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12 Upcoming Performances @ Rotary Performing Arts Centre
Upcoming Performances
Yuk Yuk’s
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Friday, January 27 | Doors 7 pm, Show 7:30 pm | $22.08 in advance Headliner - Todd Ness
Todd has quickly become one of the top stand up comedians in Canada. His ability to deliver smart, funny and original material earned him a prestigious spot on Canada’s largest comedy radio program, CBC’s Laugh Out Loud. He is also the winner of Yuk Yuk’s 2014 funniest comedian competition which featured a starting roster of over 100 comedians.
MC Steve Taddy
Steve’s carefully crafted jokes take an eccentric world view, examining a variety of topics from family life and animals, to a deep disdain of pseudoscience. Steve’s comedy challenges the audience to question why the world is how it is, and how it’s possible he’s managed to have a successful marriage.
Featuring Bryan Moxon
Bryan is a comedian who started touring across Western Canada shortly after beginning his comedic quest. You may recognize him from the short film entitled ‘Berlin Castro’ which premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival in 2020.
Cassie & Maggie
Thursday, February 9 | Doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm | $32.61 in advance Nova Scotian sisters Cassie and Maggie have been lighting up the world with their unique blend of traditional and contemporary Celtic instrumentals and vocals. Appearing on stages across North America, the UK, and Europe the sisters have enchanted audiences far and wide with lively fiddle, piano and guitar arrangements, stunning sibling vocal harmonies in both English and Gaelic, all complemented by their intricate and percussive step dancing style.
Upcoming Performances
A Musical Tribute to Elton John
With Rob Skeet as Cyril Tenjohn and featuring the Husky Tower Band Friday, March 3 | Doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm $32.61 in advance This Vegas-style show has been selling out venues for over 4 years. Join Rob and the band as they take you on a 50+ year musical journey of Elton John’s greatest hits as well as some deep tracks you may not have heard. All the glasses, all the costumes, ALL the feathers! Rob’s voice, energy and storytelling will transcend you back in time to experience Elton at the height of his career. Photo Credit: Mackenzie Jefferies
Dave Gunning with JP Cormier
Wednesday, March 15 | Doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm $32.61 in advance Two of Canada’s greatest roots singer-songwriters have finally done what everybody’s wanted — heck, what they’ve wanted — for years. Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier are releasing their first album together, called Two. Great friends, frequent collaborators, co-writers and touring partners, the pair has been talking about this album since pretty much the day they met. Now it’s here, and it’s everything fans hoped and dreamed it would be.
The album is called Two because that’s what it is, just the two of them. Two is as real as it gets. Two songwriters, interpreters, guitar players, and singers at their peak. It’s the power of the song, the highest quality from the past to the now. It’s two friends, brothers, uncompromising performers, making the album of their lives. There couldn’t be a better time to discover Gunning & Cormier, and the power of two.
Upcoming Performances
Roots & Blues Weekend
$53.67 for both shows (in advance only)
David Vest
Friday, April 21 | Doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm $32.61 in advance They don’t make them as real as David Vest anymore. Long revered as one of the great boogie-woogie piano players, he’s the son of an Alabama sharecropper, but he’s also a Fulbright Scholar and award-winning poet. He grew up in genuine juke joints and tells amazing stories that really bring the blues to life. Along the way, he played with many blues greats, from Big Joe Turner to Jimmy T99 Nelson. A six-time winner of Canada’s Maple Blues Award for piano player of the year, he’s the living embodiment of that classic Fats Domino line: “Clap your hands and stomp your feet, you got to move when you hear that beat.” A songwriter of the year nominee, Vest has had his tunes recorded by artists ranging from Downchild to Tammy Wynette.
John Rutherford
Saturday, April 22 | Doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm $32.61 in advance Songwriter, storyteller and blues guitarist, John Rutherford has a long running association with the Okotoks music and arts community contributing to the programming and artistic direction of the RPAC season’s annual Roots & Blues series. With the arrival of a new recording it seems appropriate to launch the long awaited project as part of the 2022/2023 Roots & Blues weekend in Okotoks. Rutherford is an award winning blues guitarist with a studied interest in the history and culture of the music he has been immersed in most of his life. His new writing and recording explores his great passion for the people, the artists, the records and the places where the music lives and breathes. Join us to celebrate the release of John’s new work.
Upcoming Theatre
Dewdney Players presents: One Act Plays
March 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 & April 1 | Doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm General $22.08 in advance Senior $16.82 in advance A One Act Play is a play that has only one act, instead of several acts, but may consist of one or more scenes. The origin of the one act play may be traced to the very beginning of drama: in ancient Greece, Cyclops, a satyr play by Euripides, is an early example.
Dewdney Players presents: TBA
May 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 | Doors 7 pm, show 7:30 pm General $22.08 in advance Senior $16.82 in advance
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