LIVE @ the Centre
Celebrate the holidays with music and laughter
LIVE @ the Centre continues this month with performances from beloved Atlantic Canadian performers.
After a sold out run of 70 Mile Yard Sale at The 2024 Charlottetown Festival, Island comedian and storyteller Justin Shaw returns to The Mack with another solo show full of holiday havoc. Playing December 5 and 6, A Creature is Stirring: A Christm-ish Comedy tells the painfully true story of Shaw’s first Christmas in the big city—and being trapped in his home with a rodent. The wild tale is tied together with hilarious stories from past relationships, growing up on PEI, and his travels across Canada.
From family kitchens to St. John’s pubs to major festivals, folk group The Irish Descendants has shared the music of their ancestors for over 30 years. With a mix of music, storytelling, and wit, the band delivers vivid memories of who they are and where they come from. They bring a special holiday show to the Sobey Family Theatre on December 7.
Island singer-songwriter and multi-award-winning entertainer Lennie Gallant returns to the Sobey Family Theatre on December 21 with his holiday show. The performance is full of original seasonal songs, holiday favourites, heart-warming stories, and visuals in a multimedia presentation. Gallant will be joined by Acadian musician Patricia Richard, pianist Julien Robichaud, and fiddler Marie Andrée Gaudet.
The Confederation Centre of the Arts choirs will offer two holiday performances in Memorial Hall. On December 14, the Confederation Youth Chorus presents Carry the Light—a winter concert that explores the joys (and struggles) of learning new things, along with familiar seasonal songs in a celebration of the light that shines in each of us. On December 20, the Confederation Singers present Dawn on Our Darkness—a winter concert featuring seasonal favourites and exploring the journey from darkness into dawn, whether by a star in the east, the growing light of the sun, or the warmth of family and friends.
Tickets can be purchased online at confederationcentre.com, via phone at 902-566-1267, or in person at the Centre’s box office.