DIVERSIONS
CONCERTS/EVENTS
Close Talker: Dec. 19 at Broadway Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets $25; available at 306-652-6556, broadwaytheatre.ca.
Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra:
With Quinn Greene and Tatrina Tai, Saturday at Broadway Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $15 to $30; available at 306-652-6556, broadwaytheatre.ca.
Fireside Singers: Christmas Memories: Featuring soprano Danika Loren, Saturday and Sunday at TCU Place at 7:30 p.m. With pre-show dinners at 5:30 p.m. each night. Tickets $44, dinner $29.95; available at 306975-7799, tcutickets.ca.
Live at The Bassment: Piano Friday: Don Griffith, Friday at
4:30 p.m. No cover. Nigel Mack Big Blues Attack, Friday at 9 p.m. $24 to $29. Karrnnel and Friends, Saturday at 8 p.m. $22 to $27. Boxing Day Square Dance with fiddler J.J. Guy, Dec. 26 at 7:30 p.m. $15 to $20. Tickets available at thebassment.ca or at the door.
The Bridge City Brass Band and Grace-westminster United Church Choir: Sunday at Grace-westminster United Church, 505 10th St. E., at 2:30 p.m. Admission by silver collection or a non-perishable food donation to the Saskatoon Food Bank.
New Year’s Eve Countdown to 2020: Music by Thursday Night Special, Dec. 31 at Nutana Legion, 3021 Louse. St., at 7 p.m. Tickets $40; available at 306-374-6303 until Tuesday, or showpass.com until Dec. 27. Information on Facebook.
Glow Gardens: The indoor holiday lights festival runs to Dec. 28 at Prairieland Park. Tickets $14.99 to $22.99; available at glowgardens.com.
BHP Enchanted Forest: The holiday light tour features a new light display, Starry Starry Nights, to Jan. 6 at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park, 5:30 to 10 p.m. With a Light Walk Jan. 4, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Admission $5/person or $20/ family for light walk, $10/person at the gate or $30 or $35 car passes at any Saskatoon Shoppers Drug Mart or Co-op. Information at enchanted-forest.org.
Eaton’s Once Upon a Christmas Exhibit: The holiday display runs to Jan. 12 at the Western Development Museum, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular admission applies. Information at wdm.ca, 306-931-1910.
DRAMA
Elf: The Musical: Based on the New Line Cinema film. The tale of Buddy the Elf, a human raised as an elf at the North Pole, who journeys to New York in search of his birth father. Runs to Jan. 5 at Persephone Theatre. Tickets $16 to $56; available at 306-3847727, persephonetheatre.org.
The Rise of Soapswalker: The Saskatoon Soaps present an improvised Star Wars spectacular. Friday at Broadway Theatre at
9:30 p.m. Tickets $10 to $12; available at 306-652-6556, broadwaytheatre.ca. Half the proceeds will go to the Saskatoon Food Bank.
Frosty the Snow Person: Adapted by Wide Open Puppet Theatre from James O’shea. Frosty is a bookish kid, even for a snowperson, but when his Aunt Chilly sends him on a mission to find the mysterious “heart of winter,” the adventure is on. Runs to Monday at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave. Tickets $12 to $17 at wideopen.ca.
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s A
Christmas Carol: Presented by Mini Fridge Theatre Company. A dinner theatre show. Runs to Saturday at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright St. E. Tickets $40 to $50; available at 306-986-4045, boxoffice@ saskgerman.com. Information at minifridgetheatre.com.
The Fourth Wise Man: A dinner theatre production. Runs to Sunday at Dancing Sky Theatre, 201 Queen St. in Meacham. Tickets $16 to $56.50; available at 306653-5191, ontheboards.ca.