Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM. 

Hocus Pocus, Clarinet Focus

The Saskatoon Concert Band invites audiences to an enchanting evening of music and imagination with Hocus Pocus, Clarinet Focus, a fall concert featuring guest soloist Gilles Turcotte, clarinet, on Saturday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre.

With a program inspired by rhythm, folklore, and a touch of mystery, the concert showcases a captivating mix of works for winds. Highlights include Elizabeth Raum’s Dance Suite for Clarinet and Band, Marcel Saurer’s Klezmer Fantasy, and Randall D. Standridge’s The Witching Hour—a perfect nod to the season. The evening also features spirited favourites such as Shostakovich’s Folk Dances, Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, and music from Danny Elfman’s Dick Tracy soundtrack.

Clarinetist Gilles Turcotte, a Saskatoon native, brings warmth, artistry, and virtuosity to the stage. A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, Gilles has performed across Canada and Europe, appeared with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, and was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award for his solo recording Demografx. Since retiring from a 21-year career with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, he has dedicated himself fully to performance and teaching, inspiring musicians of all ages.

For more information, go to saskatoonconcertband.ca.
 

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM.

Saskatoon Community Bands present CHIAROSCRUO featuring the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Nick Fanner, and the Jazz Band under the direction of Doug Gilmour.

Chiaroscuro – A term borrowed from the world of art, literally means from “dark to light”.  It is both a technique and a concept. It is a means of transitioning from shadows to light, or a means of creating contrasts. In a musical sense it can be the contrast of major to minor keys, the emotional contrast of louds and softs, or the change of tempo. The repertoire in this concert from both the performing ensembles will exemplify each of those techniques, providing for a truly exciting and energized listening experience. From the “dark” of The Lord of the Rings” to the uplifting almost angelic writing of Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque” the contrast of the dark & the light has never been more apparent.

Event Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – 7:30pm
Location: Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon
Tickets: $15 all ages; available from the Broadway Box Office or members of the Wind Ensemble or the Jazz Band.

For further information contact: Peter England, Executive Director, Saskatoon Community Bands at saskatooncommunitybands@gmail.com or by calling (306) 341- 0762.

It's the Saskatoon Soaps Improv Comedy's 41th season! 

Enjoy $50 of savings with the SASKATOON SOAPS SEASON 41 PASS! With this pass, get in to each of the 10 Saskatoon Soaps shows at the Broadway Theatre AND save $50!

Doors: 7PM. Showtime: 8PM. 

Saskatoon Soaps Improv Comedy: Disorder in the Court

ITS THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY .... we just don't know what the crime is yet!

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM. 

Vaughnco Presents… The Highwaymen Show: Great American Outlaws Tribute Concert

The Highwaymen Show is the Great American Outlaw musical celebrating the world’s most recognized classic country artists. These icons are responsible for creating a new era in country music. Our show features a cast portraying the parts of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson, as they looked in their prime. They perform their biggest hits, while telling the stories about how they grew together as friends. This show gives you the opportunity to see what they looked like and what they sounded like as they became the superstars we know today. “We feature songs like Always on My Mind, Ring of Fire, Me and Bobby McGee and Luckenbach Texas. I wanted to provide people the opportunity to a show I wish I could have seen,” Founder Gray Sartin said.

Doors: 7:00 PM. Showtime: 7:30 PM

The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer’s sparkling score does for the ‘80s what Hairspray did for the ‘60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.

At its core, The Wedding Singer is about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the need to belong. These themes are as relevant now as they were then—maybe even more so. In a time when people are being told who they should be, how they should love,  and what’s acceptable, The Wedding Singer reminds us of something vital: that love comes in many forms, that identity is personal, and that joy, connection, and authenticity are worth celebrating.

Doors: 7:00 PM. Showtime: 7:30 PM

The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer’s sparkling score does for the ‘80s what Hairspray did for the ‘60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.

At its core, The Wedding Singer is about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the need to belong. These themes are as relevant now as they were then—maybe even more so. In a time when people are being told who they should be, how they should love,  and what’s acceptable, The Wedding Singer reminds us of something vital: that love comes in many forms, that identity is personal, and that joy, connection, and authenticity are worth celebrating.

Doors: 1:30PM. Showtime: 2PM.

The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer’s sparkling score does for the ‘80s what Hairspray did for the ‘60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.

At its core, The Wedding Singer is about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the need to belong. These themes are as relevant now as they were then—maybe even more so. In a time when people are being told who they should be, how they should love,  and what’s acceptable, The Wedding Singer reminds us of something vital: that love comes in many forms, that identity is personal, and that joy, connection, and authenticity are worth celebrating.

Doors: 7:00 PM. Showtime: 7:30 PM

The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer’s sparkling score does for the ‘80s what Hairspray did for the ‘60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.

At its core, The Wedding Singer is about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the need to belong. These themes are as relevant now as they were then—maybe even more so. In a time when people are being told who they should be, how they should love,  and what’s acceptable, The Wedding Singer reminds us of something vital: that love comes in many forms, that identity is personal, and that joy, connection, and authenticity are worth celebrating.

Doors: 1:30PM. Showtime: 2PM.

The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer’s sparkling score does for the ‘80s what Hairspray did for the ‘60s. Just say yes to the most romantic musical in twenty years.

At its core, The Wedding Singer is about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the need to belong. These themes are as relevant now as they were then—maybe even more so. In a time when people are being told who they should be, how they should love,  and what’s acceptable, The Wedding Singer reminds us of something vital: that love comes in many forms, that identity is personal, and that joy, connection, and authenticity are worth celebrating.

Doors at 6:30PM. Show at 7:30PM. 

Doors at 6:30PM. Show at 7:30PM. 

Auditorium doors: 6:30PM. Show: 7PM.

1102 Broadway Avenue is an original production written, directed, and produced by Christine Johnston, Jason Ali, and Priscilla Brightley.  Remedy Musical Theatre is committed to one original, all ages production in Saskatoon every year in the early part of December.  Our diverse cast are not professionals, but hard-working local artists who are devoted to their personal development within this performing art form.  We have invested an entire year in this beautiful story that springs from the people who live at 1102 Broadway Avenue.  We will move you, make you laugh, remind you of life and societal issues like prejudice (how it can be self inflicted as well as embedded in every part of society), while providing you an evening of unforgettable entertainment.  This year, the music is live on stage during the production featuring Christine Johnston on piano and guitar, Olivia Nasr on flute, Thea Knittig on violin, and a special guest playing percussion.  The work we invested this year is first for us as artists, then for you - our audience.  We hope to see you there!

 Doors: 1PM. Showtime: 2PM. 

Piano Heist returns with a dazzling new holiday production: A Very Merry Heistmas!  A festive romp through Christmas classics interlaced with their own brand of musical and comedic shenanigans, Nico Rhodes & Patrick Courtin tackle everything “Christmas”. Whether it’s the nostalgic charm of Charlie Brown Christmas, a rock & roll styled Nutcracker Suite; The Messiah on melodicas, or a rollicking ragtime Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, get ready for a holiday experience that’s truly one-of-a-kind! Bring your festive spirit and prepare to sing-a-long for A Very Merry Heistmas!

www.pianoheist.com

Doors at 9PM. Show at 10PM. 

Doors at 6PM. Show at 7PM.

Eileen Laverty 
December 12, 2025  7:30pm

Angels in the Snow: A Magical Christmas

Feel the magic of the season with this special concert of original songs and holiday favourites. Eileen and her bandmates Jesse Brown, Greg Hargarten, Glenn Ens and Corey Hildebrand, are sure to kindle your festive spirit!

Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter Eileen Laverty has enchanted audiences across Canada and abroad with her soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics. Laverty’s unique brand of folk music has been featured in film and television programs, and landed her performances with a diverse range of artists, including the late Kenny Rogers, Canadian Tenor John McDermott, and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

Don’t miss out; get your tickets early!

Doors: 6:30 PM. Showtime: 7:30 PM.

The Most Wonderful Time... in Swing!

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with swinging arrangements, lush harmonies, and festive favourites performed by Saskatoon’s Jazz Orchestra. Whether you love nostalgic classics or fresh jazz twists, this concert is the perfect holiday soundtrack for the whole family to enjoy. This concert will also feature the Saskatoon Youth Jazz Orchestra and special guest vocalists.

We’ll have more information about this concert to share with you soon.

Please check back here or visit the SJO’s website at saskatoonjazzorchestra.com.
 

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM. 

A new holiday tradition emerges! Headlined by award-winning Métis singer-songwriter, multi-
instrumentalist, and record producer Donny Parenteau, join us for an evening with Saskatoon’s
finest Indigenous talent as we celebrate the end of the year with a festive collection of music, dance,
sketch comedy, and more.

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM. 

A new holiday tradition emerges! Headlined by award-winning Métis singer-songwriter, multi-
instrumentalist, and record producer Donny Parenteau, join us for an evening with Saskatoon’s
finest Indigenous talent as we celebrate the end of the year with a festive collection of music, dance,
sketch comedy, and more.

Showtime: 7:30PM. 

Lobby Doors: 6:30PM.  Auditorium Doors: 7PM.

Honky Tonk Man Show

A Tribute to the music of Dwight Yoakam

Join us at Broadway Theatre as the energetic and talented five-piece HTM tribute band celebrates the honky tonk music of Dwight Yoakam. The band delves into the vast Dwight Yoakam song catalogue with humour, anecdotes and great music!

Credited with the 80s-90s revival of honky-tonk and hillbilly music, Dwight Yoakam’s popularity spawned over 30 studio, live, and compilation albums, 37 top charted singles, three #1 albums including a triple-platinum album ‘This Time’, and two #1 singles. Yoakam has also amassed an Academy of Country Music Award and two Grammys! 

Honky Tonk Man show. A tribute to the music of Dwight Yoakam!!  

Winterruption Saskatoon 2026 Festival Wristbands - Only 80 available

Snow Limits Pass? Wrist Warmers? Wristy-uption? Winter Wonderband?

Whatever you wanna call it, We've got you covered for Winterruption 2026..

**Redeem your ticket at any Winterruption venue for your wristband**
 
Wristbands allow access to all venues hosting Winterruption 2026 events.
Note that The Broadway Theatre and the Refinery, are all ages venues, but some venues (Black Cat Tavern, Amigos, Green Room and Art Bar) have 19+ restrictions. Please contact the venue to confirm.

Space is reserved for wristband holders in each venue but subject to venue's capacity.
If venue is at capacity, wristband holders get first priority for next entry.

Having cold feet about securing your tickets? All Winterruption 2026 tickets increase in price day of show. Don't get left in the cold, buy your ticket NOW! 

Doors: 8PM. Showtime: 9PM.
Venue: Amigos Cantina

Proudly presented by The Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. 

Hailing from Toronto, The OBGMs fuse punk, rock, and hip-hop into an electrifying sound that’s garnered critical acclaim for “The Ends.” Known for their ferocious live performances, they’ve shared stages with heavyweights like Death From Above, PUP, and Alexisonfire. Their explosive energy and genre-defying approach make them a force to be reckoned with, poised to leave an indelible mark on the music scene and captivate audiences worldwide with their raw, unapologetic style.

Blind Commentary is a hardcore emo and alternative-rock band based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The band's signature sound is best described as a dynamic fusion of shoegaze, emogaze, grungegaze—essentially any and all variations of 'gaze,' infused with hardcore elements.

Doors: 6:00PM. Showtime: 7:00PM & 9:30 film screening
Venue: The Broadway Theatre

The Last Prairie Waltz: A Tribute to The Band and Canadian Made All Star Lineup
50th Anniversary Live Concert and Screening  (Winterruption YXE 2026)

2026 marks the 50th anniversary of critically acclaimed musical documentary “The Last Waltz” . This 2-part evening will include a live concert curated by Heidi Munro, featuring some of Saskatchewan's finest and most prominent musicians  in various performances of songs from the original concert.  These unique performances will be followed by a screening of the film.

Doors: 8PM. Showtime: 8:45PM
Venue: The Black Cat Tavern

Proudly presented by Prairie Records.

Open Mike Eagle found comedy in contemporary American horrors on albums like 2014’s Dark Comedy and catharsis in exposing his past on 2020’s Anime, Trauma, and Divorce. Now, the incisive, hilarious, and idiosyncratic purveyor of art rap praised by The New York Times, Pitchfork, and The New Yorker manipulates time like Dr. Strange on his new album, Component System with the Auto Reverse.

Factor Chandelier’s production combines melodic moods and live instruments over immaculate drums put together seemingly effortlessly to create a distinct sound. Factor is always trying to create original, thought-provoking music that pushes the envelope of traditional hip-hop and has drawn attention to this innovative Canadian artist.

Eekwol aka Lindsay Knight is an award-winning hip-hop performing artist and activist who has dedicated years to the culture and craft of hip-hop to create something unique and astounding to give back to the community. She is half nehiyaw (a status member of Muskoday First Nation) and half immigrant (Russian/Polish) with lived experience as an urban Indigenous person in Saskatoon, Treaty Six Territory. Eekwol uses her music and words to spread messages of resistance and revolution and keep Indigenous language, land, and culture alive for the next generations. Along with her own creative work, she is a mom of two, a PhD Candidate and lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan and is frequently invited to work with young people across Turtle Island as a mentor and helper. She achieves this through performances, workshops, speaking events, conferences and programs. In 2024, Eekwol released her 9th studio album titled, TMRWS, which is on all streaming sites. 

Doors: 8PM. Showtime: 9PM
Venue: Amigos Cantina

Proudly presented by The Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. 

In the beginning, there was THUMP.  Spontaneously combusting into creation at some point along the space-time-dance continuum, the musical group known as THUMPASAURUS has entertained, appetized, terrified and satisfied international audiences with their high production live shows, cinematic music videos, theatrical collaborations, late-night TV performances, and energy-packed albums, EPs, and singles ever since their big bang origin.

Jane Inc. is the solo moniker of Carlyn Bezic, forged after years spent building bona fides in the Toronto music scene with groups like U.S. Girls, Darlene Shrugg and dance-pop duo Ice Cream. Pitchfork called Number One, "dazzling... [Bezic] proves herself a musical Swiss Army knife, capable of anything and revelling in her multiplicity." Faster Than I Can Take was covered by SPIN, FADER, Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, and Stereogum, to name a few. In her live show, Bezic takes the conceptual edges of her work and pushes them with a physical abandon and “incredible presence, keeping the audience rapt even when she was justdancing hypnotically” (Brooklyn Vegan).

Shrimp fuelled party band with ADHD, and too many sequins. Fancy Diamonds plays moderately extravagant music for singles, couples, thrupples, and cults. Featuring fun songs with whimsical guitar licks, warm organ tones, and catchy beats.

FREE ADMISSION. Doors: 1PM. Showtime: 2PM.

PWATISIMO means ‘dance powwow’ in Cree. PWATISIMO is a celebration of Indigenous youth and powwow dance culture. Students of Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools bring their form of expression and style of dance to the troupe. We have dancers in various tot, junior & teen categories: fancy, jingle, traditional, chicken and grass.

Led by the Indigenous Student Achievement Coordinator (ISAC), PWATISIMO makes various excursions and trips throughout the year including powwows, special events, schools & organizations.

Members of the dance troupe maintain good attendance and grades.

Doors:  6:30PM. Showtime: 7:00PM.
Venue: The Refinery

It’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. 
We promise. 
For tonight, we are free.

Nominated - Edinburgh Comedy Award - Best Comedy Show
★★★★ “brilliantly smart and beautifully stupid” -The Guardian

Join us for a technocolour acid trip where you’ll meet puppet Joni Mitchell, a two-person horse and every body part we have.

A techno-punk concert, a play, a clown show, a basement puppet nightmare all rolled into one, SLUGS is about trying to have a good time while the world burns.

FREE ADMISSION. Doors: 6PM. Showtime: 7PM.

PWATISIMO means ‘dance powwow’ in Cree. PWATISIMO is a celebration of Indigenous youth and powwow dance culture. Students of Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools bring their form of expression and style of dance to the troupe. We have dancers in various tot, junior & teen categories: fancy, jingle, traditional, chicken and grass.

Led by the Indigenous Student Achievement Coordinator (ISAC), PWATISIMO makes various excursions and trips throughout the year including powwows, special events, schools & organizations.

Members of the dance troupe maintain good attendance and grades.

Doors:  6:30PM. Showtime:  7:30PM
Venue: Art Bar

Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV, film, and fashion. A three-time Canadian Screen Award winner, Vivek is the creator and writer of the CBC Gem Original Series How to Fail as a Popstar, which had its international premiere at Cannes. She was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize and has collaborated with musical icons Jann Arden, Peaches, and Jully Black. Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel.” Vivek has been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene, a guest host on The Social and CBC’s q, and she is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation. Vivek’s 11th solo studio recording, New Models, will be out in October 2025 on Twin Fang Records, and her 13th book, a dystopian novel, The Hystericals, will be published in Fall 2026 by McClelland & Stewart.

The Naysayers (Drea Naysayer) is a non-binary singer and songwriter on the Coax Records label. Their music blends elements of acoustic folk, alt-rock, and punk. The Naysayers are known for their visceral lyrics, shape shifting vocals, relentlessly catchy melodies and uncompromising and sincere energy. Drea Naysayer’s voice commands attention and they are recognized as an experienced performer with meteoric power, engaging, and unforgettable live shows.
The Naysayers have lived, performed and recorded extensively in the Yukon until 2023 before relocating to the prairies making their debut in Saskatoon at the Breakout West Music Conference in September 2024. The Naysayers are releasing new music in the winter of 2026. They have released 10 independent albums, won CBC Searchlight Yukon in 2014, and have toured nationally and internationally for 20 years. The Naysayers music feels like a punch in the gut and a warm embrace at the same time. In a sea of similarity, The Naysayers cut through.

Doors: 9PM. Showtime: 9:30PM
Venue: The Black Cat Tavern

Proudly presented by Prairie Records.

Maia Sinaiko and Susanna Thomson like to joke that they are delusional about Sour Widows, the Bay Area band they started seven years ago that is just now releasing its entrancing and powerful debut LP, ‘Revival of a Friend’. In those seven years, Sinaiko and Thomson each endured losses and hardships that at times required putting bigger plans on hold; looking back, they can only laugh at these hurdles and wonder if they should have taken them as signs—to stop, to start over, to succumb to the hardship.

PISS is a noisy, genre-bending 4-piece punk band from Vancouver B.C. The band combines music, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and various mediums of visual art to address complex themes that blur the line between personal and political.

Yarbo is an aggressive rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Bouncing between inspirations in ‘heavy music’ with an indifference towards classification, Yarbo’s music is consistently fast, catchy and punishing. Their debut album ‘Husband’ showcases this and it's pretty alright.

Doors: 9PM. Showtime: 10PM.
Venue: Amigos Cantina

Proudly presented by The Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. 

Annie-Claude Deschênes embraces multidisciplinarity in her quest to merge music and performance art, challenging stage conventions. A prominent figure in Montreal's independent music scene for over twenty years, she gained recognition as the frontwoman of the cult bands Duchess Says and PyPy. Annie's solo project marks a shift from aggression to dystopian disco vibes. Inspired by minimal pop and electronic pioneers, her debut album, LES MANIÈRES DE TABLE, is both danceable and disquieting, reexamining social codes of politeness

New York/Berlin based musician and multimedia artist JJ Weihl makes music under the moniker Discovery Zone. Growing up in Manhattan, JJ listened to a lot of 90s pop and oldies as a kid before discovering jazz and alternative rock as a teen. Spending most of her free time reading, writing stories and engaging with modern dance and theater — she started writing songs on the guitar in high school. Dance and choreography fueled her interest in music, leading her to touchstones like Art of Noise and Aphex Twin whose music often accompanied dance performances.

Mart Avi is known for making spiky and mysterious music for the feet and heart, for living and loving. He grew up in a pint-sized Estonian village named Vara ("Treasure" in English), toying around with rusty remnants from its industrious past that informed his aesthetics in creating another space, using topographies close at hand. Mapping uncharted territories between modern pop and timeless grandeur, Avi, as a sound master and singer-songwriter, is simultaneously suave and slippery. His shimmering melodies, crackling rhythms and off-kilter mindgames tend to seduce the unawares. A consummate performer, he presents a fascinating paradox of soulful tenderness pulsing beneath commanding arm thrusts and menacing high kicks.

Doors:  9PM. Showtime:  10PM
Venue: Green Room

With the western Canadian badlands as a backdrop, Direwind's chief inspiration lies in the past; The fundamental spark of being which connects historical humanity to all current lives, through the earth and sun and everything experienced in between.

Combining dissonant metal influence with stripped-down coldwave and industrial, all entwined with the tremulous voice of Saskatoon's own Taylor Jade, a deep well of influence produces music curious enough that it takes a moment to dissect just which comes from where. New Altrive Tales, the groups initial full-length, and its themes of consciousness, morality and antagonism, remain at home with aggressive tracks like bludgeoning opener "Auld"; but Direwind has no fear of ambience. The cold, elemental "Spire's Curse" closes the record with similar ease, reminding listeners not only of the past as a musical catalog of the 1980s, but the past as the lives of those who've come before and the spark that connects us all

Formed in 2013 and promptly getting to work on a split tape and two successive demos, Goathammer have been a study of staunch underground ethics from the very beginning. Theirs is a sound that's steeped in decades of arcane black/death wisdom, canvassing an array of eras and international flavors whilst being finessed into foul, filthy form by true fanatics. Their debut release for Hell’s Handbanger’s records, Ceremony of Morbid Destruction is the grand, garish culmination of Goathammer's noble work thus far. There’s a sulfurous aura and true dungeon-bound darkness that bespeak the ancient ways of the 1990s, but completely unselfconsciously so. Goathammer possess the unique elan to conjure a sensation that evokes both nostalgia and newness, and above all, put forth an identity that's theirs alone and offering boundless exploration of those depths for the future.

Doors:  6PM. Showtime:  7PM.
Venue: Art Bar

It’s the frostiest month in Saskatoon, so join us as we warm things up with Sits ‘n’ Giggles Comedy for Winterruption! With two unique shows with some of the funniest folks in YXE, it’s going to be sit shows of the best kind. This night is guaranteed to leave you with a sit-eating grin!

Host- Anna Linassi
Anjie Mittleholtz
Shawn Cuthand
Matt Donlevy
Lachlan McWilliams
Chief Joe
Ari Avivi
Danny Knight
Mitchell Doran

Doors:  6:30PM. Showtime: 7:00PM.
Venue: The Refinery

It’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. 
We promise. 
For tonight, we are free.

Nominated - Edinburgh Comedy Award - Best Comedy Show
★★★★ “brilliantly smart and beautifully stupid” -The Guardian

Join us for a technocolour acid trip where you’ll meet puppet Joni Mitchell, a two-person horse and every body part we have.

A techno-punk concert, a play, a clown show, a basement puppet nightmare all rolled into one, SLUGS is about trying to have a good time while the world burns.

Doors: 7PM. Showtime: 8PM.
Venue: Broadway Theatre

 Kevin McDonald’s “Superstar” is the rock and roll, true story of a bad relationship, Kevin had in the 90s - which led to an evening of misadventure, one evening in New York with Dave Foley. 

Kevin and his talented cast (they need to be talented because Kevin isn't) sing and act out this traumatic story with catchy melodies. It's trauma that rhymes. Oh and it's also a comedy - so it's funny trauma. Funny musical, trauma.

Doors:  8:30PM. Showtime:  9PM.
Venue: Art Bar

It’s the frostiest month in Saskatoon, so join us as we warm things up with Sits ‘n’ Giggles Comedy for Winterruption! With two unique shows with some of the funniest folks in YXE, it’s going to be sit shows of the best kind. This night is guaranteed to leave you with a sit-eating grin!

Host- Darryl Jr. Koszman
Jenny Ryan
Eric Bzowy
Connor Schick
Shannon Mallory
Kishore Visvanathan
Afrin Sarca
Dylan Jay
Dakota Ray Hebert 

Doors: 9PM. Showtime: 9:30PM.
Venue: The Black Cat Tavern

Proudly presented by Prairie Records.

Bahay Kubo is more than just a drag collective, it’s a movement. We are rooted in Treaty Six territory, and we carry the name Bahay Kubo which translates to Nipa Hut - a symbol of Filipinx identity, resilience, and courage. Through performance, artistry, and unapologetic queerness, we weave a love letter to the Filipinx diaspora - to those, like us, who left the homeland in pursuit of a better future. We are brown and Asian joy incarnate, honouring culture and heritage, through the power of drag. From the relentless heat of the Philippines to the unforgiving chill of the prairies, Filipinx resilience endures - Just like Bahay Kubo, standing strong, unshaken, and ready for whatever lies ahead!

Ivana Beer is Saskatchewan's elite clown hooker. Don't be fooled by her good looks though because she quite literally is a jack of ALL trades. You never really know what you're going to get with her but she can guarantee it will be funny and shocking in the best way possible. She has a love for bringing creativity to people in ways you've never seen before and she'll never leave you unsatisfied but you'll definitely be wanting more!

Playwright, director and singer songwriter Sean Nicholas Savage has returned to a pop palette with his most brilliant batch of classic ballads to date. His new album, “The Knowing” is a pivot; at once more subversive and yet more fashionable than ever before.Savage engaged several collaborators on this record. Longtime accomplice Pascal Chenard recorded and produced the record with Savage in London, England, where Savage was born. The lead single, “Your Drug”, a reflective duet with Arbutus Records label mate Marci, both familiar and yet with an edgy bareness that allows it to recontextualize its nostalgic trope. Belgian singer songwriter David Numwami played guitar on the songs “Stranger Than Fiction” and “Wild Things” and artist JJ Weihl aka Discovery Zone co-wrote “Pink Bouquet”.

Doors:  9PM. Showtime:  10PM.
Venue: Green Room

HYPOTHERMIA: An ASYLUM Winterruption spectacular

The Asylum: Gothic Industrial Gathering and The Broadway Theatre usher you back to the void at sub-zero, suspended in all of it’s phantasmagorical majesty on the Green Room Dancefloor! Disciplined ASYLUM wardens WIL MASCHINE and ZOO MUSIC GIRL will provide the requisite Goth, Industrial, and Darkwave sorcery that have been Asylum cornerstones since it’s inception, while Saskatoon miserabalist SKOT HAMILTON (KEN mode, Adolyne, etc) unveils his new solo entity, DEEP INFIRMARY.

Featuring live rites courtesy of:

DEEP INFIRMARY:
As a life-long devotee and architect of all things aurally caustic, it was only a matter of time before an experiment like DEEP INFIRMARY opened its glassy inhuman eyes, gained something approximating sentience and flung itself from the desk of stalwart noise-monger Skot Hamilton (KEN mode, Adolyne, et all...). A new solo undertaking intended to parade the industrial leanings that Hamilton has long alluded to on so many of his past efforts, this violently oscillating body of work evokes the vivid, whirring dystopias and charnel atmosphere of industrial's early phases and compels them to fresh animation. Fierce Tactility, thick grime and godless waves of manipulated racket collide with Hamilton's pre-existing notoriety for damaged, atonal noise-metal in a veritable vortex of ill tidings.

DJ sets from:
WIL MASCHINE – (Industrial strength authority from the Founder of ASYLUM)
ZOO MUSIC GIRL – (live DJ set from the host of CFCR's RELEASE THE BATS)

Doors: 9PM. Showtime: 10PM.
Venue: Amigos Cantina

Proudly presented by The Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. 

The Shivas have been called “the hardest working band in show business”. While that is impossible to measure, it’s also not far from the truth. Since their humble beginnings as high-school best friends almost two decades ago (the band formed in 2006), they have been grinding away tour after tour - visiting over 25 countries - and album after album - this is their 10th LP. Their sound has always evolved as they have grown, and worked with different labels and producers, but it has always stayed true to the psychedelic vision those kids had years ago at the very beginning.

WUT are three friends from Vancouver making jangly pop music with a punk rock heart. Being in love with craft and the handmade, they love to create- and have together released a cassette, a full length record, and 12 homemade music videos. Their heart-felt live shows will have you hugging your friend while raising your fist at “The Man”.

Blue Fantasy began as a recording project (and an excuse to get together and hang out) for Saskatoon musicians Shelby Gaudet (the Radiation Flowers, Lucy’s Seduction) and Christopher Laramee (Runway, Wasted Cathedral) and Regina musician Christopher Sleightholm (Snake River). After recording on and off for a few years they completed their debut album in 2024, which is a homespun jangly garage folk kaleidoscope daydream. They added drummer Charles Lamire to play live, with the full lineup they can take the songs to new places. In 2025 they released a split LP with Chicago legends Plastic Crimewave Syndicate. 

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime:  7:30PM
Venue: The Broadway Theatre

Canadian composers and arrangers take center stage in this electrifying celebration of big band brilliance! Big Band Theory 4.0: Go! Canada! unites four of Saskatoon’s homegrown jazz orchestras — the Footnotes Big Band, the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra, the Stone Frigate Big Band, and the University of Saskatchewan Jazz Ensemble — for one unforgettable night of artistic talent and powerhouse sound.

This annual community concert tradition showcases the incredible depth and creativity of our province’s jazz scene, featuring bold new works and beloved Canadian classics that capture the spirit, innovation, and diversity of Canada’s musical landscape. From coast to coast to prairie, this is big band jazz with a true Canadian heartbeat.

Get ready for an evening of soaring brass, driving rhythm, and the unmistakable joy of live jazz… Saskatchewan style!

Doors: 8PM. Showtime: 9PM.
Venue: Amigos Cantina

Proudly presented by The Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. 

Playful as a puppy but smart as a whip, New Brunswick, Canada’s MOTHERHOOD has a knack for  packing deeply conceptual art rock into a delightfully unpretentious package. Equal parts complex and unpredictable, the trio has assembled a bold body of work that blends the ferocity of punk, the finesse of surf, and the raw energy of garage into something riffy, rhythmic, and categorically ‘other’.   Oft-described as “Evil Beach Boys”, Motherhood’s live show is as intense as it is endearing, with chemistry borne of a longstanding best-friends-first mentality. The Fredericton-via-Belleisle Bay trio oozes small-town charm, their rural roots showing in the hillbilly colloquialisms that have become their signature style.

French Class is an electronic synth pop project from Winnipeg. Megumi Kimata works in collaboration with Tiana Garcia on vocals, Gabriela Ocejo on guitar and vocals, Lindsay Woolgar on bass, Kevin Waters on drums and Nolan Gottfried on saxophone.

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM.

Even if more than 600 years separates the life of John-Sebastien Bach (1685 -1750) and Omar Khayyam (1048 -1131), these two genius were made to meet each other.  Their visions of the world, as a perfect match of mathematics mastery and a super high level of spirituality, bring these two men in a delightful dialogue and traces a clear path to the sublime. In this program, Constantinople brings these two artists into a dialogue, where the sacred and spirituality transcend borders. For this new creation Constantinople proposes arrangements of some of the most beautiful spiritual songs and arias of JS Bach in dialogue with poems of Omar Khayyam sung in Persian and responding to Bach’s songs.

Doors at 7PM. Show at 8PM.

Doors at 7PM. Show at 8PM.

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM.

The "Beach party", the cars, the sun, free love, surfin', the endless summer...

This is what The Beach Boys music is. They have been the California ambassadors, everywhere on the planet for the last five decades.

During the summer of '98, six artists grabbed their instruments and talent to put together "The ultimate tribute to The Beach Boys" by The Beach Bums. The goal of the show is to recreate the magic and the essence of the 60's on the California beaches.

The Beach Bums adapt to any kind of events, indoors or outdoors, for all ages who want to experience The Beach Boys music again.

The magic starts when The Beach Bums, dress and act like The Beach Boys in their 60's show with precision singing of over forty (40) Beach Boys original hits. No tracks are used, it's all LIVE.

Wherever your event is held, casinos, fairs, festivals, etc... The Beach Bums will come to you with the very best surfin' music of the 50's and 60's.

Doors at 6PM. Show at 7PM. PRESALE STARTS SEPT. 10th at 10AM.

Doors at 7PM. Show at 8PM. 

Doors: 6:30 PM, Showtime: 7:30 PM

From the heart of Saskatoon to the soul of Edmonton, two premier Western Canadian jazz orchestras unite for an exhilarating night of music. Join the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra and Edmonton’s River City Big Band as they share the stage for a dynamic celebration of big band jazz at its finest — bold, expressive, and proudly Western Canadian!

We’ll have more information about this concert to share with you soon.

Please check back here or visit the SJO’s website at saskatoonjazzorchestra.com.

Doors at 6:30PM. Show at 7:30PM.

Doors 6:30PM. Show at 7:30PM. 

Doors: 7PM. Showtime: 7:30PM
The Mop Top Four takes you on a musical journey through the unforgettable career of The Beatles, bringing to life the sights and sounds of the band that changed music forever.

From the high-energy days of the early Cavern Club hits, to the roar of Shea Stadium, the psychedelic magic of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the rich harmonies of their later years, this show captures every era of Beatlemania. 

Complete with authentic costumes, instruments, and era-by-era narration, The Mop Top Four isn’t just a concert—it’s a full-scale re-creation of the most iconic moments in Beatles history. Sing along, reminisce, and relive the timeless music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo with a performance that will have audiences of all ages on their feet. 

Doors: 7PM. Showtime: 8PM.

MRG Live Presents: Leith Ross – I Can See the Future Tour

ABOUT LEITH ROSS:

Hailing from a small town near Ottawa, Ontario, singer-songwriter Leith Ross (they / them) channels their honest and emotional storytelling through introspective lyrics and a blend of indie folk with alternative and rock sounds. In 2020, they first introduced their artistry and independently released their debut Motherwell EP. Recorded live, it received widespread praise from tastemakers and fans alike. They continued to evolve with their viral singles “I’d Have To Think About It” and “We’ll Never Have Sex,” while also maintaining their momentum with a rising social presence. Signing to Republic Records in 2022 lead to their long awaited debut album To Learn the following year. As with all of their music, the songs on To Learn are deeply personal and take them to vulnerable places, exploring themes like queerness, love, relationships, and mental health and rendered in folk-adjacent tones—sometimes with a pop beat or a rock riff, sometimes with just their voice and their guitar alone. Closing out 2023, they unveiled the deluxe version To Learn, More, including live versions of fan favorites “(You) On My Arm,”  “Orlando,” and “To Learn.”  Critical acclaim followed from the likes of NME, CLASH, Them., Ones To Watch, and The FADER, who hailed them as “your new obsession.” Beyond tours with Lord Huron, Bahamas, and Helena Deland, they sold out headline shows worldwide, performed at festivals across North America, and received the inaugural “John Prine Songwriter Fellowship” at 2022’s Newport Folk Festival and a nomination for “Alternative Album of the Year” at 2024’s Juno Awards. Now, with over 450 million streams across their catalogue to date, they return with the new emotionally charged single “Grieving,” heralding a highly anticipated new album helmed by hit producer Rostam [Vampire Weekend].

Doors: 6:30 PM. Showtime: 7:30 PM

Often working behind the scenes, Billy Strayhorn’s brilliance redefined the sound of big band jazz with unmatched subtlety and creative ingenuity. The Quiet Revolutionary celebrates Strayhorn’s legacy through richly orchestrated works that showcase the incredible depth and modernity of his musical vision. Featuring the SJO and Saskatoon Youth Jazz Orchestra.

We’ll have more information about this concert to share with you soon.

Please check back here or visit the SJO’s website at saskatoonjazzorchestra.com.

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM

VaughnCo Entertainment is proud to present 

Hotel California - The Original Eagles Tribute 

When The Eagles stopped to catch their breath a few decades ago, having sold over 100 million records, collected six Grammys, and enjoyed six #1 albums, Hotel California began a pioneering journey through their history-making music that has taken them around the globe and thrilled hundreds of thousands of Eagles fans. Hotel California toured relentlessly from the 80’s straight through to today, setting the standard for world-class tribute productions as they went, and sharing stages with the likes of The Doobie Bros., Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gretchen Wilson, REO Speedwagon, and many more. From Japan to Dubai, Toronto to Texas, Hotel California has boldly taken the tribute band where none had gone before them and changed an industry’s collective mind about how good a “tribute” band could really be. 

The experience of a Hotel California show isn’t just about the band - it’s about celebrating the music and the memories, and the band gets the audiences involved and on their feet! 

Close your eyes and you’re right back there…You’ll hear all the hits, remarkably replicated, in this spectacular show! 

Doors: 6:30PM. Showtime: 7:30PM

VaughnCo Entertainment is proud to present the most outstanding Bee Gees Tribute show. Bee Gees Revisited is the ultimate tribute to the Bee Gees. Come and experience the sound, the harmonies, and the beautiful falsetto voices of the brothers Gibb. Performing with a full band the show recreates the Bee Gees 1998 Las Vegas appearance live.

The costumes, the music, and the atmosphere is as close to the real thing as you can get. The show suspends belief as it weaves through hit after hit from their classic 60’s catalogue to the groove of their 70’s Disco era hits that made the band a world-wide sensation. Dance and sing along to hits like Staying Alive, Night Fever, Massachusetts, Tragedy, You Should Be Dancing, and Nights on Broadway.

All performed note for note by award winning vocalists Colum Henry, Dave Lafame, and Aaron Solomon. This international touring act has played to sold out, standing ovation audiences throughout North America. So put on your white suits, sequence dresses, boogie shoes and get ready to sing and dance the night away with Bee Gees Revisited.  If you are a Bee Gees fan this show is a must see!