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Darryl Calnan, President Wayne Anderson, Secretary Bill Anglin BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marty Douglas, Vice President Neil Havers Brian Mather Heather McFetridge, Treasurer Tansy Pauls SUN SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 7:00 PM

From Canada’s influence on early rock ‘n’ roll music with the 50’s songs, “Little Darlin’” and the boisterous “Sh’Boom”, to the breathtaking modern duet of Celine Dion/David Foster’s “The Prayer”, this concert showcases an extraordinary range of music. Toes tap to classic fiddle tunes and modern French-Canadian chansons, while hands clap to a heavy metal, rock medley that includes “Takin’ Care of Business” and “Born to Be Wild”. A highlight is the singers’ beautiful rendition of the late Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. Along the way the artists share anecdotes and side stories with the audience about the artists and the music they wrote, pointing out, “Music is the most popular language in the world.” Quick comic asides throughout the show, (“Canada is the only nation where you can wear shorts and a parka at the same time!”), and Stompin’ Tom Connors’ ever popular “The Hockey Song” continually reminded the crowd that yes, Canadians do have a great sense of humour along with their gift of music.

Member $34 | General public $38 | Student $30 | SID TIX $30 “A CROSS BETWEEN DAME EDNA & BILLY CONNOLLY WITH A DOLLOP OF EDDIE IZZARD!” - Times Colonist

“IT WOULD BE A SIN TO MISS THIS SHOW!” - Winnipeg Free Press

“I LAUGHED SO HARD I CRIED!” - Edmonton Journal

SAT OCTOBER 14, 2017 7:30 PM

Back by popular demand, critically acclaimed comedian Mike Delamont brings the highly-anticipated sequel to the hit one- man show God Is A Scottish Drag Queen. God, dressed in a floral power suit, is back with irreverent (but not sacrilegious) laughs about everything from pop culture to the pope.

The first installment of the show received such acclaim as Critics Choice Best Comedy at the Orlando Fringe Festival, Pick of the Fringe in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Orlando, and nominees for Best English Production at the Centaur Theatre and Best Comedy at Just For Laughs in Montreal. Having sold out houses across North America, the unprecedented achievements of its predecessor marks God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II: The Second Coming a certain success.

Member $25 | General public $29 | Student $20 | SID TIX $20 ZODIAC TRIO THURS OCTOBER 19, 2017 7:30 PM

The Zodiac Trio is recognized by many to be one of the foremost clarinet- violin-piano ensembles performing today. In its relatively short history - the ensemble formed in 2006 at Manhattan School of Music before becoming the first American group and the only ensemble with a wind instrument to enter the esteemed Ysaye Quartet Chamber Music program at the Paris Superior Conservatory - the Zodiac Trio has managed to achieve a level of recognition on the international chamber music stage, rarely bestowed upon an ensemble of such untraditional instrumentation.

Member $30 | General public $34 | Student $26 | SID TIX $26 “Listen to them, the children of the night, what music they make.”

BALLET VICTORIA’S A ballet to a haunting score about the vampire who started it all: Dracula! Prepare to be seduced by this eerily evocative ballet that will bite deeply into your soul.

FRI OCTOBER 20, 2017 7:30 PM

Member $45 | General public $49 | Student $38 | SID TIX $38 MOTUS O DANCE THEATRE’S ONE HIT WONDERS

THURS NOVEMBER 2, 2017 7:30 PM

Created by co-artistic directors James Croker, Cynthia Croker and Jack Langenhuizen along with special guest Canadian choreographers, One Hit Wonders is quirky, profound, bold and poignant. This show includes an array of powerful dance forms ranging from the poetic to emotionally charged high impact contemporary movement.

Member $26 | General public $32 | Student $20 | SID TIX $20 BRAVURA FRI NOVEBMER 3, 2017 7:30 PM

Formed in January 2010, Bravura is comprised of three of Canada’s finest leading men from musical theatre, jazz, and opera. Bravura’s repertoire ranges from classic Broadway and pop, to Italian folk and classical. Seasoned performers all, the men of Bravura thrill with their scorchingly passionate, frequently funny, and always exciting blend of Canada’s finest baritone voices.

Member $30 | General public $34 | Student $26 | SID TIX $26 From approximately 350 films entered into the annual Banff Mountain Film Festival, award-winning films and audience favourites are among the films chosen to travel the globe. With stops planned in about 550 communities and 40 countries across the globe, this year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring action, environmental, and adventure films from the festival.

FRI NOVEMBER 24, 2017 SAT NOVEMBER 25, 2017 SUN MARCH 4, 2018 7:00 PM See more films than ever before - THREE separate nights!

Member $25 | General public $29 | Student $20 | SID TIX $20 Winter Harp is back this season with a stunningly beautiful show in celebration WINTER HARP of winter and Christmas. For 24 years, this world-class ensemble of harps, medieval instruments, flutes, violin, percussion and singers has brought the joy and meaning of Christmas to tens of thousands of people. Audience members have repeatedly said: “Christmas doesn’t start for us until we have been to Winter Harp.” The musicians, in rich medieval attire, perform well-known carols as well as hauntingly-beautiful Celtic carols -- with elegant backdrops of candles, cathedral and snow. Songs, stories, tears and laughter combine in this magical journey deep into the heart of Christmas. Winter Harp ... Christmas begins here.

THURS DECEMBER 7, 2017 7:30 PM

Member $45 | General public $49 | Student $38 | SID TIX $38 DAWN PEMBERTON

FRI JANUARY 26, 2018 7:30 PM

Vancouver soul dynamo Dawn Pemberton has a deep musical foundation rooted in tradition. Vibrant, genuine, and soulful, she has deep musical roots that take her powerful voice from gospel and soul to jazz, funk, and world music. Dawn spent her formative years surrounded by a family of multi–instrumentalists and developed a true love of music as a young girl. In addition to regularly collaborating on the projects of her peers and having an educated background in jazz voice and piano, Dawn is a talented and passionate songwriter in her own right.

Member $26 | General public $32 | Student $20 | SID TIX $20 Spidey brings a mind-blowing and hilarious magical performance. He’ll freak you out with his eerie mental demonstrations bordering on the supernatural! This is not your typical mind-numbing magic act. You will see and feel things you never thought possible and will want to tell everyone you know. Fans have come to SUN FEBRUARY 11, 2018 love his TV performances and we are happy to say that you’ll see many of them on the 7:00 PM MAKE BELIEVE stage!

Member $31 | General public $36 | Student $26 | SID TIX $26 TUES FEBRUARY 13, 2018 7:30 PM

An Arts Club Theatre Company Production Book, music, and lyrics by Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille Based on the poem by Pushkin and the opera by Tchaikovsky When Evgeni Onegin visits the Larin family estate, his romantic charms stir passions long forgotten by its residents. Poet Vladimir Lensky’s romantic ideals are challenged (a duel!) after Onegin flirts with his fiancée Olga Larin, and even the sensible Tatyana Larin falls for the handsome rogue. The hit musical moves, shakes, and wakes audiences with its sweeping score, leaving the powerful question swirling in their minds: Look around, look around, look around, do you see someone worth dying for?

Member $45 | General public $49 | Student $38 | SID TIX $38 Aché Brasil represents the culture, the traditions, the beliefs, the music, and the movement of the people of Brazil. Equal parts music, dance, spectacle, Aché Brasil has played to enthusiastic audiences and critical acclaim from all over North America receiving a recent nomination for “Live Performers of the Year” at the West Coast Music Awards.

THURS MARCH 8, 2018 7:30 PM

Member $26 | General public $32 | Student $20 | SID TIX $20 PAVLO IN CONCERT

SAT MARCH 17, 2018 7:30 PM

Born in Toronto to Greek parents, Pavlo has made a name for himself by offering a musical amalgam he simply calls “Mediterranean music” – a blend of Greek, flamenco, Latin, and even Balkan flavours, wrapped in contemporary pop. His music has taken him all around the world. Along the way he’s performed for royalty in the likes of Prince Charles and worked and toured with artists such as José Feliciano, Jon Secada, Olivia Newton-John, and The Tenors.

Member $34 | General public $38 | Student $30 | SID TIX $30 TAMI NEILSON

SAT APRIL 14, 2018 7:30 PM

“There are singers, and then there is Tami Neilson, for whom the word singer just isn’t big enough.” With a soulful voice straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly music, Tami Neilson has been described as “...a red-hot honky-tonker, somewhere between Patsy Cline and Wanda Jackson with perhaps just a little bit of Peggy Lee sophistication.” (Nick Bollinger, NZ National Radio)

Member $26 | General public $32 | Student $20 | SID TIX $20 APRIL VERCH BAND SAT MAY 12, 2018 7:30 PM

While Verch is perhaps best known for playing traditional fiddle styles from her native Ottawa Valley, her performances extend into old-time American and Appalachian styles and beyond, for a well-rounded tour-de-force of North Americana sounds. Verch tours with world-class musicians as a trio, featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass and clawhammer banjo in addition to Verch’s vocals, fiddle and foot percussion. One might suspect a performer with as many talents as Verch would pause to take a breath, or need to somewhat compartmentalize her skills during a live performance. But on stage, Verch is almost superhuman, flawlessly intertwining and overlapping different performative elements. She stepdances while fiddling. She sings while stepdancing. Sometimes she sings, steps and fiddles all at once, with apparent ease and precision. Verch is - as they say - a triple threat in performance, her live show a beautiful companion to her music: versatile, robust, and masterfully executed.

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