Dan Mangan – Going Somewhere Tour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaDan Mangan is a two-time JUNO award winning & two-time Polaris Music Prize listed musician and songwriter. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife and two sons. He has released 5 studio LPs on Arts & Crafts, and toured extensively in North America, Europe & Australia. Dan also scored the feature film Hector And The Search For Happiness starring Simon Pegg as well as television shows for Netflix (Hilda) and AMC (Unspeakable). In 2017, he co-founded Side Door, a community marketplace platform matching performers with spaces to create shows anywhere, including interactive ticketed online shows.
Documentary Screening of Long Road to Justice: The Viola Desmond Story
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaJoin us on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 12:00 PM in Marie Fleming Studio at the Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre for a screening of “Long Road to Justice: The Viola Desmond Story”, directed by Brian Murray. (Courtesy: Government of Nova Scotia)
The afternoon will include a screening of the documentary, free refreshments, and a Live chat with the lead performer and director of “Hey Viola!”, a musical exploration of civil rights trailblazer, Viola Desmond—the fearless woman featured on your $10 bill. It is a smashing tour-de-force performance by acclaimed Canadian jazz and blues singer Krystle Dos Santos, directed by Tracey Power.
Hey Viola! Viola Desmond: The Soundtrack of a Life
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaA smashing tour-de-force performance by acclaimed Canadian jazz and blues singer Krystle Dos Santos. Hey Viola! is a musical exploration of civil rights trailblazer, Viola Desmond—the fearless woman featured on your $10 bill.
Hey Viola! takes the audience on an extraordinary journey through Viola’s life and the events that shaped her, from the 1917 Halifax explosion to the civil rights struggles of the 1950s. Featuring hot jazz, gospel, and traditional spirituals, this eye-opening new musical brings bold, new energy to the life and times of a remarkable woman.
Zaniac Comedy Show
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaHe’s baaaaack...! With the energy of ten thousand suns, The Zaniac shines like a comedy beacon as he bounces from one end of the stage to the other like an untamed rubber band. Jaws will drop and eyes will pop as Alex juggles bowling balls, giant knives, and slices vegetables in half with a flying playing card.
The “Professional Zaniac,” who’s been cracking jokes onstage for almost 15 years, zigzags between physical stunts and non-stop comedy. During the show vegetables are sliced in half by flying playing cards, flaming torches and bowling balls are juggled with ease and every audience volunteer leaves the stage in triumph.
Bear Grease
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaBear Grease is a fresh and fun Indigenous take on the classic 1978 musical. The all-Indigenous cast includes Crystle Lightning (2021 Canadian Screen Award Winner for Best Actress, Trickster, and Three Pines) as Sandy and MC RedCloud (Yellowstone) as Danny. Get your tickets early - this smash hit has sold out festivals across Canada and the US!
Tim Hicks – Campfire Troubadour Tour ‘23
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaKnown for his sure footed, every-man approach and party ready anthems, multi-platinum artist Tim Hicks will be giving fans the unique opportunity to experience his music in the most intimate way with the Campfire Troubadour Tour this fall.
Inspired by the Canadian summer nights of sitting around a campfire sharing stories and singing songs, Hicks will be performing acoustic arrangements and stripped-down versions of fan favourites, along with the tracks from his new record Campfire Troubadour Vol 2. A five-time JUNO Award nominee and CCMA Award winner, Tim Hicks has earned four Platinum selling singles, a Double Platinum single, nine Gold singles and eighteen Top 10 radio hits in his decade of releasing music.
The Birds and the Bees by Mark Crawford
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaSarah, a turkey farmer, has split up with her husband and moved in with her mom, Gail, a beekeeper. Add in Earl, the flirty neighbour, and Ben, an eager young graduate student, and you have the perfect breeding ground for unlikely attractions. Set in adjoining bedrooms, The Birds & the Bees is a Canadian comedy about love, lust, beekeeping, and the artificial insemination of turkeys.
“What could be better therapy than an old-fashioned, knee-slapping, rip-roaring sex comedy?” —The Vancouver Sun
Audience Advisory: general sauciness, strong language, sexual content and some nudity.
Finger Eleven – Greatest Hits North American Tour
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaFinger Eleven, the alternative rock band from Ontario and one of the best-selling Canadian bands of all time, have released a series of consecutive hit albums and become among the greatest live bands to ever emerge from the great White North.
The Debaters Live on Tour Holiday Special
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British ColumbiaThe Debaters Live on Tour is the comedy stage show where comics go toe to toe in a battle of laughs and logic and the audience picks the winner. Award-winning comedian and host, Steve Patterson brings two of Canada’s top headlining stand-up comics, Katie-Ellen Humphries and Graham Clark, to venues across Canada to delight crowds with an exhilarating exchange of facts and funny.
But that’s not all. Before Steve launches into the debate portion, The Debaters Live on Tour gets the holiday hilarity rolling with segments of smart stand-up comedy from all three of these world-class comics.
The Debaters Live on Tour Holiday Special features two debates in the format familiar to fans of the popular radio show The Debaters. Program creator and tour producer, Richard Side, is excited to present this extraordinary line-up that will deliver the festive fun and leave audiences debating their favourite punch-lines.
Audience Advisory: Due to the spontaneous nature of live performances, some language may be inappropriate for younger audience members. This is not a CBC production and will not be broadcast.