Youth Singers of Calgary (YSC) is celebrating four decades of inspiring performers. To commemorate this occasion, YSC is hosting Spotlight YSC, a free one-day community celebration on Sunday, October 26, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre. Discover the history of the Youth Singers throughout the decades.
Our 2025/26 season opens with Mexicana Ensemble led by celebrated singer Gisela Romero. A deeply personal and vibrant musical journey into the singer herself, this project pays homage to her roots by fusing the traditions of Mexican and Latin American folk music with contemporary jazz, flamenco, salsa, and huapango elements.
November 13 & 14
8 pm
The Roxy Theatre - Theatre Network
The world premiere of a holiday musical for the whole family based on Stuart McLean’s beloved Vinyl Cafe stories. The musical weaves together some of McLean’s most popular stories, such as: “Dave Cooks the Turkey” and “Rashida, Amir and the Great Gift-Giving” into a hilarious celebration of the highs and lows of the holiday season and the importance of community and family.
October 15th to November 2, 2025
A World Premiere Directed by Lana Michelle Hughes
Music Director Simon Abbott
Starring Mhairi Berg, Maureen Rooney, & Cameron Kneteman
Live Music Performed on Stage
"A lovely, lovely production."
-St. Albert Gazette
2023 Elizabeth Sterling Hayes Nominee, Outstanding Fringe Play
New Routes: threads across space and time reflects Raneece Buddan, AJA Louden, Garfield Morgan, and Elsa Robinson’s investigations of how their paths as diasporic people connect their distinct artistic practices. The four artists share certain relationships to place: they all have Jamaican heritage and lived in Edmonton at the same time. Yet each of them has distinct personal and ancestral immigration stories that led to Treaty 6 territory.
Join us at Cafe Books for an exciting book signing of 'Songs From This and That Country' by Gail Sidonie-Sobat 12-4pm on Saturday 1st November.
