We are delighted to present... Red Dirt Skinners - Live at St Paul's Centre, Orillia - May 9, 2025

Described by Roots Music Canada as “The Pink Floyd of Folk Music” the Red Dirt Skinners are the multi-award winning, multi-instrumentalist husband and wife team of Rob and Sarah Skinner.

With male and female harmonies blending together as one voice and Sarah’s trademark soprano saxophone solos, you will be swept along by the refreshingly different sound of the Red Dirt Skinners.
A Red Dirt Skinners concert combines captivating storytelling with knowing lyricism and outstanding musicianship. The Skinners have a natural rapport with their audiences and their live shows are a wonderful experience; a musical journey to remember. Be prepared for laugh-out-loud lyrics, followed by songs sure to pull at your heartstrings. Rob and Sarah Skinner will steal your hearts. Don’t miss their show!

Buy your tickets here:
https://allevents.in/orillia/red-dirt-skinners-live-at-st-pauls-event-centre-orillia/80002402949245

Stand Up For Canada!
The Orillia Concert Band is presenting this year’s spring concert, A Canadiana Celebration, on Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 pm at the St. Paul’s Centre, 62 Peter St. North in Orillia. Doors open at 6:30.
With soloist, Autumn Debassige, Randy Hoover and the Orillia Concert Band will offer a wonderful a variety of music from Canadian composers, new and old, representing all regions of our vast and beautiful country. We have a huge range to select from in our gifted musical mosaic. From Newfoundland and heading right across the nation; the iconic “Hockey Night in Canada”; the traditional and historic and of course some Lightfoot and Celine!
Bring out your Canadian Flags and Canada Proud shirts and buttons and let’s have a rousing evening of fun, standing strong together!
Tickets will be available at the door (cash only please).

Buy your tickets online now!

Adults $25

Maturing Adults ( 60 or better) $20

Post Secondary Students $15

Youth ( 5 to 18) $10

Kids under 5 free

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

Save the Date and Share widely! Come join us for a wonderful afternoon
Film Screening: "Where Olive Trees Weep"
Where: St Paul's Centre ( 62 Peter St N., Orillia)
When: Sunday April 27th, 2PM
Suggested Donation: $10 - $15
Theme: From Turtle Island to Palestine Part 1 of 2 - Conversations on Settler Colonialism and Genocide: Impacts on our Land, Health and the Environment
Guest Speakers: Local Palestinian and First Nation speakers
Documentary website: https://whereolivetreesweep.com/

Description:
"Where Olive Trees Weep" offers a searing window into the struggles and resilience of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.

We follow, among others, Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, grassroots activist Ahed Tamimi, and Israeli journalist Amira Hass. We witness Dr. Gabor Maté offering trauma-healing work for a group of women who have been tortured in Israeli prisons.

Ancient landscapes bear deep scars, having witnessed the brutal reality of ancestral land confiscation, expulsions, imprisonment, home demolitions, water deprivation, and denial of basic human rights. Yet, through the veil of oppression, we catch a glimpse of resilience—deep roots that have carried the Palestinian people through decades of darkness and shattered lives.

This emotional journey bares the humanity of the oppressed while grappling with the question: what makes the oppressor so ruthlessly blind to its own cruelty?

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VectWsWc1Q&t=7s

Able Theatre has a new show coming to the stage in April!
Our show "Movie Night" is our tribute to the movies.
Join us Wednesday, April 23, 7:pm at St. Paul's Centre in Orillia for a night or improv scenes, theatre games, dance and song performed by our all-abilities troupe!

For more info, visit our website www.abletheatre.com

The Mariposa Folk Festival exemplifies its commitment to fostering emerging talent through its annual Mariposa Showcase, which highlights and elevates under-recognized performers.

The Mariposa Showcase takes place at 1pm on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at St Paul’s Centre in Orillia, ON... and it's FREE!!!!

The Mariposa Folk Festival is renowned for its commitment to unearthing and promoting emerging artists. A key avenue for achieving this is the Mariposa Showcase, an annual event that spotlights up-and-coming talents who may not yet have received widespread recognition. Through this showcase, the festival provides a platform for artists to share their music and connect with audiences, fostering a vibrant community of creativity and discovery.

250 acts applied for this year's Showcase. Here are the 9 selected acts!

Basset
Evan Rotella
Harvey King and The Grindstone
Jessica Pearson and the East Wind
Matt Bazinet
Taming Sari
The Mill•Rights
Todd and Robyn
York Street Thought Process

This show's on the house, so swing by and soak in the tunes. Who knows, you might just stumble upon your next musical obsession!

St. Paul's Centre presents Pub Night with David Shaw Unplugged!
Join us for an evening of 90s nostalgia featuring David Shaw Unplugged, guaranteed to have everyone singing along!

Date: Friday, April 11, 2025

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (Doors open at 6:pm)

Cost: $10 Cover at the door.

Pub Food and Cash Bar

#LiveMusic #pubmusic #orillia #stpaulscentre #davidshawunplugged #90s

For the first time in its long history, the Orillia Silver Band has registered as a contestant group in the annual North American Brass Band Championship contest. This year, the contest will be held in Ft. Wayne, Indiana during April 2025 and will include many competing bands from across the continent.

Neil Barlow, the band’s music director invites you to a concert that will include the selections that the band will perform for the contest along with many other fine pieces of music. Our Contest Preview Concert takes place on Saturday, March 22, 2025, 7:00 pm at the St. Paul’s Centre in Orillia. Concert tickets are available from the Orillia Silver Band website www.orilliasilverband.com and at the door.

Opening the concert evening will be the famous Fanfare from La Peri by Paul Dukas. Also on the concert are the haunting Adagio for Strings by Samual Barber and the beautiful Shepherd’s Song, a lovely French folk song arranged by Goff Richards.

Headlining the concert is the wonderful Laude by composer James Curnow. This monumental work for brass and percussion is the obligatory “test piece” which all bands will perform for the contest.
The concert includes the classic work Little Suite for Band by the British composer Malcolm Arnold. And for lovers of compositions in the pop genre from the 1970s, the band will perform a great arrangement of the tune Music by guitarist John Miles.

Please put this exciting concert on your calendar. Be a part of the local movement to support our Orillia-based band on the North American contest scene! Your help and encouragement will be greatly appreciated!

Don’t miss this exciting evening of brass band entertainment!

53rd & 3rd Shows is delighted to present FRIDGE-A-PALOOZA: A Rock N Roll benefit show for The Orillia Community Fridge!!

Featuring:

Tangents

These dudes don't folk around. After playing with the legendary Cancer Bats, they'll be blessing us with a hometown show appearance and are back louder than ever with a new lineup! If you like it heavy, wicked and intense, then you are gonna love these fellas!

Terry Collins

Ooh la la we have a debut show!...excited to see what these Barrie hardcore/screamo cats throw at us in their first gig together. We've heard some wild stuff about them...and are are intrigued as you are for what they'll have in store for the audience! All we know, is we don't know nothing.

LakeCity

This killer 5 piece Rock band from Barrie pull from the 2000’s emo bands such as Silverstein and My Chemical Romance; while also possessing the shred punk sound of Sum 41. LakeCity has combined the best of all worlds to form a show that shouldn’t be missed! Stoked.

Kasey Kohring & Madison Mueller

This local dynamic duo will be opening up this event with their upbeat, awesome acoustic goodness and songwriting talents, providing something for everyone's taste. Two of our long time favs, get to the show early and see why!

This event will be taking place at the BANQUET HALL inside St Pauls!

The event is ALL AGES AND FAMILY FRIENDLY, so bring the whole family out and find something fun for everyone!

*this event is not licensed*

- Net proceeds of this event will be donated to The Orillia Community Fridge!!!

Tickets:

$10 advanced : https://fannatickets.com/.../mar-22-tangents.../register

$15 door

*we are also accepting non perishable food items for the fridge at door*

Come on out for a awesome night of various music, great people and help support a fantastic community cause!

Sponsored by :

POPPIES BAGEL COMPANY -
42 Mississaga St W in downtown Orillia

DAPPER DEPOT MENSWEAR -
39 Mississaga St E in downtown Orillia

St. Paul's Centre presents Pub Night with ALEX!

Date: Friday, March 21, 2025

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (Doors open at 6:pm)

Cost: $10 Cover at the door.

Pub Food and Cash Bar

It is always an enjoyable experience when ALEX visits the pub!

#livemusic #pubmusic #orillia #stpaulscentre

Dmytro Garbovskyi - Classics — The Food of the Gods

Step into an unforgettable matinee filled with the grandeur and beauty of immortal music. On stage with me will be the brilliant Italian soprano Mary Ferrari, accompanied by one of Canada’s finest pianists, Sabatino Vacca

You will hear masterpieces that have inspired hearts for centuries, awakened deep emotions, and made time stand still. Immerse yourself in a world of harmony, passion, and breathtaking melodies that will leave no one untouched.

March 16, 2:00 PM, St. Paul's Orillia,
Orillia, 62 Peter St., ON L3V 4Z1
Tickets: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dmytro-garbovskyi-radiant-of-classic-tickets-1149567329829?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios]

Don’t miss this chance to experience true artistry! See you at the concert!

On March 15, the unpredictable, roller-coaster winter weather will be pushed out of mind by a night of musical sunshine, courtesy of the Mariposa Folk Festival’s third and final concert of its 2024-25 season.

That night, award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume and folk-pop trio School House will be taking to the St. Paul’s Centre stage to sing away any late winter blues.

“Both Amanda Rheaume and School House were crowd favourites at the Mariposa Folk Festival in July and this March concert will reprise their unique musical stylings and bring us all a little Mariposa sunshine,” Mariposa Folk Festival President Pam Carter said.

The concert is on Saturday, March 15, at St. Paul’s Centre, 62 Peter Street North, Orillia. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 (all fees and taxes included) and are available at the Mariposa Folk Festival office, 10 Peter Street South in downtown Orillia, or online at this link.

Mariposa-In-Concert presents Amanda Rheaume and School House - Events - Universe

The Magical World of Music. Join the Orillia Concert Band, under the direction of Randy Hoover, on March 8th to immerse yourself in the sounds of the Animated Favourites. Guest Artist Christina Bosco joins us with her beautiful vocals.

The concert will take place at St. Paul's Centre, 62 Peter St. N., Orillia, 7:30 on March 8th. Doors open at 6:30.

Purchase Your Tickets Here:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/the-magical-world-of-music?fbclid=IwY2xjawH2FDVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHa1fzAXUSkxsxKqIBRfwNOWDfkIGdRBezI43Zj9K4VIqCrHYGXg4jF2sSA_aem_-0G4qnAy7Bnqu4tOq7aokA

Community Pancake and Sausage Supper – St. Paul’s Centre
St. Paul’s Centre (downstairs in the Banquet hall)
Tuesday March 4, 2025
5-6:30PM
Everyone is welcome, bring your friends and neighbours.
FREE (by donation)

Mind, Body & Soul Night -February Themes - Freedom & Forgiveness

Immerse yourself into an evening of meditation, connected discussion and ecstatic dance to fill your cup and heal the mind, body & soul- By Hannah Lafayette-Brooks

Welcome to the monthly **Mind, Body & Soul Night** in Orillia! Join me for February's Themes of **Freedom & Forgiveness** on Fri, Feb 28th, 2025 at 6:30 PM at St Paul's Centre in Memorial Hall.

This in-person gathering is designed to allow you to heal and connect with your mind, body and soul through meditation, healing activity, open discussion and ecstatic dance (or free movement). Let go of stress and negativity, and welcome in positivity and renewal. Come enjoy a night of relaxation, rejuvenation, freedom and connection with open-hearted individuals. You can come to one part or both if one resonates more than the other. Can't wait to see you there!

You can reach out to renewedhealthwellness@gmail.com for more details/with questions or to reserve you spot if you want to pay via cash/entransfer

To pay online or for more information, please select the link below.
Mind, Body & Soul Night -February Themes - Freedom & Forgiveness Tickets, Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite

Save the date! The Orillia Mariposa Grandmothers to Grandmothers popular Book and Jigsaw Puzzle Exchange is scheduled for Saturday, February 22nd, beginning at 10:00 AM at St. Paul's Orillia Church, located at 62 Peter Street, N in #orillia.

Additionally, there will be storytelling by Susan Charters starting at 10:30 AM, along with our popular sale of donated jewelry.

Orillia-based musician Samantha Windover will take to St. Paul’s Pub stage for a performance on Friday, Feb. 21. 2025.

Samantha's focus on Country and Folk genres allows her to create an intimate atmosphere that fosters audience engagement, much like the setting you will be a part of.

As she rapidly establishes her reputation in the music industry, it won’t be long before you can proudly say, "I saw her when."

The Feb. 21 performance will start at 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:pm)
Pub food and a cash bar will be available.
The cover charge is $10 (at the door).

St. Paul’s Centre is located at 62 Peter St. N., Orillia.

Gojijing Friendship Circle + St. Paul’s presents:

The Fire Still Burns - “An Evening of Song and Story”

Saturday Feb 8, 2025, 6:45-8:45 PM, at St. Paul’s Centre in Orillia.

Admission is FREE, Donations are welcomed.

December 21 marks the beginning of winter, why not celebrate with the Orillia Vocal Ensemble's "The Joy and Wonder of Christmas" concert at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Centre.
The show includes special guests: the Orillia Community Children's Choir

The admission is free, and the music will be festive.
The concert will benefit the Orillia Central Preschool.

Annual Service of Candles and Remembrance

St. Paul's United Church Orillia 

Wednesday December 18, 2024 at 7 pm.

Annual Cookie Walk Fundraiser at St. Paul's Church on Saturday, December 14th.

Join us for a heartwarming holiday tradition on Friday, December 13th, 2024, as Green Haven Shelter for Women and Dress for Success Orillia and Barrie present their third annual reading of Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol at St. Paul’s Centre in Orillia.

This festive evening will feature a talented panel of readers bringing to life the beloved characters of A Christmas Carol, a timeless story of redemption, compassion, and the holiday spirit. Local musician Sean Patrick and his band will perform live music, creating the perfect holiday ambiance. Light refreshments to be provided.

This event is a wonderful way to embrace the holiday season with family and friends while supporting local women in need. Proceeds from ticket sales and donations will benefit Green Haven Shelter for Women and Dress for Success Orillia and Barrie, helping these organizations provide crucial support to women in our community.

Event Details:

Date: Friday, December 13th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM)
Location: St. Paul’s Centre, 62 Peter St N, Orillia
Tickets: $25 Adult, $15 Youth (Ages 13-18,) & Senior
Kids 12 & Under: Free
Tickets for sale HERE

Orillia Concert Band's ''Christmas Prelude Concert" is the traditional start to the Christmas season. You’ll enjoy a wonderful selection of classic Christmas music, carols and sing alongs.
Our guest are The Orillia Vocal Ensemble and the brilliant soloist, Alexandra Teske.

Sat, December 7, 2024 07:30 p.m. - 09:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Centre

Tickets prices for the Christmas Prelude Concert:

Adults $25
Seniors (60 plus) $20

Post Secondary Students $15

Youth (18 and younger) $10

Children under 5 free

Buy your online tickets HERE

Important Note: Tickets purchased online will appear on your credit card statement as ZEFFY.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Season: Steve Orr - Dapper Depot
Concert: Mayo Marck Wilson - BMO Private Wealth

Live Stream Sponsor: Pinetree Real Eastate

Bar: Couchiching Craft Brewing Company

The Orillia Concert Band presents a one hour family-friendly Afternoon Christmas Concert of music and sing-along with the Orillia Community Children’s Choir and a visit from Santa.

It takes place at 3:30 pm on Saturday, December 7 at St. Paul's Centre.
Doors open at 2:30 pmTickets available, cash at the door or online HERE

Tickets purchased via Zeffy will appear as Zeffy on your statement.

Tickets Prices for the Afternoon Christmas Concert:
Family (2 Adults plus up to 4 youth) $20 [Available for purchase online only.]

Adults/Seniors $10

Youth (18 and younger) $5

Children under 5 free

Note:  These tickets are not valid for entry into the Christmas Prelude Concert.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Season: Steve Orr - Dapper Depot
Concert: Jenna French - Rustica Pizza Vino & Community Foundation of Orillia and Area

Live Stream Sponsor: Pinetree Real Estate

Visit St. Paul's Orillia on Friday, December 6th for a Candlelight Vigil in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

This solemn event will commemorate the tragic loss of fourteen young women in the Polytechnique Montréal massacre on December 6, 1989, while also remembering the countless other victims of gender-based violence.

The vigil will reflect on the need for continued action to end violence against women and will serve as a space to stand together in support of survivors.

Event Details:
Date: Friday, December 6th
Time: Doors open at 4:30 PM, Vigil begins at 5:00 PM
Location: St. Paul’s Centre, Orillia
Admission: Free

This event is hosted in partnership with CFUW Orillia, Elizabeth Fry Society Simcoe Muskoka, and Dress for Success Orillia Barrie.
Let us unite in remembrance and action.

All are welcome to attend and show solidarity with those affected by gender-based violence.

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Orillia - catch A Skydiggers Christmas on December 5th at St. Paul's Centre, with support from Daniel Greaves of The Watchmen.

For over 25 years Skydiggers’ friends and fans have reunited over the holidays at Toronto’s Legendary Horseshoe Tavern to celebrate the season to the soundtrack of the band’s distinctive rootsy Christmas tunes and Skydiggers’ classics, and this year they’re taking it on the road. “We’ve realized that the most moving moments of the season are more than just expressions of glad tidings and comfort and joy,” says Skydigger Andy Maize. “That there are moments of melancholy, regret and truth that are, in their own way, as much a part of the Christmas experience as any joyous carol. We want to put on a show that both celebrates the season while leaving room for quieter, more personal moments.

Get you tickets here:

A Skydiggers Christmas w/ special guest Daniel Greaves from the Watchmen Tickets, Thu, 5 Dec 2024 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite