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June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

ShareBy John Swartz Wednesday June 3 the Orillia Vocal Ensemble has a concert at St. Paul’s Centre at 7:30 p.m.

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The Wizard of Oz

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz The Wizard of Oz, St. Paul’s Centre’s theatrical production this year, is may be the most ambitious

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May 20, 2026May 20, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Bleeker, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Vocal Ensemble, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz Arts Orillia and the Chippewas of Rama have their annual Gathering storytelling festival this week. It’s changed

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May 2, 2026May 2, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, City of Orillia, Leacock Museum, Lightfoot Band, Mariposa Folk, Mariposa House Hospice, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Ronnie Douglas, St. Paul's Center, Steven Henry

Coincidentally, Classic Lightfoot Live is playing the Opera House Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.

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April 25, 2026April 25, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Hibernation, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts

Don used an AI generated avatar of himself to answer some of the questions, which he demonstrated before I asked mine. So my first question – does you avatar have 6 or 4 fingers?

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April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Bleeker, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Secondary School, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North, St. Paul's Center

Sunday April 19 there will be a concert at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian on the occasion of organist Marshall Martin’s retirement.

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Need A Clue? Get One At The Opera House

April 11, 2026April 11, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Mariposa Arts, Opera House

It was like watching a TV screen as the VCR rewinds resetting the characters to that moment.

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April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Roots North

Kevin has another doozy lined up for June. The Weber Brothers along with the Ronnie Douglas Band and Andrew Alli & Josh Small have concert on the 13th.

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2026 Student Art Contest

March 22, 2026March 22, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Manticore Books, OMAH, Sustainable Orillia

For the first time, winning entries will be professionally displayed in a special Fall/Winter 2026 exhibition at the Orillia Museum of Art and History.