The City of Brandon’s popular “Music in the Park” summer program hits its opening note on the evening of Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 in Princess Park in downtown Brandon.  The eclectic FREE music programming is presented each year by the City of Brandon’s Parks & Recreation Services and features amazing musical talent of some of Western Manitoba's finest performing artists.    Kicking off the 2022 edition of the Music in The Park program will be a performance from the Vincent Massey jazz band and choral ensemble. A full lineup of this year’s scheduled Music in the Parks performances running from June 7th through to the finale performance on August 30th can be found at brandon.ca/music.  All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. The public is encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket for outdoor music-listening comfort.  The City of Brandon’s Parks & Recreation Services staff extend their sincere thanks to all musical performers, sponsors, and audience members for their commitment to community building through live music. 

“After a two year hiatus the Board and Staff at Rockin the Fields of Minnedosa are excited to invite you to #RFM2022 on July 29-31st. Come up and celebrate the return of Canada’s Premier Classic Rock Festival! Weekend General Admission tickets are available NOW and Day Passes go on sale Friday June 3. Save your spot by visiting rockinthefields.ca or calling 1-888-330-8333”

Brett Konkin is never scared of a challenge.  The local Moto X Promoter is excited to announce that the Central Canadian Amateur Nationals will be coming to Brandon June 22nd to 26th. The TransCanada Moto Park, where this will be hosted, is located on the Trans Canada Highway roughly 5 minutes west of Brandon. Click here for more info https://www.facebook.com/transcanadamotopark

The "Some Things Never Change" tour with Dallas Smith kicked off last night in Brandon at Westoba Place. The tour includes stops in over 20 Canadian cities. Scramble Studio was on-hand last evening to capture the following photos.

Hit Australian musical stage production Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic is returning to Canadian stages for a full national tour from 4 May to 12 August 2022. 28 May 7pm Brandon, MB Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium wmca.ca Originally scheduled for 2020, the tour underwent several postponements due to the worldwide pandemic restrictions which have crippled international travel and entertainment venues for more than two years. Now back on track for this Summer, the tour will perform 36 shows right across the country. Director and Producer Johnny Van Grinsven has been pleasantly surprised by ticket sales so far: “It’s been an unbelievably hard couple of years for our industry, and I thought it would take much longer for customer confidence to bounce back, but Canadians have been showing amazing support for the show, and now the cast is more excited than ever to get back on stage and put on a memorable show.” This will be the long-running production’s first Canadian tour since 2018, and the first visit with the new cast, including South African music prodigy Dominic Warren - an acclaimed vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, and former student of the prestigious Drakensberg Boys Choir School. Performing as ‘Freddie Mercury’, Warren takes on the enormous task of performing Queen’s biggest hits – all live on stage and in their original key – for up to six shows per week. “I’m constantly studying Freddie – his mannerisms, his movements and his energy are super important, as well as the musicality of course… but there will only ever be one Freddie, so rather than trying to ‘be’ him, I hope that Freddie’s character will shine through in my performance and that we’ll do justice to his musical legacy, for his fans,” says Warren of his preparation for the role. The tour promises to deliver the true Rock concert experience with all the spectacular lighting and FX of a big international production. Tickets are available now from the venue websites or visit queenitsakindamagic.com for more information.