Sunday (Dec. 8) could very well have been the night Cincinnati took over Caesars Windsor as famed Cincy-born comedian Tom Segura brought his controversial blue-collar porn, racial jabs and outright naughty humor to The Colosseum with Geoff Tate, another jokester from The 'Nati. Segura may come...

Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit" is one of those plays more read about than seen. It’s an intimate romp that dives into the psyche of three characters who have to deal with spending an eternity in Hell. It’s the kind of content and style that’s perfect for the intimate settings of Post Productions....

Juno and Grammy Award winning multi-platinum Canadian singer Alessia Cara has announced The Pains of Growing 2019 Canadian Tour, kicking off in Ottawa on May 11, 2019. Shows in the 519 area include Kitchener on May 13 and Windsor on May 15. Alessia emerged onto the music scene in 2015 with her...

Some of the stars of the CW television program Masters of Illusion stopped in at Caesars Windsor on Saturday night (Feb. 2, 2019) for a delightful serving of sleight of hand, levitation and some good old-fashioned dismemberment. It was a night of fast-paced magic, comedy and illusions, with...

Slash ft. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators are currently on their worldwide tour through Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the UK - the group has just announced a headlining North American tour this summer, with one stop in Southwestern Ontario at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on...

Start.ca Rocks the Park (formerly Rock the Park) has announced its first night of this year’s festival. After taking a year off of country programming, BX93 has teamed back up with Start.ca Rocks the Park and country music is back. Wednesday, July 10th will feature already announced headliner,...

The Windsor arts and theatre scene has heard the works of Sam Poole for a few years.  He’s lent his skills to several local theatre companies, including Kordazone, University Players and most recently, creating music for an original adult Christmas musical from Post Productions. So how does...

Post Productions is going to Hell in its next show. The theatre company is presenting its production of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit starting Friday. Although it premiered in 1944, it’s never gone out of style, says director Michael O’Reilly.  “One of the things that makes No Exit relevant to...

University Players continues its 60th Anniversary season with bold storytelling from Margaret Atwood. The Penelopiad recalls the story of Odysseus, the great Greek hero, who spends 20 years fighting in the Trojan War and travelling home again. The Penelopiad looks at the story through the eyes of...

With early bird sales already up 30% from last year, LiUNA! Bluesfest Windsor introduced its 2019 lineup to media and sponsors this week, including several big name acts and a substantial new rock act. The event, being held July 5-6 and July 12-13, will feature four nights of music over two...

Sarah McLachlan, one of Canada’s most celebrated singer-songwriters, a 12-time JUNO Award winner and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee, will host The JUNO Awards live at Budweiser Gardens in London on Sunday, March 17, 2019. Pop star bülow was also confirmed as one of the performers at the...

Pop star Shawn Mendes leads the nominees heading into this year's Juno Awards broadcast live on Sunday, March 17 on CBC from London. He has six nominations, including Single of the Year for “In My Blood” and Album of the Year for his self-titled project released last spring. The Canadian...

519 Magazine and the Windsor Express basketball team are merging music and sport in a new and exciting way. Together, the two local organizations are introducing the 519 Premium Concert Series, featuring eight-exclusive performances held in the Crown Royal Club Lounge at Windsor’s WFCU Centre,...

Theresa Caputo, from TLC’s hit show, Long Island Medium, will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on Wednesday, April 17 at 8 pm. Theresa will share personal stories about her life and explain how her gift works. She will deliver healing messages to audience members and give people comfort...

Halestorm, one of the hardest working bands in rock, are headed to the 519 on their Spring 2019 tour of North America. The band will play London Music Hall on May 12 with guests Palaye Royale and Beasto Blanco. Widely acknowledged as one of the most vital and iconic bands in modern hard rock,...

Canada’s beloved political satirist, Rick Mercer, will be returning to the Chrysler Theatre for the third time on September 28, 2019, with his newest keynote, Canada Coast to Coast to Coast. “We are so thrilled to have Rick Mercer back on our stage and to have partnered with our presenting...

Alice in Chains have announced a Canadian tour in support of the Grammy nominated album Rainer Fog, set to kick off April 10 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. The band will play one date in Southwestern Ontario in London on the Start.ca Performance Stage at Budweiser Gardens on April...

The sounds, styles and era of The Beatles came to life at Olde Walkerville Theatre as tribute act The Caverners brought the fab four to life on Saturday (Jan. 26) in a larger than life presentation. The Niagara Falls based band has been recreating The Beatles since 1994 and are celebrating 25...

Blue Man Group, the silent blue-coloured performance troupe, now owned by Cirque du Soleil, will bring its world tour to Windsor’s WFCU Centre. The group, now in its 32nd year, will do four shows Saturday, March 16 (5 and 8 pm) and Sunday, March 17 (2 and 5pm). Tickets go on sale to the...

It’s been a great week for Windsor, Ontario rockers The Tea Party. The band has held steady in the Top 5 on the Canadian Active Rock charts in the #4 position with their latest single Black River. They join fellow Windsorites The Blue Stones who remain firmly in the #2 slot with their latest...

What better way to chase away the dreary, chilly winter blues of February then to come downtown to the First Friday Cultural Walkabout. It's a quick walk from one welcoming door to the next where you can enjoy everything from live music, to interesting art, to delicious foods, to warming...

Classic rockers Cheap Trick rolled into Windsor on Thursday (Jan. 17) with fans either loving the show or hating it and walking out early. The 46-year-old band was loud and lively when they took to the stage at The Colosseum, diving deep into their classic catalog early on. After their...

Some say rock music is on a slow decline, but that wasn’t the case on Wednesday (Jan. 16) when Saving Abel came to Windsor for the only Canadian date of their latest tour. 89x afternoon host Nathan Carr partnered with Rockstar Music Hall to put on one hell of a show, featuring two local bands...

This story originally appeared in the January, 2019 issue of 519 Magazine. Cardinal Music Productions brought the house down in 2018 with a powerful production of Heathers: The Musical - a musical adoption of the film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. The local production company is...

Legendary singer-songwriter Corey Hart has been announced as the 2019 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.  Hart, who has sold over 16 million albums worldwide, will be officially inducted into The Canadian Music Hall of Fame during The 2019 JUNO Awards on Sunday, March 17. To celebrate...

Southwestern Ontario hair metal fans were surprised to learn that Windsor party hair metal band Hair Force One had recently changed its name. The band, known for its killer versions of Poison, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot and Guns N’ Roses, are now known as 80s Gone Wild: A Tribute to...

Windsor’s Culture department is looking for feedback on a series of Sandwich Town murals. The 16 murals honouring significant black leaders in our community were originally exhibited along the exterior wall of a grocery store on Sandwich Street. That grocery store has since been sold and the...

South River Slim loves to have fun with his music and it shows greatly in his live shows. The Windsor bluesman headlined Rockstar Music Hall as a presentation of the Canada South Blues Society. The Canada South Blues Society Windsor Chapter held the show as a member appreciation night....

The glitz and glam of the ABC television show Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) was brought to life on Saturday night in Windsor. The professional dancers from the program returned to The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor for two shows featuring an all-new live version of the program. 519 sent...

Thursday, Dec. 27 marked the 6th annual Windsor Comedy Festival and based on the laughter from the near capacity crowd it didn’t disappoint. Hosted by L.A. comic Maxi Witrak, the show opened with Detroit based R&B band N4 Structure fronted by Denise Davis, winner of the 2018 Detroit Black...

Thursday, Dec. 27 marked the 6th annual Windsor Comedy Festival and based on the laughter from the near capacity crowd it didn’t disappoint. Hosted by L.A. comic Maxi Witrak, the show opened with Detroit based R&B band N4 Structure fronted by Denise Davis, winner of the 2018 Detroit Black...

Happy holidays to everyone!  I’d like to present you with my Top 10 Films of 2018! There were so many incredible movies to watch and so these were the ones that made me laugh the hardest, shed the most tears, brought some nostalgia to my life, and provoked a lot of great conversation afterwards....

Happy holidays to everyone!  I’d like to present you with my Top 10 Films of 2018! There were so many incredible movies to watch and so these were the ones that made me laugh the hardest, shed the most tears, brought some nostalgia to my life, and provoked a lot of great conversation afterwards....

Lakeshore's PURE Academy Dance Studio held their annual Christmas show “Winter Wonderland” at Windsor's Chrysler Theatre on Dec.18 to a sold-out audience of family, friends and adoring fans. The packed house was treated to 44 individual dance numbers of various forms including Hip Hop, Tap,...

Lakeshore St. Andrews Church (LSA) was host to two-time Juno Award winning bluegrass band Tim and The Glory Boys last week. The auditorium was the perfect setting for an evening of music that could best be described as uplifting and fun with a strong dose of bluegrass/country, mixed with a bit of...

Rockstar Music Hall has confirmed it is bringing US hard rockers Saving Abel to the music club on January 16, 2019 with guests Ignore The Evidence and Among The Rest. It will be the band’s first Canadian concert in many years. Saving Abel was formed in 2004 and might be best known for their...

Windsor British Invasion show band British Beat 66 is a unit that formed in 2004 to celebrate the sounds of a musical era that changed the face of rock and pop forever. Band members Michael Hereford (Michael Chester), John Labadie (Johnny Bo), Dino Urbano (Derek Domino), Lawrence Culnan (Larry C)...

This time of year carries a mix of emotions for people, myself included.  It is meant to be a time of love but it also filled with a season of loss. However, there is something magically soothing just hearing violins playing in unison and the harmony of a choir that can really lift your spirits....

Michael Bolton brought the Christmas edition of The Symphony Sessions to Windsor on Thursday night to the delight of a sold-out Caesars Windsor Colosseum. The show packed in about a dozen Bolton classics and a few seasonal favourites. The 65-year-old crooner put on what felt like a televised...

Buddy Guy, a world-renowned blues legend, has been announced as the headliner for blues night at Bluesfest Windsor on Friday, July 12. At 82 years young, the seven-time Grammy award winner’s latest album, The Blues Is Alive and Well - his eighteenth solo LP - showcases the raw, unadulterated...

Windsor rockers old and new are on this week’s Active Rock Charts on Canadian radio. Mainstays The Tea Party and radio newcomers The Blue Stones are both currently in the Top 20 across the country. The Blue Stones are hot on the charts and currently reside at #3 with the song Black Holes...

Meet William (Aneurin Barnard) a forlorn writer who is convinced that his life has no purpose and dying is the only way out. After yet another failed attempt at suicide, he crosses paths with an “Angel of Death” assassin,  Leslie (Tom Wilkinson), who promises to fulfill his wish once and for all....

The next generation of blues was alive and well at Rockstar Music Hall on Friday night (Dec. 7) as Memphis blues band Southern Avenue headlined a set of its own unique blend of gospel-tinged R&B vocals, roots/blues-based guitar work and soul-inspired lyrics for a perfect night of modern...

This review comes with a warning about naughty language and is not intended for those easily offended by such words or especially for those that can’t take a joke. After attending Post Productions latest show Another Fucking Christmas Play: A Fucking Musical (AFCP) last night, it seems...

Downchild, the legendary Canadian blues band that helped inspire the characters and sound of the The Blues Brothers, will headline a benefit concert at Olde Walkerville Theatre on Dec. 7 (tonight) to raise money for Windsor music icon Kim “The Commander” Kelly, who was paralyzed in a fall, and to...

BC Christian bluegrass band Tim and The Glory Boys are currently on a tour across Ontario performing at churches on their Buffalo Roadshow Tour. The band will appear in the 519 at Forward Church in Cambridge on Dec. 8, New Hope Community Church in London on Dec. 9 and Lakeshore St. Andrews Church...

Everyone has a dream. A vision to live a life of abundance and doing what they were “meant” to do. However, what happens when reality slaps you in the face and says you’re not quite good enough and you just don’t have what it takes? It’s a hard pill to swallow and some see this as a challenge to...

Caesars Windsor’s 2018 Concerts for a Cure is celebrating a successful social media campaign seeing a combined 20,326 shares, likes, comments and views on 20 #ConcertsforaCure “heart-hand” photos and videos posted online. For every social media engagement, Caesars Windsor Cares donated $1 for...

Building on over three generations of Leahy musicianship, Doug Leahy, together with his wife Jennifer and their children, are keeping those traditions alive through music, song, and dance. Doug, as a member of “Leahy” and Jennifer, having played music throughout her life, both understand the joy...

Bluesfest Windsor has announced its opening night concert for the 2019 festival and it’s expected to be a bangin’ good time. The 90s Throwback tour featuring returning 90s stars Vanilla Ice, C&C Music Factory with Freedom Williams, Rob Base and Young MC, will come back to the Windsor...

What do you get when you put four incredible Canadian superstars on the same stage together? It could easily be a setup to a great Canadian music punchline, but in the case of Lunch At Allen’s it’s absolutely no joke. Lunch at Allen’s is comprised of Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc...

The Windsor Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will perform Handel’s Messiah, a Holiday tradition, in Leamington on Saturday, Dec. 8 and in Tecumseh on Sunday, Dec. 9. Featuring the energy of the WSO and WSO Chorus, led by Conductor Peter Wiebe and Chorus Master Bruce Kotowich, Handel’s Messiah is a...

One of the biggest bands out of the 519 is going on tour across North America in 2019. The Tea Party just announced The Black River Tour, making 35 stops across Canada and the US, starting in Kingston on March 16, and ending in Los Angeles on May 18, with stops in Guelph, London and Windsor. This...

Caesars Windsor was buzzing Thursday Night (Nov. 29) when three high octane bands ripped their way through a night of hard rock and heavy metal. Three Days Grace brought The Outsider tour to Windsor with special guests Bad Wolves and Nothing More. Three Days Grace had a huge stage show, with...

Crash Test Dummies just kicked off an Anniversary tour to celebrate the release of the popular album God Shuffled His Feet last Friday (Nov. 23) in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a local gig at the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, MI on Sunday. The original band has been almost completely inactive since...

Thanks to a new partnership between Budweiser Gardens and telecom company Start.ca, the theatre portion of the London, Ontario arena will now have a new name starting December 1, 2018. The space, which can seat up to 4,000 people for a variety of events, including touring Broadway musicals,...

The first look at the set piece used for the opening scene of Miracle on 34th Street by Theatre Sarnia at the Imperial Theatre last Friday (Nov. 23) established clearly that the piece was set in the 1940’s or possibly, the late 1930’s. If that wasn’t enough, the wardrobe, hair styles, and props...

Beach Boys superstar Brian Wilson brought his Pet Sounds: The Final Performances tour to Caesars Windsor on Sunday night (Nov. 25) and the reaction from the sold-out Colosseum crowd was split down the middle. While some enjoyed the music and the band, many couldn’t help but notice a distant and...

Although it’s being sold as an erotic-comedy, The Edge Productions version of Venus in Fur is much more than that. The tense and sexually charged two-person play opened this past Thursday (Nov. 22) and runs until Dec. 2 at Sho Studios in Windsor. To simply describe David Ives’ play as an...

What if your doctor told you that you would never be able to conceive a child? For many couples, this devastating news is like a knife through the heart. The countless other methods to figure out what to do next and the thousands of dollars spent for a possible miracle is exhausting, physically,...

Before we go any further, I should admit something: I’m a sucker for ambition. No, not the cheap, banal ambition of Wall Street hustlers or this play’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – what sways me is the ambition of creative risk-taking. Mediocrity is safe and easy; creativity takes guts. This...

Kevin Smith wears many hats. As a producer, director, comic book writer and actor, he’s been working hard, or hardly-working (he admits to his laziness at times) to create a successful career. Most know him for the sleeper hit 90’s movie; Clerks, and of course being the silent half of the stoner...

What is it like to lose a parent? There is a sense of devastation, sadness, and even anger that can really shake a young child to the core. Over time, emotions can wax and wane but there comes a point of acceptance that needs to be reached. The most troubling part is when the other parent begins...

Get out of your safe spaces and enter a satirical mindfu*k that feels like the love child of 4Chan and Buzzfeed. President Evil, directed by Richard Lowry, doesn’t hold back parodying all the social commentaries on the political spectrum. If you can think of any stereotype, chances are it’s in...

It was no surprise that the Chris Molyneaux Jazz Trio show at the Lawrence House in Sarnia last Friday (Nov. 16) was an excellent one. That it was sold out wasn’t a surprise either. After seeing the trio play three times over the last several months  and watching them captivate audiences the fact...

The Windsor Express have had a tough start to the 2018/2019 National Basketball League of Canada season, losing their first two games. Last night (Wed., Nov. 21), the Express fell to St. John’s Edge 113 to 86 and in the home opener on Saturday (Nov. 17), the team lost to the expansion Sudbury...

Phog Lounge hosted an intimate evening of world-class jazz last Thursday (Nov. 15) when Chicago jazz unit the Joe Policastro Trio stopped into Windsor for a gig to support their latest album Screen Sounds and debut some new music from their next release. The trio specifically selected Phog as...

The 60th anniversary season of University Players continues with their third offering of the season, Journey’s End by R.C. Sherriff. This historic piece of British drama will be performed to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Taking place over 4 days in 1918, we meet the...

Things are about to get a whole lot more erotic and chaotic this weekend as The Edge Productions presents David Ives’ Venus in Fur at Sho Studios opening tonight (Nov. 22) and running to Dec. 2. Theatre goers can expect a sophisticated and seductive story that will trigger discussions about power...

Although it’s not a comedy, Ghost Light Players director Jeffery Bastien says his upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is partly inspired by the movie Strange Brew. That’s the one where Canada’s most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that...

Not often does a book remind one of both Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past and Ellis’ American Psycho, but here we are: immersed in compelling minutiae. Alex Pheby’s Playthings is simultaneously unsettling and fascinating, tragic and hilarious, the sort of novel with an easily-summarized story...

Any concert with Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, musician, record producer and poet Jane Siberry is bound to be an inspirational and intimate concert. She recently visited Windsor’s Kordazone Theatre for a special performance on Thursday, Nov. 15 for a small and warm one-time performance...

Rockin’ For Kaleb’s Kourage, held at Rockstar Music Hall in Windsor on Sunday, November 18 did exactly what it set out to do - raise funds and honour the memory of Kaleb Houle, courageous 13-year-old teen who succumbed to his third battle against cancer a week prior to the event. The concert was...

This weekend at Olde Walkerville Theatre, the Riverfront Theatre Company will be presenting a series of short plays dealing with the forces of peer pressure, bullying, social anxiety and the stress of everyday life at school and home. The collection of shows is being presented as Under Pressure,...

Vancouver based, JUNO Award winning progressive pop band, Marianas Trench announced their Suspending Gravity Canadian tour which kicks off in Windsor on March 6, 2019 at Caesars Windsor and wraps on March 29 at the Orpheum in Vancouver. The only other date in the 519 is at the Kitchener Memorial...

Memphis blues band Southern Avenue will make their Southwestern Ontario debut at Rockstar Music Hall on December 7 and then the following night at the Kent-Belgian-Dutch-Canadian Club in Chatham.  The 2018 Blues Music Award winners are hot off their European Tour, which saw the band playing 16...

According to IMDB this is the story of teenagers who are kidnapped and made into scarecrows and left in a field to die. The tagline is “It was supposed to be the Summer of their dreams”. What can I say? I had not heard of Scarecrows before sitting down to watch it, but I still had...

Terry Fator, the popular ventriloquist who won the second season of America's Got Talent, pulled into The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on Saturday night (Nov. 10) for a fun night of song, comedy and special appearances from hit little puppet friends. 519 Magazine sent our photographer Kirk Harris...

A former frontman for Canadian rockers I Mother Earth is coming to the 519 for a gig at Phog Lounge in Windsor on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Brian Byrne, who sang with the band from 1997 to 2003 and 2012 to 2015, will be performing a show as part of a duo for an early show starting at 6pm. ...

The expectations were very high when it was announced that Rami Malek was going to be portraying the iconic frontman performer of Queen, the immortal Freddie Mercury. The biographical film, Bohemian Rhapsody, directed by Bryan Singer, received a rating of only PG-13. The whole idea of making...

Iconic Canadian guitarist Rik Emmett has been a fixture of Canadian rock radio for decades whether as a solo artist or with multi-platinum band Triumph. His hit songs are considered essential Canadian listening - essentials like Lay It On The Line, Hold On and Magic Power are patriotic screams of...

A Windsor theatre icon passed away today. Florence Raisbeck, who ran Theatre Alive with her husband Brian for 28 years, peacefully passed away at 6:13am on November 15, 2018. Known for her love and passion for theatre, Amazing Flo, as she was sometimes called, had many friends and fans – some...

Windsor hip hop artist C.P.R. has released a new 16-track album, out today, called Compression. The disc is loaded with sick beats and tons of social commentary in a well-balanced collection of modern rhymes and infectious grooves. The local rapper is part of the popular local group Rebellious...

Windsor’s Capitol Theatre was turned into a giant lovefest on Friday night (Nov. 9) when a handful of local musical theatre performers and musicians joined forces for a fundraising cabaret for the Canadian Mental Health Association in Windsor-Essex. Dubbed Cabaret For A Cause, the now annual...

Chicago jazz unit the Joe Policastro Trio are coming to Windsor this week for an intimate gig at Phog Lounge on Thursday (Nov. 15) to support their latest album Screen Sounds and debut some new music from their next release. Policastro has performed with the likes of Pat Boone and his band...

Like a fine wine with an intense bouquet, the grand Olde Walkerville Theatre in Windsor became a haven for wine-lovers, musical-lovers, and laugh-lovers when Winesday: The Musical / Wine Tasting took over the theatre last week (Nov. 9 and 10). The wine-themed musical was interspersed with four...

Windsor Firefighters Jarred Hutch (l) and Corey Donaldson (r) at a calendar signing event along with Hazel (far left) and her younger sister Nola (far right). The Chasing Hazel Foundation was created by Stephanie and Matt Seguin to educate and raise awareness about the importance of...

The documentary Tea With the Dames, directed by Roger Michell  is an intimate look into the lives of Dames; Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith. Now you may be asking yourself, what shenanigans could possibly take place when you get four legendary British actresses in the...

American Animals is not your typical heist, it is far more compelling of a story that unfolds to make you question what you are watching is fact or fiction. For keeping those thoughts rolling around in my head throughout the film, I have to applaud director, Bart Layton. Meet College students...

A good author can bring the simplest of things to life in ways we’ve never imagined. In his novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, author Victor Hugo describes love in a beautiful and delicious way. He says “Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to...

It felt a little like 1993 all over again when Stone Temple Pilots took to the stage at London’s Budweiser Gardens on Wednesday night (Nov. 7) with Seether and Default in tow. Oddly, it was around this time of year 25 years ago when I watched STP tear up the Congress Centre in Ottawa on the...

With all the precision and thrills of the original, Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games pulled into Caesars Windsor with all new staging, costumes and choreography for an exciting evening of passionate dance. The new show featured cutting edge technology, including a giant Radiant flat screen that...

While some people may live paycheque to paycheque, there is an entirely different group of people who hold a position of power where money is no object to what one’s heart desires. Generation Wealth (directed by Lauren Greenfield) delves into society's obsession with wealth from celebrity...

Growing up in Windsor in the ‘60’s, I cut my teeth on Motown and vividly recall when “Little Stevie Wonder” performed his first hit, “Fingertips (Part 2)” on Robin Seymour’s Swingin’ Time. As well as being gifted with a most versatile voice, this handsome thirteen-year-old boy--who had been blind...

Grammy Award-Winning crooner Michael Bublé has announced his return to performing with a 36-city North American tour beginning in Florida in February, 2019. The 11-city Canadian portion of tour will kick off in Bublé’s hometown of Vancouver, BC on Friday, April 12 and bring the “Just Haven’t Met...

Foreigner, the iconic rock band behind hits like “I Want To Know What Love Is,” “Cold As Ice,” “Juke Box Hero,” and so many others of rock’s most enduring anthems, announces the Winter 2019 Cold As Ice tour. The legendary band will heat up the cold Canadian nights with a series of “hot blooded”...

The film is Say Her Name. And that name is Sandra Bland. WIFF’s debut of the powerful new documentary Say My Name chronicles the events surrounding the suspicious in custody death of Bland, affectionately known as Sandy, an outspoken Social Media Blogger/Activist, following her arrest in...

The Forest Pioneers hit the stage at Cheeky Monkey in Sarnia on Friday (Nov. 2) for the record and music memorabilia store's monthly First Friday concerts where local artists perform in the store on the first friday of each month. The first thing that hit the ear was the doubling from a pair...

The 2018 Windsor Fall Fashion Festival was held at The Water’s Edge Event Centre in Windsor on Friday (Nov. 2). The annual show features fashions and designs from local boutique shops and designers. It was a glamorous night where fashion and charity meant everything. 519 photographer Kirk Harris...

Windsor will always remember Mark Boscariol, a prominent Windsor business owner and downtown booster who passed away this summer. He was a strong supporter and a founder of the Windsor International Film Festival and WIFF organizers shared that love with the annual Mark Boscariol 48-Hour...

This weekend (Nov. 2 and 3), Windsor jam band J#Major performed at Lion’s Head Tavern for and evening of great music. The band performed a variety of material including Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder and Bee Gees, among others. 519 Magazine photographer Kirk Harris stopped by on Saturday to take a...

Grammy award-winning country music star Brad Paisley will perform on The Colosseum stage in Windsor on Saturday, April 27 at 9 pm. The concert is one of only three currently announced for 2019 and the only Canadian date so far - the others are in Florida and Wisconsin. Paisley is a consummate...

The S'Aints band comprised of local celebrity musicians held a press conference and sneak peek performance today (Nov. 5) at Cosmos Lounge to announce the 2018 Sleighing Hunger food bank beneficiaries. The fundraising concert, on Friday, December 21 at 8 pm at The Colosseum, will benefit 16 local...

Entering its 14th year of showcasing cinematic treasures from Canadian and International filmmakers, I had a wonderful opportunity to see several films this year at the 2018 Windsor International Film Festival. Three Identical Strangers, directed by Tim Wardle, is an incredible eye-opening...

The House of Green will host a ‘Green’ event when the London Knights face off against the Sudbury Wolves on Friday, November 9th at Budweiser Gardens. “Following the success of last year’s ‘Green’ game, we decided that we wanted to make this an annual event and look forward to building our...

To commemorate Canada’s great contributions and sacrifices in the First World War, and in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the end of that war, the Windsor Symphony Orchestra will perform two special concerts on Remembrance Day weekend. Canadian troops played a significant role in WWI,...

Windsor has known the music of Rick LaBonté for years. The local singer/songwriter, who was born with a hearing impairment, has been performing in bands since the early 90s and has enjoyed sharing the stage with Uriah Heep, Tallan Noble Latz and many great local musicians throughout his career....

Jody Raffoul is and will always be the pure definition of Leamington. A home-grown rocker loaded with tons of talent and a unique passion for the little municipality he calls home. It’s fitting that the release of his first album in 10 years will get its official release at a three-day party at...

The 14th edition of the Windsor International Film Festival kicked off opening night at the Chrysler Theatre on Monday with Vincent Georgie on hand to welcome independent filmmakers and movie goers at the St. Clair College Centre for the Arts. Georgie was joined by former City or Windsor...

The band that inspired the Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi smash hit movie The Blues Brothers, is coming back to Windsor. Canada’s legendary Downchild Blues Band is returning to the city on December 7 for a show at the Olde Walkerville Theatre, as part of a series of Christmas Party events. It’s...

Thousands flocked to London Comic Con at the Agriplex building at the Western Fair District this weekend (Oct. 26-28) for a few days of celebrities, fun and fantasy. The fifth annual convention is Southwestern Ontario’s largest gathering of pop culture fans. Some of the celebrity guests...

One of country music’s greatest tributes stopped into Windsor for an appearance at the Caboto Club on Wednesday, Oct. 17. The show was a fundraiser for Children’s Wish Foundation. The band tours throughout North America with a professional tribute to Keith Urban, Garth Brooks and Zac Brown. The...

‘Evil Dead The Musical’ has no relationship to anything by the Monty Python troupe. Nor is it an homage to their work. The elements that lift the piece above its own excesses by playing off them however were all devices used brilliantly by the “Pythons” as they paved their way into legend. That’s...

Before we begin, let’s get this out of the way right here and now. In Korda Artistic Productions latest play Macbeth, Shakespeare’s iconic Scottish protagonist turned antagonist is a woman. Maybe it’s the way actress Fay Lynn portrayed the title character or maybe it’s the stunning vision from...

Earlier this year Southern Rock icons, Lynyrd Skynyrd, announced that, after a career that has spanned more than 40 years and includes a catalog of more than 60 albums with more than 30 million units sold, they would embark on their Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour. The band has just...

The winds have changed and the most practically perfect nanny of all time is currently in Kingsville for another adventure with Jane and Michael Banks. We caught Migration Hall’s sensational Mary Poppins Jr. this past weekend and we’re still singing the songs. The show continues this weekend for...

Okay, Okay, Okay.  “Put another shrimp on the barbie!” and “another brick in the wall”. I have to say that I am not a big fan of Tribute bands. From KISS to Elvis and AC/DC to Alice In Chains, most tribute bands, in my opinion, do a mediocre job - at best - at emulating their idols. ...

Caitlin Mason, Dan Sonier and Tessa Catton satisfied on all levels at the Lawrence House: Sunday Afternoon Recital in Sarnia on Sunday night (Oct. 21). The show opened with the first movement of Mozart’s well known ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ and followed with a less familiar Concerto for two...

I have been a fan of Richard O’Brien’s 1975 cult-classic, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” for such a long time. I remember setting my sights on Tim Curry (who played Frank N. Furter) in fishnet stockings, smudged lipstick and eye liner and feeling that twinge of excitement. I had no idea boys...

At first glance, the poster for Welcome to the Men’s Group looks like a crazy comedy where viewers might get a quick glance or two at a penis. While it takes some time to get to that point, the movie is so much more than just a bunch of naked men. It’s a deeply thought out exploration into many...

In a busy theatre season that started with astounding performances of such legendary shows as Les Misérables, Hair and Equus, does an all-new original adult-themed musical even have a chance? You bet your sweet ass it does. It's the big gay musical we've all been waiting for. How could it...

Windsor theatrical and musical nerds Taylor Lavigne and Mike Karloff are bringing Dracula to the stage like never before in a new musical comedy called Raise The Stakes, which opens at the Olde Walkerville Theatre in Windsor on October 18. The story is a re-telling of Bram Stoker’s classic...

This story first appeared in the October issue of 519 Magazine, available at more than 300 locations in Southwestern Ontario. Shakespeare gets a post-apocalyptic makeover in Korda Artist Productions gender-free re-imagining of Macbeth, coming to the Kordazone Theatre starting Oct. 18....

This story first appeared in the October issue of 519 Magazine, available at more than 300 locations in Southwestern Ontario. The most popular Disney movies of all time is coming to life in a Junior production at Migration Hall in Kingsville. Mary Poppins Jr., the astounding musical that has...

Windsor’s favourite philanthropic super-group, The S’Aints is once again joining forces with St. Clair College and Caesars Windsor to sleigh hunger with an ALL AGES, annual fundraising concert on The Colosseum stage, Friday, December 21 at 8 pm. A great holiday tradition for the entire family,...

Long before pop culture’s current fascination with magic and illusion, there was one Canadian magician who set the standard for decades. Ted Outerbridge has charmed audiences with his illusions and tricks since 1982 and his current Magical Odyssey Tour will transform audiences back to the Golden...

519 Media is proud to announce our expansion into St. Thomas and Elgin county. 519 Magazine is now available in St. Thomas and the municipality of Elgin, including Aylmer, Belmont, Dutton, Port Burwell, Port Stanley, Rodney, Shedden, Springfield, Straffordville and West Lorne through all 11...

Things got a bit funky at Rockstar Music Hall on Sept. 22. The highly energized band Funk Frequency visited to Windsor for a return engagement of Prince and the Minneapolis sound. The band separated their show into two distinctly different sets. The opening set with Play 6 was a tribute to the...

A Star is Born kind of slipped by the wayside throughout my life. The 1976 Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson remake of the 1937 classic was just outside my scope of things when it first came out. It was too mature for a young lad of only eight-years-old, but my relatives always raved about...

In the midst of perfection, we tend to lie to ourselves, believing that life will always be a smooth straight road. When heartache shows up, it can be a short-term visitor or a long-term tenant that fills your heart with a daily dose of grief. The movie “Searching” is an intense thriller that...

Did you get your geek on? Windsor ComiCon took place last week at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor. A wide array of pop culture heroes and celebrities visited the Rose City for two days of meetings, sessions and overall fun with their fans on September 29 and 30. Some of the guests included...

I am King: The Michael Jackson Experience is a “MUST SEE” Event. The touring show that has rocked Vegas for years visited the Chrysler Theatre last week for a stunning show that included all the songs, moves and charisma one would expect from the world’s leading Michael Jackson impersonator. ...

Matthew St. Amand’s writing is truly a work of art, and his words will make a reader feel as if the story is one of their memories. A series of 11 short stories, St. Amand completely captures the readers’ attention as you step into the shoes of a man trying to free Jesus from a glass box, or a...

Sadly, we live in a world where it feels unsafe to keep our doors open anymore and if someone does knock, we are automatically gearing ourselves up for the fight or flight mode. Half of us probably don’t even know who are neighbours are because we are too busy to look up from playing Candy Crush...

Equus is probably best known for being the play where Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe got naked on stage in New York and London about 10 years ago. It made headlines around the world and brought Peter Shaffer’s dark drama to the forefront by giving Potter fans a rare glance at Harry’s “magic...

Ford City in Windsor is going through some positive changes thanks to a group of community minded individuals that see a bigger vision for their beloved home. This past Saturday (Sept. 22) that love peak with the exciting event dubbed Dropped On Drouillard, an all-day urban street culture...

Windsorite Dan Woods has had considerable success with classic automobile television shows like Chop Cut Rebuild and Classic Car Restorations, but for most viewers he’ll always be remembered as Principal Daniel Raditch on Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High and Degrassi: The Next Generation. The...

When I was 14 I had a teacher who would lend me plays so I’d stay out of trouble. One of those plays told the story of a troubled boy who loved horses, but one night attacked them in a violent frenzy, and the equally troubled psychiatrist trying to save him. But it was also about so much more:...

After reuniting earlier this year for two new singles, Swollen Members — Madchild, Prevail and Rob The Viking — have announced their first-ever live album titled Live At The Fox Theatre. The Canadian rappers will be appearing at Rockstar Music Hall tonight (Sept. 27, 2018) as part of their Family...

The poignant Simpson-themed play Mr. Burns opened the University Players 60th season last weekend. So, is it “Excellent” or do we “Release The Hounds”? Let’s all head on down to Moe’s and figure it out. Mr. Burns is the post-apocalyptic vision of playwright Anne Washburn who gives us an absurd...

One of the greatest love stories of all time came to life on Saturday night as the Windsor Symphony Orchestra presented the concert version of the 1957 musical West Side Story as their 2018/19 season opener. While it wasn’t an all-out theatrical show one would initially expect from West Side...

There’s a reason Les Misérables is one of the world’s longest running musicals. It’s an intensely passionate story of grace and redemption that strikes a chord in all who see it, and it takes a bit of bravado to actually stage a show like this successfully. It’s a musical that can’t be staged by...

It all starts with The Simpsons. A new season of plays is about to begin at University Players, and with it comes a refreshing and bold new look for the 60-year old theatre company with a new logo and a bold palette of posters for the 6 shows of the season. The 60th Anniversary Season promises...

Les Misérables is the world’s longest running musical and a true modern classic. Based on Victor Hugo’s novel and featuring one of the most memorable scores of all time, it’s as groundbreaking today as it was when it first premiered in London in 1985. And that’s what makes it the perfect choice...

Singer, songwriter, musician and producer Stevie Wonder will be bringing his limited engagement concert series "The Stevie Wonder Song Party: A Celebration of Life, Love & Music," to Windsor for only of only four concert dates in three cities (Rama, ON and Tulsa, OK). “The Stevie Wonder...

Grammy Award-winning singer, Michael Bolton, returns to The Colosseum stage Thursday, December 13 at 8 pm with his holiday show The Symphony Sessions: Greatest Hits & Holiday Favourites. Michael Bolton will be performing all the holiday classics along with his timeless hits “When a Man...

I have never been one for the stage show Hair. I never got it, never understood it and never enjoyed the musical or the movie. Ever. Maybe it’s because the original off Broadway show actually pre-dates me by four months or maybe it’s because most of the stage versions I’ve seen were...

Broken Social Scene brought their Hug of Thunder Tour to the Olde Walkerville Theatre in Windsor on Friday for their first ever headlining show in their nearly 20 year career. The only other time the band was here in the city was with Arcade Fire at the WFCU Centre in November 2017. The band...

Johnny Reid’s show at The Colosseum this past Friday felt like a smoky night at Cobo Hall in 1976. A special night like the one Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band had when they recorded the multi-platinum Live Bullet album. There wasn’t a free seat in the house and the magic was electric. Had...

This story and interview first appeared in the September issue of 519 Magazine. Pick up a copy at more than 300 locations in Southwestern Ontario or check it out online. Broken Social Scene is a bit of a phenom in the Canadian scene. The musical collective, known for being the breeding grounds...

I was expecting a potty-mouthed tittie flashing night at Amy Schumer’s Colosseum show on Thursday night, but it wasn’t Amy herself that went the full distance, it was her support act Bridget Everett who brought the house down. Schumer seemed rather tame and almost subdued as she rolled through...

Jordan Caine would have been impressed and proud of the money raised in his name this past weekend at CainerFest held over two nights at Rockstar Music Hall in Windsor. More than $11,000 was raised to support programs and services for the Canadian Mental Health Association, Windsor-Essex County...

Scottish-born Canadian pop/rock icon Larry Gowan pulled no punches when he visited Caesars Windsor on Friday for a grand celebration of all things Gowan. The Styx frontman revisited his solo career and performed selected tracks from almost all his albums, as well as an instrumental from the...

This article first appeared in the September issue of 519 Magazine which is available online or at more than 300 locations throughout Southwestern Ontario. After 20 years of performing with the classic rock band Styx, frontman Lawrence Gowan is heading out on the road once again to perform...

The popular punk band Blink-182 has cancelled its fall mini tour which included a Windsor, Ontario date on September 18. Medical issues have sidelined drummer Travis Barker per doctors’ orders. Barker’s medical team anticipated that he would be well enough by fall to tour, but after recent...

This article first appeared in the September issue of 519 Magazine which is available online or at more than 300 locations throughout Southwestern Ontario. Much like it’s original Broadway production 50 years ago, the infamous nude scene in the rock musical Hair, which is being staged by Arts...

It’s not very often that there’s a real and true personal connection when doing interviews with rock stars, but when Marianas Trench guitarist Matt Webb added Playboy model Jessica King into his life for a short period of time, my personal connection with a rock star finally happened. A few...

What if you were told that the whole world was blind? Not in the literal sense of the word, meaning that you cannot tell the difference between colours, people, scenery, and such. But in a way that many talk about in regards to feelings (love is blind; love blinds those from seeing the truth)....

After a successful inaugural single day festival last year, Chaps and Spurs returned to south-western Ontario with two days full of games, a patio full of vendors with delicious food and drinks, and more country music than you could imagine. Day Two Kelsi Mayne (photo by Dan Savoie) ...

After a successful inaugural single day festival last year, Chaps and Spurs returned to south-western Ontario with two days full of games, a patio full of vendors with delicious food and drinks, and more country music than you could imagine. Day One The first day of Chaps and Spurs started...

When five-time Tony Award winning musical Fun Home closed its month-long debut at Toronto’s Mirvish Theatre in May, it performed to sold-out audiences and received rave reviews. Thankfully the gang at Korda Artistic Productions have brought the Alison Bechdel musical to Windsor. After watching...

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Next year marks the 50th anniversary of metal legends Judas Priest. The iconic band has been rocking the world with 18 studio albums, including their latest, Firepower. We had a chance to chat with founding member Ian Hill just short of their concert appearance in Hamilton, Ontario on August 27...

Country music’s creation is, more often than not, divided into two very distinct elements – the songwriter and the singer. Curb Records recording star Lee Brice is a master of both of those.  The Nashville superstar recently rediscovered himself with his new self-titled album and the singles Boy...

Starting with the September 2018 Edition, 519 Magazine will now be available in both print and digital form in every Library branch in the London Public Library system. This increases the magazines coverage to allow readers and visitors to grab a copy of the area’s only entertainment magazine at...

Tallan Noble Latz has been playing guitar and dominating the stage for the last 11 years. Believe it or not, the recent high school graduate is only 17-years- old! He will be performing at Olde Walkerville Theatre for two full shows and a guitar clinic on August 24 and 25. One of them is a...

Korda is bringing a five-time Tony Award winning musical to Windsor. Fun Home runs from August 31 to September 16 at the Kordazone Theatre. In 2006, Alison Bechdel became critically acclaimed for her graphic novel and memoir “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.”  It's based off of Alison’s...

The Sloan 12 Tour continues this fall with a stop in Windsor at The Dominion House on September 19 at 7pm. The band has released all 12 of their albums with the same band members. After forming in 1991, Sloan became renowned across the Canadian music landscape for attracting the spotlight to...

Over the last four years, a group of six young philanthropists have been setting up lemonade stands and their efforts have raised more than $20,000 for local pediatric health care. And that ambition has turned into a new fundraising program for W.E. Care for Kids. The group has inspired kids...

Originally appeared in the August issue of 519 Magazine. More than 200 million viewers tuned in to Britain’s Got Talent in 2014 to witness the unveiling of an electrifying new illusionist named Darcy Oake. The Winnipeg born magician traveled to the UK to participate in the show and life has...

This article first appeared in the August issue of 519 Magazine. South River Slim loves to have fun with his music and it shows greatly in his live shows. The Windsor music scene regular headlined the Bluestowne Stage at this year’s Bluesfest Windsor and stole the crowd away from mainstage...

The Windsor-Essex Pride Fest Parade shone its colours brightly on Sunday (Aug. 12) starting at its new location in Lanspeary Park, a change from its previous home at the Riverfront Festival Plaza. The parade featured units representing different classifications of sexual orientation, as well...

Manitoba brothers Jason and Tom Petric are one of Canada’s coolest up-and-coming country acts. The duo utilizes their last name as their band moniker, which just happens to sound like a good band name at the same time. The band is on the road this summer promoting their new album 18 Ends, which...

Last week Essex County received a visit from a rock ‘n roll icon. KISS rocker Gene Simmons was in the area and made visits to some area agricultural facilities and popped in to check out a couple local businesses. One of those stops was at Kingsville’s Grove Hotel, where Simmons stayed for the...

Starting with the August 2018 Edition, 519 Magazine will now be available in every Library branch on the southern end of the province. That will allow readers and visitors to grab a copy of the area’s only entertainment magazine at all 60 branches of public libraries in Windsor, Essex,...

Aaron Goodvin is Spirit River’s country music icon. The small-town Alberta singer/songwriter, who’s debut self-titled album has spawn three hit singles, is in the middle of a busy festival season that brings him to Ontario for the Boot Hill Jamboree on Friday (Aug. 3) in Bothwell and Boots and...

Korda Artistic Productions has just announced its 2019 Season offering up a dangerous and decadent classic musical; a darkly comedic Canadian play; a modern translation of a Brecht classic; a drag-comedy that brings us back to the beach in campy fashion; an award winning Broadway musical; a...

Michelle Mainwaring is a colourful character. I knew going into her one-woman show “That’s What She Said” at the 2018 Windsor-Walkerville Fringe Festival, I would laugh for the entire show – and I wasn’t disappointed. It was a true highlight of the entire festival. Having seen her previously...

Reverie Theatre company is a troupe founded by Winnipeg native Donovan Jackson who moved to Toronto in 2012. His approach to theatre is a little more non traditional. He focuses on interpretive moment, puppetry and depicts story through imagination. Donovan has worked with a number of theatrical...

When you hear the words “theatre” and “corporate” you wouldn’t think they would go together, but to local Windsor writer Matt St. Amand it makes perfect sense! Shelter in Place is apart of Post Productions second season line up. It is filled with political outbursts and what it is like working...

For the Love of Late Night is a Windsor original show written by the talented Michael J. Krym, who also directed and produced the show. He also played a small role as Gary the stagehand who makes sure the main character stays on top of things. Jimmy McCrae has been in the spotlight for forty...

It’s been 10 years since Hamilton rockers Arkells released their debut CD. Since that time, the band has won Juno awards, performed with legends like The Tragically Hip and they’ve brought a new sound to the rock world. They headline Sarnia on Saturday night (July 28) as part of Bluewater...

Guess Who’s back? The Guess Who, that’s who! The Guess Who is responsible for countless rock classics, which still retain a major presence on rock radio - “American Woman,” “No Time,” and “These Eyes” for example. The legendary band return with a new album, ‘The Future IS What It Used To Be’,...

In its Windsor-Walkerville Fringe Festival debut, Hooked brings a big city expressive dance piece to Windsor. Through contemporary and jazz movement, the Pepper Dance Projects production looks at how seven characters function with their own increasingly addictive dependencies. It’s an expressive...

Revolution Youth Theatre is a theatre company in Windsor dedicated to providing an enriching environment for young actors to learn and develop their skills. It’s a charitable organization offering youth ages 12 to 21, in the area, an opportunity to experience the thrill of being part of a theatre...

Monologues are tough to pull off because great acting ability and a moving story are essential to its success - plus audiences really need to make a connection in some way with the character in the show. The Session, playing at the Windsor-Walkerville Fringe Festival, although a tiny bit long,...