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Trying to describe Moulettes is a lot harder than loving their music is. Often compared to artists as diverse as Pink Floyd and Kate Bush, this group continues to push the boundaries of acoustic, and sometimes electric contemporary songwriting and instrumentation. What is consistent in every recording they have made is a combination of lush, catchy melodies, ethereal lyrics and a unique sound that blends folk and pop with strings. On this Canadian tour, Moulettes will be heavily featuring strings from their current project, Xenolalia. This show is guaranteed to turn heads and win over audiences.
We love presenting new acts to our audience, and are thrilled that Moulettes, from the UK, have chosen to include the Astor in their Canada tour!
Come see The Knitting Pilgrim at The Astor Theatre, Thursday October 19th, 7:30pm
Actor, writer and knitter Kirk Dunn will be presenting his multidisciplinary one-man show, The Knitting Pilgrim, featuring the Stitched Glass tapestries, at The Astor Theatre, Thursday October 19th, 7:30pm. The show, which theatre critic Lynn Slotkin called “a stunning piece of theatre… glorious and so moving,” combines personal storytelling, image projection and three huge knitted panels, designed in the style of stained-glass windows, that look at the commonalities and conflicts of the Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It recounts Kirk’s 15-year artistic and spiritual journey handknitting the ambitious project, and looks at why the faiths struggle to get along today, the meaning of art, the hell of grant-writing and the power of love to overcome major obstacles (and minor mishaps). The show premiered at the Aga Khan Museum in 2019, and has been performed over 55 times across Ontario to acclaim, with a tour in Austria and Germany in the summer of 2023.
The 9th Liverpool International Ukulele Ceilidh returns to the Astor for their concert – A Night to Remember!
Hear Juno award winner Melanie Doane, Order of Canada member Chalmers Doane, Canadian Folk Music Award Winners James Hill and Anne Janelle, joined by family and friends, as they lead the humble ukulele on a whirlwind dance with cello, percussion and bass creating melodies and harmonies of pure music, stirring emotion and unrivaled beauty – musical virtuosity at its finest!
Chantal Kreviazuk, a two-time JUNO Award winner and Raine Maida — a four-time winner with Our Lady Peace — are one of Canada’s most influential cultural couples.
Kreviazuk made her critically acclaimed full-length debut, Under These Rocks and Stones, in 1997. Since then, the Winnipeg born singer-songwriter has released five more studio albums, and garnered five JUNO Award nominations. Maida has forged a dynamic career as a solo artist and the front man for the band Our Lady Peace, 25-time JUNO Award nominees, including winners for Rock Album of the Year in 2003 (Gravity) and 1998 (Clumsy).
The pair has also co-written countless hits for artists such as Kelly Clarkson, David Cook and Carrie Underwood.
While Kreviazuk and Maida are quick to lend their time to the studio and stage, they are equally committed to lending their help to those in need — both in Canada and internationally. In March, the couple received the 2014 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award that recognizing outstanding Canadian artists whose contributions have positively enhanced the social fabric of Canada.
“Not only am I able to express myself, and be able to play music for others and be creative for a living in life, but I can go to the next level and be a part of true greatness — the process of another human being’s healing, possibly playing even a small role in improving the quality of life of another,” Kreviazuk said.
War Child Canada is one of the many organizations the married couple has embraced. Kreviazuk is an honourary founder and active in various causes including women’s rights, war refugees and child education. Maida launched War Child’s Busking for Change program, in which Canadian musicians have raised money for children in the world’s most devastated regions, supporting initiatives such as the construction of schools in the Congo. Additionally the couple has recorded contributions for multiple benefit albums for War Child.
“I was first drawn to music because of the inherent ‘hope’ it provided me,” Maida said. “Social activism carries that same promise and the two together have shaped and taught me more than I could ever repay.”
With twenty-five years spent barrelling down endless strips of asphalt from coast to coast, RON JAMES, our nation’s number one road warrior and newly minted senior citizen, is ‘Not Nearly Done Yet’! With his trademark poetically charged alliterative rants, performed with razor sharp timing, this award-winning comedian and best-selling author takes audiences on a marathon roller coaster ride in the language of laughs, charting a course through a politically polarized world out of whack. From the micro to macro, he tackles everything from the dating woes of Baby Boomers, embattled public health care, aging parents, food fads, exercise addiction, nostalgia, information overload, tropical vacations gone awry, New Age divas, homelessness crisis, climate change, corporate monopolies and gambling ads in hockey, to the rise of AI’s robot revolution. The comedian the Globe and Mail called, ‘a man of a million words and a million laughs’, contemplates what really matters most in a culture beset by runaway consumption… and it is us. The preservation of humanity’s humanity. ‘Everything else is just a spoiler on a Dodge Neon’.
“Utterly Brilliant” – Ottawa Sun
“fits of helpless laughter” – Halifax Herald
“hysterically funny … at the top of his game” – Toronto Star
“gut-busting, knee-slapping funny” – Ottawa Citizen
“funniest man in Canada” – Victoria Times-Colonist
“thunderous standing ovation” – Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Over eighty years since the public first embraced the successful Glenn Miller Sound, both the legend and the music live on! The most popular and sought after big band in the world today, with its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring worldwide ever since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year around the globe to millions of fans.
Now, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is visiting the Astor Theatre for the first time! They will perform a Sunday afternoon matinee at 2:30pm and an evening concert at 7:30pm.
“A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.” – Glenn Miller
Over eighty years since the public first embraced the successful Glenn Miller Sound, both the legend and the music live on! The most popular and sought after big band in the world today, with its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring worldwide ever since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year around the globe to millions of fans.
Now, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is visiting the Astor Theatre for the first time! They will perform a Sunday afternoon matinee at 2:30pm and an evening concert at 7:30pm.
“A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.” – Glenn Miller
For years, Maureen, Karen and Teresa have been captivating audiences with their highly woven sibling harmonies and endearing humour. With a mix of original songs, holiday classics, humorous recitations and a little Irish step-dancing, the evening is sure to ignite your holiday spirit. Don’t miss the chance to delight in a Christmas tradition, cherished by so many!
A Juno Award, multiple ECMAs, Music Newfoundland & Labrador awards and a SOCAN for top grossing Canadian country song – along with endless accolades from fans and critics alike – tangible proof that they’ve tapped into something universal, beyond the notes on the page.
Flavoured by Celtic and traditional Newfoundland influences, Maureen, Karen and Teresa are known for their captivating sibling harmonies and their powerful, often humourous, storytelling.
A Christmas Spectacular at the Astor, Directed and Produced by Cynthia Black, Friends Productions.
A Spectacle to delight all of your senses magically and musically…..we invite you to find your Christmas finery and join our fabulous cast of musicians from near and far as we usher in the season with joy and anticipation!
A Christmas Spectacular at the Astor, Directed and Produced by Cynthia Black, Friends Productions.
A Spectacle to delight all of your senses magically and musically…..we invite you to find your Christmas finery and join our fabulous cast of musicians from near and far as we usher in the season with joy and anticipation!
A Christmas Spectacular at the Astor, Directed and Produced by Cynthia Black, Friends Productions.
A Spectacle to delight all of your senses magically and musically…..we invite you to find your Christmas finery and join our fabulous cast of musicians from near and far as we usher in the season with joy and anticipation!
After fifteen glorious years, Bette MacDonald’s Tis The Season is changing things up. Bette MacDonald and Maynard Morrison return in Christmas in Cape Breton with Jordan Musycsyn and Juno and ECMA award winners Wendy MacIsaac (Beolach) and Mac Morin (formerly Natalie MacMaster).
This show will deliver two jam packed hours of belly laughs, lively tunes and songs that take you back to Christmases past! For many, it has become the official kick off to the holidays and for the cast, this is, without a doubt, the party of the season!
