Queen Extravaganza is a spectacular touring concert show designed to take the glorious music and the live experience of rock legends, Queen to generations of fans. Behind the show is Queen’s iconic drummer Roger Taylor. MORE

Celebrating 45 years of joyous and uplifting music that marries the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions to the sounds of gospel music, Ladysmith Black Mambazo burst on to the music scene in 1986 with their collaboration on Paul Simon’s Graceland. The award winning a cappella group continues to garner praise the world over, for their polished-yet-soulful vocals, inspiring songs and message of love and positivity. MORE

No set, no costumes, no props? No problem! Created and performed by Canadian actor Charles Ross, One Man Star Wars is just as it sounds: one man’s side-splitting retelling of one of movie history’s most popular trilogies, Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The only production of its kind approved by George Lucas, Ross performed his high-energy show off-Broadway in 2005 and has appeared on The Today Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. MORE

Metamorphose through a series of brilliant solo repertoire, duos and trios with a distinctly French flavour. Featuring works from Telemann to Poulenc. MORE

The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 60 years and shows no signs of diminishing.

www.blindboys.com | www.davidcarvermusic.com

In this latest installment of Imperial Theatre’s Movie Series, you and your Valentine will enjoy a screening of the romantic classic Sleepless in Seattle. MORE

Hailing from P.E.I., the award-winning Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys serve up old-time roots music with an energy level that practically yanks you out of your seat! Known in folk music circles as “crazy legs,” MacKeeman’s energetic dance style mixed with great bluegrass-style vocals and roaring fiddling skills have led this top-notch band of multi-instrumentalists to become a favourite roots/traditional act on festival stages at home and abroad. MORE

Imperial Theatre is pleased to offer an evening of short films and discussion about the art of Dance.

Please join us for this FREE event featuring:

A Very Dangerous Pastime
Why I Dance
Peggy Baker: Four Phrases
Lock
Source
Lost Action: Trace
ORA

In addition to the screenings of the short films, we will have group discussions led by professional dancers from the community.

Tom Allen, host
Michael Newnham, conductor
Join the fun and mayhem of radio celebrity Tom Allen, host of CBC Radio 2's "Shift" as we explore the world of classical music like you've never seen it before…or ever will afterwards. MORE

Just For Laughs is thrilled to announce the return of the hilariously miserable Jeremy Hotz!  Don’t miss Jeremy as he heads out in his dilapidated van to a city near you with his brand new show – The Magical Misery Tour. MORE

Make a rendez-vous with the unexpected and it will leave you smiling! A charming production crafted for younger audiences, BOO! shines with a series of vignettes that include a happy mixture of dance, silly characters interacting, a bit of theatre and the simple poetry of the body in motion. Sensitive, ingenious and full of delightful curiosities, BOO! is the perfect show to introduce your child to theatre. MORE

An exciting artistic collaboration of orchestral music with Honky Tonk Heroes and Musical Outlaws! Experience the showcase of New Brunswick Youth Orchestra's exciting new repertoire for 2013 and the no-nonsense country sounds of The Divorcees for a very thrilling (and maybe even a little dangerous) musical performance. MORE

Choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring was so controversial that during the 1913 premiere, audience members had fistfights in the aisles. The cause? Kids these days with their so-called music and their inappropriate dancing. Fast-forward to the present and parents still don’t understand. Cas Public’s Variations S is a refreshing, high-energy work inspired by the Ballet Russes and the infamous Nijinsky choreography. Comprised of eight dancers and a live DJ, Variations S is a bold homage to fierce teenage determination to break from the crowd and carve out a place of their own. MORE

Ryder has been lauded for “impressive fearlessness” (Boston Globe), “pipes, presence [and] potential” (No Depression) and “…a range and vocal maturity of someone twice her age” (American Songwriter). She accepted an invitation to tour with Steve Earle, Melissa Etheridge and performed on bills with acts as diverse as Aerosmith, Marc Broussard, Cheap Trick and Xavier Rudd. MORE