Events
We’ve been hearing a lot about Joe H Henry for a few years now, and having seen him at a showcase recently, we can confirm the hype is all true! We are thrilled to finally be able to welcome him to the Astor stage! With a voice ‘as powerful as a freight train’ Indigenous Singer-Songwriter Joe H Henry bellows the flames of gritty Americana Roots with a whole lot of Soul. Known for his thoughtful lyrics, signature storytelling, and innate ability to connect with audiences from all walks of life; Henry’s well of inspiration runs deep with experiences.
Football Sunday! Join us at The Astor for a Premier League game live-streamed on the big screen!
Tottenham Hotspur VS Manchester United Kick-Off @ 12:30 pm
This is a FREE event! Come on out, cheer on your favourite team, and come hungry for delicious Astor popcorn. Fun for all ages!
Fire and Ice
Children will be dazzled and entertained as they interact with our Mad Scientists! Foggy dry ice storms, bubbling volcanoes and even a special Mad Science “burp” potion will amaze children as they learn about air pressure and the states of matter. Explore solids, liquids and gases, energy, and investigate the differences between physical and chemical reactions!!
Spin, Pop, Boom
Are you ready for some fun science? Our Special Event, “Spin, Pop, Boom” is all about awesome experiments! You will witness amazing feats of chemistry as we explore all sorts of spectacular reactions. You will marvel at our demonstrations as we investigate the clues of chemical reactions and spew massive columns of foam with the use of our catalysts! So, get ready to be amazed while you learn, because at Mad Science, all education is entertaining!
Do you like to sing? Come on out to The Astor on February 22nd and bring your friends to sing along to your favourite songs! With Valentine’s Day around the corner, this edition of Astor Sing-Along will be love song-themed and hosted by none other than the incredible Nicole Whynot. This is a FREE all-ages event! Our concessions and bar will be open!
Football Sunday! Join us at The Astor for a Premier League game live-streamed on the big screen!
Newcastle United VS Nottingham Forest Kick-Off @ 10 am
This is a FREE event! Come on out, cheer on your favourite team, and come hungry for delicious Astor popcorn. Fun for all ages!
Football Sunday! Join us at The Astor for a Premier League game live-streamed on the big screen!
Manchester City VS Liverpool Kick-Off @ 12:30 pm
This is a FREE event! Come on out, cheer on your favourite team, and come hungry for delicious Astor popcorn. Fun for all ages!
Appearing on The Astor stage for the first time, we are eager to welcome Aerialists!
This Canadian prog-trad quintet alchemizes Scottish, Irish, and Nordic folk traditions and post rock influences into a sound with striking clarity. It’s ethereal yet precise, technical yet visceral. Aerialists emerged from the new acoustic scene at Berklee College of Music nearly a decade ago, born from the creative affinity between harpist Màiri Chaimbeul, fiddler Elise Boeur, and guitarist Adam Iredale-Gray. Now with three albums, a JUNO nomination, and a Canadian Folk Music Award under their belt, Aerialists have staked their claim on the leading edge of the neo-folk world.
Appearing at The Astor for the first time, we are thrilled to be presenting Aysanabee to our audience.
Join two-time JUNO Award-winning Oji-Cree artist Aysanabee (Ace-in-abbey) on his first-ever Canadian headlining tour, Now and Then. After supporting Allison Russell and Dan Mangan on tour and performing at global festivals, Aysanabee now takes center stage to share his music (including hit singles “Nomads” and “Somebody Else”) and storytelling.
The alternative indie artist, of Sucker Clan from the Sandy Lake First Nation, a remote fly-in community in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, now calls Toronto home. He began making music under his mother’s maiden name, creating work that reflects his personal journey. In March 2024, he became the first Indigenous artist to win JUNO Awards for Alternative Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for his EP Here and Now (Oct 2023). His debut album, Watin (Nov 2022), named after his grandfather, combined music and journalism with artistry and expression and was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.
Since 2021, he has performed over 300 shows across Canada and globally, including recent appearances at Reeperbahn (DE), The Great Escape (UK), SXSW Sydney (AUS), Tallinn Music Week (ES), and AmericanaFestUK (GB).
“Loaded Dice” is Atlantic Canada’s Premiere Tribute To Classic Rock! A must-see high energy super-entertaining show featuring the very best “Billboard Top 10 and Canadian classic rock hits of all time.” Their dynamic show delivers a memorable evening of non-stop and carefully selected musical gems! Loaded Dice has been a supporting act at marquee events for: Nazareth, Kim Mitchell, Platinum Blonde, Trooper, Honeymoon Suite, Harlequin and other acclaimed national recording artists.
Almost 3 years since ABBA Revisited was at the Astor, and people are still talking about it. Don’t delay, as this one is sure to sell fast!
ABBA Revisited is North America’s #1 tribute to ABBA and its members have been dazzling audiences across the globe since the year 2001.
ABBA REVISITED recreates the magic of ABBA with authentic costumes, spectacular harmonies and note-perfect musicianship taking their audience on a musical journey back in time. From Vegas to Bermuda, Mexico to Dubai, and Guatemala, ABBA Revisited recreated the show-stopping look and sound that ABBA fans around the world can’t deny!
This show is a MUST SEE!!!
| Jon Mullane is an award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter/performer who has gained international acclaim and success with his music. Having released five successful full-length albums, Jon has attained several top 40 Billboard-charting radio singles in Canada, and his song My New American Girl broke into the top 40 at #32 on the Hot AC Billboard Chart in the US. His songs have been featured in numerous television shows, commercials and sporting events, including his hit single, Make You Move, on NBC promoting the Beijing Olympics. Jon is a dynamic performer, whose songs instantly connect with audiences in any concert setting, large and small. |
After the show they put on here in March 2024, we are more than happy to welcome Kevin Kane and Bryan Potvin back to The Astor!
If you are a fan of Canadian music from the 80s and 90s, chances are you’re familiar with The Grapes of Wrath and The Northern Pikes. These recording artists have accrued 1 Juno Award, 5 Juno Award Nominations and several gold and platinum album awards, respectively.
This duo show features Northern Pikes and Grapes of Wrath hits She Ain’t Pretty, Hopes Go Astray, Dream Away, Kiss Me You Fool, All The Things I Wasn’t, Backward Town, Peace Of Mind, O Lucky Man, along with songs from the acclaimed “Kane & Potvin” album release.
The Songs of James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne & Carole King…all in one unforgettable night!
Award-winning Hamilton ON singer-songwriter Jacob Moon brings you a dynamic 5-piece ensemble of incredible singers and musicians paying homage to some of the most influential artists of our lifetime.
You’ll hear non stop hits like Fire and Rain, Running on Empty, Big Yellow Taxi and You’ve Got a Friend and more! Kids, bring your parents! Parents, show your kids the soundtrack of our lives.
Join Yuk Yuks for the Queens County Transit Fundraising event presented by the Queens General Hospital Foundation for an evening of laughter, all for a wonderful cause!
Starring:
François Weber
Andrew Evans
Ian Black
François Weber
Award-winning stand-up comedian François Weber has appeared on CBC’s The Debaters and Laugh Out Loud and at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival, The Halifax Comedy Fest, The Hubcap Comedy Festival, and The LOL Comedy Festival in Sudbury, Ontario. His energetic story telling style strikes a chord with young and old, clubs and conventions.
Andrew Evans
Shortly after moving to Toronto from Dartmouth in late 2001, Andrew made an appearance on Open Mic with Mike Bullard. After winning the Laugh Resort’s funniest person with a day job competition in Toronto, Andrew was invited to perform at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. He has since performed at the Halifax Comedy Fest, on Much Music’s hit show, Video on Trial and has his own half hour special that aired nationally on CTV and the Comedy Network. Andrew’s sharp and often biting observations will have you laughing at him, at yourself and at the world around you.
Ian Black
Originally from the west coast, Ian Black went against the traffic and moved east to Halifax, where he fell in with the wrong crowd and was pressured into trying standup. Since then, he has been voted Halifax’s Funniest, reached the semi-finals in SiriusXM’s nation-wide Top Comic competition, appeared twice at CBCTV’s Halifax Comedy Fest, and broadcast on CBC radio’s LOL. From theatres and clubs to retirement home dining rooms and boardwalk bandshells, Ian is a favourite across the Maritimes and has opened for such varied acts as Bob Saget, Tig Notaro, and Doug Stanhope
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“Shania Twin” is a spectacular look-a-like sound-a-like tribute show that is endorsed by Shania Twain, and performed by Canadian born Las Vegas entertainer Donna Huber. Shania Twain declared on live television,” She’s the best tribute out there anywhere.”
A powerful and super-entertaining concert that has thrilled & captivated audiences across North America and beyond. A truly authentic and accurate recreation of the music & mystique of this country music icon.
This show has entertained people all over the world! Including concerts in Dubai, China, Japan, Germany, England, and across North America. Also opening for renowned recording artists; The Dixie Chicks, Beverly Mahood, Chubby Checker, Jason McCoy, Paul Brandt, Trace Atkins, along with being the chosen artist in residence at Planet Hollywood for four consecutive years.
This concert experience is guaranteed to be a memorable and timeless evening, for all ages. Enjoy all of Shania’s biggest hits in one incredible show. Like Shania in the flesh. “Shania Twin” is a must-see show!
| Old Man Luedecke is the recording name of two time JUNO award winning and Polaris prize nominated singer songwriter Chris Luedecke. A multiple East Coast Music Award winner known for his high energy banjo driven stompers, touching guitar ballads and dry humorous stories, Luedecke has been making a soundtrack to an authentic life for nearly twenty years.Born in Toronto and long time resident of the country near Chester Nova Scotia, Luedecke began recording in the early 2000’s DIY folk scene of Halifax. He made his two JUNO winning albums for Black Hen Music in the late 00s with Steve Dawson as producer at Vancouver’s famed Factory studio. While on a tour of England in 2009, he met and supported folk roots legend Tim O’Brien who produced Luedecke’s next two albums. Tender is the Night was recorded at John’s Prine’s Butcher Shoppe Studio in Nashville in 2012 and 2015’s Domestic Eccentric was recorded in a cabin Luedecke built himself at his home in NS. 2019 saw Luedecke recording Easy Money at both the Banff Centre in Alberta and at Hotel2Tango in Montreal.Songs like “I Quit My Job” at the beginning of his career and “The Early Days” at the beginning of his family and dozens of other fan favourites trace a warm line of effort, sadness and joy and provide a soundtrack to many peoples’ own progress through adulthood, touching a rare place of truth and charm in the holiness of the mundane. His performing style with his easy going humour and storytelling creates a rare space of hopeful and intimate magic.Luedecke has kept up many worldwide concert appearances, playing in Europe and around Canada and the USA and six trips to Australia, including a memorable tour where his whole young family travelled with him around rural Queensland for the Festival of Small Halls.In May 2022 Luedecke was awarded an honorary doctorate from King’s University in Halifax for his cultural contributions. |
Neil Young is one of the most recognizable and enduring figures in modern music history. The combination of his totally unique voice, his deeply personal lyrics along with the wide range of instrumentation that he employs in creating his music makes for one of the most distinctive and compelling sounds in the world of popular music.
The ‘After The Gold Rush’ Canada’s Premiere Neil Young tribute show includes compelling 3D visual elements that bring to life the psychedelia of the early 1970’s. A virtual musical walk through of a very important time in popular music, that should not be missed!
After The Gold Rush’ is fronted by Andrew Sansone, who with more than 20 years as a professional musician and playing multiple
Instruments, provides audiences of all ages the dynamic and emotional musical experience that you would expect from Neil Young himself. His band members are all professional musicians that have performed 1000’s of shows at festivals, theatres and casinos.
VaughnCo Entertainment is proud to present “Rumours” The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac tribute show based in Los Angeles, California. The group recreates the legendary band in its youthful heyday from 1975-1979. “It’s been said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I say THANK YOU!”- Richard Dashut Record Producer – Fleetwood Mac albums including Rumours, Tusk, Live, Mirage,
Tango In The Night, and Time.
After finding huge success in Los Angeles, selling out their regular Roxy Theatre
performances month after month, the band moved from the world famous Sunset Strip to Casinos, Theatres, and clubs all over Canada and the United States.
Rumours has meticulously put together a show that spares no detail. From period accurate equipment and costumes to spot on characterizations and musical performances, “Rumours” takes you back to a time when music was still an unbridled cultural experience, and bands weren’t afraid to put on a show.
Relive the rock and roll magic with “Rumours” The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show!
| David James and Big River are often described as one of the most authentic Outlaw Country tribute shows, touring today.
From the way James holds his guitar to the way he interacts with audiences, these legendary musicians come to life again when James steps to the mic and says, “Hello – I’m almost Johnny Cash.” or plays that classic leather-bound telecaster guitar like Waylon. The extensive catalogue of songs from Cash, such as Folson Prison, Boy Named Sue and Ring of Fire and Waylon’s mega hits like Luckenbach Texas, Good Hearted Woman and Mammas Don’t Let Your Baby’s Grow Up To Be Cowboys, attract audiences young and old alike to relive the music of these internationally acclaimed country music icons. A concert event not to be missed that leaves a lasting impression and rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. |
