Events

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!

We see you shiver with antici….pation – and we’re happy to be back with the LITF sing-along! Give yourself over to the absolute pleasure of this cult classic.
It’s astounding – we’ll have a costume parade and prizes…and a few ‘special’ guests.
So jump to the left and step to the right and pick up your tickets at the Astor Theatre during regular box office hours or at the door.
Tickets are $18.
Note: this movie is rated 14+ and has adult themes and content.

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.”

On Sunday November 12th at 2pm, Anne Janelle will be celebrating the release of her fourth album, How Best to See the Light upstairs in our Gorham room. She will be joined by special guest James Hill.

Tickets are $20 and are on sale through Anne’s website: https://www.annejanelle.com/…/anne-janelle-in-liverpool-ns

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!

Join us at 7pm on Sunday 3rd December as the Kiwanis Club of Liverpool returns to the Astor stage for their 92nd Annual Community Concert!

Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students, available online or through the Astor box office (Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm).

**Tickets go on sale Friday 13th October at 11am**

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 nominees 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!

Garrett Mason has been a bluesman since childhood. Raised in Truro, Nova Scotia, and playing his brand of blues all over Canada for over 20 years, Mason is known across the nation as one of, if not the best guitarists in the country. But don’t let the fancy fingers distract you too much; the guy can sing his butt off too. Blending blues, jazz, rock, soul, and country, since going solo some years back, Garrett is truly one of the most unique voices in Nova Scotia’s rich music scene.

Gypsy is THE premiere Fleetwood Mac tribute band. They will take you back in your memory with all the great songs you’ve come to love.

**UPDATED DATE, FEBRUARY 9TH 2024**

Tickets purchased for the original show will be valid for the new date.

Roland Grant is making a stop at the Astor before he jets to LA in March! He found plenty of new fans here when he performed with Ashley MacIsaac back in 2022. For a taste of what to expect, check out this video, filmed at the Astor!

“Grant’s relentless talent brings audiences to awestruck ovations… a breathtaking sight to witness.” Darryl Sterdan, Tinnitist

Guitar virtuoso, composer, and vocalist Roland Grant is garnering renown for a sweeping, dramatic live show that leaves every audience thrilled and entertained. With a unique crossover of rock with flamenco and Latin influences, his performance features a stellar band, and special guests in headline concerts. Recent appearances include opening a 10,500 seat ScotiaBank Centre concert event, opening for Kiefer Sutherland, and sharing the stage with multiplatinum-selling fiddler Ashley MacIsaac.

Roland’s studio releases to date are his debut album Equilibrium (2018) and his purely classical Piano Quintet (2021). As an orchestral composer, Roland’s Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra premiered in 2019 with the composer as soloist. Roland was awarded the prize for Best Tonal Music at the 2017 International Antonín Dvořák Composition Competition held in Prague, Czech Republic, of which he is a two-time finalist.

Roland is officially endorsed by Godin Guitars

Hear Roland speaking with Cathy Truelove and Dale Sewers from QCCR here!

SOUNDS OF CAPE BRETON with HEATHER RANKIN is a musical journey of stories and song from her roots growing up in a musical family in Mabou, sharing her culture internationally with The Rankin Family, to writing her own music and continuing to strengthen her ties to her Gaelic language and heritage.

Heather is best known as a singer, songwriter, actor, and member of the 6X Juno Award winning band The Rankin Family. As a solo artist she has released two albums, A Fine Line (ECMA/Juno Nom.) and Imagine (ECMA Nom.) Her music video for “We Walk As One” (dir. Scott Simpson) was nominated for ECMA’s Fan’s Choice Video of the Year and her music video for “Titanically” (dir. Thom Fitzgerald) was nominated for ECMA and Music Nova Scotia Awards for Video of the Year. She has taken her solo show to venues across the country, including headlining the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, hosting Songwriters’ Circles at ECMA Week and at the Nova Scotia SummerFest, performing with the Cape Breton Orchestra at Celtic Colours, with Symphony NS, and with the Calgary Philharmonic. In February 2020 she brought her music to Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Since 2018 she has also been performing with Nova Scotian powerhouses Bette MacDonald, Lucy MacNeil, and Jenn Sheppard with their show Island Girls: a unique comedic and musical salute to Cape Breton. Heather was nominated for a 2019 ECMA for Fan’s Choice Entertainer of the Year. In 2017 Heather was named a Canada 150 Ambassador and she took part in the Canada C3 Expedition on Leg 2 between Montréal and Baie Comeau, where she co-wrote the song “River of Nations” with Alex Cuba and Andrea Menard. She has recorded and performed with many artists including The Chieftains, Johnny Reid, and Carly Simon. In addition to her live shows, Heather has recently been working with Bell TV On Demand on two different projects which showcase the culture and music traditions of Cape Breton..

Listen to Heather’s interview with Ashley-Rose and Nick on our QCCR radio show Stage & Screen.