St. Paul's Orillia's Christmas Sing A Long & Potluck Supper!

Sunday Dec 21, 2025 (in the Banquet Hall)
Sing A Long takes place at 4 p.m.
Potluck Dinner - 5 p.m.

Community Welcomed!

Bringing Voices, Good Food and Neighbours Together at Christmas Time.

The Annual OVE Christmas Concert

Dec 14th Matinee at 4pm at ST. Paul's Centre

Admission is by free-will donation to "The Lighthouse"

Special Guests will be the Orillia Community Children's Choir

Holiday Solidarity Market

Market, Short Film & Raffle

Sat December 13th 12-5pm at St. Paul's Centre

To get tickets for the film click here: https://tinyurl.com/sh6ykt85

Market begins at 12 noon and ends at 3:30 pm
Raffle at 3:30 pm
Film starts at 4 pm

Raffle tickets will be sold at the door for some amazing prizes donated by our vendors.

Entrance to the market is free!!!!!!
We will have a great assortment of amazing crafts from artisanal soaps, candles and beauty products to clothing & textiles, to art, photography & glassware.  Did I mention there will books, delicious food & baked goods as well?

All proceeds will go to support 8 families in Gaza directly through The Sustain Campaign.  Shop local and make a difference globally!  A great way to get some beautiful gifts and boycott at the same time.

Short Film "The Present" has "won over 60 International Film Festival Jury and Audience Awards, a BAFTA award, and also scored an Oscar nomination!"

Description- " On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?"

Orillia Grandmothers to Grandmothers 6th Annual Cookie Walk is coming up on December 13th at St. Paul's Church, 62 Peter St. N. beginning at 11:00.

🎉 Excitement is in the air!

Join us for the 7th Orillia Girl Guides of Canada fundraising event — a special evening where our Guides will be hosting, serving, and helping to prepare a delicious community meal.

We are offering two separate meal times so everyone can come and enjoy:
1st Seating: 5:30 - 6: 30pm
2ns Seating: 6: 45 - 7:45pm

Menu: Caesar salad, Pasta (vegan and gluten-free options available),  Dessert
 

A wonderful Silent Auction will also be available, featuring items generously donated by our families and community supporters.

Every registration brings us closer to reaching our fundraising goals. Your support helps us provide meaningful, memorable experiences for girls in our community.

Reserve your tickets with the QR code provided in the poster.

Thank you for supporting our unit — your support truly matters.

The Orillia Concert Band presents its annual family-oriented Afternoon Christmas Concert, on Saturday the 6th of December inviting all the children to join the fun. Santa Claus will be there with candy canes for all, and everyone can join in the sing-along as well as bouncing and clapping to the music of Sleigh Ride, The Grinch, Charlie Brown, and the Orillia Community Children’s Choir. It’s always great fun and is geared for the wee ones.

Doors open at 3pm. Concert begins at 3:30pm and lasts for approx 1 hour.

Guest Choir: The Orillia Community Children’s Choir under the direction of Jeanette Martin.

Concert Sponsor:Marites Mendoza Wealth Management Dominion Securities

Season Sponsor:Steve Orr, Dapper Depot

Tickets:
https://shorturl.at/YdHHa

Christmas Prelude 2025

Join the Orillia Concert Band for an evening of festive melodies and community spirit. Our Christmas Prelude concert promises a warm, inviting atmosphere as we gather to celebrate the season. Guest Choir, The Orillia Vocal Ensemble under the direction of Blair Bailey.

🎵 Embrace the magic of live music.

📍 Located in the heart of Orillia.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, concert runs from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

St Paul’s Pub Committee will be offering bar and refreshments before and during intermission.

Concert Sponsor: Mayo Marck Wilson Wealth Management BMO Nesbitt Burns

Season Sponsor: Steve Orr, Dapper Depot

Livestream Sponsor: Pine Tree Real Estate Brokerage

Tickets:
https://shorturl.at/vaF6X

Join Scott Woods and his talented band for this uplifting 2-hour live family-friendly show, featuring lots of your favourite Christmas carols, fun fiddle tunes, as well as Traditional Country and Gospel songs. Scott will keep you entertained with his keen wit, his prowess on the fiddle, and of course his trick fiddling.

His sister, Kendra Woods Norris, will play twin fiddle, add sweet harmonies and levity to every show.

Enjoy impressive guitar solos by ‘The Telecaster Master’ Steve Piticco, and 21-year old Leo Stock, (also known as ‘Spaghetti Legs”) will demonstrate sensational step dancing.

Special guests will be vocalist Nadine Boles, and her husband, Gary, playing the bass.

Tickets available here: ORILLIA, ON - Christmas Hoedown – Scott Woods

Evening Performance – Friday, December 5, 2025 – 7 pm – St. Paul's Centre, 62 Peter St. N., Orillia, ON.

Doors will open approximately one hour prior to showtime.  Seating is first come, first served.  

Sorry, no refunds for tickets purchased.

Mariposa-In-Concert is excited to present Aysanabee.

November 29th at St. Paul's Centre in Orillia.

Join two-time JUNO Award-winning Oji-Cree artist Aysanabee (Ace-in-abbey) on his first-ever headlining tour, The Way We’re Born Tour, supporting the release of his sophomore album ‘Edge Of The Earth’.

“Aysanabee offered stories behind the selections of his heartfelt tales to the point where the audience didn't want him to leave the stage.”

—Toronto Star
”Excited to announce that JD Crosstown will be joining us at St. Paul’s Centre on Nov. 29

Raised in Neyaashiinigmiing (Chippewas of Nawash Territory), Ontario JD is a touring singer songwriter who performed across Canada and Europe, his debut album “Takin’ My Time” came out earlier this year and we are so thrilled to hear these songs live during our tour this fall”
- Aysanabee

Tickets are now on sale at:

https://www.universe.com/.../mariposa-in-concert-presents...

St. Paul’s Centre

62 Peter St N, Orillia, ON

St. Paul's Centre presents Pub night with Meredith Boyes-Warboys.

Date: Saturday, Nov 22, 2025

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open at 6:00 pm

Entry: $10 at the door.

Pub Food – cash
Cash Bar   -Wine , Beer & Soft  Drinks

62 Peter St N, Orillia

Able Theatre presents: Pure Magic

The upcoming show "Pure Magic" at St. Paul's Centre in #orillia. The show is Wednesday, November 19 at 7pm. Pay-What-You-Can at the door.

This time, we're exploring "magic". Join us if you can!

Able Theatre is a community theatre arts project based in Orillia, Ontario. Artists with exceptional needs create and perform for their community.

Gagagnoonin - (Gagagnoonin)
An Evening of Conversation & Music

St. Paul's Centre, 62 Peter St N, Orillia
Banquet Room

Saturday November 8, 2025 - Doors open 6:30 PM

Featuring:
Red N Blue

 Shawn Corbierre & Jenn Brunelle

Special Guests:

Savanna Jamieson

Parker Beedie

Storytelling by John Rice

Everyone is Invited

Admission is Free - Donations Welcome

The Elora Singers

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, 2:30 p.m., at St. Paul’s Centre

Back by popular demand, The Elora Singers return to Orillia to open our concert season with their signature choral artistry. Known across Canada and beyond for their pure tone and expressive range, the singers will fill St. Paul’s Centre with warmth, harmony, and joy, a perfect way to begin the musical year.

For tickets and information, please email orilliaconcert@gmail.com

An evening of music, art, and community awaits!

On Saturday, November 1, 2025, join us at St. Paul's Centre for Music for the Museum—a special night with Jacquie Dancyger-Arnold, Hugh Coleman & friends. Every note supports local art, history, and creativity.

Reserve your spot today and be part of something beautiful.

https://www.orilliamuseum.org/pro.../music-for-the-museum-2/

#OrilliaArts #OMAH #LiveMusic #CommunityTogether

Join us for a film screening of "1948: Creation and Catastrophe"

Opening talk by Guest Speaker Dr. Monica Mitri Chaudhuri who will share her recent experience in Gaza on medical assignment.

Raffle prizes will be drawn after the film, and you will want to get your name in for these special prizes!

Suggested donation $20
Raffle tickets $5/entry
St.Paul's Centre, Orillia-Banquet Hall.

TICKETS:

♡All proceeds from this fundraiser will go directly to families in Gaza to support their needs this winter♡

YAMASAK
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~ALIVE AGAIN~

A KALEIDOSCOPE OF

MUSICAL MEMORIES

SUNDAY, OCT. 26, 2025, AT 4:00 P.M.

ST. PAUL’S CENTRE, ORILLIA

COLDWATER AND PETER STREET NORTH

FREE ADMISSION: A PROJECT OF THE JAPANESE CANADIAN LEGACY FOUNDATION

The Orillia Concert Band & Orillia Big Band, both directed by Randy Hoover, are putting on a Benefit Concert for Mariposa House Hospice on Saturday, October 25th, 7:30pm to 9:30pm at St. Paul's Centre (62 Peter St. N., Orillia).

In addition to net ticket sales, any additional donation you make to the OCB on the ticket form will be forwarded to "Mariposa House Hospice" as well.  Additional donations will receive a tax receipt. Please note, neither band is receiving any payment for performing at this benefit concert.

Come support a worthy cause and be entertained by two of the most popular bands in Orillia!

Zeffy: Important Note: Your charge for these tickets will show on your statement as being from Zeffy, as they process the ticket payments on behalf of the Orillia Concert Band.

Tickets here: The Mariposa House Hospice Fundraiser Concert

Doors open at 6:30.

Thank you to concert sponsors "Steve Orr of Dapper Depot" and the "The City of Orillia"

🎤✨ Choir Revolution at St. Paul’s Centre – FRIDAY OCT 24TH! ✨🎤

No experience needed — just bring your voice, your energy, and your love of music! Join a room full of people singing their hearts out to one epic song, guided by an incredible live band and choir director.

It’s part concert, part community, and 100% unforgettable. ❤️

📅 Friday, Oct 24

🕖 Doors 6:00 PM

🎟️ $20 Door

•Cash Bar

•Food - sausages on a bun

          - charcuterie board

•Choir begins immediately at 7 pm 

•Music selected from Abba , Neil Diamond , The Beatles, and Gordon Lightfoot .

📍 St. Paul’s Centre – 62 Peter Street N, Orillia

#ChoirRevolution #stpaulsorillia #SingItOut  #CommunityChoir #FeelGoodMusic #orillia

Broaden Your Horizons

 with the Orillia Silver Band!

“Prospects”Concert

Prospects–This fall, the Orillia Silver Band would love to invite you to an evening of entertainment that gives a musical view from many of the world’s most scenic prospects.

Neil Barlow, the band’s music director, says that the concert is designed to provide wonderful and engaging sounds from a wide spectrum of world music styles.

The concert opens with the brilliant 20th Century overture “HjalarLjod” by Norwegian composer Eivind Groven, sampling the sounds of shepherds singing in the Norwegian mountains overlooking the North Sea.

Jonas Feldman, the band’s principal cornetist, is featured in a wonderful rendition of James Curnow’s brilliant “Concertpiece for Cornet”.  

In addition, the band will present a performance of Gustav Holst’s “A Moorside Suite” from northwestern England.   This sweeping work is one of the cornerstones of modern brass band literature.

The centrepiece of the band’s “Prospects” concert is the towering six-movement work known as “Windows of the World” by Peter Graham.  This piece features soloists from all of the major sections of the band (including unforgettable percussion artistry!)playing “world music” styles from Latin America, Japan, Celtic Scotland, Africa, and North American jazz/funk.

And, along the way through this journey to great world prospects, the band will present the heart-warming “Ashokan Farewell” by Jay Ungar and the uplifting “Light of the World” by Dean Goffin.

Please plan to attend this extraordinary concert - and bring a music-loving friend! Your help and encouragement of the band is always greatly appreciated!

Buy your tickets online here:
Prospects

“Inner Light” – Pianist Kyung-A Lee joins Maestro Neil Barlow and Orillia Silver Band for a one-of-a-kind event. Music featured in the concert showcase the incomparable inner light of composers from several cultures over several centuries.

As a concert piano soloist, Kyung-A Lee delights audiences with such diverse offerings as The Lark from Mikail Glinka, the “Revolutionary” Etude and the Scherzo No. 2 in Bb minor by Frederic Chopin and the Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

During the concert, Ms. Lee is joined by two outstanding woodwind soloists from the Orillia Silver Band – with Karen Richards performing on flute and Kim Barlow playing the clarinet. Together as a trio ensemble, these wonderful performers will offer a soul-stirring version of Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy and the riveting Rhapsody on Carmen by Michael Webster (based on themes from Bizet’s opera “Carmen”).

The Orillia Silver Band has two wonderful works for band to offer during the concert as well - Prelude on Tallis by Peter Graham is a sparkling interpretation of a famous theme by Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis, and the Little Suite for Brass Op. 80 by British composer Malcolm Arnold is a seminal 20th Century composition created specifically for brass band.

Finally, Kyung-A Lee and the Orillia Silver Band team up together to provide the showcase jewel of the entire concert: the Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Op. 102 by Dimitri Shostakovich, with accompaniment for brass band arranged by our own Neil Barlow. This monumental work by Russia’s most renowned composer from the 20th Century is sure to inspire and enthrall the listener.
Please give yourself a treat and don’t miss this important and exciting musical event! 

Buy you tickets here.

Saturday September 20, 2025

St. Paul's Centre in Downtown Orillia

The Sadies

W/ special guest Terra Lightfoot

Tickets: https://orilliayouthcentre.ticketleap.com

100% of the proceeds going directly to support the Orillia Youth Centre programming, Nelson Bell, Jake Beers, and Vern Herron Dental Fund(s) respectively.

Proudly presented and sponsored by Dapper Depot Menswear and Harvey's Orillia.

St. Paul's Centre presents Pub Night with ALEX!

Date: Friday, Sept 19, 2025

Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm (doors open at 6:pm)

Cost: $10 Cover at the door.

Downstairs in the Banquet Hall.

Pub Food and Cash Bar

It’s always a fun time when ALEX hits the Pub!

#livemusic #pubmusic #orillia #stpaulscentre

Brass Roots: Music, Memory, & Community, an unforgettable evening of soul-stirring music and rich storytelling, presented by the Orillia Silver Band and the Orillia Museum of Art & History.

Taking place on Thursday, July 17 from 7–9pm at St. Paul’s Centre, this special performance is hosted by the Office of Community Engagement & Lifelong Learning and celebrates the power of music to connect us through time, memory, and community.

Tickets:
Orillia Museum | Courses

This event is one of Orillia's gems. After a 5+ year hiatus, Arts for Peace will host a unique gathering on the shores of Lake Couchiching at the Leacock Museum National Historic Site, featuring musical and artistic activities that celebrate a peaceful approach to life and community.

Adults and children of all ages will enjoy bubbles, stories, crafts, origami paper cranes, willow garlands, clay creations, painting, knitting, kids' yoga, drumming, singing, live music and circle dancing.

Thanks to Through My Eyes - Photography by Deb Halbot for capturing a photo of Wynnie Whalen-McKean during this magical moment at a previous event.

There is no cost to attend the festival. It is organized and delivered thanks to the efforts of many community volunteers. and we are very grateful to the City of Orillia for providing a grant to help minimize costs.

Water Bundle Ceremony with elder John Rice and Erin Dixon will be held on Sunday June 22, 2025 at St. Paul's Orillia.

Please note: people with allergies, a smudge will be happening during the ceremony. Also, this service will be longer than our usual service, and will end with a procession down to the lake.

June 21 in Orillia!! Eamon Mcgrath, B. Knox,  Peter Landi and Alex Kay Black all together under one roof at the St Paul's Center (62 Peter st N), for a glorious acoustic show all for only $10/PWYC!!

Bring the kids it's all ages too!!

Doors at 6pm, show starts at 7pm.

SEE YOU THERE!!!!