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April 1 - Tuesday 8:00 pm
Boy Groove Entertainment
The Temptations. The Monkees. Menudo. New Kids on the Block. And now... BoyGroove!
Through all their ups and downs, highs and lows, successes and failures, Boy Bands are here to stay! And Canadian playwrights Chris Craddock and Aaron Macri have taken the classic story of the rise and fall of a squeaky clean boy band and fashioned a ferocious parody that both fans and foes will love!
In the vein of This is Spinal Tap and Fubar The Original Banger Classic, BoyGroove is a live mockumentary of the boy band phenomenon that chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most famous boy band; their friendships, their triumphs and their scandals. From the villainy of their homophobic rapper 'Hypetastic' to the crusading virtue of Andrew; from the reality shows populated by on-again-off-again Kevin and Chelsey, to Jon's dreams of space travel; BoyGroove is all witty dialogue, pop songs and power ballads, and a concert performance that will leave you wanting to call-in requests and dedications.
Winner of a 2005 Just For Laughs Comedy Award in Montreal, BoyGroove played to rave reviews and won 'Best of the Fest' at every Fringe Festival it played in North America in 2005.
Boy bands may come and go but the hilarious phenomenon that is Boygroove is going to be with us for a long, long time!
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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Apr. 2 - Apr. 6
2008 Adult Championships And Homesense Starskate
Adult skating competition in conjunction with an all-star skating showcase.
Tickets are $5/day or $20 for the event package.
Children 12/U are free of charge.
Tickets are on sale now through ticketmaster.
Powerade Centre
905-459-9340 x103
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April 2 - Wednesday 8:00 pm
The Bacon Brothers
Michael Bacon – vocals, guitar, cello
Kevin Bacon – vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion
“What you see is what you get.” – The Bacon Brothers
Yes that Kevin Bacon. Long before he became the ubiquitous star of so many well-known movies that he became the centre of the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game, Kevin Bacon was making music with his brother Michael.
Although they only formed up as an official “working” band in 1995, Kevin and Michael Bacon have been writing songs and playing music together since about the same time they may have been fighting over Lincoln Logs or little green Army guys. In fact, the cover of their first album, Forosoco, shows as much; the picture, taken in 1972, shows Kevin and Michael onstage playing congas and guitar, respectively.
Since their first gig, intended as a one-off gig at a local club in their hometown of Philadelphia, was a surprise hit, Kevin and Michael decided to explore their potential as a live musical act.
Sold-out gigs in New York, LA, Nashville, Chicago and San Francisco followed, as well as a high-profile show opening for The Band at Carnegie Hall and appearing alongside the likes of Shania Twain and Wyclef Jean on the TNT Network's “The Gift of Song” special. In eight years of recording and touring, the band has become a top live draw and continues to build momentum.
The Bacon Brothers are backed by Paul Guzzone on bass/vocals, Marshal Rosenberg on percussion, Frank Vilardi on drums, and Ira Siegel on electric guitar.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 3 - Thursday 5.00 - 9.00 p.m.
Beaux Arts Brampton Opening Reception Juried Art Show
Reception and meet the artists and prize winners of the first Open Juried Art Exhibition at the Beaux Arts Brampton Galleries.
Beaux Arts Brampton, 70 Main Street North
905-454-5677
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April 3 - Thursday 8:00 pm
Lighthouse Theatre Festival: Jasper Station
Norm Foster, Canada's most produced playwright teamed up with Steve Thomas for this foray into the world of musical theatre with a distinctively Norm Foster flair.
Jasper Station follows six lone travellers as they await their train from Jasper, Alberta to Vancouver, British Columbia. Each has hopes and dreams, anticipations and fears of what may lie ahead for them and these are explored in this clever and highly-entertaining musical comedy.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 4 - Friday 8:00 pm
Songwriter's Circle: Acoustic Roots Featuring: Matt Anderson, Mike Stevens & Dave Gunning
It only took two of them to bring the house down at our annual subscriber night.
Imagine the power of three.
Rising stars Matt Anderson, Mike Stevens and Dave Gunning bring their considerable musical gifts to the Rose Theatre stage for an evening of original music that will leave audiences screaming for more.
If the audience response to their sneak-preview performance is anything to go by this show could be a sell-out! Order now! You'll be glad you did.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 5 - Saturday 9:30 AM
Gardening As A Hobby
the Brampton Horticultural Society is presenting a full day “Gardening as a Hobby” workshop that promises to take the “mystery” out and put the “fun” into gardening for the first time gardeners.
It's only $25.00 per person, which includes a FREE one-year membership in the Brampton Horticultural Society.
Brampton Lawm Bowling Centre
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April 5 - Saturday 7:30pm
Wes Winters Presents, A Musical Tribute To Liberace
You asked for it, so Wes Winters is back to entertain Brampton again! If you want to see sparkle, opulence, and a great pianist to boot, do not miss this infectious comedic virtuoso. Wes Winters performs daily at the famed Liberace museum in Las Vegas and we are ecstatic that Wes can find the time to come back to Brampton to perform! You will leave the Rose with a smile from ear to ear.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 6 - Sunday noon
Tartan Day
A gathering of Fellow Scots and friends at Brampton City Hall under the rasing of the flag of St.Andrew's Cross. After the gathering and small ceremony all participants will go to a local venue to enjoy luch and fellowship.
Brampton City Hall
905-840-4666 |
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April 6 - Sunday 1 p.m.
Welcome Wagon Baby Shower
A fun, informative and education event where expecting parents can learn about products and services required to meet the needs of their growing family. Interesting displays, interactive demos, educational guest speakers, terrific door prizes and a free gift bag await all. Come and meet the businesses who know babies best! To register for your complimentary invitation call Tracy.
Terry Miller Recreation Centre
(905) 791-0145
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April 8 - Tuesday
Chinguacousy Garden Club
Guest Speaker Stone & Garden Walls: with John Remington.
Professor's Lake Rec. Centre |
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Apr. 10 - Apr. 12 7:30pm plus 2:00pm on the 12th
"WIZARD OF OZ" The Musical
Dorothy Gale, a young girl who lives on a farm in Kansas with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, runs away when a mean neighbor presents her with a summons for her little dog Toto. When a cyclone hits Dorothy
bumps her head and finds herself in the magical Land of Oz! Join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto on their journey through Oz! PERFORMANCE LENGTH: 2.5 hours (approximate)
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 12 - Saturday 7:30pm
Peel Choral Society Concert
Broadway Bound III, The Modern Musicals! Enjoy songs from your favourite musicals such as Grease, Rent, Wicked, Chicago, Hairspray and more. Fun for the whole family.
Emmanual United Church, 420 Balmoral Drive, Brampton
905-840-6547
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April 13 - Sunday
2008 Brampton Super Cities WALK For MS
Brampton will join the fight to end multiple sclerosis at the 2008 Brampton Super Cities WALK for MS on Sunday, April 13th. More than 800 people are expected to WALK for a cure, raising $185,000 – and providing hope to the estimated 55,000 to 75,000 Canadians who live with multiple sclerosis.
With Canadians facing one of the highest prevalence rates of MS in the world, the quest for a cure is important to communities all across the country. For Brampton residents who want to help end this unpredictable, often disabling disease, the WALK is a fun and meaningful way to get involved.
Beginning and finishing at Heart Lake Secondary School, the 2008 Brampton Super Cities WALK for MS is a family-oriented event that combines fundraising with food, entertainment, and prizes. Route lengths include 4, 7, and 10 kilometres; a wheelchair-accessible option is also available.
WALK for a Cure. WALK to end MS!
Heart Lake Secondary School
416) 922-6600 x2240
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April 13 - Sunday
Run4Hope 5&10km Road Race
The Fletcher's Meadow Cross Trainers Triathlon Club (FMCT) is pleased to announce that the fourth annual Fletcher's Meadow Cross Trainers Run4Hope 5km and 10km running races will take place on Sunday April 13th, 2008 at 9 a.m. at Fletchers Meadow Secondary School in Brampton. Prizes will be awarded for the top three male and female finishers in each age category.
The Run4Hope 5km and 10km Races anticipates over 300 local Brampton and area residents to participate. This race is a great tune-up for the Mississauga 10km, half marathon and full marathon. All race participants will receive a free technical running shirt, a great race kit and the best post-race food.
The annual running event is intended to get people active, but it is also an annual fundraiser. This year, race proceeds will once again be donated to the Brampton Panthers, the local chapter of the Special Olympics. "We are very much in support of sports as a means to a healthy lifestyle and this year we wanted to support a group of local people who have overcome many challenges to remain healthy and active," explained Terry Clarke, Run4Hope Race Coordinator. "We wanted to support Brampton athletes who have goals similar to many of our members, through our annual running race."
The Brampton Panthers is a local non-profit, multi-sport organization, providing sports training, to meet the needs and interests of people with a developmental disability. The Brampton Panthers has been servicing the Brampton community for over twenty years, with over one hundred and fifty athletes, and more than thirty registered volunteers and coaches.
The Fletcher's Meadow Cross Trainers is a Multi-Sport club for men and women of all levels.Group training includes outdoor running sessions year round, road cycling spring through fall, indoor spin training during the winter and swimming sessions year round. In 2007 had over 100 members strong and 2008 will bring even more great athletes. FMCT is a not-for-profit group.
Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School
905-495-5438
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April 13 - Sunday 8:00 pm
The Campbell Brothers With Eric Bibb: “Spirit & The Blues”
ERIC BIBB
This brilliant acoustic blues guitar player has been compared to such legendary greats as Ry Cooder, Keb Mo and Taj Mahal.
A performance by Eric Bibb is always an enriching experience – both musically and spiritually. Purveying a beautifully realised and deftly accomplished, soulful and gospel infused, folk- blues, Eric has no problem melding a traditional rootsy American style with a subtle contemporary sensibility. As one critic wrote “ Eric's singing and versatile guitar playing fuses a variety of genres to become a New World Blues”.
THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS:
The Campbell Brothers offer up an evening of African-American gospel music fused with the unique sound of electric “pedal steel” guitar and vocal. This emerging sound has a tradition of more than sixty years as an integral part of worship at the House of God Keith Dominion Church where it began.
Now, as the music moves from sanctuary to concert hall – including notable appearances at the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Symphony Space -- secular audiences are now able to appreciate a performance both devoted and rocking.
Pedal steel guitarist Chuck Campbell and his lap steel-playing brother Darick are two of the finest in this tradition. Rounding out the band, which has been playing together for nearly two decades, is a high-energy rhythm section featuring brother Phil Campbell on electric guitar and his son Carlton on drums. Katie Jackson's classic, gutsy gospel vocals bring the ensemble to a level of energy and expression that defies description.
The Campbell Brothers present a compelling, rich variety of material from the African-American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a new twist: the growling, wailing, shouting, singing and swinging voice of the steel guitar, played as you have never heard it played before.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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Apr. 16 - Apr. 20 Home Show
Home Improvement and Decorating Exhibitors displayed throughtout the Shopping Centre.
Brampton Shoppers World - 499 Main St. S. Brampton
905-790-3355
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April 17 - Thursday 8:00 pm
ALTdot Comedy Lounge On Location
The monthly giggle-fest Brampton's comedy fans have come to know and love continues to bring hilarity to life on the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Your favourite comics from such tv shows as Muchmusic's Video On Trial are coming back to the Rose Theatre's Secondary Hall to tickle your funny bone.
Doors open an hour before showtime with food and drink available.
So come on out to the Rose... and Laugh It Up!
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 17 - Thursday 8:00 pm
Ron James - Full Tilt
With his unique poetic style and performance-driven physicality, Ron James catapults audiences everywhere to paroxysms of wheezing delight. His mastery of the comedic rant has critics from coast to coast revelling in his pyrotechnic display of wit and wisdom: "5 STARS -Utterly Brilliant" (Ottawa Sun); "fits of helpless laughter" (Halifax Chronicle Herald); "Winspear crowd in hysterics" (Edmonton Journal); "convulsed with laughter" (Toronto Star); "funniest man in Canada" (Victoria Times-Colonist); "4 STARS -a wheezing, snorting, chortling, gasping night of hilarity" (Edmonton Sun); "a comedic tour de force" (Globe & Mail); "a gut-bustingly, knee-slappingly funny man" (Ottawa Citizen); "members of the audience all around me were choking and wheezing in delight" (Halifax Daily News); "fast, funny and smart" (Montreal Gazette); "4-½ STARS - closest thing we've produced on stage to a Robin Williams" (Toronto Sun).
So, strap in tight as Canada's number one selling comedian goes FULL TILT in a new rocket-fuelled rant that runs the gamut on everything from the vacuous pinheads of celebrity culture, to the disappearing Seven-Toed Lemurs of Madagascar! ... a kinetically charged, pedal-to-the-metal FULL TILT ride.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 19 - Saturday 8pm
Brampton Lyric Opera "The Marriage of Figaro"
The Rose Theatre
905 874-2800
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April 19 - Saturday 10 am - 1 pm
Community Environmental Fair & Spring Cleanup!
Join Brampton's Spring Cleanup! Pick up supplies at one of five participating recreation centres, and clean up the location of your choice. When you've finished your cleanup, join us for a BBQ and fun fair at the ski chalet at Donald M. Gordon Chinguacousy Park.
Donald M. Gordon Chinguacousy Park |
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April 20 - Sunday 7:30pm
Memories Of The King Featuring Terry Chisholm
The Rebellious King of Rock and Roll spend the seventies crisscrossing the nation on gruelling tours, setting box-office records for his performances. Nearing the end of his life, Elvis was still the most popular entertainer in the world. Recreating the 1969 – 1977 era of Elvis' legendary music is Brampton's favourite, Terry Chisholm. Come out and enjoy this Canadian Premier as Chisholm performs the King's unforgettable music accompanied by a 15-piece powerhouse band and singers. After this performance, you will understand why Elvis and his memory do not fade away.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 22 - Tuesday 8:00 pm
Brampton Horticultural Society General Meeting
Guest Speaker : Jim Anderson - Growing Beautiful Roses.
Flower Show.
Plant Sale Table.
8870 McLaughlin Road South
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April 23 - Wednesday 8:00 pm
Classic Albums Live: The Eagles' – Hotel California
Note for Note. Cut for Cut.
Hotel California.
The Eagles.
Classic Albums Live.
‘Nuff said.
The Rose Theatre
(905) 874-2800
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April 26 - Saturday 7:30-10pm
Friday Folk Night
Back by popular demand! - Bluegrass Band General Store
Sanderson Hall, St. Pauls United Church
647-BFF-FOLK
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Apr. 26 - Apr. 27 10 am to 4 pm
The Great British Train Show
We are pleased to announce that the Great British Train Show will be held again this year on April 26th & 27th at the Jim Archdekin Recreation Centre, 292 Conestoga Drive, Brampton,Ontario. This show has been held every 2 years since 1992 and is the largest model railway show dedicated to British Model Railways in Canada. You will see over 25 exhibits/operating layouts covering all aspects of British model railways and be able to buy a wide range of items from approximately 20 vendors.
Admission is $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for Seniors and Children or only $15.00 for a family of 4. Free parking is available at the arena.
This show is organized by The Platelayers Society, a group of railway enthusiasts, living in Southern Ontario, Canada. Our interests are primarily in the railways of Britain, either as modelers or as armchair enthusiasts.
Jim Archdekin Recreation Centre, 292 Conestoga Drive
905-877-0267
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April 26 - Saturday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Waste Free Day
The Brampton West-Mississauga Ontario Early Years Centre invites all parents/caregivers with children 0-6 years old to join us in celebration of Earth Day by participating in fun filled activities such as recycled art, reusable craft making, songs, stories and more. Bring grocery bags for a demonstration. Free give-a-ways.
57 Mill Street North, Unit 105
905-452-1973 |
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