Experience SASKATOON
September/October 2018 Event Guide
September and October are filled to the brim with the best music, theatre, and festivals! You are spoiled for choice at any point over the next two months – Persephone Theatre and it’s engaging performances, the Broadway Theatre with a vast array of live music you can’t miss, and three weekends to get out to Black Fox Farm and Distillery’s Pumpkin Festival! A very special welcome to delegates and participants attending Interpride World Conference and AGM October 4 - 7, and the International Indigenous Tourism Conference October 30 - 31, both taking place on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis, in Saskatoon.
September EVENTS SUNDAY
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REMAI MODERN EXHIBITS ON NOW: Pablo Picasso, Process and Poetry
Upcoming Pumpkin Festival Dates
Oliver Husain, Roving
Black Fox Farm & Distillery Sept 15-16 Sept 22-23 Sept 29-30
Echoes Lost and Found
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Broadway Avenue
YXEats
Various restaurants in Riversdale Sept 5-9
15 Photo credit: Chris Hendrickson Photography
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14 Broadway Theatre
Persephone Theatre (BackStage Stage) Sept 12-23
The Proclaimers Dakota Dunes Casino
Photo courtesy of: SaskExpo
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Mom’s the Word: Nest ½ Empty Persephone Theatre Sept 19-Oct 3
Broadway Avenue
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25 An Evening with Terry Bozzio Broadway Theatre
Photo credit: Patrick Covello
Mini Fridge Dinner Theatre: Last of the Red Hot Lovers German Cultural Centre Sept 19-28
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Prairieland Park Sept 15-16 TCU Place
Metallica
SaskTel Centre
22 Royal Canoe with special guest Begonia
21 Keith Urban
The Word on the Street Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo
Greatest Albums Live
Great Lake Swimmers
The Aliens
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Broadway Street Fair
SaskTel Centre
Karrnnel Double Album Release Broadway Theatre
Premier Showcase TCU Place Sept 21-22
28 Leeroy Stagger Emmanuel Church
Emmanuel Church
Fred Eaglesmith Broadway Theatre
SSO Master Series 1: Rachmaninoff Romance TCU Place
29 Kalle Matson
Emmanuel Church
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Broadway, Downtown and Riversdale
October EVENTS SUNDAY
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4 Interpride World Conference & AGM TCU Place Oct 4-7
Shooter Jennings Broadway Theatre
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Crash Test Dummies
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17 Kamloopa Persephone Theatre
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Nitro Circus: You Got This
Stop Podcasting Yourself Live
Queer Songbook Orchestra
Jonathan Richman feat. Tommy Larkins
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SaskTel Centre
Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre
The Roxy Theatre
Christmas Craft Fair Western Development Museum Oct 12-13
The Barn Playhouse Oct 10-14
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Emmanuel Church
Prairie Trio: An Evening of Sight, Sound, and Taste
Broadway Theatre
SATURDAY
The Weather Station
Broadway Theatre
Colin Linden
FRIDAY
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20 They Might Be Giants
(The BackStage Stage) Oct 17-28
Broadway Theatre
Murray Mclauchlan
David James and Big River
Broadway Theatre
TCU Place
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23 CBC Radio presents: The Debaters with Steve Patterson
24 Jill Barber
Broadway Theatre
Jim Cuddy Trio with Special Guests Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre
The Thin Man
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Rock the Country
Celtic Thunder: X Tour
Matt “The Ginger Ninja” Gore
Broadway Theatre
TCU Place
Broadway Theatre
Persephone Theatre Oct 24-Nov 7
Town 30 Boo Western Development
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SSO Pops Series with Jeffrey Straker
Broadway Theatre
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Museum
John Mellencamp SaskTel Centre
International Indigenous Tourism Conference TCU Place Oct 30-31
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Christmas Parties
Stags
Wedding Celebrations
Birthdays
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The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition
Premier showcase
TCU Place | Sid Buckwold Theatre | November 18 | 7:30pm For tickets visit: tcuplace.com, tcutickets.ca or canadasballetjorgen.ca
Sample fine wines, spirits and cuisine at Premier Showcase September 21 and 22, presented by Saskatoon Co-op Wine, Spirits, Beer. At the show, check out the Co-op Specialty Whisky Bar, vote for Saskatoon’s Best Hennessy Cognac cocktail, and enjoy live music by Maurice Drouin and Graham Dyck. On September 21 at 5:30 pm, check out a seminar by Beam Suntory’s “World Whiskey Debate” hosted by three global experts in their field. On September 22 at 5:30 pm, learn everything there is to know about Hennessy Cognac at Charton-Hobbs’ Creative Cocktails Seminar. Advance tickets for Premier Showcase just $30. Pre-show seminars are $65 and include entrance to the show. Kick off Premier week with Wine Makers Dinner Thursday Sept 20th at the Saskatoon Club.
Canada’s Ballet Jörgen dances through the magnificent landscapes of Canada with stunning painted backdrops that highlight masterpieces by world-renowned Canadian landscape painters the Group of Seven. Join Klara on her magical dream-journey as she experiences a Canadian winter filled with enchanted snowflakes, lumberjacks, Mounties, and various creatures of the forest in this timeless holiday classic! Canada’s Ballet Jörgen is a classical ballet company that aims to make ballet accessible and relevant to 21st century audiences. It is Canada’s premier touring Ballet company and it is their mission to bring the art of dance to people in every province every year with performances, education and community events.
Get tickets for Premier Showcase, Pre-Show Seminars and other events at: TCU Place Box Office | 306-975-7799 | tcutickets.ca
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