GETTING OUT
Your guide to what’s happening in and around the city
Theatre — Local
“Sleeping Beauty.” By Marcus Lundgren, Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. Aug. 19, 11 a.m.; Matinees 2 p.m.: Aug. 17, 18, 19. Aug. 17 and 18, 7 p.m. Tickets starting at $10 or $32 for a family of four. 1-888-779-7703
“Five Alarm.” Aug. 23 to Sept. 9, Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. Matinees 2 p.m.: Aug. 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, Sept. 2,5, 6, 7, 9. Aug. 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, Sept. 1,2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 8 p.m. Tickets starting at $30. 1-888-779-7703 or lighthousetheatre.com/summer-seasonshows/five-alarm/ Concerts/Shows Aug. 17 Brott Music Festival, A Choral Spectacular, 7:30 p.m. FirstOntario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Lane. Featuring soprano Leslie Ann Bradley; mezzo-soprano Lauren Segal; tenor John MacMaster; Baritone James Westman; Brott Festival Chorus. Tickets: $44, $38 senior, $25 Brott35, $15 student. 905-546-3100 Music in the City/Music on the Waterfront, Jazz and Blues, Miles from Nowhere, 7 to 9 p.m., Pier 8 Discovery Dr. Aug. 18
Concession Street Sidewalk Sounds, 6 to 9 p.m. Mike Maguire, 526 Concession (The Zoetic); Miles from Nowhere, 565 Concession (Between RBC and Library); Mike Woods, 569 Concession (CAP — Cancer Assistance Program); Kyle Pacey, 593 Concession (Mountain Tire); Jude Johnson Jazz Trio, 625 Concession (St. Stephen on the Mount Church); Wooton and Foster Duo, 798 Concession (Big Bee Plaza).
South Coast Jazz Festival, Aug. 18, 19, 20, at various venues in Port Dover, Turkey Point and Simcoe. Tickets: three day VIP pass $99, one day VIP pass $55, three day general admission $39, individual concerts $20. Info, tickets: southcoastjazz.com or 1-888-855-9090
Jazz, Blues and Gospel, 7 p.m. St. John’s Anglican Church, 272 Wilson St. E., Ancaster. Music and munchies. Tickets in advance: $25. 905-648-2353, admin@ancasteranglican.org Aug. 18 to 20 Cactus Festival, Festival Patio Stage (King St. and Memorial Square St.) 6:30 p.m. WJRM; 8:30 p.m. David Wilcox. Aug. 19: noon Mike Williams Band; 1 p.m. Mike Woods; 2:30 p.m. The Relics; 4 p.m. Crackers; 5:30 p.m. Life of Riley; 7:30 p.m. Freedom Train; 9 p.m. Spoons. Aug. 20: 11:30 a.m. Hamilton Concert Band; 1 p.m. Martin Wall; 2:30 p.m. The Pistolettes Aug. 19 Hamilton Blues, 7 p.m. Bay City Music Hall, 50
Leander Dr. Featuring: Smokewagon Blues Band, TG Swampbusters. 289-389-9900 Aug. 19 and 20 Artsfest Waterdown, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Canadian Brass, Celtic Kitchen Party featuring Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy and Friends, Susan Aglukark, the Good Brothers, Lunch at Allen’s, featuring Murray McLaughlan, Ian Thomas, Marc Jordan and Cindy Church, The Once, Shuffle Demons, Mozart Effect Chamber Ensemble. Musicians perform on two separate stages in different areas of the festival in downtown Waterdown. Schedule: artsfest.ca/schedule/ Aug. 20 Sunday Blues, 2 to 6 p.m. Bay City Music Hall, 50 Leander Dr. Featured: The Bay City Blues Band, with special guest. Tickets at the door: $7. 905-515-5353 Aug. 21 to 25 Music in the City, noon to 2 p.m. Free concert series, Lloyd D. Jackson Square Rooftop Garden, Alfie Smith Aug. 23 Red Hot Jazz and Cool Blue Wednesdays, featuring Carol Welsman, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Hendrie Park, Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. Tickets available on the day of the concert at RBG Centre and the Hendrie Park kiosk, or in advance rbg.ca. Admission is free to RBG members. 905-527-1158 Aug. 24 Music in the City/Music on the Waterfront, Jazz and Blues, Karen Thornton Jazz Trio, 7 to 9 p.m. Pier 8 Discovery Dr. Aug. 26
Jubilee Brass Band, 6:30 p.m. Riverfront Park, across from the Port Dover Harbour Museum, 44 Harbour St., Port Dover. Admission by donation. Bring your own lawn chair. 519-583-2660 or portdovermuseum.ca
URG Music Fest, 3 p.m. Ancaster Fairgrounds, 630 Trinity Rd. S., Ancaster. Featuring: Platinum Blonde, Honeymoon Suite, Saga, Doug and the Slugs, The Kings, and local bands. Two stages of live music from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m., Free parking. Tickets: $60, VIP $80, urgmusicfest.ca Aug. 27 Sunday Blues, 2 to 6 p.m. Bay City Music Hall, 50 Leander Dr. Featured: The Bay City Blues Band, with special guest. Tickets at the door: $7. 905-515-5353
Getting Out is taken exclusively from events entries submitted on our website. We will no longer accept entries by email. To submit your event, please click on Event Listings at thespec.com. If you have any difficulties or questions please call 905-526-3420. See more event listings on thespec.com Deadline for Getting Out submissions is 1 p.m. the Friday before Thursday publication. • Compiled by Linda Ricciardi