Get ready to dive into an exhilarating lineup of events at Centre In The Square 2025! Featuring an all-new 'Dancing With The Stars' tour, the poignant melodies of 'Piaf! The Show,' and the electrifying performances by Kim Mitchell & David Wilcox, this season promises a spectrum of unforgettable experiences. From the fiery passion of 'Forever Tango' to the hypnotic hilarity of 'HYPROV,' there's something for everyone. Join us in Kitchener, Ontario, for an artistic journey celebrating diverse genres and legendary performers.

Centre In The Square 2025: A Cultural Odyssey Through Dance, Music, and Drama

Kitchener, Ontario, is set to host an eclectic mix of captivating performances at Centre In The Square, creating an artistic hub for diverse audiences. From immersive horror experiences and rhythm-infused concerts to the timeless allure of classical dance, the upcoming events promise to provide a rich tapestry of cultural expression. Prominent artists such as Jesse Cook, Chris Botti, and the legendary Los Lobos will grace the stage, sharing their unique sounds and stories. Gather your friends and family, and prepare to be entertained, inspired, and moved by the variety of artistic talent that awaits.

Kitchener's Cultural Extravaganza: Unforgettable Performances Await

In 2025, Centre In The Square in Kitchener, Ontario, promises an eclectic lineup of performances that celebrate both the magic of live music and the power of nostalgia. From Queen’s legendary hits to the enchanting world of Naruto, and the nostalgic sounds of The Eagles, prepare to embark on a musical journey. With tributes to Johnny Cash and Pink Floyd, along with a special appearance by Sesame Street favorites, there’s a show for every taste and age.

A Year of Iconic Tributes and Timeless Music at Centre In The Square

Kitchener's Centre In The Square is set to host an exciting lineup of tribute concerts, offering a thrilling musical journey from the beloved characters of Sesame Street to iconic legends like Johnny Cash, The Eagles, and ABBA. Fans are in for a treat with performances that promise to recreate the magic of these legendary acts. Get ready for a series of events that combine nostalgia with lively entertainment, making them perfect for audiences of all ages.

Centre In The Square: A Season of Unforgettable Tribute Concerts

Get ready for an exciting lineup of events at the Centre In The Square, Kitchener, ON, featuring everything from beloved children's characters to iconic rock tributes. This season promises unforgettable performances, starting with 'Sesame Street Live! Say Hello', followed by tributes to the legendary Johnny Cash, The Eagles, and a nostalgic night with ABBAMANIA and Night Fever. Whether you're a family, a country music fan, a classic rock enthusiast, or a disco lover, there's something for everyone. Let's dive into the details of these captivating events!

A Spectacular Season at Centre In The Square: From Sesame Street to Rock Legends

Kitchener, Ontario's Centre In The Square is set to host a series of exciting events in 2025 and early 2026. From the beloved characters of Sesame Street to heartfelt tributes to musical legends like Johnny Cash, The Eagles, ABBA, and the Bee Gees, audiences are in for a treat. Families can sing and dance with Elmo and friends, while music lovers can revel in the nostalgia of legendary hits performed with extraordinary accuracy. Each event promises to deliver remarkable performances and leave lasting memories.

Centre In The Square: A Year of Unforgettable Tribute Shows and Family Fun

Experience We Walk The Line: A Tribute to Johnny Cash! 🎸 This hit-after-hit show celebrates the music and legacy of "The Man in Black" and his fun-loving wife, June Carter.

We Walk The Line: A Tribute To Johnny Cash

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Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, and their friends from Sesame Street are coming to your neighbourhood to say hello! At Sesame Street Live! Say Hello, sing, dance, and play alongside your favourite furry friends, all while you follow Elmo’s puppy, Tango, in a fun game of hide & seek. So put on your dancing shoes and make your way to where the air is sweet for this all-new celebration on Sesame Street!

Sesame Street Live! Say Hello

As time goes by, Pink Floyd simply gets better and better. Our audiences adore the music, we love to perform it, and there is no question it has found a very sweet spot with the orchestras. We are very pleased to offer highlights from "The Wall", plus "Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety.

Jeans ‘N Classics: An Evening of Pink Floyd – The Wall & Dark Side of the Moon

NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience is a live concert that brings the beloved anime to life on a grand scale. This two-hour event features a film montage of iconic scenes from over 220 episodes, synchronized to a live orchestra performing Toshio Masuda's original score. Fans will relive Naruto Uzumaki's journey to become Hokage, facing rivalries, challenges, and growth along the way.

NARUTO: The Symphonic Experience

Following the huge success of its 2024 Canadian national tour, QUEEN: IT'S A KINDA MAGIC is RETURNING IN 2025 by popular demand!

Queen: It’s A Kinda Magic

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 in the wake of the Stonewall Uprising, with the first performances held on the makeshift stage of the West Side Discussion Group’s loft space in downtown New York City. We’ve come a long way, baby…

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

A sublime setting of the biblical narrative!

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

Join us for DIRTY DANCING IN CONCERT, the classic film’s first live film-to-concert experience. Enjoy the digitally remastered hit film like never before on a full-size cinema screen, with a live band and singers performing the film’s iconic songs. With a soundtrack that marked a generation, DIRTY DANCING IN CONCERT promises to bring a thrilling new and unique experience to the 80s classic. Directly following the film, the band and singers will throw an encore party that will surely take you back to the time of your life as you sing and dance along to your favourite Dirty Dancing songs. Immerse yourself in the timeless romance and experience one of the most memorable movies of the past 35 years-now live

Dirty Dancing: In Concert

Stick with the Dancing: Funny Stories from my Childhood” is a new, one-man show from Pauly Shore. The actor and comedian intimately talks about his life, career, ups and downs, growing up at The Comedy Store, Beverly Hills high school, MTV days, opening for Sam Kinison, and Playboy Mansion. See it live!

Pauly Shore: Stick with the Dancing – Funny Stories from My Childhood

The gong resounds, the curtain opens, and a heavenly scene unfolds before your eyes. Fairies emerge from a sea of billowing clouds. Mongolians ride on horseback across grasslands as vast as the sky. The Monkey King leaps into the sky to fight demons. Classic stories of love and loss, of humor and heroic deeds, come to life. Shen Yun invites you to travel back to the magical world of ancient China. Experience a lost culture through the incredible art of classical Chinese dance, and see legends come to life. Shen Yun makes this possible by pushing the boundaries of the performing arts, with a unique blend of stunning costuming, high-tech backdrops, and an orchestra like no other. Be prepared for a magnificent theatrical experience! Discover the deep wisdom and stunning beauty of China before communism. Come witness a magnificent culture reborn. Enjoy Shen Yun’s all new production for unforgettable dance and music, and leave feeling revitalized and filled with hope.

Shen Yun

  Founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, Classic Albums Live takes the greatest albums and recreates them live on stage - note for note, cut for cut, using the best musicians. “Think of it as a recital,” says Martin, “these albums are historic and stand the test of time.” Forgoing costumes and impersonations, Classic Albums Live has found success in concentrating solely on the music. “We don’t dress up or wear any sort of costume. All of our energy is put into the music. We want the performance to sound exactly like the album,” says Martin. At this point in his career, Bowie had experimented with numerous musical styles, all of which failed to earn him stardom. The lyrics of "Changes" reflect this, with the first verse focusing on the compulsive nature of artistic reinvention and distancing oneself from the rock mainstream. The second verse concerns clashes between children and their parents, urging them to allow their children to be themselves as teenagers, a topic Bowie had spoken out about before. Musically, "Changes" is an art pop song that features a distinctive piano riff. The song flopped as a single, later garnering success following the release of Ziggy Stardust. RCA later chose it as a B side for the reissue of "Space Oddity" in 1975, which became Bowie's first UK number-one single. "Changes" is regarded as one of Bowie's best songs, with many praising Bowie's vocal performance and Wakeman's piano playing. It has also appeared on several best of lists. His biographers have viewed the track as a manifesto of his entire career, predicting a constant change of musical styles. Bowie performed "Changes" frequently during his concert tours; it was the final song he performed on stage before his death in 2016. The song has appeared on numerous compilation albums and is the namesake of several. Several artists have covered the song, including Australian singer Butterfly Boucher for the 2004 film Shrek 2, whose version featured new vocals from Bowie.

Classic Albums Live performs David Bowie – Changesonebowie

Canada’s #1 music brand for kids is coming to Kitchener! Packed with ‘good vibes’ and positive energy, Mini Pop Kids Live presents The Celebration Tour!

Mini Pop Kids Live – The Celebration Tour

GRAMMY-winning trumpeter CHRIS BOTTI has been one of the most popular instrumentalists in the world for nearly three decades; he’s collaborated with some of the biggest superstars on the planet, including Sting, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, Steven Tyler, Andrea Bocelli, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma, and others; he’s topped the jazz charts with numerous albums, earned multiple Gold and Platinum records, performed with symphony orchestras and on prestigious stages from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl to the Sydney Opera House. In short, Chris Botti really needs no introduction. Yet with his Blue Note Records debut, he’s offering one anyway. Vol.1 is in many ways a fresh start for the trumpeter. Having successfully crossed over from jazz renown to pop stardom, Botti’s first album in more than a decade finds him crossing back, with a small group project focused on acoustic jazz and classic standards.

Chris Botti

It's a matter of time. 50 years to be exact. And in that time Los Lobos have created an unprecedented body of work, a legacy of greatness. The numbers are staggering: 100+ gigs a year for five decades running, crossing millions of miles to rock millions of fans. And that's just at the live shows. In between they've recorded 17 studio albums, 7 live LPs, 3 compilations, 2 EPs, 2 DVDs, and contributed 40+ guest appearances on their friends' recordings — all garnering 5 Grammys, an Austin City Limits Hall of Fame induction, the ALMA Richie Valens Pioneer Award, NEA and Hispanic Heritage Foundation Honors, Congressional recognitions, plus countless "Keys to the City" and "Los Lobos Day" celebrations. And those are just a few of the highlights. But beyond all the hoopla and applause (and the source of it all, really) is the tremendous heart. Rather, hearts. Cinco corazones. Five blood brothers who have dedicated their off-stage time to helping others, working for peace and justice, penning some of the most literate and important music of their time, transforming the hard cries from the East L.A. barrio into songs of hope, tales of common folk finding ways to endure. The young wolves were weaned on late-night radio's soul, R&B, and doo-wop. Were cured through the African-American currents of the blues, jazz, and rock 'n' roll. An amalgam. As proud Chicanos, their songs have always glistened with the distillation from their Mexican and Latin American roots — nourished by Norteña and rancheras, buoyed by bolero and cumbias, soaring on the rhythms of son huasteco and son jarocho. Los Lobos have helped spread the rich diversity of cultures across every continent, throughout the global community. Kids in Antwerp now know about Aztlán. Residents of Luxor and Ghana are crooning Lalo Guerrero. People from Laos and Bulgaria are belting "La Bamba" — all thanks to The Wolves as cultural ambassadors. Talk about a living legacy. Talk about a productive half century. And in the true rebel spirit, they did it all on their own terms, against formula. For the ages. To our delight. Quite simply, they are one of the tightest, one of the best, one of the most prolific bands ever. And, amazingly, with the original founding members as the pack the entire time. Unprecedented. As their liner notes put it, quite simply: "Los Lobos still are David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Jr., Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Steve Berlin."

An Evening with Los Lobos

Jesse Cook's musical legacy spans more than 25 years. An accomplished guitarist and producer, he has performed his unique brand of rhythm and rhumba in thousands of concerts around the world, sold more than 2 million albums, and recorded 5 PBS specials. His music videos have garnered more than 25 million views on YouTube and his songs have been streamed more than 400 million times.

Jesse Cook: Live In Concert

Brace yourself for the scare of a lifetime, as the world of Insidious jumps off the screen and into your theatre seat with INSIDIOUS: THE FURTHER YOU FEAR – an immersive live horror experience that brings your darkest nightmares to life right before your eyes. Insidious: The Further You Fear is an all-new, thrilling story set in the Insidious universe. Hosted as a live show by the “real” Specs and Tucker, the actual paranormal investigators who inspired the original movie, the event soon takes a turn for the terrifying. When a paranormal demonstration goes horribly wrong, dark forces are unleashed, and the horror becomes all too real. Trapped in a genuinely haunted theatre, with something truly sinister lurking back-stage, the audience will find themselves under attack from such iconic characters as the Bride in Black, the Wheezing Man and, of course, the infamous Red Face Demon. But what is real? What’s just part of the show? And who—or what—might be sitting next to you? The house is full. The stage is set. The Red Door is about to open. Will you make it through?

INSIDIOUS: The Further You Fear

Dwayne Gretzky is a curated nostalgia trip that captures the unique joy of turning a radio dial and being surprised by the familiar. Celebrating classic pop and rock, from Fleetwood Mac to Fatboy Slim, Dwayne Gretzky has delivered electrifying renditions of over 700 songs. Whether reinterpreting a classic in their latest recordings or playing one note-for-note at a live show, Dwayne Gretzky continues to shatter conventions and bring people together in a celebration of the songs we all forgot we loved.

Dwayne Gretzky

In this profile of one of the world's most successful pop groups of all time, three of our finest vocalists present some of the best-known hits and classics of Fleetwood Mac.

Jeans ‘N Classics: Never Break the Chain – The Music of Fleetwood Mac

The 90-minute live show combines hypnosis and improv - two art forms that have mystified and entertained fans, skeptics and everyone in between worldwide - for a totally unique comedy experience that The Times of London declared "a celebration of the human imagination."

HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis

Colin has been a consummate professional, a superb guitarist, and a musician’s musician. The confidence that comes with maturity can be heard in his voice and seen in his electrifying stage performance. He does what comes naturally – he always has – he knows no other way and no other life. Recently celebrating his 60th birthday, he still finds joy in making music and touring and loves what he does. After 20 studio albums, 8 Juno Awards, 31 Maple Blues Awards and multi-platinum record sales, Colin James remains at the top of his game, continuing to challenge himself musically. His 2021 release, Open Road, for which he won a 2022 Juno Award for best Blues Album and was nominated for the Blues Foundation 2023 best Blues Rock Album (his first), is a celebration of personal connections. It includes original tunes written with long-time collaborators as well as reinterpretations of covers by a diverse group of songwriters. His 2018 album Miles To Go garnered worldwide attention, debuting on the Billboard Blues Charts and held a position on the RMR Blues Chart for 24 weeks, 14 weeks in the top 10. Colin’s career is a timeline rich in highlights. His 1988 self-titled debut, featuring his two self- penned hits “Voodoo Thing” and “Five Long Years,” was the fastest-selling album in Canadian history. It won him his first Juno and an opening spot on tour with Keith Richards. His second album, Sudden Stop, featured his hit “Just Came Back,” which reached #3 on the U.S. radio charts and earned him the Juno Award for “Single of the Year.” Colin was next credited with launching the swing revival, thanks to his wildly popular Little Big Band, which has released four successful albums to date. In 2013 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.

Colin James

After multiple international tours and Broadway engagements, Luis Bravo’s spectacular FOREVER TANGO returns to Ontario! From the irresistible rhythms to the unmistakable passions, FOREVER TANGO is a drama, a feeling, and a way of life, whose popularity has exploded across the globe. Don’t miss the world’s greatest tango dancers and musicians as they bring the art of tango to life!

Forever Tango

David Wilcox A superb entertainer. A master guitar player. A great, soulful singer. A unique songwriter. These are a few of the ways David Wilcox has been described. None of them do him justice. Until you have seen David in concert, you have yet to experience something truly remarkable. Multiple gold and platinum albums, countless fans of all ages – these are testimony. His music has been skated to by Olympic champions Salé and Pelletier, his songs have appeared in movies like Cocktail with Tom Cruise. Whether it’s a backyard barbeque, a TV theme (Street Legal), Carnegie Hall, the Montreux Jazz Festival with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin – the music of David Wilcox is a blend of rock, blues, country, ragtime and other roots styles that keeps evolving and growing.

Kim Mitchell & David Wilcox

With a million tickets sold in more than 30 countries and acclaimed reviews worldwide, Piaf! The Show – a musical celebration of the life and music of the legendary French chanteuse Édith Piaf is coming to Centre In The Square for the first time!

PIAF! The Show

See the glitz, glam and breathtaking performances of America’s favourite dance show back at Centre In The Square with this ALL-NEW SHOW starring your favourite pros and special guests to be announced!

Dancing With The Stars: Live! – 2025 Tour

HOTEL CALIFORNIA, the original Eagles tribute is back at The Centre In The Square and you will want to be here too. For almost three decades, HOTEL CALIFORNIA has been re-creating the legendary sound of THE EAGLES, and thrilling audiences all over the world. The band set the bar in 1986 and they've remained the industry-leading substitute for The Eagles ever since, playing to huge outdoor and arena audiences, sharing bills with some of rock's legends, and going places no tribute band has gone before. You can count on incredible lead vocal similarity, intensely accurate instrumental work, soaring harmonies, and a top-flight live performance. HOTEL CALIFORNIA's show has evolved into a masterful celebration of The Eagles' music, as one of the most game-changing song catalogues in the history of rock n' roll is performed to perfection. If you love The Eagles-you've just found the next-best thing.

Hotel California: The Original Tribute to the Eagles

ABBAMANIA Canada, returns to the Centre In The Square on Saturday, January 24, 2026, with Night Fever as the Bee Gees and a special guest tribute to Cher.

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Hotel California: The Original Tribute to the Eagles

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ABBAMANIA with NIGHT FEVER

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We Walk The Line: A Tribute To Johnny Cash

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Sesame Street Live! Say Hello

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