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Rod Stewart April 3, Bell MTS Place Rod Stewart is one of the best-selling


artists in the history of recorded music, with an estimated 200 million records sold worldwide. With his signature voice, narrative songwriting, trendsetting style and passionate live performances he’s tran- scended all genres of popular music, from rock, folk, soul, R&B, new wave, and even the Great American Song Book; making him one of the few stars to enjoy chart-topping albums throughout every decade of his five decade-long career.


Winnipeg Home + Garden Show April 5 - 8, RBC Convention Centre One of the largest home and garden


shows in Winnipeg, Manitoba, this show features landscaping companies, remode- ling contractors, interior design companies, and more, at the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg.


Cocktail Crawl Tour April 6, Various Locations


Winnipeg Home + Garden Show. Tis fun walking tour takes advantage


of our Winnipeg Walkways to take you and your friends from cocktail spot to cocktail spot without ever putting on a coat!


Luca Buratto Plays Prokofiev April 6, Centennial Concert Hall Virtuosic Te steely brilliance of Prokof-


iev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 comes alive with Honens Competition-winner Luca Buratto. Prokofiev wrote four of his five piano con- certos for his own hefty virtuosity. The Second left one critic “frozen with fright, hair standing on end.” Rachmaninoff, another stunning pianist,


kept his foot firmly in the Romantic 19th century, filling his music with sweeping melodies, lush orchestration, and ever- present emotion.


Al Simmons Symphonic Shenanigans April 8, Centennial Concert Hall JUNO Award-winner Al Simmons leads


action-packed sing-a-longs and pits his bi- zarre, homemade instruments against the string, woodwind, brass, and percussion


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sections of the WSO. He manages to coax music out of tin cans, soda straws, garden hoses, turkey basters and doorstoppers. In the slapstick process, Al shows the sci- ence behind the music by comparing his crude instruments to their more expensive counterparts.


Downtown Winnipeg Farmers’ Market April 12, 26, Cityplace Te Downtown Winnipeg BIZ’s popular


Farmers’ Market offers fresh and local veg- etables and fruits, baking, preserves, meat, cheese, crafts, jewelry, plants and flowers, and other food and artisan items. If you can Make It, Bake It or Grow It, you can find it at our Farmers’ Market.


VanArts Info Session April 17, Delta Winnipeg Hotel Come and join us to hear about our one-


year professional diplomas in Animation, Game Art, Visual Effects, Photography, Web Development, Acting and Broadcasting & Online Media, and see how graduates from VanArts are finding great success in their


Gerry Dee. Photo by K.C. Armstrong. own careers!


Oz with Orchestra April 21 - 22, Centennial Concert Hall Seventy five years after Te Wizard of Oz


debuted on the big screen, watch it again in all its glory, accompanied by your WSO per- forming the Harold Arlen score. “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” with the incomparable Judy Garland as Dorothy and lovable Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. You can even dress up as your favourite character!


Cirque and Symphony April 27 - 29, Centennial Concert Hall An amazing cirque act shares the stage


with the WSO in a brand-new show featur- ing your favourite movie soundtracks. Te audience is thrilled and bedazzled by aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. Tese accomplished veterans include world record holders, gold-medal winners of in- ternational competitions, Olympians, and some of the most original talent ever seen.


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