GETTING OUT
Your guide to what’s happening in and around the city
Theatre — Local
“Million Dollar Quartet.” Theatre Aquarius, to May 12. The hit Rock n’ Roll Musical inspired by a true story. Elvis Presley. Johnny Cash. Carl Perkins. Jerry Lee Lewis. December 4, 1956 they played together for the first and only time. Theatre Aquarius, 190 King William St. Tickets: 905-522-7529
“The Wedding Singer.” Hamilton Theatre Inc. May 11, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 8 p.m. Matinees 2 p.m.: May 12, 20. The show takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. HIT’s Studio Theatre, 104 MacNab St. N. Tickets: $22 to $27. 905-522-3032 or hamiltontheatre.tix.com
“The Birds and The Bees.” Lighthouse Festival Theatre. Comedy. May 30 to June 16. Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. Tickets: 1-888-779-7703
Concerts/Shows
May 10
Elvis, If I Can Dream, 7:30 p.m. featuring Mark Anthony, tribute artist. Lincoln Alexander Theatre, 160 King St. E. Tickets: $54.24. 250-300-0291
May 11
William Makuna Trio, Afro-beat, Latin rhythms, hip-hop and jazz, 8 p.m. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Tickets: $15. 905-543-8512
Top Hat Marching Orchestra,A Night on the Town, 7 p.m. Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust St. Tickets: $25, children 12 and under $20. 681-6000 Burlington Concert Band, 7:30 p.m. St. Thomas Church, 715 Centre Rd., Burlington. Sounds of Hollywood under the direction of Zoltan Kalman. Music from the big screen to the small screen. Tickets at the door: $15
The 905 Band, 8 p.m. Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. Performing the music of Chicago, Steely Dan, Supertramp, ELO, Earth Wind and Fire and more. Tickets: $25. 519-583-2221
A Scandinavian Saga, music by Northern European composers, 8 p.m.St. John’s Anglican Church, Great Hall, 272 Wilson St. E., Ancaster. Tickets at the door: $15 May 12
HPO, Bernstein and Music of the Americas, 7:30 p.m. FirstOntario Concert Hall. Tickets: $10 to $67. Call 905-526-7756 or see website hpo.org
New Cumberland Bluegrass Band, 8 p.m. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Tickets: $15. 905-5438512
Four Hands Two Feet, piano organ duo, 7:30 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, 320 Charlton Ave. W. Tickets: $15, students $10. Proceeds to the Organ Fund. 289-238-8658
Gospel and Bluegrass Concert,7 p.m. Brant Hills Presbyterian Church, 2138 Brant St., Burlington. Tim McDonald and his Gospel and Bluegrass Band The Barn Katz. Tickets: $20. Call 905-332-1804 Hamilton All Star Jazz Band, One More Once, 8 p.m. Redeemer University, 777 Garner Rd. E., Ancaster. Russ Weil final concert before passing on the baton to the band’s new conductor. Also featured: Professional Alumni Jazz Orchestra. Tickets: $25
May 13
Here’s to Mom, Mother’s Day Concert, 3 p.m. St. John’s Lutheran Church, 104 Hughson St. N. Featuring: music from the 18th and 19th centuries by pianist Erika Reiman and flutist Sara Traficante. Tickets: $10. 905-527-6611
May 18
I Mother Earth and Finger Eleven, with special guest JJ Thompson, 8 p.m. FirstOntario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Lane. Tickets: 905-5463100
May 19
Jim Jefferies Live, The Unusual Punishment Tour, 7 and 10 p.m. FirstOntario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Lane. Tickets: 905-546-3100 Live Chamber Music Series, 7:30 p.m. Hamilton Mennonite Church, 143 Lower Horning Rd. Featuring: Andrea Battista, Violin; Phillip Corke, Guitar and Irish Bouzouki; Karen Gross, Mezzo Soprano and Trio Sorbetto: Cristina Sewerin, Oboe; Elizabeth Day, Clarinet and Larkin Hinder, Bassoon. tickets: $20, seniors/students $15. 905628-4980 or livechambermusic13@gmail.com
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