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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 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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March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Lance Anderson, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz The spring concert season has arrived with three this weekend and more later in the month. Arts

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January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Bleeker, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, NSA, Old Dance Hall Players, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, St. Paul's Center, Zachary Lucky

ShareBy John Swartz First a brief note about missing a column last week. As I was sitting down to write

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November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Brassworks, Cellar Singers, Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Downtown Orillia, Mariposa Arts, NSA, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia wind ensemble, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, St. Paul's Center

The big announcement the youth center’s director, Kevin Gangloff, had last week (the day after the column ran) is that Serena Ryder and Lydia Persaud have a concert at Creative Nomad Studios December 21.

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November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, Cellar Singers, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Gordon Lightfoot, Green Haven, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Mariposa Arts, North Simcoe Arts, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia District Chamber of Commerce, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

ShareBy John Swartz What a month this has been so far. Mariposa Arts produced and performed fantastically with Jesus Christ

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October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Lightfoot Band, Lightfoot Days, Manticore Books, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Concert Association, Orillia Recreation Centre, Orillia Youth Centre, Ronnie Douglas, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

I have to say, having heard several medleys based on Chicago’s tunes, this one is the best arrangement I’ve heard.

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October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 Sunonline/Orillia Arts Orillia, City of Orillia, Creative Nomad Studios, Mariposa Arts, Mariposa Folk, Mariposa House Hospice, OCB, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia BIg Band, Orillia Jazz Festival, Orillia Public Library, Orillia Youth Centre, OSB, Peter Street Fine Arts, Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Paul's Center

Many people experienced electrical outages last week, some many times, and the gremlins struck twice at the Orillia Youth Centre fundraising concert at Creative Nomad Studios.

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