Arts & Culture

Around the World at 9 AM with Classic 107 — Saturday, August 10 

This Saturday morning, we’re throwing open the musical doors to Week 2 of Folklorama, Winnipeg’s beloved celebration of culture, food, and community. At 9 AM, we’ll be taking you on a musical journey through the countries and cultures represented by pavilions opening for their first night of performances this week. 

Avi Avital releases Song of the Birds, a journey between worlds 

Joel Ivany wraps 12-year chapter as Banff Centre’s opera visionary 

The curtain has closed on a defining era for opera at the Banff Centre. With the final weekend of its 2025 summer program on July 26 and 27, Joel Ivany ended his remarkable 12-year run as artistic director of opera. 

Sixtrum Brings Percussive Power and Innovation to Winnipeg 

Concert Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Desautels Concert Hall 

As Manitobans endure the dog days of summer, they look for variations in their days: variations in temperature, locale, and activities. With that in mind, Classic 107’s Album of the Month for August is primed with variations from a composer who consistently changed the rules and the expectations of what was possible through music.  

Neurorecital at the Verbier Festival Blends Music and Mind: Pianist Nicolas Namoradze Performs with Live Brain Imaging

As it embarks on another century of theatre arts in the heart of St. Boniface, a new era has officially begun at Théâtre Cercle Molière with the appointment of a new artistic director. 

Amidst all the exciting concerts and community events taking place at Le Patio 340 this summer, another artistic endeavour is taking place that will last for months beyond the summer. The patio, which is a part of the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, has commissioned an art installation by Maryam Bagheri, a recent graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Master of Fine Arts program, that showcases her woven art in a celebration of the community space on the wired fence outside.

Commemorating 80 years since the atomic bombings through a lens of sound, sorrow, and survival.

On August 6 and 9, 1945, two blinding flashes reshaped the world. In an instant, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were reduced to ash by the first and only use of atomic weapons in war. As the mushroom clouds rose, so did questions—about humanity, morality, and the future. Eighty years later, the legacy of those devastating days continues to reverberate—not only through history books, memorials, and diplomacy—but through music.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a bedrock of American public media for nearly 60 years, has announced it will shut down operations by early 2026, following Congress’s decision to eliminate its $1.1 billion in federal funding. The implications are seismic — not only for public broadcasting in the United States but for classical music lovers and Canadian audiences who depend on Americ