March is the perfect time to have a fantastic time enjoying the cultural scene in St. John’s.
Spend some quality time with your family and friends checking out the fun events listed below, which include musical and culinary events, exhibitions, and so much more.
Downtown Burger Battle
Devour Downtown, one delicious burger at a time, with scrumptious specialty burgers created by local restaurants for your voting pleasure! You can even post pics of your burgers with #DTBurgerBattle2024 for a chance to win a Gift Card from a participating restaurant.
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Downtown St. John’s
March 1 – 31, 2024
Vintage & Collectibles Winter Market
Love Vintage? Wild for Collectibles? Then mark your calendar for this one! Lots of vintage, thrifted, and collectibles vendors, plus hot food and treats because treasure hunting is hungry work! Come find a market filled with neat vintage treasures, awesome upcycled discoveries, and cool collectibles, records, and toys!
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St. John’s Farmers’ Market, 245 Freshwater Rd, St. John’s
March 3, 2024 from 10 am – 3 pm
NARNIA: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is an experience to share with the whole family with exciting visuals, stage combat, and a story of love, faith, courage, and giving, with its triumph of good over evil, is a true celebration of life.
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Holy Heart Theatre, 55 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
March 8 – 9, 2024 at 7 pm
Women-Owned Business Market Spring
International Women’s Day on March 8th is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This Market will celebrate all women, femmes, trans-, non-binary, genderqueer, genderfluid, or otherwise gender diverse or gender non-conforming identifying persons of Newfoundland and Labrador and want to acknowledge and feature all the awesome things they do in their communities!
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St. John’s Farmers’ Market, 245 Freshwater Rd, St. John’s
March 10, 2024 from 10 am – 3 pm
Celtic Fiddlers: Celtic Tides Show
Enjoy an afternoon as the Celtic Fiddlers, a dynamic ensemble of seven talented musicians, take the stage to present “Celtic Tides.” This captivating show tells the compelling story of the Irish migration to Newfoundland, weaving together the rich tapestry of music, culture, and history that has shaped the unique identity of our province.
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The Rooms, 9 Bonaventure Avenue, St. John’s
March 10, 2024 from 1:30 pm to 3 pm
These Shining Lives
These Shining Lives revolves around the real-life circumstances of women in the 1920s who worked in a watch factory painting watch faces with glowing radium-rich paint.
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LSPU Hall, 3 Victoria Street, St. John’s
March 15 – 17, 2024 at 8 pm
Tribute to the Tragically Hip
Music @ Work takes over the Black Sheep for the Paddy’s Day weekend.
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The Black Sheep on George, 7 George Street, St. John’s
March 15 – 16, 2024 from 10:30 pm to 1:30 am
Duckish: The Ghost and Fairy Stories of Tom Dawe
Join is for a nostalgic night filled with fairies and folklore and lots of fun! This is based on stories from Tom Dawe’s An Old Man’s Winter Night and Spirited Away, this original production is adapted for the stage by our own Susan Bonnell.
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Manuels River Interpretation Centre, 7 Conception Bay Highway, Conception Bay South
March 20 – 23, 2024 at 8 pm
Rock the Rock: Volume One- Classic Rock Revival
Come and relive the biggest rock classic anthems performed none other than the famous NL Promotions Band accompanied by Janet Cull, Tony Thompson, and Jonathon Reid! Together they recreate live, the biggest and best classic rock anthems with outstanding energy and stunning accuracy!
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Holy Heart Theatre, 55 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
Friday, March 22, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Ode to Joy
The NSO takes the stage to present one of the most well-known works of all the classical music – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The orchestra, under the direction of Marc David, will be joined by four guest soloists and the Philharmonic Choir of the NSO for this masterpiece. The concert will also include the performance of Beethoven Unwound by our own Peter Gardner.
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Arts and Culture Centre, 95 Allandale Road, St. John’s
Friday, March 22, 2024 at 8:00 pm
The Great Egg Hunt
Hop along the trails and search for colourful eggs hidden all around the area. Meet the woodland characters and complete their fun and exciting challenges, and win prizes! Parents/Guardians must attend with children. Don’t miss out on this egg-citing adventure!
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Manuels River Interpretation Centre, 7 Conception Bay Highway, Conception Bay South
March 24, 2024, different sessions from 11:30 am to 2 pm
A One Night Stand With Mary Walsh
Canadian cultural icon, comedienne, and social activist MARY WALSH is coming home to perform some of her best comedic bits and most popular characters from Dancing With Rage, CODCO and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, along with up-to-the-minute local political satire.
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Holy Heart Theatre, 55 Bonaventure Ave, St. John’s
March 27 – 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Emergence
Join us at the newly-renovated Majestic Theatre in St. John’s for the premiere of Limerance by Cassidy Boone, the 2023-24 RBC-Kittiwake emerging choreographer-in-residence, which will be performed by members of the NSO and conducted by this year’s RBC-NSO emerging conductor, Andrei Popkov.
Also on the program is Cara Alida by Hannah Drover and conducted by Kerri MacPhee and Appalachian Spring by Abby Rowe and conducted by Murray Lefebvre, all four of whom are former RBC emerging artists.
The Majestic Theatre, 390 Duckworth St, St. John’s
March 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Good Yarn: Improv Comedy Inspired by True Stories
Join NTV Chief Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr alongside St John’s improvisers, each relating their tales of Snowmageddon. Starring Colin Glavac, Miri Rain, Rayanne Langdon, Dana Puddicombe, Evan Walsh, Julian Lord, Luke Rowe, and Sarah Blackmore. Directed by Dana Puddicombe.
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Erin’s Pub, 186 Water Street, St. John’s
Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 7:30 pm