By Pepper Parr
May 24th, 2106
BURLINGTON, ON
After the reveal of a pleasantly balanced offering for the 2016/17 season the Performing Arts Centre opens the box office to the public Online sales begin at noon today. On Wednesday in person at the box office sales begin at 9:00 am with telephone sales beginning at noon.
The Centre put on a performance last Thursday that went through the full line up, and then, as is now their custom, allowed their VIP members to place their ticket orders several days before the general public gets to purchase.
A VIP is a person who has purchased tickets for four or more shows the previous year. Those VIP’s came very close to filling the theatre last Thursday.
In the next few days we will see how the general public reacts to the program offering.
On the Performing Arts web site there is a list of the various genres that each show has been categorized under – it is eclectic.
A Cappella, Blues. Brunch. Celtic, Cirque. Classical,
Classical Crossover, Comedy, Country, Cushion Concert, Dance, Drama, Family, Folk, genNEXT, Hip-Hop, Holiday, Jazz, Latin, Musical Theatre, Orchestra, Pop, Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Soul, Spectacle, Swing, Theatre, Voices, World.
VIP members going through the program.
There are some very attractively priced shows, some that you are going to have to move very fast to get a decent seat and pretty much something for everyone.
The Performing Arts Centre is an arms length organization with its own board of directors. The organization receives a grant of just under $1 million from the city each year.
