Activities & Events in Toronto: Friday, March 3 – Sunday, March 5, 2017
I. Live Music & Concerts
1. Venice Baroque Orchestra
“Thrilling to hear and watch,” (The Times) Benedetti and the Venice Baroque Orchestra perform Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and works by Galuppi, Avison, and Geminiani. Born in Scotland of Italian heritage, Nicola Benedetti was the winner of Best Female Artist at the 2013 Classical BRIT Awards. Her passion for Italian Baroque music and historical performance is heard in her collaboration with the Venice Baroque Orchestra. Founded by Baroque scholar and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra is committed to the rediscovery of 17th- and 18th-century masterpieces. Details
Toronto
2. Viva España!
The sounds and rhythms of Spain have enchanted many great composers. Let their musical impressions warm your soul. Come and feel the passion! Details
Toronto
3. Sinfonia Toronto
Sinfonia Toronto’s concert will feature the brilliant Montréal cellist performing Saint-Saens’ popular Cello Concerto No. 1. The program will include Grieg’s G Minor String Quartet arranged for orchestra especially for this occasion by Maestro Nurhan Arman who will also conduct the concert titled ‘Cello Passion’. Celebrating the 100th birthday of renowned Canadian composer Oskar Morawetz the orchestra will also perform his ‘Sinfonietta’. Details
4. Tanya Tagaq
This program ranges from an imposing work for piano and orchestra by Jörg Widmann to the World Premières of works by the TSO’s RBC Affiliate Composer Jordan Pal and the astonishing throat singer and 2014 Polaris Music Prize–winner Tanya Tagaq, written with Christine Duncan and Jean Martin, with orchestrations by Christopher Mayo. Details
5. Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience
Enter the world of Westeros with the Game of Thrones® Live Concert Experience — an immersive music and visual experience that will bring the Seven Kingdoms to life on a scale never seen before. Using state-of-the-art technology, Game of Thrones® composer Ramin Djawadi, along with a full orchestra and choir, will take fans on a musical journey through the realm – from King’s Landing to Winterfell, along the northern stretches of the Kingsroad to The Wall and across the Narrow Sea to Braavos, Meereen and beyond. Details
Saturday, March 04, 2017 | 8:00 PM
6. Quintessential Quintets
Amanda Tosoff Quintet
Amanda Tosoff – piano, Alex Goodman – guitar, Felicity Williams – vocals, Jon Maharaj – bass, Morgan Childs – drums
Barbra Lica Quintet
Barbra Lica – vocals, Will Fisher – drums, Tom Fleming – Guitar, Joel Visentin – Piano, Marc Godfrey – bass. Details
Greenwin Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts,
5040 Yonge St.Toronto
7. Goran Bregovic & His Wedding and Funeral Band
Small World Music and Massey Hall present The trans-Balkan musical extravaganza that is Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Band has been dubbed a “musical spectacle unlike anything else on North American stages” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “brought down the house” at their last Carnegie Hall appearance. The band features Gypsy brass players, led by legendary guitarist and composer Bregovic. Bregovic rose to fame as the founding member of Bijelo Dugme (White Button), one of the biggest rock acts to come out of the former Yugoslavia. Founded in 1974, they sold millions of albums across the region, shaking things up with their Balkan-infused hard rock that gave voice to a generation stifled by communist conformity. Details
Massey Hall, Toronto
8. Sing Joyfully!
The TMC, the Minster Singers from Yorkminster Park, and organist William Maddox join forces for a great hymn sing. Experience some beautiful anthems performed by the two choirs, including Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium, Paul Halley’s Jesu, the very thought of thee, and Healey Willan’s Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones. Then add your voice to a stirring selection of audience hymns, all taken from Ancient and Modern, the new edition of the world’s best-known hymn book. Details
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
1585 Yonge Street
9. Orchestra Toronto – France
Orchestra Toronto’s very own principal cellist Tom Mueller will perform Camille Saint Saens’ Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op. 33. We’ll also perform Claude Debussy’s La Mer and Selections from Gabriel Faure’s Pelleas and Mellisande Suite Op.80. Details
Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge St.Toronto
10. Boston Symphony Orchestra
Considered one of the finest ensembles in North America, the BSO was founded in 1881. Tanglewood, its summer festival in northwestern Massachusetts, is the most prestigious of its kind on the continent, and includes a highly-respected training program. Latvian-born rising-star conductor Andris Nelsons became the artistic head of the organization at the start of the 2014-15 season and will lead the Orchestra in this rare and not-to-be-missed Toronto performance. Details
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St, Toronto
11. Fern Lindzon
Juno nominated jazz vocalist and pianist Fern Lindzon moves assuredly and creatively through a highly-personalized repertoire of her own arrangements of jazz standards, pop, and world music. “Smart and smouldering” and “sublimely elegant.”(!earshot). Details
Toronto
II. Live Theatre & Related Events
Performing Arts Events
Performing Arts & Theatre in March
- Sousatzka @ Elgin Theatre
- Cirque Eloize: Cirkopolis @ Bluma Appel Theatre
- His Girl Friday @ Aki Studio
- One Little Goat Theatre Company presents SMYTH / WILLIAMS @ Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace
- How Black Mothers Say I Love You by Trey Anthony @ Factory Theatre
- Peace River Country @ Tarragon Theatre
- Shaping Sound @ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
- Five Faces for Evelyn Frost @ Berkeley Street Theatre
- John & Waleed @ Theatre Passe Muraille
- Breath In Between @ Streetcar Crowsnest
- Marc Maron – The Too Real Tour @ The Danforth Music Hall on Sun, Mar 5 | 06:30 PM
and more!
2. Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival is Canada’s premier festival celebrating scripted, ensemble comedy. It’s 12 days of hilarity on 5 Toronto stages featuring over 200 comedians. Since 2005 the Festival has brought sketch comedy to wider audiences with ticketed and free performances showcasing hundreds of emerging comedians and a slate of top-flight headliner acts such as Kate McKinnon, The Kids in the Hall, This is That, Michael Ian Black, Gavin Crawford, and The Irrelevant Show. Details
March 1 to 12, 2017
3. Curious Minds Weekend
Inspired by the popular Curious Minds Morning Speaker Series which has brought thousands of curious people and life-long learners to the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema over the past two years, the CURIOUS MINDS WEEKEND is three days of intriguing panels, presentations, lectures, discussions and, of course, a film screening. Details
March 3 – 5, 2017
III. Sports
1. Monster Energy AMA Supercross
Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, is the world’s premier stadium motorcycle circuit, comprised of 17 races of heart-stopping racing action in some of the largest venues in North America. Details
Saturday, March 04, 2017 | 7:00 PM
2. Toronto Rock
vs. New England Black Wolves on Friday, March 3, 2017 | 07:30 PM
3. Toronto Marlies
vs. Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Thursday, March 2, 2017 | 11:00 PM
vs. St. John’s IceCaps on Saturday, March 5, 2017 | 5:00 PM
vs. St. John’s IceCaps on Sunday, March 6, 2017 | 03:00 PM
4. Mississauga Steelheads
vs. North Bay Battalion on Friday, March 3, 2017 | 07:00 PM
vs. Sarnia Sting on Sunday, March 5 2017 | 02:00 PM
IV. Exhibitions, Festivals & Other Events
Things to Do This Winter in Toronto
1. Toronto Antique & Vintage Market
Toronto Vintage Clothing Show – Shop for amazing vintage clothing, jewellery & accessories – including one of a kind designer pieces
Sunday, March 05, 2017 | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
2. Toronto Light Festival
The Toronto Light Festival, the City’s first-ever light art festival, is coming to the Distillery Historic District! Visitors will be taken on a new visual journey and cerebral adventure, designed to entertain and inspire. The Festival will transform the picturesque historic neighbourhood into one of the largest open-air galleries in North America, lighting up the long winter nights with distinctive works from local and international light artists. Details
January 27 – March 12, 2017
55 Mill Street, Toronto
3. Toronto International Bicycle Show
The Toronto International Bicycle Show is the best place to shop for bicycles and accessories, preview the newest trends in cycling from the top manufacturers and distributors plus enjoy thrilling action-packed events. Details
March 3 – 5, 2017
195 Princes’ Boulevard, Toronto
4. Toronto Spring Camping and RV Show & Sale
Learn about the RV & Camping Lifestyle and talk directly to Manufacturer Representatives about the right recreation vehicle for your family. The largest RV consumer show in Canada and the only show promoted by the Canadian RV Association. Details
5. Celebrate Toronto
Celebrate Toronto, the 2-day festival honouring Toronto’s 183rd Anniversary, will be held at Nathan Phillips Square. The festival will include vendors, shopping, food trucks, interactive activities, skating, DJ skate party, and annual photography competition.Details
6. The Study and Go Abroad Fair
Study and Go Abroad Fairs are Canada’s largest international university and student travel expos, and are held in various cities across Canada. Top-ranked universities from around the world attend to meet with students in Canada looking to study an undergraduate or postgraduate degree abroad. Visit the Travel Zone for work abroad, volunteering, internships and language travel. Details
Sunday, March 5, 2017
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