The Registry Theatre

THE LODGER
2025-02-06 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto)
VOC Silent Film Harmonic @ The Registry

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1926 silent classic. Inspired by Jack the Ripper murders. Starring Ivor Novello.

Tickets: $18$12 with food bank donation (only available at the door)

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BENJAMIN ROLLO
2025-02-07 20:00 - 22:00
Homegrown @ The Registry

Great Canadian Singer-Songwriters Vol. VIII

The Acoustic Sessions

Ben returns with his eagerly anticipated annual Registry concert. Special guests Claire Voy (SHEBAD), Christine Bougie (Bahamas), Emma Cooper & Jacob Macpherson.

Tickets: $40

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JAMES GORDON & his Exceptional Ensemble
2025-02-08 20:00 - 22:00
Folk Night @ The Registry

A Canadian classic. James is joined by longtime musical pals, including Katherine Wheatley, David Woodhead, and Anne Lindsay.

Tickets: $28 in advance$32 at the door$23 Live Stream

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TRACY LEE ~ I Sing Because I’m Free!
2025-02-09 15:00 - 17:00
One Night Only @ The Registry

Black History Month Concert

A powerful story of resilience and tenacity. A musical journey through Tracy’s ancestors’ triumphs over adversity from enslavement to freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad. Featuring the soulful and inspirational songs of Mahaila Jackson, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, and Nina Simone.

Tickets: $30

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Equitable Life of Canada

Winter Danceworks
2025-02-11 18:00 - 19:00
Presented by Guelph Youth Dance, Dust and Soul Dance, and Rhapsody Dance

Join us for Guelph Youth Dance’s Winter Danceworks with guest performances from Dust and Soul Dance Projects and Rhapsody Dance. Winter Danceworks features new work by choreographers Emmett Bradshaw, Leslie Fisher, Nickeshia Garrick, Allen Kaeja, Kween, Willem Sadler, Georgia Simms, Kelly Steadman and Tara Butler. This evening of dance celebrates our youth dancers in training, post secondary dancers from Rhapsody Dance and professional dancers of Dust and Soul Dance. You will be treated to a variety of dance styles and witness dancers in every phase of development from the early stages of training to established senior artists sharing their love of dance together at The Registry.

Tickets: $18 before Dec 31; $20 after

STEPHEN PREECE
2025-03-07 20:00 - 22:00
Jazz @ The Registry

Stephen Preece and Friends

Direct from their big-stage debut at the Waterloo Jazz Festival, KW Jazz Room founder Stephen Preece leads his ensemble to the intimacy of The Registry. An eclectic evening of beautiful, lesser-known gems of jazz with room to stretch. With guest vocalists to round out this special evening.

Tickets: $30

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LUCY MACNEIL Trio
2025-03-08 20:00 - 22:00
Folk Night @ The Registry

The soaring voice of Cape Breton’s JUNO Award winning Barra MacNeils makes her Folk Night debut.

Tickets: $35 in advance$40 at the door$25 Live Stream

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K-W SYMPHONY FLUTE & STRINGS QUINTET
2025-03-09 15:00 - 17:00
Classics @ The Registry

Flute & Strings Masterworks

From music by Mozart and Beethoven, to Pulitzer Prize and GRAMMY Award winer Aaron Jay Kernis. Plus early 20th century gems by American composer Amy Beach and Italy’s Vittorio Monti.

Tickets: $30 General Admission, $25 Student/Senior, kids 12 and under FREE!

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Kéïta Fournier-Pelletier and Kala Dance Collective
2025-03-19 19:30 - 21:00
Dance @ The Registry

An Evening of Dance, courtesy of From Words to Action: IBPOC Touring Network in Communities 2025.

Pillar of You – Kéïta Fournier-Pelletier

Pillar of You explores the pillars – or central building blocks of who we are, with a focus around queer relationships of all kinds and how our queerness intersects with our personal experiences from childhood to today.

Kula Devi – Kala Dance Collective

Kula Devi tells our stories as South-Asian diasporic women in Canada. Informed by our foundation in Bharatanatyam and our South Asian heritage, the work is an embodiment of our individual family goddesses/deities, or Kula Devis and is an homage to our ancestral lineage.

Tickets: $25

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THIS IS THE STORY OF THE CHILD RULED BY FEAR
2025-04-02 19:30 - 22:00
Theatre @ The Registry

Photo by Mat Simpson

Strange Victory Performance

A play written and performed by David Gagnon Walker. The story of the rise and fall of an imaginary civilization in an imaginary land. A poetic fable about how to live with the slowly unfolding emergencies of our world.

“I left the work with such a curious tenderness in my heart that lingered for days.”

— Brian Paterson, Vancouver

Tickets: $30, $25 Students/Seniors

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RITCHIE-PARRISH-RITCHIE
2025-04-04 20:00 - 22:00
Folk Night @ The Registry

Part of the Registry Roots Weekend

The rhythm section heart of Tanglefoot. Brothers Rob and Steve, and the other ‘brothers’ Al and Beaker.

Tickets: $28 in advance$30 at the door

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RUNA
2025-04-05 20:00 - 22:00
Folk Night @ The Registry

Part of the Registry Roots Weekend

Back at The Registry by popular demand . The new sound of Celtic music and Americana.

Tickets: $30 in advance$33 at the door$23 live stream

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SAFETY LAST!
2025-04-10 20:00 - 22:00
VOC Silent Film Harmonic @ The Registry

Harold Lloyd’s 1923 masterpiece. The one with Lloyd dangling from the skyscraper clock.

Tickets: $18$12 with food bank donation (only available at the door)

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TIM MOHER
2025-04-11 20:00 - 22:00
Jazz @ The Registry

Paul Desmond Centennial Concert

Tim Moher and his stellar band celebrate the 100th birthday of one of the greats of the American saxophone. Tim shares the Paul Desmond story through his music and a multi-media presentation.

Tickets: $30

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Harmonies for Hope and Healing
2025-04-12 20:00 | The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick Street, Kitchener, ON, N2H 2L9, Canada
The Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council and The Registry Theatre presents

Fundraiser in support of Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Council

An Evening of Original Songs and Stories featuring:Russell Allen Scott with John & EllenJay MooreMichael Kelly Cavan

Tickets $25

K-W SYMPHONY BRASS QUINTET
2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00
Classics @ The Registry

Brass Through the Ages

A musical journey through the time. From the masterworks of the Venetian School’s Giovanni Gabrieli, to a giant of the 20th century Leonard Bernstein.

Tickets: $30 General Admission, $25 Student/Senior, kids 12 and under FREE!

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SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL
2025-04-25 19:30 - 21:30 | The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick Street, Kitchener, ON, N2H 2L9, Canada
Presented by MT Space

a new work-in-developmenta technical residency between MT Space & Tottering Biped Theatre

A stag hunter and his prey, a young man and his lover, an old man and his dog, a woman, a park bench, a lamppost, and an umbrella. These words begin to scratch the surface of a new work in progress: Sometimes It Snows in April. Performed by a mime and a mezzo (Trevor Copp and Bó Bárdos), Sometimes It Snows in April is a brief and wordless evocation of the mysterious process of grieving and loss.

MT Space is thrilled to welcome Tottering Biped Theatre for this exciting week-long technical residency. Each performance will be followed by a talkback. Your voice and feedback are vital to this creative process. We so look forward to sharing the space and bringing art to life with you.

No registration or ticket purchase is required to attend.

We welcome payments of any amount (pay-what-you-choose) at the box office, before or after the performance.

DANNY MICHEL
2025-05-01 20:00 - 22:00
Homegrown @ The Registry

Up Close and Intimate

Multi JUNO Award, and Polaris Prize nominee, Danny is one of Canada’s finest songwriters. With his unique human touch, he is a musical chameleon, adventurous and unbounded, carefree and fearless. Be there and feel it live.

Tickets: $40

PLEASE NOTE: BOTH CONCERTS ARE NOW SOLD OUT (MAY 1 & 2)

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MARY CATHERINE PAZZANO
2025-05-03 20:00 - 22:00
One Night Only @ The Registry

The Divine One at One Hundred: Honouring Sarah Vaughan

From her landmark Registry centennial concerts of Leonard Bernstein, Doris Day, and Judy Garland, MC brings her vocal talents to celebrate Sarah Vaughan. So celebrated in her time, she was known as The Divine One.

Tickets: $35

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Equitable Life of Canada

Mappa Mundi - Map of the World
2025-05-04 15:00 - 17:00
Classics @ The Registry and the KW Chamber Music Society

CANADIAN GUITAR QUARTET

Canada’s internationally renowned foursome perform from their latest album, Mappa Mundi. Beautiful music by Bach, Mozart, Luiz Bonfa, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Isak Roux, Renaud Côté-Giguère, and Olga Amelkina-Vera.

Tickets: $30 General Admission, $10 Student

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Green Gables Singalong Fundraiser
2025-05-06 19:30 - 21:00 | The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick Street, Kitchener, ON, N2H 2L9, Canada
Presented by Green Gables Ukuleles and Friends

Join Green Gables Ukuleles & Friends for their third community singalong/playalong to raise funds for the Registry Theatre. The setlist includes songs by Peter Paul & Mary, the Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, The Carpenters, Tom Jones, Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, and many more. Lyrics and chords will be displayed on a screen behind the group to make it easy to participate, and of course you can simply bask in the community joy.

Tickets: Pay what you can

Sasha Tease & The Bombshell Babes Vol. 2
2025-05-08 19:30 - 22:00
Theatre @ The Registry

A smokin’ hot drag show hosted by Sasha Tease and featuring some of Waterloo Region’s best drag artists. Not a show to miss!

Please Note: This show is recommended for audiences 18+.

Doors at 7 pm. Show at 7:30 pm.

Tickets: $25

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DAN BEACOCK & LOCAL HEROES
2025-05-09 20:00 - 22:00
Homegrown @ The Registry

Canadian Guitar Heroes

Master of any genre, Dan’s superlative guitar and great vocals pay homage to some of Canada’s greats, from Gordon Lightfoot and Rush’s Alex Lifeson, to David Wilcox, Frank Marino, and national treasure Randy Bachman. Also featuring legendary guitar music from the Tragically Hip, Domenic Troiano, Sloan, Our Lady Peace, Max Webster, and many others!

Note: This event was originally set for March 21 but has been rescheduled.

Tickets: $30

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Kiss the Stormy Sky
2025-05-21 19:30 - 21:00 | The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick Street, Kitchener, ON, N2H 2L9, Canada
Dance @ The Registry

Created and performed by Sid Ryan Eilers in a personal story of ancestry and identity through the ages. Eilers plays family members from the 18th century to the Russian revolution, from Nazi Germany, to present day #MeToo.

Tickets:$25 General Admission$15 Students/Seniors

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KRUGER BROTHERS
2025-05-23 20:00 - 22:00
One Night Only @ The Registry

Bluegrass, Americana, and Beyond

From Switzerland to North Carolina, the Krugers are one of America’s foremost bluegrass groups. Music steeped in the traditional repertoire, including their tribute to Doc Watson, and their own classically influenced originals, make the Krugers unique in the world of Americana.Special guest, mandolin sensation Jonah Horton.

Tickets: $50

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Equitable Life of Canada

LONDON’S BADDEST BIG BAND
2025-05-24 15:00 - 17:00
Jazz @ The Registry

Part of the Spring Big Band Jazz Weekend

Trombonist Seth McNall leads the BBB with a whose who of London, Ontario’s jazz scene. They will present eclectic big band renditions of Mozart, Greig and other classics.

Tickets: $40Special Offer: Buy Tickets to two shows in the Spring Big Band Jazz Weekend for $65, or all three shows for $90!

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HILARIO DURAN AND HIS LATIN JAZZ BIG BAND
2025-05-24 20:00 - 22:30
Jazz @ The Registry

Part of the Spring Big Band Jazz Weekend

Juno and Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer, arranger, and musical director of remarkable virtuosity, Hilario Durán, is well recognized for his piano playing and composing skills. The music to be performed by this Orchestra blends milieus and motifs of the classic Cuban musical form, American standards, and the arrangement of the Frédéric Chopin composition Fantasia Impromptu. The music has been influenced by most of the traditional forms of Cuban music and the most modern contemporary harmonies.

Tickets: $40Special Offer: Buy Tickets to two shows in the Spring Big Band Jazz Weekend for $65, or all three shows for $90!

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KW BIG BAND THEORY
2025-05-25 15:00 - 17:00
Jazz @ The Registry

Part of the Spring Big Band Jazz Weekend

Waterloo Region’s finest jazz musicians with performances at the Waterloo Jazz Festival, and The Registry, and a live album with the great Canadian Don Thompson. Featuring original compositions and arrangements sure to thrill fans of big band music.

Tickets: $40Special Offer: Buy Tickets to two shows in the Spring Big Band Jazz Weekend for $65, or all three shows for $90!

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HEATHER TAVES
2025-06-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-11 15:00 - 17:00
Classics @ The Registry and the KW Chamber Music Society

Ms. Taves’ final concert in her complete Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle. Part 8 including Les Adieux

Tickets: $30 General Admission, $10 Student

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