GETTING OUT
Your guide to what’s happening in and around the city
Theatre — Local
“Stage Fright.” July 18 to Aug. 4. Comedy, in a luxury Riviera hotel, the body of a beautiful film star is found. Lighthouse Festival Theatre, 247 Main St., Port Dover. Performances: July 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, Aug. 2, 3, 4, 8 p.m. Matinees 2 p.m.: July 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, Aug. 1, 2, 4. Tickets Email: boxoffice@lighthousetheatre.com or 1-888-779-7703 “Hamilton Fringe Festival.” July 19 to 29. There are 11 days with 50 companies and 400 performances. Musicals, dance, comedies, magic shows, dramas and family entertainment. 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
July 12 to 13
Music in the City, free lunchtime music series, noon to 2 p.m. Jackson Square Rooftop Gardens, 2 King St. W. Featuring Big Rude Jake. July 12
Brott Music Festival, Brott Opera, 7:30 p.m. First Ontario Concert Hall. Greatest hits, arias, duets and ensembles of the world of grand and comic opera. Tickets: $44, $39 seniors, $25 Brott35, $15 students. 905-525-7664
July 13
Adrean Farrugia, Kelly Jefferson, Ernesto Cervini, 8 p.m. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Tickets: $10, $15. 905-543-8512
Westdale Village, streetside music Fridays to Aug. 31, 4 to 8 p.m. among the summer patios. Email: info@westdalevillage.ca July 14 The Waleed Kush African Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m. Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne St. Tickets: $15. 905543-8512
July 16 to 20
Music in the City, free lunchtime music series, noon to 2 p.m. Jackson Square Rooftop Gardens, 2 King St. W. Featuring Rocket.
July 17
Music at St. Luke’s, concert by Choir of Christ’s College Cambridge, 7 p.m., St. Luke’s, 1371 Elgin St., Burlington. Tickets: $20. 905639-7643
Country and Roots Tuesdays, Brad Battle, Country, 6:30 p.m. Hendrie Park, RBG, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. Admission rates apply. 905-527-1158
July 18
Aubrey Wilson Quartet, noon to 2 p.m. Whitehern Historic House and Garden, 41 Jackson St. W. Regular admission rates apply to the museum. This is a free event in the garden. Tea/Lemonade $1. 905-5462018 Red Hot Jazz and Cool Blues Wednesdays, Spencer MacKenzie, Blues, 6:30 p.m. Hendrie Park, RBG, 680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington. Admission rates apply. 905527-1158
July 19
Brott Music Festival, The Magic Flute, 7:30 p.m. First Ontario Concert Hall, 1 Summers Lane. Bewitching and enchanting magic flute. Tickets: $55, $50 senior, $25 Brott35, $20 students. 905-5257664
Music on the Waterfront, free jazz and blues concerts, 7 p.m. Waterfront Stage, Pier 8, 47 Discovery Dr. Featuring Solstice.
July 19 to 22 and July 27 to 29 Niagara Jazz Festival, Port Dalhousie and various venues. Festival tickets and passes niagarajazzfestival.com or 1-844-548-5299. Artists and venues are subject to change.
July 20
Sidewalk Sounds, 6 to 9 p.m. Concession Street Shopping District free live music performances from Hamilton’s music scene. 289-9338899
July 22 Music at Fieldcote, 7 p.m. Quartette. Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum, 64 Sulphur Springs Rd., Ancaster. Free admission, suggested donation $5 pp. Alternate site in the event of inclement weather, St. Ann’s Church Ancaster, 11 Wilson St. 905-648-8144. Pre-concert 6 to 7 p.m. with Neema Children’s Choir.
July 23 to 27
Music in the City, free lunchtime music series, noon to 2 p.m. Jackson Square Rooftop Gardens, 2 King St. W. Featuring Martin Wall and Rick Henderson
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Deadline for Getting Out submissions is 1 p.m. the Friday before Thursday publication. • Compiled by Linda Ricciardi