Elvis has left the building but the music lives on
An audience at Venables Theatre last Saturday discovered the cure for the January blues
by Times Chronicle | Jan 14, 2026 | Entertainment, Featured, Music, News
An audience at Venables Theatre last Saturday discovered the cure for the January blues
by Times Chronicle | Dec 5, 2025 | Entertainment, Music, News
The festive spirit of the holiday season is coming to Oliver on Saturday, Dec. 6 with something for everyone in store.
by Times Chronicle | Apr 28, 2025 | Featured, News
The “Yellow Brick Road Experience” returns to Venables Theatre to once again delight Elton John fans and convert a whole new set of fans.
by Times Chronicle | Feb 15, 2025 | Arts, Featured, News
One of the world’s most famous classical ballets – Sleeping Beauty – is coming to Venables Theatre on Feb. 19.
by Times Chronicle | Nov 19, 2024 | Arts, Featured, News
South Okanagan Amateur Players (SOAP) debuted “The Play That Goes Wrong,” directed by Diane Gludovatz, last weekend at Venables Theatre in Oliver, and the cast and crew did not disappoint.
by Times Chronicle | Nov 18, 2024 | Arts, Entertainment, Featured, Music, News
The music, energy and stage presence of Amy Winehouse will come alive at Venables Theatre on 24 November featuring the multi-award winning Saskatchewan vocalist/ performer, Heidi Munro.
by Times Chronicle | Jun 15, 2024 | Council, Featured, Oliver
Oliver will extend $500 in support to the Ukraine Nightingale Project after a month of trying to gather information on their support in the town.
by Times Chronicle | Mar 29, 2024 | Arts, Featured, Music, Oliver
Drawing from the true stories of Black Canadians, Black & Rural explores their lived experiences with “frankness and grace”.
by Times Chronicle | Jan 20, 2024 | Featured, Music
As part of Venables Theatre’s Local Artist Series, The Kristi Neumann Band, and solo artist Bianca Berkland will perform on the evening of Valentine’s Day 2024.
by Times Chronicle | Jan 19, 2024 | Arts, Entertainment, Featured, Music
Folk and blues fans should take note that Juno Award winning Jim Byrnes will be coming to Venables Theatre for one show next week.
by Times Chronicle | Apr 21, 2023 | Entertainment, Featured, Music, Oliver
The Louisiana Hayride Show, showcasing tribute artists and a live band has been producing shows to audiences across Western Canada since March 2010 and is coming to Oliver’s Venables Theatre on May 7.
by Times Chronicle | Apr 12, 2023 | Entertainment, Featured, Lifestyle, Music
The Yellow Brick Road Experience, an Elton John tribute coming to Oliver’s Venables Theatre this April, has been a lifetime in the making for frontman Andrew Johns.
by Times Chronicle | Mar 19, 2023 | Arts, Featured, Oliver, Osoyoos
For fine arts lovers who struggle to choose between live classical music, theatre, dance, and visual art when deciding how to spend their night out, Oliver’s Venables Theatre may have just the ticket on March 21: Hiromoto Ida’s ‘Birthday Present For Myself,’ an eclectic mash-up of performance and storytelling styles with a universal theme.
by Times Chronicle | Mar 10, 2023 | Entertainment, Oliver, Osoyoos, RDOS
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Oliver’s Venables Theatre will play host to “Anything You Can Do Comedy Night” on March 12 featuring three successful female comedians: Jane Stanton, Amber Harper-Young, and the evening’s MC, Sharon Mahoney.
by Times-Chronicle | Mar 7, 2023 | Arts, Entertainment, Featured, Music
Imagine if rock ‘n roll didn’t exist. Would you take a stand for the music you love?
by Times-Chronicle | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, News
“Outstanding!”
That was the word used to describe the “1000 Flights Out” fundraiser for Ukraine at Venables Theatre on Feb. 23.
by Times Chronicle | Feb 17, 2023 | Arts, Entertainment, Featured, Oliver
Reveen the Impossibilist is bringing the “world’s funniest and most amazing stage show” to Venables Theatre in Oliver on March 15.
by Times Chronicle | Oct 29, 2022 | Entertainment, Featured, Music
A powerful performance is coming to Frank Venables Theatre on Nov. 6, when The Fugitives bring the battle of Vimy Ridge to town.
by Times-Chronicle | Jun 5, 2022 | Featured, News
Venables Theatre was host to quite the friendly battle of the plays last week.
by Times Chronicle | Apr 17, 2022 | Arts, Featured, Oliver
After three years of planning and delays, the South Okanagan Amateur Players (SOAP) are finally able to bring Raymond Briggs’s famous Cold War-era dark comedy, Where The Wind Blows, to life at Venables Theatre.
Pharis & Jason Romero, the folk-roots duo playing Osoyoos’s Spring Festival on Wednesday, May 4, are no newcomers to the Canadian music scene.
by Times Chronicle | Apr 1, 2022 | Arts, Featured, Music
If you were living in Osoyoos in the 1970s you will probably remember Mathers Music and Electric on Main Street.
by Times Chronicle | Mar 27, 2022 | Arts, Music
On Friday, March 18 the South Okanagan Concert Society had the great pleasure to welcome the Cheng2 Duo to the Venables Theatre again.