Celebrate the final day of the festival with an exceptional organ performance, highlighting rising talent and commemorating the deep legacy of Canadian organ music.

Celebrate the final day of the festival with two exceptional organ performances, highlighting rising talent and commemorating the deep legacy of Canadian organ music.

Join us as Organ Festival Canada kicks off with an inspiring evening of music and storytelling at St. Matthews Centre. The Community Hall will be buzzing as the central hub for this national gathering of over 90 musicians and guests from across Canada and beyond. Two unique performances mark the start of the festival—open to the public!

Join us as Organ Festival Canada kicks off with an inspiring evening of music and storytelling at St. Matthews Centre. The Community Hall will be buzzing as the central hub for this national gathering of over 90 musicians and guests from across Canada and beyond. Two unique performances mark the start of the festival—open to the public!

With jazz performances at the iconic Birdland Jazz Club (NYC), and as headliner at Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival, Jazz Bistro (Toronto), The Rex (Toronto), The Jazz Room (Waterloo), and The Registry Theatre (Kitchener), Mary-Catherine is well-known to local jazz audiences.

Mary Catherine Pazzano, jazz vocalist with Mark Eisenman, piano; Clark Johnston, bass; and Steve James, drums.

This event is being held at The St Matthews Centre, 54 Benton St, Kitchener.

A unique celebration in word & music, ancient & modern, of queer love, friendship & marriage, in honour of Pride and of the 20th anniversary of the Civil Marriage Act.

An outstanding interpreter of J.S. Bach and contemporary composers, pianist Peter Vinograde regularly tours the U.S., Canada, and Asia. Recent seasons featured performances in Nanjing, Rome, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Singapore, Taipei, and Xiamen. More recently, he recorded Arnold Rosner’s Piano Concerto #2 with the London Philharmonic, recitals and a master class at Usina Art Center in Buenos Aires and a National Art Gallery of Canada recital featuring the seven Bach Toccatas.

Join us for an evening of acoustic country music with a twist! Zac Perry and Alex McVittie, saxophone will showcase their heartfelt renditions of classic country hits in a blend of familiar tunes and unique instrumentation that will make for a memorable experience.

Join us for the final talk in a powerful speaker series presented by ACO North Waterloo Region showcasing how heritage buildings in our community are being transformed into affordable housing.

Come join Menno Singers and Menno Youth Ensemble on the afternoon Sunday May 11 for unique progressive concert and fundraising event in downtown Kitchener, Songs for a Healing City. We are partnering with The House of Friendship, Indwell, the 519 Community collective and other community organizations who are actively working to address homelessness, supportive housing, and affordable housing challenges in Kitchener, for this interactive event of singing and learning.

🎶 An Afternoon of Classical Masterpieces 🎶
The Stillwater Trio in Concert
Featuring:
Cathy Anderson – Cello
Bruce Skelton – Violin
Joanne Bender – Piano

A Fundraiser with proceeds going to support the KW Symphony.

Cathy Anderson, Bruce Skelton, and Joanne Bender have been musical friends for several decades. In 2014 they started to play together in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. In 2019 they chose the name Stillwater Trio, partly in response to a joking comment about Joanne serving just plain old water at rehearsals; but also because water, like music, is life-giving, and being by still water restores our souls.

All proceeds will support the KW Symphony — your attendance helps keep music alive in our community!

Through the soothing tones of crystal bowls, chimes, and other sacred instruments, you’ll be guided into deep relaxation—creating space for renewal, clarity, and intention-setting. The new moon is a powerful time for fresh starts, and this session will help you realign with your highest path.

Join us for an evening of deep rest, sound healing, and cosmic recalibration

Through the soothing tones of crystal bowls, chimes, and other sacred instruments, you’ll be guided into deep relaxation—creating space for renewal, clarity, and intention-setting. The new moon is a powerful time for fresh starts, and this session will help you realign with your highest path.

Join us for an evening of deep rest, sound healing, and cosmic recalibration

Take a midweek pause and immerse yourself in the beautiful sounds of the organ at St. Matthew’s Lenten Oasis Organ Recital & Soup Lunch!

Enjoy a soulful organ performance by Mark Himmelman, followed by a warm and nourishing soup lunch—a time for reflection, fellowship, and Lenten renewal.

Three choral masterpieces, spanning centuries.  Join us for an afternoon where the past and the present converge, and where music becomes a gateway to the divine.  The music of JS Bach, Arvo Pärt and Tarik O’Regan will fill the beautiful acoustic of St Matthew’s Centre, Kitchener.

Take a midweek pause and immerse yourself in the beautiful sounds of the organ at St. Matthew’s Lenten Oasis Organ Recital & Soup Lunch!

Enjoy a soulful organ performance by Kathleen King Martin, followed by a warm and nourishing soup lunch—a time for reflection, fellowship, and Lenten renewal.

Conductor Emeritus Edwin Outwater returns for one special concert to celebrate Spring featuring the music of Wagner, Copland and more.

Take a midweek pause and immerse yourself in the beautiful sounds of the organ at St. Matthew’s Lenten Oasis Organ Recital & Soup Lunch!

Enjoy a soulful organ performance by Angus Sinclair, followed by a warm and nourishing soup lunch—a time for reflection, fellowship, and Lenten renewal.

A selection of hauntingly lovely works, from Brahms and Schubert, to Ola Gjeilo and Joni Mitchell!

Grand Philharmonic Choir

Mark Vuorinen, Conductor

Take a midweek pause and immerse yourself in the beautiful sounds of the organ at St. Matthew’s Lenten Oasis Organ Recital & Soup Lunch!

Enjoy a soulful organ performance by Bradley Moggach, followed by a warm and nourishing soup lunch—a time for reflection, fellowship, and Lenten renewal.

Take a midweek pause and immerse yourself in the beautiful sounds of the organ at St. Matthew’s Lenten Oasis Organ Recital & Soup Lunch!

Enjoy a soulful organ performance by David Hall, followed by a warm and nourishing soup lunch—a time for reflection, fellowship, and Lenten renewal.

Feeling the winter blues, we have the cure for you! This March 7th at St. Matthews Lutheran Church JamNetwork will be performing The Cure’s Greatest Hits!

A compilation album full of Robert Smith’s handpicked favourites, we know this night will be “Just Like Heaven” for music fans.

Add some FIRE to a cold winter's night with this exciting concert.

Conductor Andrei Feher returns to the KWS with a program of Haydn, De Falla, Mendelssohn and features a new work from renowned Cellist and Composer Cris Derksen.

Step into the stillness of the February Aquarius new moon and allow the healing vibrations of sound to reset your energy. This celestial sound bath is designed to help you release stagnant energy, clear your mind, and align with fresh possibilities.

Through the soothing tones of crystal bowls, chimes, and other sacred instruments, you’ll be guided into deep relaxation—creating space for renewal, clarity, and intention-setting. The new moon is a powerful time for fresh starts, and this session will help you realign with your highest path.

Join us for an evening of deep rest, sound healing, and cosmic recalibration

Music Without Borders shines a spotlight on the creative contributions of Arab women through Hanim | هانم, a special concert celebrating iconic Arab women in music like Umm Kulthum, Asmahan, Fairouz, Sabah, Shadia, Warda, Mayada El Hennawy, and others.

The Arab world has a rich musical heritage that is in no small part due to its women singers. This concert features the exceptional voice of Ranya Jamal and is under the esteemed direction of Syrian-Canadian musician Gaby Al Botros.

Led by a Canadian and U.S. National fiddle champion, Shane Cook & The Woodchippers rely on their deep foundation in the traditional music, song and dance of Ontario.

Joining Shane are Emily Jean Flack (Leahy) on vocals, piano and dance and five-time national step dance champion, Kyle Waymouth (Ashley MacIsaac) on guitar, tenor banjo and dance. Says multiple Grammy nominee, Claire Lynch, "Shane offers up death-defying, acrobatic fiddle precision, soaring through tunes from his beloved Ontario with impeccable clarity."

The KWS and Shane Cook are sure to delight in this evening celebrating Canada's Celtic Traditions.