WSO performs The Addams Family soundtrack
Get your fingers snapping for The Addams Family in Concert by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) on Oct. 30 and 31 at the Centennial Concert Hall. Conducted by Lucas Waldin, the orchestra is performing the soundtrack to the 1991 gothic blockbuster as part of their Leon and Cecilia Asper Night at the Movies series.
For November, WSO listeners can look forward to performances of pieces by Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček and Edward Elgar. The month’s programming concludes with a French-inspired concert at the Desautels Concert Hall and a sold-out concert featuring Carman, Man. singer Faouzia at the Burton Cummings Theatre.
WAG-Qaumajuq appoints new director and CEO
The WAG-Qaumajuq has named John Mahli Lawa’ Hampton as the gallery’s new director and CEO starting Dec. 10. Some of Hampton’s responsibilities include leading the gallery’s finances and “advancing [its] strategic vision [by] connecting art, culture, learning and community,” according to the press release.
Hampton, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, has been the executive director and CEO of the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina since Jan. 2021. They were previously the executive director of the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba in Brandon.
U of M galleries presents two new shows
The School of Art Student Gallery is unveiling Organic Vision of Life on Oct. 28, displaying works by first-year fine arts student and multimedia artist Agnieszka Marcinow. The show is a collection of Marcinow’s fluid acrylic art.
The School of Art Gallery is also presenting Maya de Forest’s solo exhibition my brain like strips of confetti on Oct. 29. This exhibition centres on the archive of the artist’s father, Claude Pierre de Forest, a former U of M architecture professor who experienced Alzheimer’s disease.
Angine de Poitrine to return to Winnipeg in 2027
The Québec math-rock duo is returning to Winnipeg for shows on April 6 and 7, 2027 at the Burton Cummings Theatre as part of their international tour. Ticket sales start on Oct. 30, 2026, at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster.
This reappearance of brothers Klek and Khn de Poitrine in Winnipeg follows their performance at the 2026 Winnipeg Folk Festival. The duo’s latest album, Vol. II, won the 2026 Polaris Music Prize last month, with the first track “Fabienk” also winning the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize in the same ceremony.
Flora Luna plays debut album show at WECC
Franco-Manitoban singer-songwriter Flora Luna is playing her album release show at the West End Cultural Centre on Oct. 29, performing with German-born Canada-based singer-songwriter KC is Lazy.
Titled Symphonie Nocturne and released earlier this month, the francophone artists’ debut album thematically explores nighttime with a “lush, alternative pop sound,” writes Indie Montréal. She is also set to perform in Ottawa next month and at the Park Theatre on Dec. 3.
