JUNO Award-winning, Grammy-nominated artist Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. The New York-born, Montreal-raised singer-songwriter has released seven studio albums, three DVDs and three live albums, including the Grammy-nominated Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, and the album Release the Stars, which went Gold in Canada and the U.K. Rufus has collaborated with artists including Elton John, David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell and Pet Shop Boys. “Genuine Originality”…

In 2018, JUNO Award-winning Canadian power-pop rock band Sloan released their 12th studio album, aptly named 12. Formed in Halifax in 1991, now-Toronto-based Sloan is comprised of four distinct songwriting voices – bassist and vocalist Chris Murphy, drummer Andrew Scott, vocalist and guitarist Patrick Pentland and guitarist Jay Ferguson. Continuing to challenge themselves with each record, Sloan’s contribution to Canadian music is significant. According to a CBC Critics’ Poll, they’re respected as one of Canada’s top bands of all time.…

2019 marks the 57th anniversary of The Chieftains. Since 1962 they have been six-time Grammy Award winners, highly recognized for reinventing traditional Irish music on a contemporary and international scale. Their ability to transcend musical boundaries to blend tradition with modern music has notably hailed them as one of the most renowned and revered bands to this day. After 50 years of making some of the most beautiful music in the world, The Chieftains’ music remains as fresh and relevant…

With the passing of Gord Downie on October 17, 2017, Canadians lost one of our most beloved icons. Gord spent his final days shining light on the reconciliation with Canada’s First Peoples. He asked all Canadians to join the call to action. And now a group of Canadian artists have joined our collective reconciliation journey with a concert to promote awareness, education and thoughtful action. In collaboration with The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, The Rose welcomes you to…

Formed in Toronto in 1985 by siblings Michael Timmins on guitar, Margo Timmins on vocals, Peter Timmins on drums, and Alan Anton on bass, the band has shone over the course of 25 albums. In 1988 Cowboy Junkies proved there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective, selling over a million copies of the now classic recording The Trinity Session. With their new album All That Reckoning, the band once again encourages the listener to take notice.…

Celebration of Freedom Swing is the thing this fall as Brampton Concert Band presents a profound and moving tribute to the end of both World Wars.

Who doesn’t love a musical? The Rose Orchestra welcomes you to the opening of their ninth season with musical highlights from some of the best-loved musicals. West Side Story, Chicago, Mamma Mia and more are waiting for you. The Rosebuds will also take the stage with some of their own musical favourites.

Lead singer of Coney Hatch, performer with April Wine, and lead singer of The Guess Who, Carl Dixon’s life took a shattering turn when a car accident left him broken with 50 injuries and barely clinging to life in a coma. Ten years later Carl remains a man of titanium, rock and soul; a musician, inspirational speaker and businessman with six solo albums, 13 albums in total, two JUNO nominations and a book of memoirs. This intimate Studio II performance…

“We’ve all read so much into the way The Beatles ended, but this album is the testament. It shows how giving and caring they were with each other, the four of them deeply involved with each other's songs. That’s beautiful, that’s the power of music. Abbey Road was released in October 1969 as a generation said goodbye to 10 years of heavy change. This album led us all across a new road and into another decade. And wasn’t that just…

Six-time JUNO-Award winner, recipient of the Order of Canada, and member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and more, Burton Cummings is one of the most celebrated rock artists in Canadian music history. As lead singer of the Guess Who, he earned the first U.S. platinum album by a Canadian artist, and on his own the first quadruple platinum Canadian-produced album. Altogether Cummings has earned some 80 platinum and gold record awards. Recently…

Snow and sleigh rides, jingle bells and family get togethers. That’s what the holidays are all about. The Rose Orchestra welcomes you to our festive holiday get together as we ring in the yuletide season with many of your favourite Christmas classics. Get ready to sing along to familiar carols as we bring good tidings to everyone.

Joined by St. Roch's Choir and Brampton Children's Chorus for their annual Christmas show at The Rose, Brampton Concert Band performs a joyous collection of holiday favourites for the whole family.

Raised on a healthy dose of the country music narrative and the spiritual motivation of gospel hymns, Lydia Persaud is reconnecting with her roots, performing her debut EP Low Light in her hometown of Brampton. After performing internationally with The O'Pears and Dwayne Gretzky, and backing artists such as Lee Fields, Jill Barber, Royal Wood, Jadea Kelly and Karl Wolf, Lydia has emerged with her own voice in the world of folk-soul: intimate songwriting paired with subtle instrumentation, folk storytelling…

Hit '90s band Crash Test Dummies reunites for their Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm 25th anniversary tour. The Canadian folk rock group from Winnipeg will play their breakthrough album God Shuffled His Feet. Most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice, the band also includes Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keys), Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin) and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). Their Brampton performance features the album straight through along with other fan favorites…

Meghan Patrick, 2017 Canadian Country Music Award Female Artist of the Year and Sirius XM Rising Star, is described as a mix of the free spirit of Emmylou Harris and the spark and sensuality of Tanya Tucker. Her debut album Grace & Grit sprouted four Top 20 singles including her stirring duet with Joe Nichols on the Top 10 hit Still Loving You. She’s performed with Lady Antebellum, Dwight Yoakam, Kip Moore and Martina McBride, and a show-stopping duet with…

“Forty years after its release, The Wall has taken on new meaning. It seems now there are more walls than bridges. But music builds bridges and The Wall, released in December 1979, is actually a bridge. It became the number one selling album of the '70s, even though it was an '80s album. Change was in the air, and it took this album’s reflection to enact it. All the sounds and voices, all the sonic luxury, it all comes alive…

A musical “rockumentary” that salutes the lives and music of reggae legends. This multi-element presentation of music and tribute imagery is a live experience that celebrates reggae music’s best, and gets you up close and personal to the catalogue of the icons themselves. Enjoy performances from Brampton Arts Walk of Fame inductee Exco Levi and more!

Sinatra. All that cool, classy style from the Rat Pack shows of yesterday are right here, right now. Take a journey with award-winning, multi-Platinum-selling crooner Matt Dusk as he whisks you away to Las Vegas in 1966, paying homage to his hero Frank Sinatra. With new arrangements by Grammy Award-winning arrangers Pat Williams and Sammy Nestico, Dusk transports you back in time to music’s most elegant era. A time when Come Fly With Me, I’ve Got You Under My Skin,…

Winter may seem long, but not when you can come to the carnival! The Rose Orchestra presents a fantastic family concert of musical fun, folly and adventure. Become a kid again and light up your imagination with visions of the Pink Panther, Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals and John Williams’ memorable characters from Star Wars.

A community choir established in 2011, Toronto’s Choir! Choir! Choir! brings together an eclectic mix of Parkdale-dwelling baristas and suburban moms and dads for stirring, frequently viral performances. Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman, the founders, take a nontraditional approach. There are no auditions and the audience is the choir. Just show up and they'll teach you an original arrangement to a song you love. It’s interactive theatre. It’s stand-up comedy. It’s a concert like you’ve never seen before. The group…

2010 Grammy Award winners for Best Large Jazz Ensemble, The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) was formed in 2002 to celebrate and fortify the American jazz portfolio while providing infrastructure for developing the New Orleans jazz industry. Led by artistic director Adonis Rose, this 18-piece big band has an ever-increasing repertoire that exemplifies the influence of jazz as the grandfather of all modern American music. On their new release in spring 2019, NOJO takes a look into the mind and…

For the first time two of the finest voices in Canadian music are set to share the stage. Sarah Slean and Hawksley Workman perform together from their respective musical repertoires. Expect the evening to be filled with unforgettable music, storytelling and soaring voices as they showcase their extraordinary talent. Three-time JUNO nominee and two-time Gemini nominee Sarah Slean is a composer, producer, and unique artistic force, boasting eight albums, a number of short films, two volumes of poetry, exhibitions of…

Canadian rock icon Kim Mitchell has sung those lines from his personal mission statement Rock N Roll Duty for decades now and he’s still doing exactly that, creative energy and enthusiasm fully intact. A Kim Mitchell concert is like being at the live recording of a greatest hits box set which includes his solo hits Patio Lanterns and Max Webster gems like Diamonds Diamonds, High Class in Borrowed Shoes, and other songs that have become part of the Canadian musical…

The Trews' mainstream breakthrough came with the 2003 JUNO-nominated hit single Not Ready to Go from their Gold-certified debut album House of Ill Fame. A hooky mix of alt-rock edge and melodic, riffy swagger, the quartet became a chart staple, earning accolades and legions of fans with albums like 2005's Den of Thieves and 2014's eponymous release. Following a 2016 retrospective release, the band returned in 2018 with their high-energy sixth album Civilianaires. An electrifying and wildly original work, the…

After nearly two decades, chart-topping Celtic band Gaelic Storm is looking sharper than ever with their latest release Matching Sweaters. Rooted in the songwriting of founders Patrick Murphy and Steve Twigger, the album moves from drinking songs to sea shanties to energetic instrumentals, to rootsy pop-rockers, gluing everything together with their signature spark and spirit. Back in the mid-1990s, Gaelic Storm kicked off their career at a pub in Santa Monica, California. Discovered there, they appeared in the blockbuster film…

Grammy Award-winning violinist and producer, “Goodwill Ambassador of Music” to the United Nations, CEO of Mirimode Music Productions and CEO of Gedenk, a non-for-profit organization promoting Holocaust awareness and tolerance to young people, Miri Ben-Ari is a force. Originally from Israel, Ben-Ari is a classically trained violinist, who has created her own unique music; a revolutionary fusion of classical, hip-hop, soul and dance, selling millions of records by collaborating with other Grammy Award-winning artists such as Kanye West, Jay Z,…

McKeown, front man of the Legendary Bay City Rollers, enjoys the release of his new album, Les McKeown…The Lost Songs, bringing back the golden era and all the hits from the early days. The story of the Bay City Rollers has been told countless times and now that Les is reliving some of his own memories with the release of The Lost Songs, an album of tracks that lay in a box, untouched for years, he is keen to bring…

Spring is in the air, bringing visions of love and romance after a long winter’s night. Come welcome this season of renewal and love with the symphonic poetry of Borodin’s Musical Tableau: In the Steppes of Central Asia, the romantic melodies of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and the idyllic strains of Brahms’ Symphony No. 2.

Join Brampton Concert Band and one of Canada's most beloved vocalists, chart-topping jazz star Micah Barnes, for a special presentation honouring the greatest musical artists of all time.

“It’s been 40 years since Damn the Torpedoes was released. The sound of that album reminds me of the '70s. It was a time when punk, disco and new wave were all exploding, but ol’ Tom stayed the course and wrote a perfect rock album. We were struck with how beautiful the guitars sounded – really silky and graceful. We started out with two guitarists and then we added two more, which allows the music to soar. We’re going to…

Every century has its visionaries. Join the Rose Orchestra as they pay tribute to some of the most notable music visionaries of all time; Vivaldi, Bach and especially Beethoven. These geniuses created music that has endured the test of time. Come, be a part of the celebration as The Rose Orchestra presents an evening of awe-inspiring and innovative music from the past that still inspires us in the 21st century.