Join us for a Treasure Fair exclusive! A folk collective headed by songwriters Adrian Glynn and Brendan McLeod, The Fugitives have toured extensively through Canada, Western Europe, and the UK. They’re joined by banjo player Chris Suen (Viper Central) and violinist Carly Frey (The Coal Porters). Over the past twelve years, they’ve earned a reputation […]
Reel Music: Composers Writing for Film. Two Distinct Concerts that Celebrate Camera-Action-Music! 7:00pm pre-concert talk | 7:30pm concert Now in its 25th year under founding Artistic Director and violist David Visentin, Salt Spring Chamber Music has been performing world-class music by world-class artists to the adventurous listening audiences of the island on the beautiful ArtSpring stage. Always richly […]
The Salt Spring Youth New Creatives (SSYNC) Festival is a new annual summer arts event that showcases original scenes, written and performed, by young people aged 13-18. It will take place on Salt Spring Island and is open to students on Salt Spring Island, Vancouver Island, Vancouver, and beyond. The festival provides a mentorship opportunity […]
Register now! The Makana Youth Choirs directed by Caroni Young is an introduction to and enrichment of choral music and singing technique for youth in grades 2-5 (Kids) and grades 6-9 (Youth.) Over 12 Friday afternoons starting September 15, students learn vocal and ensemble skills, harmonies, musical literacy, within a wide variety of repertoire […]
taqəš and Other Works PUBLIC TICKETS SEPT 12 We are thrilled to open the season with the taqəš and Other Works program featuring a stunning line-up of signature dances from Ballet Kelowna’s contemporary ballet repertoire. With Cameron Fraser-Monroe’s powerful and compelling taqəš , Guillaume Côté’s mesmerizing Bolero, and Alysa Pires’ vivacious audience favourite MAMBO, this […]
Michael Kaeshammer isn’t so much a piano player as a piano whisperer, a master musician, and songwriter able to coax dazzling, kaleidoscopic sounds from his instrument in a way few can rival. Joined by his ensemble of four musicians, that gift powers Turn It Up, Kaeshammer’s superb 15th album, broadly described as “eclectic yet accessible […]
Premiering in Vancouver in 2015, the award-winning Love Bomb is described as “a rock concert within a play – and a mystery on top of that.” A concert of emotion rips through main character Justine’s first performance in years and all because of one uninvited guest, her music takes on a life of its own. […]
BUY TICKETS Since 1976, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival, a flagship program of Banff Centre, has been an international industry leader in showcasing a selection of outstanding adventure, exploration, and mountain culture speakers, films, books, and photographs from around the world. Following the nine-day festival in Banff, its annual World Tour reaches more than […]
Award-winning Oktopus is a major presence on the Canadian world music scene, with over 250 performances to its credit at home and abroad. The group is primarily devoted to klezmer, distinguished by a novel approach that pulls together components of the classical and Quebecois repertoire, with some jazz and Balkan accents. BUY TICKETS Eight virtuoso […]
Discover a captivating body of works that go straight to the heart of melody. The highlight of this concert is Max Richter's masterful re-composition of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, which takes us to the convergence of past and present. Works by Glass, Nyman, Amar, Eno, and Einaudi complete this program of spellbinding simplicity. Trio […]
Met Opera Now On Sale. DEAD MAN WALKING | Jake Heggie Sat Oct 12 | 9:55am-1pm Jake Heggie’s powerful work has its highly anticipated Met premiere in a new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the […]
Often called “the battle that made Canada,” Vimy Ridge resulted in over 10,000 Canadian casualties. RIDGE is a performance that combines historical WWI stories, powerful lyrics, and music from The Fugitives' 2022 JUNO nominated album Trench Songs to create a poignant and thought-provoking theatre show. In this way, the group carries on the long tradition of […]
Get ready to have a laugh and relate to the real life scenarios in the live sketch comedy MIDDLE RAGED, written and performed by Geri Hall (a regular on This Hour Has 22 Minutes) and Gary Pearson (a writer for Corner Gas, MadTV, and Just for Laughs.) This smart and funny stage show explores the […]
Young Artists Collegium Program The very best students from Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Collegium Program come to ArtSpring for a special chamber music concert. Featuring ensembles of outstanding young talent on strings, winds, and piano, the concert will be followed by fascinating on-stage feedback to these rising stars from a great master artist. […]
With a style inspired by haunting northern beauty, sisters Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik are Inuit throat singers from Arctic Canada who blend their ancient traditional form with contemporary technology to create haunting soundscapes and improvisational compositions that change with every show. With roots in Nunavut’s Kitikmeot and Kivalliq Regions, the sisters grew up in […]
A dancer enters the stage and discovers a ball. Intrigued, she moves toward it, carefully. As soon as she touches it, the magic of the stage is unleashed: the lights go up, the decor appears all around her, shadows play their tricks…and transform one dancer into many! Now there are four of her, to play […]
Virtuosic showpieces and romantic ballads, blazing gypsy tunes and forgotten chestnuts, all brought to life with multi-instrument mastery -- this is Quartetto Gelato, a popular and highly unusual classical quartet. With sold-out performances in New York, Washington, L.A., London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, this dazzling ensemble has enchanted audiences and critics worldwide with its exotic […]
Come see the Makana Youth Choir in action with their end of term concert, presented by ArtSpring. These young singers from grades 2-9 will show you their enthusiasm and joy at the end of their second term. With a focus on teaching musical concepts such as harmony, tone and note reading, find out what […]
