Where: The Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust Street, Burlington
When: October 16, 2018 at 8pm
Cost: Tickets can be purchased at 905-681-6000 or online at www.burlingtonpac.ca or in person at BPAC Box Office.

Details: The Burlington Performing Arts Centre (BPAC) welcomes you to have ‘A Night on the Town’ with ‘Country Boy’ Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder. The legendary bluegrass superstar brings his roots revival jamboree ‘An Evening With Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder’ to the BPAC for its only stop in Southern Ontario.

Earning 12 #1 hit singles, 15 GRAMMY® Awards, 13 IBMA Awards, nine ACM Awards, eight CMA Awards (including Entertainer of the Year), two Dove Awards, the ASCAP Founders Award, three honorary Doctorate degrees, inductions into the Musicians Hall of Fame and GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the 2013 Artist-In-Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, an Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award in the Instrumentalist category along with countless other awards, Ricky Skaggs is truly a pioneer of Bluegrass and Country music.

Since he began playing music more than 50 years ago, Skaggs has released more than 30 albums and has performed thousands of live shows. He started his own record label, Skaggs Family Records, in 1997 and has since released 12 consecutive GRAMMY®-nominated albums. His latest release, Hearts Like Ours, with his wife, celebrated artist Sharon White of The Whites features the couple dueting on handpicked country love songs.

Skaggs is due to be inducted into the revered Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2018 this fall. Skaggs was also inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame this September.

The 2018/2019 BPAC season will also include: LEGACY: A Tribute to Gord Downie, Dean Brody: Dirt Road Stories Acoustic Tour, Martin Levac: Dance Into the Light, Royal Wood with special guest Elise LeGrow, A Next Generation Leahy Christmas, The Andy Kim Christmas, Holly Cole and much more!

More Info: The full schedule of BPAC Events is available here: www.burlingtonpac.ca/event-listings

Where: Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. West
When: October 12, 2018 at 8pm
Cost: Tickets from $22 to $67.50 and can be purchased at www.soundstreams.ca or 416.504.1282

Details: The musical spectacle that is Six Pianos opens Soundstreams’ 36th season at Koerner Hall. Showcasing a rich and varied contemporary repertoire for multiple pianos, exemplified by Steve Reich’s seminal work. There’s also a world premiere for multiple pianos from Canadian composer André Ristic, alongside works from Cage, Lutosławski, Alexina Louie and Colin McPhee. The performance features a who’s who of pianists/percussionists including Russell Hartenberger, Greg Oh, Stephanie Chua, Ryan Scott and Midori Koga.

More Info: www.soundstreams.ca  @soundstreams @soundstreams

Where: The Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust Street, Burlington
When: October 5, 2018 at 8pm
Cost: Tickets can be purchased by telephone, online or in person at 905-681-6000 or www.burlingtonpac.ca

Details: The Burlington Performing Arts Centre (BPAC) is proud to open their 8th Season with The Jim Cuddy Band and special guests Devin Cuddy and Sam Polley.

For over 35 years, Jim Cuddy has written songs that have become indelible in the soundtrack of Canadian lives.  With the release of his fourth solo album, Constellation, he adds ten songs to that extraordinary songbook.

As one of the founding members and creative forces behind Blue Rodeo, Cuddy has received nearly every accolade Canada can bestow upon a musician, from the Order of Canada and induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, to countless JUNO Awards and a Star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. Behind it all, is a simple devotion to his craft as a songwriter, which remains Cuddy’s tireless pursuit after more than three decades.

Cuddy’s creative drive led him, in 1998, to launch a solo career in conjunction with Blue Rodeo.  With Constellation, he continues to find new ways to balance personal reflection and plainspoken storytelling, remaining both intimate and accessible.

The 2018/2019 BPAC season will also include, Capturing Pablo Escobar: An Evening with Javier Pena and Steve Murphy, Cirque Le Roux: The Elephant In The Room, John McDermott Christmas, Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company, Mike Super: Magic & Illusion, Antonio Sanchez: BiRDMAN LiVE, Gowan  and much more!

More Info: The full schedule of BPAC Events is available here: www.burlingtonpac.ca/event-listings