Festival Hall Centre for the Performing Arts

Abbamania is the world’s number one production of Abba. This all Canadian cast is from Ontario Canada, has played over 200 shows per year since 1999. They have performed more concerts then Elvis, The Beatles, Madonna and Michael Jackson combined. Abbamania has performed for the past 23 years to sold out concerts, with the London symphony, San Diego symphony, Boston symphony, Vancouver symphony, Denver symphony , the Calgary Symphony and Montreal symphony, to mention a few. The show consists of studio musicians that recreate Abba live in concert. Every song recreated note for note, sound for sound to make this show the most authentic Abba production you will ever hear. They are the only Abba production to perform twice for the cast of Mama Mia. Appearing on the show is Night Fever/ The Bee Gees Special guests, Ian B Garcia form the Broadway Musical “Rain” as Paul McCartney. Angela Seeger as Adele and Amberley Beatty as Shania Hear the hits from “Waterloo, S.O.S to Dancing Queen”. New York Times - “vocally superb, every song note for note, exactly as the original recordings” Rolling stone Magazine –“Abbamania is incredible” Cast of Mama Mia - “Abbamania is ABBA” Globe&Mail - Amazing performance, wow!!

Johnny Cash - Country Music legend is authentically recreated by international award winning tribute artist Paul Anthony and his boom-chicka-boom Tennessee Three CASH Show Band! bringing the Man in Black's biggest hits to life such as Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line, and Ring of Fire. The Stories, The Music of America's beloved Country Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame icon makes this show a not to be missed event!! The Authentic Sounds of Johnny Cash re-created by Paul Anthony and his Tennessee 3 Show Band. June will be there too!

Cold Nights & Warm Hearts Special Guests Soulstice5+ Show Your Symphony Some Love!

Cracking up the Capital Comedy Festival Returns with six legends!! All I support of Carefor. Acts include your host David Brennan with Big Daddy Tazz, Kyle Brownrigg, Lisa Baker, Derek Seguin and Fiona O'Brien.

Crackin up the Capital Comedy Festival in support of Carefor is excited to announce that Mary Walsh will be joining us in Pembroke! All details at crackup.ca Tickets will sell out quickly!

The Rolling Stones Tribute and the U.K. Invasion Tribute bands team up for this double-header performance! Reproducing the greatest hits of some U.K. legends followed by an absolutely incredible note-for-note recreation of The Rolling Stones most iconic live performances!

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.

With a focus on Neil's younger days, 'After The Gold Rush' brings the closest sonic and visual performance to the real experience available. It’s all there...the voice, the sound, the songs and the sights.

In theatre settings, an 'After The Gold Rush' show includes awesome 3D visual elements bringing to life the psychedelia of the early 1970's west coast epoch. A virtual musical walk through of a very important time in popular music that should not be missed!

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 1ST 2023.

Pianist Frederic Lacroix returns to play Beethoven

Tickets On Sale November 25th!

Canada's stand-out amongst ‘stand-ups', award-winning comedian RON JAMES has been selling out theatres for over 20 years with his marathon, side-splitting performances. Marshalling a comedian's eye for satire and a writer's ear for language, Ron takes his audience on a breath-taking, non-stop roller coaster ride, cutting a wide swath through contemporary culture with a razor-sharp wit, uncompromising standard and unique, poetically honed delivery.

"Utterly Brilliant" - Ottawa Sun; "a man of a million words and a million laughs ... genius" - Globe & Mail; "a unique brand of funny all his own" - Winnipeg Free Press; "fits of helpless laughter" - Halifax Chronicle 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; "a wheezing, snorting, chortling, gasping night of hilarity" - Edmonton Sun; "fast, funny and smart" - Montreal Gazette; "simply the best" - Toronto Sun; "thunderous standing ovation" - Saskatoon Star Phoenix.

Along with five seasons starring in his own series, "The Ron James Show", his record breaking nine critically acclaimed one-hour comedy specials fast became a New Year's Eve viewing tradition for millions of Canadians. Not to be sidelined by the pandemic, he capitalized on lockdown after lockdown and wrote his first book, ‘All Over the Map: Rambles and Ruminations from the Canadian Road', released by publishing giant Penguin-Random House, September 28th. With the light looking brighter every day at the end of the tunnel, Canada's #1 road warrior is back where he belongs: live onstage delivering laughs face to face to audiences sitting shoulder to shoulder, coast to coast clear cross the Big Wide Open!

Reserved seating tickets for Ron James - Back Where I Belong are $62.00 plus HST and ticketing convenience fee), go on sale Friday, Nov. 25 at noon and are available from the box office listed below.

Showtime is 7:30pm. Festival Hall Centre for the Arts - Box Office: 613 735-2182 or online www.festhall.ca

For more info, pics & comedy clips check out www.ronjames.ca​​​​​​ or www.shantero.com

Tributes to Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Motown, & Elvis Presley

"Legends Show" brings you some of North America's most exciting performers live on stage. Accompanied by the “Rockin’ Royals Band”, this show will feature the most incredible Tributes to Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Elvis Presley, and Motown.

Performing as Roy Orbison, Jesse Aron, who hails from the State of Wisconsin, is recognized as one of USA’s top Roy Orbison Tribute performers. With his effortless voice and uncanny resemblance to Roy, Jesse will take you back in time with such hits as ‘Crying’, ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘Only The Lonely’, ‘Running Scared’, and many more of your favourites.

Canada’s Tribute Queen, Amberley Beatty, returns to the stage with her truly remarkable Tribute to American Pop Singing Icon, Connie Francis. Idolized by millions of fans around the world, Francis is best known for her hits such as ’Where the Boys Are’, ‘Who's Sorry Now’, ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’, ‘Stupid Cupid’, Lipstick on Your Collar’.

The stars of "Motown Soul", Cathy and Marlene known as The Tonettes, have been blessed with power, sensitivity, and vocal energy. This sensational trio will be performing a variety of songs from the music of Diana Ross and The Supremes, Aretha Franklin and many others. A performance not to be missed.

Pete Paquette is a World-class Elvis Tribute Artist and highly regarded as one of the top Elvis performers in the business today. Known for captivating his audiences through his incredible voice, high energy, charisma, and playful spontaneity with his audiences, this multi-award winning performer will leave you wanting more.

Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=granK9A4fxg

Canada's premier Heart Tribute - Just Heart - and DIXIE CHICKS Tribute Band! Mother's Day Concert. Come rock it out with the ladies! Starring Rick Wharton as "Earl" (: