Large names in comedy and music take stage in Cowichan in September

The Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan is on the brink of come alive once more in September with some massive identify performers scheduled to take the stage.

First up is comic Derek Edwards with a present referred to as In Reward of the Ostrich, so you understand you’d higher get your head out of the sand and ebook your tickets for Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

“Derek Edwards moseys again into city on horse-drawn comedy wagon; a searing meander down life’s twisting trails, steered effortfully by this 30-year veteran,” says a press launch for the present. “He returns with a payload of blissfully humorous private tales — a cacophony of shenanigans — set to tickle the ribs and heat the guts.”

Edwards is a Simply For Laughs veteran, winner of Finest Standup Comedian on the Canadian Comedy Awards, and has been nominated for the Gemini for Finest Efficiency in a Comedy.

Tickets to the present are $55. Get them at cowichanpac.ca, or name 250-746-2722.

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Subsequent up is Corb Lund along with his solo acoustic tour on Sunday, Sept. 18.

Lund has received and been nominated for quite a few CCMA and JUNO awards. He’s identified for tackling cowboy themes whereas “embracing each his Western heritage and his indie rock previous,” says a press launch for the present.

His most up-to-date launch is Songs My Pals Wrote.

The present begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $49.50 for normal tickets or $124 for VIP tickets, that are solely obtainable by telephone (250-746-2722) or in individual on the Cowichan Ticket Centre on the Cowichan Neighborhood Centre in Duncan. VIP tickets embody admission, entry to a preshow acoustic efficiency, restricted version tour poster autographed by Lund, a specifically designed unique merch merchandise and commemorative VIP laminate.

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If nice guitar is extra your factor, the following evening on the Performing Arts Centre see Jesse Cook dinner take the stage along with his Tempest II Tour.

On Monday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m., Cook dinner and his band will carry their “distinctive model of rhythm and rhumba”, says a press launch.

Cook dinner’s made his first album, Tempest, greater than 25 years in the past.

“Jesse couldn’t think about that such a humble recording, by which he performed all of the devices, would spark right into a music legacy with hundreds of concert events carried out around the globe, over two million albums bought, 5 PBS TV specials, and tens of hundreds of thousands of content material views and streams throughout the web.”

Tickets for the present are $52. Get them at cowichanpac.ca, or name 250-746-2722.

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If that wasn’t sufficient, a 3rd massive identify in music hits the stage the very subsequent evening on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Serena Ryder, described as a “Toronto-based vocal powerhouse” begins her stay present at 7:30 p.m

“Serena Ryder is a platinum-selling artist adored by followers, friends and critics alike, partially on account of her uncooked and earnest songwriting, and superbly electrical stay performances,” says a press launch for the present. She has received seven prestigious JUNO Awards, together with the 2022 Grownup Modern Album of the 12 months for her current file The Artwork of Falling Aside,” together with many different accolades.

“With The Artwork of Falling Aside, Serena invitations listeners to affix her psychological wellness journey and helps us perceive the significance of sitting with the uncomfortable moments and the knowledge of their messages,” the discharge stated. “Over a driving pop sound bursting with irresistible rhythms, pulsing bass traces, and the complete vary of her highly effective and expressive voice, she pulls listeners by her personal winding, transformational journey, detailing despair, poisonous relationships, and breakdowns alongside hope, pleasure, and large, massive love.”

Tickets to the present are $52. Get them at cowichanpac.ca, or name 250-746-2722.

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Classical music lovers are in luck on Saturday, Sept. 24 when the Victoria Symphony, takes to the massive stage with Astronomy Footage and Music.

Tanya Miller will conduct, with Dr. Jose Francisco Salgado, astronomer and movie maker additionally featured.

“A fascinating program that dances alongside the border between truth and fancy,” is how a press launch describes the present. “Guided by an astronomer and filmmaker, Aurora Triptych is a multimedia mix of music, images, and storytelling that follows the Northern Lights on a far ranging journey from the Solar to Earth’s higher environment. This celestial voyage is complemented by Maestra Miller transporting us to realms of creativeness.”

Tickets for the present are $55 for adults and $10 for kids.

Get them at cowichanpac.ca, or name 250-746-2722.

You can even subscribe to all the symphony season and get 5 exhibits for $250 ($50 for college students and kids). Subscriptions can be found by telephone and in-person on the Ticket Centre in Duncan.

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The month closes out with Abra Cadabra: A Tribute to the Music of Abba on Sept. 28.

“That includes a stay band, highly effective vocals, dancers and costumes, this interactive stage present may have you smiling, shifting and singing alongside to hits resembling ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Take A Likelihood’, ‘SOS’, ‘Waterloo’, ‘Fernando’ and ABBA’s model new tune ‘I Nonetheless Have Religion in You’,” guarantees a press launch for the present.

The group has been touring for greater than 20 years, together with exhibits for royalty and rabble alike.

Tickets are $55, and the present begins at 7:30 p.m.

Get them at cowichanpac.ca, or name 250-746-2722.

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