What’s On
Front Porch Shenanigans
May 23rd, 2024 @ 7PM Main Stage
Come kick off Front Porch Shenanigans at the Stirling Festival Theatre. Featuring four great Bands. Long Range Hustle headline with openers, The Rogers Boys, Vintage Vibes and Dave Bush and the River Valley Riders.
The show will be a fundraiser to raise a new marquee for the theatre. In 2027, the Stirling Theatre turns 100 years old. Over the next few years, the Stirling Festival Theatre will be fundraising to give the theatre a facelift. Come help and see four great bands.
Celtic Kitchen Party
Saturday September 21st, 2024 8 PM Upper Hall
One of SFT’s favourite acts, The Celtic Kitchen Party has been entertaining our audience since 2018. Boasting a diversity of talent, CKP plays a mix of Celtic infused originals, traditional and contemporary East Coast, Irish and Scottish - and the right dash of Pop and Classic Rock! The band always conjures up that down home feeling where all your relatives and neighbours drop by for a traditional kitchen party, creating a lively high energy performance every time.
All of the lads' energy and experience has culminated in a three album collection available in CD and DIGITAL through the band, and on all major platforms. These albums continue to be seated somewhere between original upbeat party tunes and beautiful storytelling to creative re-imaginings of traditional favourites.
Members please purchase tickets via the Box Office
The Next Generation Leahy
October 6th, 2024 @ 2PM Main Stage
As with all forces of nature, the music and energy created by The Next Generation Leahy simply cannot be contained. The drive to create music is powerful within each of the Leahy children. It has given rise to multi-instrumental talents, whose dynamic live performances have been described as “astounding” and “breath-taking.”
For the last several years, Next Generation Leahy has performed across North America, and shared the stage with the likes of The Chieftains, We Banjo 3, The Tenors, and Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy.
Belying their young ages, these siblings are all accomplished multi-instrumentalists whose live performances are filled with the high-energy, infectious music associated with the Leahy name. However, not content to play only the music of their Celtic heritage, these musicians explore many genres of music and pull influences from far and wide. Fiddle, cello, French accordion, singing, piano, and French-Canadian step-dancing serve to bring their unique style of music to life.
The music that lives in each of these young people - which is so joyful, so positive, and so rare – overflows from them and affects audiences who have witnessed something truly unique and remarkable.
Mudmen
November 2nd, 2024 @8PM Main Stage
Always entertaining and definitely unique, Mudmen are a blast of Celtic energy whose members are known to be characters both on and off the stage. Mudmen have performed at festivals, theatres, events & clubs in 8 different countries with over 3000 shows to date and 11 studio albums.
Mudmen's music has been featured Xbox and PlayStation video games, NBC's television show "The Black Donnelly's", WWE Wrestling, 6 Don Cherry Rock' em Sock' em hockey video's, HBO's Shameless, Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" 6 music videos on Much Music/MTV reaching #19 on the Edge radio top 20 countdown.
As of 2024 Mudmen have been together for 26 years building a legion of fans from young to old. Mudmen have been selling out numerous prestigious theatres such as Victoria Hall, the Stockey Centre, the Roxy Theatre, The Grand Theatre with appearances at numerous Country and Celtic festivals threw-out North America with no signs of slowing down.
Mudmen, Sandy Campbell, Robby Campbell, Colin Amey, Andy Gingerich, Alex Showdra and Emmett Glancie believe that nice guys can finish first while enjoying what you do translates to all audiences . It has been said to describe mudmen in one word one would say "fun"!
Sean McCann: The Shantyman Sings for the Saint
Friday March 15th, 2024 7:30PM Main Stage
Séan McCann (the Shantyman) is a founder of the iconic Canadian band (thirteen time Juno nominee) Great Big Sea and an Order of Canada recipient for his advocacy for people living with addiction.
Born “around the bay” in his native Newfoundland, Séan was steeped in traditional Irish music and you can hear its influence throughout the multitude of recordings he has released over his 35 year career.
Music is medicine and a song is never more powerful than when it is sung with a friend. So come out and sing along with Séan for his third annual celebration of Irish song and skip the hangover this year!
Dwayne Gretzky Concert
Friday February 23rd, 2024 8PM Main Stage
Dwayne Gretzky is a 10+ piece juggernaut that brings to life the greatest songs of all time, this talented group of Toronto musicians ignites audiences with their charm, fidelity and theatrical flair. Celebrating classic pop and rock, from Fleetwood Mac to Fatboy Slim, Dwayne Gretzky has delivered electrifying renditions of over 700 songs.
Whether reinterpreting a classic in their latest recordings or playing one note-for-note at a live show, Dwayne Gretzky continues to shatter conventions and bring people together in a celebration of the songs we all forgot we loved.
Widely hailed as ‘Canada’s reigning champs of nostalgia,’ Dwayne Gretzky transcends cover band status. The music collective’s performance of any one of the more than 700 classic songs in its catalogue not only showcases the abundant musical talents of each member but is also a thrill to experience. When all is said and done, Dwayne Gretzky is as much fun to watch as it is to listen to.
With a still growing and still fervent fan base, the buzz around Dwayne Gretzky was greatly bolstered by two marathon live-streamed shows on New Year’s Eve in 2020 and 2021 that allowed live music-starved viewers to enjoy a ‘night out’ in the pandemic-safe comfort of their homes. But as successful as those virtual shows were, the band’s curated nostalgia trips are best experienced live as the set list captures the unique joy of turning a radio dial and being surprised by the familiar.
Members please purchase tickets via the Box Office
Elvis - A Christmas Special with Pete Paquette
Thursday December 14th, 2023 7PM Main Stage
Returning this Holiday season, the incredible showman, Pete Paquette, and his band, the Rockin' Royals with the sensational Tonettes, brings you ”Elvis - A Christmas Special”
Best known for his portrayal as Elvis Presley, Pete takes the stage to celebrate the Christmas Holidays through a special Tribute performance of the King’s greatest Christmas Carols and songs of inspiration such as: Blue Christmas, Here Comes Santa Claus, O Come, All Ye Faithful, The Wonderful World of Christmas, and many more traditional Christmas favourites.
With the entire Christmas song book at their disposal, Pete will take you on a magical journey and sing a variety of some of his personal favourite Christmas songs that are dear to his heart.
Don’t miss this heartwarming show this Holiday Season. Elvis - A Christmas Special, a joyous event that will sure inspire the Christmas spirit in everyone! We will have a ‘Blue Christmas’ without you.
Members please purchase tickets via the Box Office
Matthew Good
Wednesday October 11th, 2023 8 PM Main Stage
Matthew Good is a multi-platinum selling Canadian recording artist, best known for his signature vocal style, guitar-driven melodies, and cinematic lyrics.
He began his career as the front man for the Matthew Good Band, one of the most successful Canadian alternative rock bands during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Good’s body of work includes thirteen full-length studio albums, four EPs, two compilation LPs, and one live album. He has been nominated for 21 Juno Awards throughout his career, with two solo wins for Rock Album of the Year for Vancouver (2009) and Video of the Year for 2003’s “Weapon”, and two wins for Best Group (Matthew Good Band) and Best Rock Album for Beautiful Midnight (2000).
He has also garnered eight Top 10 radio singles in Canada as a solo artist, including “Weapon,” “In A World Called Catastrophe,” “Alert Status Red,” “Born Losers” and “Last Parade.” His most recent studio album, Moving Walls (2020), was praised as his strongest solo effort, and a “haunting and cinematic piece of art”.
Through his music, Good’s defiant spirit anchors a vulnerable, unapologetic outlook on life while offering glimpses of hope and reminding us there is beauty in the world. Never one to bite his tongue, his hyper-awareness of the world around him, including political, socio-economic, and mental health issues, has earned him accolades for his thoughtful and deliberate approach.
Pre Show Dinner
Members please purchase tickets via the Box Office
Lennon.Live: Love Is Real
Saturday September 30th, 2023 7:30 PM Main Stage
Just Imagine...
Witness the musical legacy of John Lennon come alive in an inspiring tribute concert "Lennon.Live: Love Is Real."
With great attention to detail regarding song arrangements instrumentation and costumes the seven splendid musicians of Lennon.Live take audiences on a "magical mystery tour" that traces Lennon's musical life in the "Fab Four" through to his emergence as a cultural icon promoting peace and love! ✌️❤️
During the two-act show, relive the memorable songs from Lennon's days with the Plastic Ono Band his time in New York City with the Elephant's Memory Band his so-called "Lost Weekend" and finally the Dakota era when Lennon revitalized his musical career.
"All we are saying is give peace a chance" ☮️
Pre Show Dinner
Members please purchase tickets via the Box Office
Celtic Kitchen Party
Saturday September 16th, 2023 8 PM Upper Hall
One of SFT’s favourite acts, The Celtic Kitchen Party has been entertaining our audience since 2018. Boasting a diversity of talent, CKP plays a mix of Celtic infused originals, traditional and contemporary East Coast, Irish and Scottish - and the right dash of Pop and Classic Rock! The band always conjures up that down home feeling where all your relatives and neighbours drop by for a traditional kitchen party, creating a lively high energy performance every time.
All of the lads' energy and experience has culminated in a three album collection available in CD and DIGITAL through the band, and on all major platforms. These albums continue to be seated somewhere between original upbeat party tunes and beautiful storytelling to creative re-imaginings of traditional favourites.
Members please purchase tickets via the Box Office