Past Events
Curious about events we've done? Check them out below.
2024-2025 Performing Arts Series
Jessica McMann Trio
Knox Performance Centre
May 25th 2025 | $30/Ticket
Jessica McMann is an Alberta -based Cree (Cowessess, SK), multi-disciplinary artist. She interweaves land, Indigenous identity, history, and language throughout her dance and music creation/performance practice. A classically trained flutist, she holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Calgary and an MFA in Contemporary Arts from Simon Fraser University. Her work fuses together traditional language and dance with her own contemporary experiences as an Indigenous woman
and Two-Spirit person.
Tara Cheyanne
& Calder White
Prince George Playhouse
May 10th, 2025 | $45/Ticket
Tara Cheyenne ‘Pants’
Can one reimagine gender from inside a middle-aged body while standing at the playground caught in the no "man's" land between the "moms" and the "dads"? Pants takes a deep dive into the shallow end of the gender binary through raw comedy and dance that crawls inside our "packaging". What happens to one's flimsy identity, built on blending, when one's offspring sheds the binary before recess? Profoundly personal storytelling is delivered through alarming comedy and movement that reveals the heart of the matter.
Calder White 'BABY
is a contemporary dance theatre piece that integrates puppetry, prop, and costume to distort the audience's perception of the number of 'real' bodies on stage. The characters we encounter in the piece exist at the intersection of intimacy, anonymity, and horror, multiplying and projecting themselves onto other parts of their own bodies, onto the bodies of other performers, and outwards into space in the pursuit of connection.
J.S. Bach’s Long Walk
in the Snow
Knox Performance Centre
Apr. 24th 2025 | $60/Ticket
Know Performance Centre welcomes CBC’s Tom Allen and friends to the stage for “JS Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow,” a narrated performance accompanied by music. About the show, Allan writes that it “…is a coming-of-age-story about a hot-headed, small-town orphan who narrowly avoided committing murder, turned his back on a perfectly good job and walked 400 kilometres north to find love, fulfilment, and the father figure he didn’t know he needed.” The 20-year old’s trek to the sophisticated port city of Lubeck was a four-month odyssey, a memorable coming-of-age trip that musical storyteller Tom Allen takes you along for a tale of sword fights, big business, and a glittering Christmas romance.
O’Celli
Knox Performance Centre
Dec. 7th 2024 | $70/Ticket
What can sound better than a cello? Eight cellos! This instrument, the closest to the human voice, is one of the few which carries being multiplied. When played together with others, the beauties of this intrument add up, giving birth to a unique, full and exceptional sound. Ô-Celli was brought to life by the shared passion of eight cellists, chamber musicians and concertists, for this exceptional vibration they created. Together, they take us on a fabulous journey through a repertoire of both original and arranged pieces, as they eagerly travel through a wide musical panel, ranging from Tchaikovsky to Strauss, passing by the music of Piazzolla and Nino Rota.
Proximity by Move:
The Company
Prince George Playhouse
Nov. 30th 2024 | $40/Ticket
Joshua Beamish is a BC dance artist who has achieved worldwide success as a prolific choreographer and an exceptional performer: this is a chance to see both aspects of his work. The original digital program featured two of his creations – Lost Touch, a solo for Renée Sigouin, and Proximity, a duet performed by Beamish and Sigouin. Beamish also dances in two solos choreographed for him: Redemption, by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Ablaze Amongst the Fragments of Your Sky by former Ballet BC artist Kirsten Wicklund. Falling Upward is a dance film created by Joshua Beamish, Scott Fowler & Stefan Nazarevich.
Duo Cordelia
Knox Performance Centre
Oct. 30th 2024 | $30/Ticket
Formed in 2016, Duo Cordelia features violinist and composer Vanessa Marcoux and pianist Marie-Christine Poirier. The ensemble is very active on the Canadian classical music scene and is being regularly invited to perform across Canada. The two musicians widen the framework of their respective instruments by ushering them into new territory. The Duo’s mission is to expand the possibilities within the medium of the classical concert by introducing improvisation, an array of exciting repertoire from the 20th and 21st century, arrangements of traditional melodies and original compositions by Vanessa.
Jeremy Ledbetter Trio
Knox Performance Centre
Sept. 28th 2024 | $40/Ticket
Forged in a cauldron of raging, inspiring contemporary jazz, the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio pushes the boundaries of jazz and world music, providing an undiluted display of rampaging energy and captivating musicianship.Audiences must exercise caution. People who see this band are rarely the same again. If the Jeremy Ledbetter Trio were an inanimate object it would be a runaway train.
Jeremy Ledbetter has been creating genre-bending original music since forming the Caribbean Latin jazz outfit CaneFire in 2004.
2023-2024 Performing Arts Series
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Northern Hospitality
Music Festival
Join us May 24th-25th, 2024 at Knox Performance Centre and prepare for a unique musical celebration at Danny Bell's Northern Hospitality Music Festival
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday May 24th - 7:30PM - 10:30PM: Live Music
w/ Grande Maul, Britt AM, and Saltwater Hank
Saturday May 25th - 11AM-2PM: Great Northern Chili Cook-Off
Saturday May 25th 2PM: Matinee Children’s Show With Kym Gouchie
Saturday May 25th 7:30PM - 10:30PM: Live Music w/ Big Fancy, Reckless Burning, and Danny Bell & His Disappointments
Ballet Kelowna - taqəš and Other Works
April 5th, 2024 | 7 PM
Vanier Hall
The taqəš and Other Works program features a stunning lineup of signature works from Ballet Kelowna’s contemporary ballet repertoire. With Cameron Fraser-Monroe’s powerful and compelling taqəš [tawKESH], Guillaume Côté’s mesmerizing Bolero, and Fraser-Monroe’s satirical The Cowboy Act Suite, this high-energy program promises to please a wide range of spectators.
Cameron Fraser-Monroe brings his classical ballet training, knowledge of traditional Coast Salish, Grass, and Hoop Dance, and experience as a contemporary dancer to taqəš [tawKESH], which means “to return something” in Ayajuthem, the language belonging to the Homalco, Klahoose, K’omoks and Tla’amin Nations. Set to several songs by Polaris Prize-winning composer and singer Jeremy Dutcher, taqəš follows the traditional story “Raven Returns the Water,” centred around ῤoho (raven) and walθ (frog).
Next, National Ballet of Canada Choreographic Associate Guillaume Côté brings strength and fragility to a fascinating interpretation of the beloved Boléro by Maurice Ravel, one of music’s most famous and identifiable melodies. A “riveting tour de force” (Dance Magazine), Bolero (2012) features breathtaking lifts and virtuosic choreography.
Rounding out the program, audiences will be transported to the Wild West in Cameron Fraser-Monroe’s The Cowboy Act Suite, a work that explores the dichotomy between “Cowboys and Indians” set to music by Mohawk singer/songwriter Tom Wilson. While these caricatures have been portrayed on pages, stages, and in films, they are often penned from a colonial perspective. Fraser-Monroe’s intuitive take on the swashbuckling strut of the Cowboy informs this intellectual unpacking of a one-sided lens and flips the script to ask, what happens when an Indian directs the Cowboys through their history?
Total running time including pause and 15-minute intermission = 86 minutes
Jonathan Crow
February 13th, 2024 | 7 PM
Knox Performance Centre
Do not miss your chance to experience this unique and inspiring classical concert with Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Jonathan Crow and accompanying pianist Phil Chiu. This wonderful program will include works by Brahms, Strauss, and modern Canadian composers.
A native of Prince George, British Columbia, Jonathan earned his Bachelor of Music degree in honours performance from McGill University in 1998, at which time he joined the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) as Associate Principal Second Violin. Between 2002 and 2006, Jonathan was the Concertmaster of the OSM; during this time, he was the youngest concertmaster of any major North American orchestra.
Land’s End Ensemble
December 1st, 2023 | 7:00 PM
Knox Performance Centre
Join us for a special concert with Juno-nominated Land’s End Ensemble from Calgary. The ensemble includes Maria van der Sloot on violin, Beth Root Sandvoss on Cello, and Susanne Ruberg-Gordon on piano. LE Ensemble is dedicated to introducing audiences to new music by Canadian and International performances, and to performing landmark chamber works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The December 1st Program includes works from Canadian composers Michael Van der Sloot, Kirstin Flores, Denis Nassar, Ilkim Tongur, as well as international composers Mary Kouyoumdjian, Salina Fisher, and Reena Esmail.
You will not want to miss this wonderful opportunity to see some of Canada’s most talented and inspiring musicians.
Middle - Raged
October 20th, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Knox Performance Centre
Starring Geri Hall and Gary Pearson, MIDDLE RAGED is a hilarious sketch show, exploring that time of life when you're running out of time! Couples dealing with the madness of childrearing, empty nests, aging parents, financial stresses...and even trying "Outlander" role play to spice up the bedroom!
Song parodies and sketches by Hall (This Hour has 22 Minutes) and Pearson (MadTV), and music by Jeff Rosenthal.
MIDDLE RAGED - when the bloom is off the rose, but the thorns are sharper than ever!!
Pier 21 – Canadiana Musical Theatre Company
October 13st, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Knox Performance Centre
Connect with Canada’s immigration history in the very gateway that inspired the production Pier 21: The Musical. Refugees and immigrants flee Europe as war breaks out in 1939. After half a million soldiers depart from Pier 21 to fight in the Second World War, War Brides and a new generation of immigrants arrive to take their first steps on Canadian soil through the Pier.
Site-specific theatre at its best, Pier 21: The Musical is a Celtic and Swing flavoured musical packed with powerful vignettes and characters. Pier 21: The Musical is presented by the Canadiana Musical Theatre Company. Book, Music and Lyrics are by Allen des Noyers.
Jhoely Triana Flamenco
and NAVAZ
October 6th, 2023 | 7 PM
Knox Performance Centre
Jhoely Triana Flamenco features Jhoely Triana and her band, bringing you a full hour of latin-infused flamenco music and dance. Her performance includes three solos from her Arboles (Trees) performance, which revolves around the concept of memories. The performance uses the metaphor of trees to represent how we must honor our roots and gather strength from our past to reach new heights so that we can share our lived experiences with our community and spread the seeds of empathy and compassion.
Navaz began as a musical collaboration between Neda Jalali and Eric Tompkins. Eric's jazz and Latin guitar stylings and his interest in world music compliments Neda's beautifully haunting voice. Neda sings mostly in Farsi, but she also sings in Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, and English. The mystical poetry of Hafez and Rumi, traditional Persian melodies, jazz, Latin and blues rhythms are all part of the Navaz experience.
Kutapira
October 1st, 2023 | 7 PM
Knox Performance Centre
Zimbabwean Marimba, Afro-Cuban & West African rhythms, Reggae, Samba, Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz, Cumbia, Disco and Hip Hop all contribute to a fusion of styles intelligently selected, seamlessly blended and brought to you by Kutapira.
Since 2005, Kutapira has been playing a fusion of world music that creates visceral rhythms that energize audiences of any age. Join us at the Knox Performance Centre October 1st 2023 and witness Kutapira’s dance-worthy rhythms and beats.
Angela Hewitt in Concert
March 9th, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Knox Performance Centre
Join us on March 9th at 7:30 pm for a concert by one of the worlds top pianists, Angela Hewitt and the inaugural recital event for Prince George's newest performance venue - The Knox Performance Centre!
Get your tickets now to attend this once in a lifetime event. You don't want to be disappointed.
There are two tiers of seating prices plus the option of attending a reception with Angela Hewitt after the recital.
