GETTING OUT
Your guide to what’s happening in and around the city
Theatre — Local
“Gotta Sing Gotta Dance.” Burlington Footnotes Senior Performing Troup Inc. Fast pace musical variety extravaganza showcases the talent of the 50 plus generation. June 19, 7 p.m. Matinees: June 19 and 20, 2 p.m. Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust St. Tickets: $31.50, group rate available. 905681-2551
“A ... My name is Alice.” The Players’ Guild of Hamilton, a musical review by Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd. June 14, 15, 8 p.m. Matinee 2 p.m.: June 16. Compilation of thirty writers and composers provides a vehicle for triple threat actresses to reflect on life as a woman through monologues, scenes, dance and song. Tickets: 905-529-0284 or playersguild.org “Screwball Comedy.” New comedy by Norm Foster. June 20 to July 11, Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. Performances: June 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, July 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 8 p.m. Matinees 2 p.m.: June 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, July 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11. Tickets start at $30. Email: boxoffice@lighthousetheatre.com or 519-583-2221 “Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes.” Ichthys Theatre, June 15, 16, 7:30 p.m. Matinee 2 p.m.: June 17. St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 133 Murray St., Brantford. Tickets: $15, $10 seniors/students. ichthystheatre.ca or 519-751-5411
“The Birds and The Bees.” Lighthouse Festival Theatre. Comedy. May 31 to June 16. Lighthouse Festi-
val Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. June 14, 15, 16, 8 p.m. Matinees 2 p.m.: June 14, 16. Tickets: 1-888-779-7703
“El virus de los infelices” / “The Unhappiness Virus”. This play is in Spanish, Theatre group of The Hispanic Fraternity Association, June 30, 8 p.m. A mysterious virus has invaded the celebration when everything seems to go the worst way. The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. Tickets: $10. 905-524-0606 “Hamilton Fringe Festival.” July 19 to 29. There are 11 days with 50 companies and 400 performances. Regular Shows: $10-$12 at the door Gallery Mini-Series: $8-$10 at the door Children 12 and under: $5 (select shows only) Passes available for frequent Fringers. For Fringe show listings see hamiltonFringe.ca
Concerts/Shows
June 14 to 17
Burlington Sound of Music Festival, Burlington downtown and waterfront areas. Info@soundofmusic.ca June 14 to 17
Something Else Festival, a wide array of creative music and dance, newer traditions in jazz and more. 126 James St. N. Tickets: $20 to $28 advance and $25 to $35 at the door. Passes: $100 students, seniors, under-waged and $125 regular. (7 ticked events, $30 sets of music and dance, up to $225 value. 289993-1993 website: zulapresents.org
June 14
Sackville Hill Choir Spring Fling Concert, 6:30 p.m. 780 Upper Wentworth St. Tickets: 905-546-2541
June 15
Keelan Family Show, 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Richard Keelan and daughter singer-songwriter Raphael Keelan-Smith. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Tickets: 905-543-8512 June 16
The Good Brothers, 8 p.m. The Studio, The Studio, FirstOntario Centre, 1 Summers Lane. Tickets: 905-546-3100
Jazz, Brad Cheeseman, Robert Chapman, Matt Lagan, Marito marques and Christ Pruden, 8 p.m. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Tickets: $10. 905-543-8512
Samarkand and the Silk Road, 8 p.m. Gary Santucci presents a suite of 10 works that musically trace the travels of Marco Polo from Constantinople to The Great Wall of China. Tickets: $20, $15 students, seniors. The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. 905-5240606 or thepearlcompany.ca Derek Seguin, 43.0 Warning May Contain Nuts, 7:30 p.m. Comedian. Zoetic Theatre, 526 Concession St. Tickets: $42.50. 1-888855-8522
Hamilton Children’s Choir, tour send-off concert, 7:30 p.m. St. James Anglican Church, 137 Mellville St., Dundas. Tickets: $10 to $30. hamiltonchildrenschoir.com June 18
Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Soul 2 Soul The World Tour, 7:30 p.m. FirstOntario Centre. Tickets: 905-546-3100
June 20 to 24
Cirque du Soleil, Crystal, 7:30 June 20, 21, 22, 23, June 23 4 p.m. June 24 1:30 and 5 p.m. FirstOntario Centre, Tickets: 905-546-3100 June 21
Danny Michael, songwriter, 8 p.m. Tickets: $20, $15 students, seniors. The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. 905-524-0606 or thepearlcompany.ca
Brott Music Festival, Music of the Night, 7:30 p.m. Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust St. Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber favourites. Tickets: $35, $30 seniors, $25 Brott35, $15 students. 905-525-7664
June 23
Dala, 8 p.m. Canadian Folk Music Group, Tickets: $30, $25 students, seniors. The Pearl Company, 16 Steven St. 905-524-0606 or thepearlcompany.ca
Harlequin Singers, Musical Pursuit, Broadway music, 7 p.m. St. Luke’s Parish Hall, 1382 Ontario St., Burlington. Tickets at the door: $25. Early bird tickets $20, $15 18 and under. harlequinsingers.com
June 24
Peter Banting Swingtet, 2 p.m. Big Band era, Broadway show tunes and the American Songbook. Cottonwood Mansion Museum, 740 Haldimand Rd. 53. Tickets: $15, children $10, preschoolers admitted free. 905-7752538
Brott Music Festival, Valerie Tryon, pianist, Tryon’s Four Seasons, June 24, 2 p.m. Michelangelo Banquet Centre, 1555 Upper Ottawa St. Tickets: $50, $46 senior, $35 student. Includes high tea. 905-525-7664
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• Compiled by Linda Ricciardi