Backstage with Local Country Artist Hayley Verrall: “I Knew My Purpose in This World Was to Create Music and Positively Impact as Many Lives as Possible”
Local Country Artist Hayley Verrall, a driven, passionate, and eclectic award-winning country singer/songwriter from Burlington, Ontario, is a familiar face at The Burlington Performing Arts Centre — you may recognize her as our local pre-show entertainment before Burton Cummings’s performance back in…
Music, Storytelling, and Wartime Brooklyn: Backstage with Creator of “Bohemians in Brooklyn” Tom Allen
Tom Allen is the host of Shift on CBC Radio 2, hosts concerts across Canada, plays the trombone, creates a series of shows alongside harpist Lori Gemmell called Chamber Musicals (including “Bohemians in Brooklyn”) and is the author of three…
Backstage with Brother Duo The Abrams: “We Both Have Become Best Friends Because of Our Music”
The Abrams, a brother country duo from Kingston, Ontario, are the first to point out that social media often portrays the “highlights” of peoples’ lives – and because of this, it has become increasingly easy to compare ourselves to others.…
BPAC Celebrates 2nd Annual Cultural Diversity Festival September 28 & 29, 2019 as an Ontario Culture Days ‘Feature Hub’!
The Burlington Performing Arts Centre (‘BPAC’) is proud to have been invited by Ontario Culture Days to be a Feature Hub of Culture Days 2019 following up last year’s Ontario Culture Days ‘Best Hub’ award. Ontario Culture Days has commissioned…
The 2019/2020 BPAC Presents Season
The 2019/2020 BPAC Presents Season: Over 70 international, national, and local artists! The 2019/2020 BPAC Presents Season was announced to a full crowd earlier this evening (May 28) in the Main Theatre at The Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Executive Director…
2019 Hall of Fame Inductee
The Burlington Footnotes Senior Performing Troupe Inc announced as the 2019 Burlington Performing Arts Centre Hall of Fame Inductee. At the 2019/2020 Season Launch on May 28, The Burlington Performing Arts Centre (BPAC) presented The Burlington Footnotes Senior Performing Troupe…
2018 Hall of Fame Inductee
BURLINGTON, ON – The Burlington Performing Arts Centre is pleased to announce its 2018 Hall of Fame Inductee: Helen Zdriluk (In Memory). In addition to inspiring and moulding young minds during her time as a drama teacher at Burlington Central…
Executive Director Tammy Fox
BURLINGTON, ON – Executive Director Tammy Fox announced her inaugural season of programming at BPAC’s annual season launch event Wednesday, May 16. Joining Fox to introduce the 2018/19 Season, and sample what audiences can expect, were Indigenous contemporary folk band…