Oakville, Ontario, and the surrounding area continue to be one of Canada’s fastest-growing and dynamic cities. Its location in proximity to the great outdoors and recreational activities promotes an active and healthy lifestyle.
The following live theatre productions, concerts, and dance shows are presented at various locations in Oakville and the surrounding area.
April 4, 2024 at 8PM
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
All Tickets $90
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, “the king and queen of the banjo” (Paste Magazine), have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a fifteen-time Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn is a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds.
Whether at home, on stage, or on record, their deep bond, combined with the way their distinct musical personalities and banjo styles interact, makes theirs a picking partnership unlike any other on the planet.
April 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Tegan & Sara
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
All Tickets $112
Tegan and Sara launched their careers straight out of high school, from their hometown of Calgary, Alberta. Over the course of their twenty-five-year career, they have sold well over one million records and released ten studio albums, including their latest release, Crybaby. In 2016, they launched the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which works tirelessly to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ women and girls. The Foundation raises awareness and funds, fights for equality and justice through its flagship programming, and supports grassroots organizations, activists, and communities that often go unrecognized by major funding institutions.
Tegan and Sara have been touring for twenty-five years and are constantly evolving their live show. No two nights are ever the same. The Not Tonight tour is a contoured acoustic storytelling evening showcasing the 2002 album If It Was You, as well as an additional set of their most beloved songs. Audience members can expect an intimate night of music and storytelling.
April 19 – 21, 2024
BurlOak Theatre Group presents The Spongebob Musical
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
Based on the series by: Stephen Hillenburg
Book by: Kyle Jarrow
Musical production conceived by: Tina Landau
Music by: Yolanda Adams, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., David Bowie, Tom Kenny Andy Paley & Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith
Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and becomes the hottest star on Broadway? Why, it’s SpongeBob SquarePants! And now he’s ready to ride the wave to your theatre to entertain and delight audiences in this brilliant, bright, hilarious and brand-new musical.
April 23, 2024 at 8PM
Kiran Ahluwalia
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
Regular $45 • Big Ticket $38 • Big Ticket+ $34
Two-time JUNO winner Kiran Ahluwalia’s open-hearted vocals have established her as one of global music’s most compelling cross-pollinators. Her six-piece band is led by ace guitarist Rez Abbasi whose accolades include the Guggenheim Fellowship and frequent appearances on the Top Ten Guitarists of Downbeat’s International Critics Poll.
Kiran and Rez are a real-life couple, one born in India, the other in Pakistan. Having grown up in the Diaspora they crossed ethnic and religious lines between their two warring motherlands to forge a musical and life partnership. Together they craft songs that are equal parts reflective and groovy and bring together the disparate traditions of Indian music, West African Blues and Jazz.
April 25, 2024 at 8PM
Just For Laughs
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
Regular $67 • Big Ticket $60 • Big Ticket+ $56
Just For Laughs is excited to bring some of its funniest and favourite alumni to Oakville with the Just for Laughs Road Show! Don’t miss some of the best stand- up comedians from the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy festival when the 18th edition of the Just for Laughs Road Show tours across Ontario this spring.
April 13, 2024 at 2 & 7PM
Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet Jorgan
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
Regular $55 • Big Ticket $48 • Big Ticket+ $44
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town. Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet® is based on Anne of Green Gables – The Musical™. Music composed by Norman Campbell.
Anne of Green Gables – The Ballet® is made possible with the assistance of the heirs of L.M. Montgomery and in partnership with the heirs of Norman Campbell and Don Harron.
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES – THE BALLET and other indicia of ANNE are trademarks and Canadian official marks of the Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority Inc., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, used under licence by Ballet Jörgen.
Heirs of L.M. Montgomery is a trademark of Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.
May 1, 2024 at 8PM
X(Dix)
Guillaume Côté Dance
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
All Tickets $25
X (Dix) connects to the myth of Odysseus, about journeying far but always desiring to return home.
The piece explores the notion of the “inner compass” and the idea that “home” may be a state of mind. Symbol of completeness, finality and perfection, the number ten (dix) is associated with the beginning of the cycle of life and the inevitable transformations that this entails. X (Dix) was conceived during the pandemic – a transformative time when travellers were summoned home, and when the very concept of what we call home gained new importance.
May 4-5, 2024
Oakville Symphony presents Embrace
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
- Georges Bizet / François Borne: Fantaisie Brillante pour flûte sur Carmen
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor, “Vorrei punirti indegno” from La Finta Giardiniera
- Vincenzo Bellini: “Ah, non credea” & “Ah, non giunge” from La Sonnambula
- Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
- Guest artists: Julia Surette, soprano / Sophie Lanthier, flute
Immerse yourself in the sound world of 18th-century Europe with Mozart’s sophisticated Symphony in G minor, and in the 20th-century Finnish independence declaration portrayed in music by Sibelius. Prepared to be dazzled by two rising stars, the talented Julia Surette with captivating arias, and the extraordinary flutist Sophie Lanthier.
May 18, 2024 at 8PM
The Johnny Max Band and the Weber Brothers
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
Regular $55 • Big Ticket $48 • Big Ticket+ $44
The Johnny Max Band has always been a crowd favourite at any festival, with danceable and well-written songs, along with a frontman who is not afraid to jump into the audience and get them going. The award-winning Johnny Max Band has travelled across Canada performing at some of the finest Blues and Roots Festivals over the last 25 years.
There are bands for which rock and roll is a lifestyle, and then there are bands for which it is life. Whether it be their unrivalled power as a full rock band or their undeniable chemistry highlighted in a head-to-head duo performance, The Weber Brothers always deliver.
September 13-14, 2024
West End Studio Theatre presents 12 Angry Men
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Studio Theatre – Lower Level
Back by popular demand!
In the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate process that will decide one boy’s fate.
Patrons who have any difficulty with stairs or who use mobility devices are asked to call the box office in advance of the performance to arrange for Studio Theatre access.
