Sunday September 19 @ 11:00 & 2:00
THE MYRTLE SISTERS
Family Showtime Series
THE MYRTLE SISTERS
Family Showtime Series
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The Myrtle Sisters have just arrived from 1921 via a time machine! They were traveling about, collecting, learning and sharing historical songs and dance hits from the 20’s, 30s and 40s when something went wrong! Can the time machine be fixed?
Since they’ve never been this far in the future, the sisters decide to perform their numbers and collect their data. In an artistic exchange with the audience of the millennium they trade dance crazes such as the Charleston and the Shim-sham for ones from the current times. In a story of independence and togetherness, the sisters learn that they don’t always have to agree, but that they are stronger when they support each other. Will the Myrtle Sister’s ever learn to get along? Can the audience help them harmonize once again and get back to 1919? The Myrtle Sisters, featuring Candice Roberts, Nayana Fielkov, and Kat Single-Dain, are a trio of east Vancouver performers delighting audiences of all ages with their harmonies, twinkling-tap numbers and family antics! They’ve been showcasing a clowning, vaudeville and dance menagerie of musical calamity for over 10 years in a variety of venues. Expect plenty of charm and shenanigans along with their original and historic songs and dances. The music stands on its own, but their onstage family antics, tap stylings and wild tunes are not to be missed. TICKETS - $10 (Max 50 tickets per performance) 2:00 performance sold out! Tickets still available for 11:00 |
Thursday September 30 @ 4:00 & 7:30
WEN WEI DANCE - YING YUN
Presented by Venables Theatre
WEN WEI DANCE - YING YUN
Presented by Venables Theatre
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South Okanagan dance lovers are in for a breathtaking evening of contemporary dance. Wen Wei Dance, founded by renowned artist Wen Wei Wang, is an international touring company based in Vancouver and is bringing the show Ying Yun to our audiences.
Artistic Director and choreographer Wen Wei Wang is an Associate Dance Artist of the National Arts Centre and the Artistic Director of Ballet Edmonton. He began dancing at an early age in China, where he was born and raised. Wang trained and danced professionally with the Langzhou Song and Dance Company. In 1991, he came to Canada and joined the Judith Marcuse Dance Company, followed by seven years dancing with Ballet BC. The piece, Ying Yun, was born at a heated time of gender discourse, this work raises the platform of choreographing to five female performers. The creative process involves dialogues between Ying Yun’s dancers and artistic director Wen Wei Wang, with the aim to translate their stories into movement. Ying Yun is the name of Wang’s mother, who passed away four years ago from ovarian cancer. A significant influence on him becoming an artist, Wang dedicates the new creation to her and engages the dancers to interpret the story, and in turn share their intersectional experiences. Aurally, the piece will focus on silence and the breathing of the dancers, but will also feature remixes of Bach compositions with an electroacoustic score. The minimalist sound design with a focus on the dancers’ breathing will allow the piece to focus on the dancers and their expression of the work’s subject. TICKETS - Adults $35, Students $20 (Max 50 tickets per performance)
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Saturday October 16th @ 2:00
BOBS & LOLO
Family Showtime Series
BOBS & LOLO
Family Showtime Series
TICKETS - $10
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Bobs & LoLo are five-time JUNO nominated singer-songwriters as well as the creators and stars of the upbeat, musical preschool series - Sing, Dance and Play with Bobs & LoLo. Recently named Canada's Favourite Kids' Entertainer in a nationwide poll by CBC Music, this dynamic duo is dedicated to connecting children to nature with music, movement and make-believe.
Robyn Hardy (Bobs) and Lorraine Pond (LoLo) first met at a summer camp on the west coast of Canada. Growing up together, Robyn and Lorraine have always shared a love of the natural world and a passion for working with children. Creating Bobs & LoLo has allowed them to combine their diverse academic backgrounds with a mutual love of teaching and the creative arts. Bobs & LoLo have written and recorded seven award-winning albums, a musical DVD and a new children’s book called Run Salmon Run. Alongside the adoration of the young and the young at heart, Bobs & LoLo have received critical acclaim from the likes of the Parents’ Choice Foundation, Western Canadian Music Alliance, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada and the JUNO Awards. |
Sunday October 17 @ 7:30
ALEX CUBA
Presented by Venables Theatre
ALEX CUBA
Presented by Venables Theatre
Pre-sale for newsletter subscribers from September 15th @ 10:00am until September 16th at 10:00.
TICKETS - $35 |
Alex Cuba is a Latin Grammy/ JUNO Winner, Singer-Songwriter who is not tied to tradition. His sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and powerful guitar riffs relinquish a conventional stereotype that exemplifies much of the Latin music landscape.
Though raised in Artemisa, an hour outside of Havana, Alex Cuba’s artistry is as far-flung as the place he has settled and lived for over fifteen years: Smithers, BC, 14 hours north of Vancouver. His music at once incorporates his roots and is a unique amalgam of styles, having collaborated with artists ranging from Jason Mraz to Ron Sexsmith and Nelly Furtado; and bringing together melodies, popsoul hooks and rock chords in songs that may seem to bear little resemblance to traditional Cuban form. A forward-thinking, indie-minded artist, Alex has amassed a steadily growing following among critics and fans. With over 20 awards and nominations to his name, including 4 Latin Grammys, two JUNO Awards and three Grammy nominations. Alex carries his Cuba within, incorporating subtle jazz influences, gained from his early years as a bass player in Cuba, and tasteful, sophisticated chords and lyrics expressing his poetry in an undeniably Cuban way. |
Friday October 22nd @ 7:30 (Rescheduled from April 2nd)
TOWER OF SONG
A Creative Tribute to Leonard Cohen
TOWER OF SONG
A Creative Tribute to Leonard Cohen
TICKETS - $43
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The music of Canada's greatest bard interpreted by two of Canada's top singer-songwriters.
Tower of Song is a creative tribute to the music of Leonard Cohen, presented by JUNO Award nominee Oliver Swain and Victoria native Glenna Garramone. It will be a night of rare and classic selections from the Cohen cannon, fearlessly interpreted by the artists. A few original compositions will round out an evening that celebrates Cohen and his influence on modern songwriting. Hear Cohen’s timeless songs arranged for two voices, banjo, string bass, piano and guitar. The duo has crafted vocal arrangements of the great works of Cohen that will resonate with both longtime fans and newer audiences. This will be a night of exquisite and moving music from one of the world's best. Leonard Cohen- he was one of us. |
Saturday October 23 @ 7:30
KRISTI NEUMANN
Venables Alive!
KRISTI NEUMANN
Venables Alive!
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Kristi Neumann is a gifted singer/songwriter who spent most of her musical career in Nashville, Tennessee. Following the footsteps of many transplanted Nashville songwriters, Kristi successfully carved out a place for herself in a town that does not forgive mediocrity. Armed with a growing catalog of self-penned tunes, her prowess as a writer and performer definitely turned heads. Kristi's music is original and provocative. Her songs weave through themes that embrace both a wandering past and an optimistic hope for things to come. With perfect sensibility, her introspective lyrics leave just enough room for well-crafted, pop-friendly hooks.
TICKETS - $20 |
Sunday October 24th @ 7:30
BARNEY BENTALL
Presented by Venables Theatre
BARNEY BENTALL
Presented by Venables Theatre
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Canadians first met Barney in 1988 as leader of the Legendary Hearts when MuchMusic embraced an indie video of the heartland anthem “Something to Live For.” Next came a self-titled Epic Records’ album which sold over 100,000 units, and earned the group a JUNO Award for Best New Group. As his life began moving at a dizzying speed, Barney was swept into a circle of peers that included Blue Rodeo, k.d. lang, The Tragically Hip, Colin James, 54.40, and The Odds. His career education took place in parlaying strong grassroots popularity into a national following; and by playing to crowds in seedy bars to concert halls and arenas all over Canada. At its peak, the band was playing 200 dates a year, graduating from touring in a van to a motorhome to tour buses. After a half decade layoff from recording on his own, Barney Bentall returns with his finest, his most powerful, and most incisive album to date, The Drifter & The Preacher on True North Records.
Pre-sale for newsletter subscribers from September 15th @ 10:00am until September 16th at 10:00. TICKETS - $50 |
Saturday October 30 @ 7:30
GREAT WHITE NORTH
Venables Alive!
GREAT WHITE NORTH
Venables Alive!
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Great White North are an alternative folk-rock band hailing from Oliver, BC. Over the years, the band has varied from a solo acoustic project by Mike Szalay to a full rock'n'roll band with Sid Ruhland, Sean Petersen and Polo Veintimilla (as well as other locals). The band's members all had their first experiences performing in front of an audience as high school students at the original Frank Venables Theatre. 18 years later, they are very excited about having the opportunity to perform to a hometown crowd on the beautiful new stage. The group will perform scaled back, intimate performance with an emphasis on the stories and songwriting of Great White North.
TICKETS - $20 |
Saturday November 13 @ 7:30
AIDAN & MANDY
Venables Alive!
AIDAN & MANDY
Venables Alive!
TICKETS - $20
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Similar but different. One listen and you’ll hear it; powerful and soft, edgy and smooth, poignant and lyrical, passionate and soothing. Aidan Mayes and Mandy Cole combine these seemingly opposite elements with deft simplicity. Smooth harmonies, heartfelt lyrics, and playful guitar are the main ingredients that make up this grounded, inspiring, and talented duo. They might tell you openly that their heroes are Janis and Joni, Fiona and Tori, but secretly they’d whisper their love for all things musical theatre. So it’s fitting that it was their love of musical theatre that brought the two together, during the Soundstage production of the rock musical Hair in Penticton, B.C.
While it’s easy to compare this duo to the folk/country harmonies of the Dixie Chicks, Blue Rodeo and Indigo Girls, comparisons such as these do no justice to the unique sounds Aidan and Mandy achieve through their similar, but different musical stylings. There is something distinctly Okanagan about this pair. A little bit country, a little bit folk, a little bit rock and roll, and a little bit different from everything else in the world. This might be a recognizable description of the desert region of B.C. to an outsider lucky enough to visit on occasion. |
Postponed
OOT N' OOTS
Venables Alive!
OOT N' OOTS
Venables Alive!
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CFMA and WCMA nominated The Oot n’ Oots make kids music that is,
to quote Jerry Garcia, not for kids only. Drawing on diverse influences from the history of rock n’ roll, this is a band with chops, soul, and swagger. Their original songs are wildly imaginative, brimming with humour and inspiration. The band includes 13-year-old Ruth Cipes (voice, ukulele), described as “…a force of nature.” by Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child host Bill Childs, with her dad Ezra (voice, guitar) and uncles Ari (voice, guitar), Gabe (voice, bass), and Matthew (voice, drums). Ruth trades lead vocal duties with Ari and his melodic tenor. In performance the group casts a spell of freedom, lightheartedness, and laughter. This is truly entertainment for the whole family, enlivening community, joy, and understanding through free spirited musical performance. |
Postponed
THE ROCKET MAN - A Tribute to Elton John
With opening act THE PIANO MAN - A Tribute to Billy Joel
THE ROCKET MAN - A Tribute to Elton John
With opening act THE PIANO MAN - A Tribute to Billy Joel
**Please note - this performance is not set up for physical distancing. Tickets can still be purchased and if the show does not go forward or further changes to dates and times need are made, refunds will be offered.
TICKETS - $49
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This entertaining and engaging stage show stars powerhouse vocalist and piano player Ryan Langevin. Backed by a full live band, this talented cast of entertainers will have you smiling, moving and singing along to hits such as Crocodile Rock, Benny & The Jets, Tiny Dancer, Sad Songs, Your Song, Saturday Night’s Alright, Philadelphia Freedom, Candle In The Wind and so many more!
Ryan Langevin also stars as the Piano Man and gives a genuine & powerful tribute to the music and legacy of Billy Joel. An accomplished vocalist, pianist and performer, Ryan brings his heart and soul to this music that inspired him as an artist. Accompanied by a live band, you will be taken on a journey through all of Billy’s biggest hits including It’s Still Rock n Roll To Me, The Piano Man, My Life, Just The Way You Are, You May Be Right, Only The Good Die Young, Uptown Girl, Tell Her About It, River Of Dreams and so many more!
Moon Coin Productions is working on a new date for this performance, please stay tuned.
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