Live: On its first cross-Canada tour in 20 years, the tricky-to-search-on-the-internet Pennsylvania band Live is at the downtown rink Friday, waving the 35-year banner of its major label debut Mental Jewelry.
Throwing Copper was the band’s big one, of course, and we’re sure to hear plenty off those albums at the half-bowl show, including the goliath Lightning Crashes.
Big Wreck, with the strange distinction of being a Canadian rock band formed in Boston, will likely unleash the juicy and bittersweet That Song, which to be honest is the thing I’m most looking forward to at the entire concert, so please look for the review in here Saturday!
Econoline Crush opens the sardine can up for the night.
Details: doors 6 p.m., show 7 p.m. Friday at Rogers Place (10220 104 Ave.), $41.95 and up at livetheband.com
Anne of Green Gables the Musical: A cast of emerging artists and theatrical youth stars in this song-filled adaptation of the story of our redheaded Canadian icon from Avonlea.
Bursting with optimistic themes of community, belonging and finding home, “Anne of Green Gables captures the spirit of resilience, imagination and joy that defines so much of our Canadian cultural heritage,” says director Kim Mattice Wanat.
Bonus: it’s staged in Fort Edmonton’s historic Capitol Theatre, which can only add to old-timey vibes.
Anne of Green Gables the Musical runs through March 8 at Capitol Theatre in Fort Edmonotn Park.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun., March 4-7, 1:30 p.m. Sat./Sun, March 7/8 at Capitol Theatre, Fort Edmonton Park (7000 143 St.), $38.61 at nuovavocalarts.ca
Grosvener plays Britten: Oh, this one’s good: British piano maestro Benjamin Grosvenor returns to Winspear after a dozen-year hiatus to play Brahms, Benjamin Britten’s lively Piano Concerto for its ESO premiere, finishing with the late, great local composer Malcolm Forsyth’s Jubilee Overture.
The orchestra will be conducted by Alain Trudel and the Brahms will be his swirling, piano-peppered Symphony No. 4.
A dynamic program in a beautiful space, overall.
British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor returns to the ESO fold Friday and Saturday at Winspear.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Fri./Sat. At Winspear Centre (4 Sir Winston Churchill Sq.), $40 and up at winspearcentre.com
Sirāt (2025): Óliver Laxe’s much-acclaimed multilingual nailbiter is a Cannes Jury Prize-winner following a father, along with his son, searching for his daughter in the deserts of southern Morocco within roving rave culture in the wake of war.
This one’s also up for Best International Feature film at the March 15 Oscars, so it’s definitely worth catching on the big screen with the sound turned up and a tasty bag of popcorn.
Details: 6:45 p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m. Mon./Weds. at Metro Cinema (8712 109 St.), $14
Skirts Afire: Just an early head’s up our annual women-celebrating and -elevating 10-day arts festival kicks off Thursday all over Old Strathcona and beyond, circling around International Women’s Day March 8.
In theatre action alone, two premieres: Ms. Pat’s Kitchen by Jameela J. McNeill and Shannan Calcutt’s Things I Shouldn’t Tell You – some performances already selling out.
We’ll get into this more next week, but for now, please have a look at skirtsafire.com so you can see what intrigues!
Details: March 5-15 in Old Strathcona and beyond, $182.60 all access pass at skirtsafire.com
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