Arts & Entertainment

Drayton Entertainment is hoping to keep audiences connected and entertained amid another shutdown with its digital streaming series Backstage Pass.

Locally known for their musical talents and step dancing skills, the Ballagh family will soon be known across the nation, as they will appear on an episode of Family Feud Canada this week. 

Brooke McLean, director of the Bruce County Library, told Brockton council that the long-awaited bookmobile project is close to completion.

A delegation consisting of Bob McCulloch, Henry Simpson and Robin Zettel presented the annual report on Victoria Jubilee Hall to council on Jan. 11.

D.W. Finch, a Listowel District Secondary School alumnus, has been writing short fiction that recalls the rural settings of her youth and scares up some imagery that might appeal to horror fans with small-town roots.

For years, there has been a rumour floating around the vast depths of the internet that the late Golden Girl, Betty White has family connections to Wingham. 

For more than a decade, Joe Amero has been a frontline social worker in shelters helping people deal with homelessness and addiction issues. He draws upon his own lived experiences with drug use and has always been a prolific guy, dabbling in entertainment through punk rock, hip hop and more recentl

Washboard Union is set to bring their latest tour to the Wingham Town Hall Theatre on Jan. 31, 2022. The tour stop will showcase their latest album Everbound. Leading up to the tour date, the Wingham Advance Times (WAT) interviewed Aaron Grain (AG) from the JUNO award-winning three-part harmony.

The lights dimmed in the theatre; the electrified anticipation quickly changing as people rose to their feet, erupting in deafening applause, as legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie emerged from backstage, greeting her audience with a huge smile that felt like a warm hug.

The curtains will rise once again at two Drayton Entertainment venues next month.

After a prolonged drought during the pandemic, live music is returning to local stages. Cousins Jay Riehl and Jevon Coxon share some of their music-making family tradition as they play some classic rock standards and country music classics for the crowd gathered at Parkview Gardens in Listowel on Oc

Paul Keip from Walkerton got a surprising fall windfall! Keip was the lucky winner of Drayton Entertainment’s September Ultimate 50/50 draw taking home a final jackpot of $74,820.