Sunday, August 4, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – One of Canada’s foremost singers of jazz, blues and gospel, singer/actress Jackie Richardson enjoys a rich career which spans over 5 decades. Together with fellow jazz icon, pianist/composer Joe Sealy, she sings and narrates his inspirational “Africville” in this soulful, uplifting close to our 25th summer season!
Saturday, August 3, 2024 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Under the moniker Seyblu, Chelsey Bennett is a charismatic jazz vocalist who skillfully integrates jazz and R and B into her songwriting. Mesmerizing vocals meet heartfelt lyrics around the campfire.
Saturday, August 3, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Winner of the Ella Fitzgerlad Award, Holly Cole enjoys an eclectic international career, winning 3 JUNO awards and swlling hundreds of thousands of recordings. With jazz as her bedrock, she has been described as “starkly original and so obviously right” (Sterophile) and her sultry voice has been called “expressive in the extreme”.
Friday, August 2, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Born on the streets of Toronto in 2017, Big Smoke Brass is a leading voice in the Canadian brass landscape, reveling in a mix of genres ranging from funk to rick. R and B and originals. With hundreds of high energy heavy-hitting performance, the ensemble has captivated audiences from back streets to TV screens. Now […]
Sunday, July 28, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – For the past 24 years, Westben stage has been the site for a hsot of spectacular music theatre presentations ranging from Jesus Christ Superstar to Les Mis with generous helpings from Rogers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tom Rice, Lerner and Lowew, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock and others. To celebrate our 25th Season, we […]
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Revered from the Met to London’s Royal Opera House, Gerald Finley is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian bass-baritone singer, known as one of the top dramtic interpretors of our time. Don’t miss his only Canadian appearance in 2024. Together with his cousin ( and Westben Artistic Director) Brian Finley at the Piano, the afternoon features an […]
Saturday, July 27, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – For the past 24 years, Westben stage has been the site for a hsot of spectacular music theatre presentations ranging from Jesus Christ Superstar to Les Mis with generous helpings from Rogers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tom Rice, Lerner and Lowew, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock and others. To celebrate our 25th Season, we […]
Friday, July 26, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – For the past 24 years, Westben stage has been the site for a hsot of spectacular music theatre presentations ranging from Jesus Christ Superstar to Les Mis with generous helpings from Rogers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tom Rice, Lerner and Lowew, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock and others. To celebrate our 25th Season, we […]
Thursday, July 25, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – For the past 24 years, Westben stage has been the site for a hsot of spectacular music theatre presentations ranging from Jesus Christ Superstar to Les Mis with generous helpings from Rogers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tom Rice, Lerner and Lowew, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock and others. To celebrate our 25th Season, we […]
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – For the past 24 years, Westben stage has been the site for a hsot of spectacular music theatre presentations ranging from Jesus Christ Superstar to Les Mis with generous helpings from Rogers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tom Rice, Lerner and Lowew, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock and others. To celebrate our 25th Season, we […]
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – For the past 24 years, Westben stage has been the site for a hsot of spectacular music theatre presentations ranging from Jesus Christ Superstar to Les Mis with generous helpings from Rogers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tom Rice, Lerner and Lowew, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock and others. To celebrate our 25th Season, we […]
Sunday, July 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – 4-time Juno nominee Sarah Slean has released 11 albums in over 10 countries wordwide. A modern-day Renaissance women, her artistry demonstrates an astonishing breath from poetry and painting to her own unique blend of classical and pop music
Saturday, July 20, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Birdsongs, blues, storytelling, and maybe even an accordion! The New Zealand String Quartet is always full of intriguing surprises! Nestle in around the Westben Campfire to enjoy a trip around, over and down-under, featuring an eclectic array of evocative music from Haydn to Maor.
Saturday, July 20, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Canadian tenor Colin Ainsworth teams up with the New Zealand String Quartet and pianist Laura Loewen for the world premiere of The Seasons by Godfrey Ridout and Brian Finley, along with Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge.
Friday, July 19, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Founding member and former lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of the Barenaked Ladies, Steven Page continues to garner international acclaim for a dazzling solo career since 2009
Friday, July 19, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Over 37 years, the New Zealand String Quartet has established a glittering international reputation for its insightful interpetations and dynamically communicative performing style
Thursday, July 18, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – One of the world’s leading concert pianists, Angela Hewitt continues to appeat in recital and as a soloist with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia. This world-renowned Bach interpretor presents the Partitia No.6 along with Beetoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Brahms’ Variations on the Theme of Handel and works by Scarlatti
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Westben Presents XL Outer World, a collection of short experimental art films. Each film explores the world of of expanded cinema through different ecologies of the non-human: the forest, lichen, snails, water and sky. Immediately following the viewing in the Barn, enjoy a live collaberative musical performace on the Meadow, a spectacular exploratioin of sound, […]
Sunday, July 14, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Westben’s Performer- Composer Residency concert. Celebrate the colourfully collaborative work of this year’s 10 Internation creators as they share an exciting night of world premiers exploring the theme of ‘Music of Many Gardens’
Saturday, July 13, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Write of some of Indie rock’s most life-affirming and celebratory anthems, Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew shares a new side in an intimate concert feature songs from his latest solo album, Aging
Friday, July 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The dynamic duo is back, and without a script in sight! When it comes to improv – it’s just best to say “yes”! Eye-watering, side-splitting, jaw-aching fun!
Thursday, July 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Friends from Alderville First Nations gather for an intimate and evocative evening of music, art and storytelling
Sunday, July 7, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Cape Breton tradition with strong Celtic roots. This talented family continues to wow audiences around the world with captivating vocals, harmonies and extraordinary musicianship. Family entertainment at its highest level
Saturday, July 6, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Winner of both the Polaris Music aprize and a Juno for Indigenous Artist of the Year, Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist and ethnomusicologist from Tobique First Nation in Eastern Canada. Explore pain and beauty in a fusion of experimental pop, rock art, jazzz and neoclasssical music.
Friday, July 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Feeling groovy? Then you’ll all set for a “1960’s Concert on the Hill”. Andy Forgie & The Big Black Smoke take you on a trip from Liverpool to Laurel Canyon! Beatles, Beach Boys, Stones, The Mamas & The Papas and more
Sunday, June 30, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Joing the Celebration! Westben celebrates 25 seasons of music in natue with a hsot of favourite artists alongside the incredible community that has surrounded and nurtured the organization since it first flung wide the Barn Doors on July 1, 2000. Let’s toast together 25 years in the garden with a glass of free bubbly and […]
Sunday, June 23, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A new production of a fully staged musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard based on the short story “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde.
Saturday, June 22, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A new production of a fully staged musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard based on the short story “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde.
Friday, June 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – A new production of a fully staged musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard based on the short story “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde.
Sunday, June 16, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A new production of a fully staged musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard based on the short story “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde.
Saturday, June 15, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A new production of a fully staged musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard based on the short story “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde.
Friday, June 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – A new production of a fully staged musical by Brian Finley & Ken Tizzard based on the short story “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde.
