French Quarter Festival Burlington - Tickets 10% off!

A Musical & Culinary Adventure
benefiting Performing Arts Burlington

Enjoy Great Live Music:
The 905 Band, Annie Marleau, Killin' Time Band,
The Kori Pop Trio, The KooGle Theatre Company, Michael Maguire,
Margo Jamieson, Subourbon Street, The Topher J Duo.

Relish Gourmet Food:
Marche' style food stations provided by Pepperwood

Try Your Luck & Open Your Wallet:
Door prizes, Raffle, Silent & Live Auctions

With French Quarter Festival the freedom is yours: choose your musical entertainment, your dining pleasure and even your seating arrangements. It's all up to you!

Join us for a unique event to support the arts community.
Friday, January 30th, 2009: 6:00pm to 11:00pm
Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains West, Burlington
$150 per person $135 per person, 10% off until Oct. 15th! (bar included in ticket price)

To Order:

Online Ordering and Printed Order Form available at: www.performingartsburlington.com
Phone: 905-631-6666
Fax: 905-631-1307

Performers Announced For Downtown Dining

Downtown Dining, an annual walking restaurant tour taking place in Burlington, Ontario including a sampling of food and alcoholic beverage has just gotten better than ever. Performing Arts Burlington has set-up performers in several of the restaurants to entertain guests as they visit each restaurant venue. Downtown Dining guests will be entertained by:

Annie Marleau - Unique indie pop material with a strong adult contemporary influence

Aalia Kesari - Singer/Song writer with distinction

Michael Maguire - Quintessential Entertainer: Sings & plays feel good music from his heart

Chris James - Original music, blues based but heavily routed in rhythm

Gerry Tymstra - Easy listening instrumental with a contempory flavor

Margo Jamieson - Relaxed jazz piano stylings with a timeless quality that captures listeners

Killin' Time Band - Blending of pop rock, blues, country, funk & Reggae to create a full roots rock experience

Tickets are still available for the event by calling 905 631-6666 or by visiting downtowndining.ca

Downtown Dining Tour 4 Is Here!

Downtown Dining, a walking tour of Downtown Burlington's finest restaurant venues, has gained the long awaited Tour 4.

Participating Restaurants:

Tickets are available by calling 905-631-6666 or by visiting http://www.downtowndining.ca/. Remember: if you're buying 4 or more tickets, a membership with Performing Arts Burlington saves you money!

Burlington Downtown Dining 2008!

Downtown Dining is a annual walking tour of Burlington's finest Downtown restaurants in support of Performing Arts Burlington.

“Downtown Dining 2008 is an opportunity to spend a wonderful afternoon sampling fantastic cuisine provided by some of the best restaurants in Burlington while enjoying the performances of local musicians. This year we have introduced membership pricing, giving our members more value for their buck.” said Deb Tymstra, PAB President.

The afternoon event is divided into three different tours, each featuring five restaurants.

Tour 1

Olivé Ristorante di Rocco
Siam Dish
Di Mario's Trattoria Ristorante
Ivanka’s Downtown Bistro
The Queen’s Head

Tour 2

Kaareli’s Restaurant and Wine Bar
Pepperwood Bistro
Paradiso
2020 Lakeside Ristorante & Bar
The Rude Native Bistro & Lounge

Tour 3

The Martini House Bistro
My - Thai Restaurant
La Costa Nuova
The Landmark Steakhouse
Emma’s Back Porch / Water St. Cooker

The restaurant tours begin at 11.15 a.m. on Sunday, July 13, and run through 3.00 p.m.

Tickets to Tour 1, 2 & 3 are already sold out! But not to worry, Tour 4 is coming soon. Click here to get your name on our Tour 4 waiting list or by calling the Performing Arts Burlington office at 905-631-6666.

StreetFest is just around the corner!

During the Sound of Music Festival, Performing Arts Burlington and Burlington Downtown have entered into an exciting partnership to provide entertainment at Brant & Pine Street. Beginning at 7:30pm on Friday June 13th, our performance pod will be featuring 12 different groups over the entire week-end. Festival goers will be entertained by a variety of genres of music including jazz & latin.

Schedule & Performers for Brant and Pine Streetside Pod:

Friday June 13th

7:30-8:15 & 8:45-9:30 Margo Jamieson Trio
10:00-10:45 Kori Pop Trio

Saturday June 14th

1:45-2:30 Halton Chinese Canadian Band
3:00-3:45 & 4:15-5:00 Mexico Amigo Mariachi Band
7:30-8:15 Kori Pop Trio
8:45-9:30 & 10:00-10:45 Jorge Lasso Latin Jazz Trio

Sunday June 15th

1:45-2:30 The Entertainers
3:00-3:45 & 4:15-5:00 Subourbon Street

The Burlington Performing Arts Centre is Coming!

Thank you to all of you, for your names and letters in support of the future Performing Arts Centre in Burlington. PAB received over 776 names and letter of support, which were presented to committee last night. After a very long evening, the Community and Corporate Services Committee of council voted in favour of moving to the detailed design phase of the project. This was the vote we were hoping for. The Burlington Performing Arts Centre is a REALITY! Over 100 people filled the council chambers and seven delegations made their presentations. As was said many times last night this was a momentus occasion. Congratulations to all of you and thank you for speaking up.

If you would like more information about the Burlington Performing Arts Centre, it's available on the City of Burlington website as well as Performing Arts Burlington's website.

-- Deb Tymstra President, Performing Arts Burlington

Urgent - The Burlington Performing Arts Centre Needs Your Help!

Performing Arts Burlington is looking for its members and friends to show support for the performing arts centre. Please read the letter below and if you agree and would like to show your support publicly, please email info@performingartsburlington.com indicating your name, and the names of any others who would like to be included in your reply. We will be attempting to have this letter published in the Burlington Post on Friday, February 15th, and will be presenting it to the Community and Corporate Services Committee of Burlington City Council on Tuesday, February 19th, at 7:00pm. Please also plan to attend that meeting, held in the council chambers of city hall. This is vitally important to the future of the Performing Arts Centre.

Looking forward to your reply,
Deb Tymstra President, Performing Arts Burlington

Letter of Support NEEDED
A Performing Arts Centre for the Citizens of Burlington

For thirty years those who enjoy theatre, dance and music have shared a vision for a centre for the performing arts in Burlington - a centre to appreciate, participate in and enjoy the creative talent of, musicians, dancers and actors of all ages, who proudly call Burlington home - a centre that will attract entertainers from other cities and countries. Why travel to Oakville, Hamilton, Toronto, Mississauga and beyond when we can be entertained here? Why spend our hard earned money in other communities when we can spend it at home?

The arts are not a "frill". They are an enormous part of our economy and how we enjoy life. A performing arts centre is the missing link in the facilities that significantly contribute to our quality of life, our economy and our sense of community. It is a community need, as important as recreational facilities, parks, libraries, museums and art galleries. The time has come to make this vision a reality.

We support the performing arts centre, as performers, as people who will be entertained and most importantly as people who live and work proudly in Burlington, north, south east and west.

Signed,

YOU! Email us at info@performingartsburlington.com to get your name added in support of the Performing Arts Centre!