Christmastime offers a brand new holiday family musical from Adam Brazier – to be announced in August 2016 – as well as the return of Mittentime Christmas, a popular solstice revue featuring an all-star cast: Rose Cousins, Tanya Davis, Kinley Dowling, Jenn Grant, Daniel and Patrick Ledwell, Catherine MacLellan, and more. Perennial favourites Classic Albums Live return for two more epic rock recitals, presenting Abbey Road from front to back November 5 and Hotel California on April 6. “Once again, Darcy Campbell and his team have assembled a thrilling program for patrons celebrating the best in Canadian live music, dance, comedy, and family entertainment-join us for something wonderful.” “On behalf of Board Chairman Wayne Hambly and our staff, I would like to invite all Islanders and visitors to experience a performance this fall and winter LIVE the Centre,” says Chief Executive Officer, Jessie Inman. Other fall highlights include a classical music performance from Grammy-winning violin virtuoso James Ehnes children’s entertainment from TV’s Toopy and Binoo a double-dose of folk-pop prestige from siblings Jill and Matthew Barber and a classic thumper of a rock night on the mainstage, with B.C. This fierce fiddling combo commands stages worldwide, infusing traditional roots music from Cape Breton and rural Ontario with an explosive celebration of raw energy. On October 18 Confederation Centre welcomes back globally-acclaimed duo Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. She has collaborated with artists as varied as the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Björk, and Owen Pallett, and collected the Polaris Music Prize and a Juno Award in recent years. The pride of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Tagaq fuses traditional Inuit throat singing with electronica and experimental influences. October also includes the first Island performance from the inimitable Canadian icon, Tanya Tagaq. The Juno nominees’ farewell tour includes their classic arrangements of ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight,’ ‘Happy Together,’ and ‘Na Na, Hey Hey.’ Known for their dazzling a cappella sound and hypnotic harmonies, the jazz quartet’s wide appeal has taken them across North America, Europe, China, and beyond. The ‘16-17 season launches October 14 with a farewell tour stop from international smash hit, The Nylons. From Thanksgiving through to the spring thaw, the Centre presents a captivating range of rock, comedy, dance, bilingual programming, choral music, and family fun across five unique stages. Donnell Leahy Harbourfront Theatre Natalie MacMaster Professional Theatre Network of PEIĬonfederation Centre has unveiled a stacked Sobeys LIVE the Centre lineup for 2016-17. This summer, their Prince Edward Island fans can see them perform at Harbourfront Theatre two nights only, July 26th & 27th. That’s no small feat when your combined album sales exceed one million when past collaborators include classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma, bluegrass star Alison Krauss and banjo ace Béla Fleck and when your ecstatic fan base (which boasts Shania Twain and The Chieftains) stretches from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Sydney, Australia. Their first recorded collaboration, 2015’s Bob Ezrin-produced album One, which was followed by 2016’s A Celtic Family Christmas (and which cemented the couple’s status as powerhouses on the seasonal circuit) confirmed MacMaster and Leahy were as dynamic working together as they were working apart. Though MacMaster and Leahy followed different trajectories – she a Cape Breton native who could step-dance before she could walk he the oldest brother of acclaimed family group Leahy – both had assuredly crested the traditional music peak. Indeed, when two of the planet’s very best fiddle players married in 2002, the proverbial mantelpiece was instantly crammed with JUNO and East Coast Music Awards. But few match the beguiling true-life tale of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, Canada’s reigning couple of Celtic music, whose dazzling career achievements underpin an incomparable off-stage life. The entertainment world is filled with extraordinary stories.
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