Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

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Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

390 King Street W Kingston Ontario
Hours: Box Office open Monday to Friday 12:30pm - 4:30pm
since 2014
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts is an 90,000-square-foot world-class facility, featuring a variety of spaces for live music and performances:

  • Jennifer Velva Bernstein Performance Hall: 567-seat state-of-the-art concert hall

  • Power Corporation of Canada Studio Theatre: 100-seat black box studio theatre

  • The Gordon Vogt Film Screening Room: 92-seat movie theatre

  • Principal Emerita Karen Hitchcock Recital Hall


For performance bookings, please contact our Booking Coordinator

Contact the Box Office for any questions related to performances or tickets:

  • Hours: Monday - Friday, 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm.

  • Phone: 613.533.2424 or 1.855.533.2424

  • Email: [email protected]
Open / Operational
Music Venue Recording Studio / Producer / Engineer Rehearsal Space
Accessible see details

Accessibility Notes

The Isabel is dedicated to accessibility. Please visit, https://queensu.ca/theisabel/your-visit/accessibility for more information.

Venue Specs

Venue Formattheatre
Has StageYes
RentableYes
Rental RatesPlease visit queensu.ca/theisabel/rent-isabel
Has Sound / LightingYes
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Community Events

Upcoming Events

31
Jan
19:30 21:30
Rites Reclaimed: Philip Chiu , Janelle Fung
Rites Reclaimed offers visions of a future that is based in ancient rites.
$15-$72
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05
Feb
19:30 21:30
Roomful of Teeth
Expanding the capabilities of human voice, unburdened by physical limitations
$15-$72
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08
Feb
14:30
Masterworks Five - Bach & Beethoven: Kingston Symphony Orchestra
Presented by the Kingston Symphony Association
$10-$53
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13
Feb
19:30 21:30
Venice Baroque Orchestra presents Vivaldi, Tartini, Veracini, Locatelli: A Bow's...
One of the top ensembles in the world devoted to period instrument performance
$15-$72
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26
Feb
20:00
Bif Naked: The Documentary + Acoustic Performance
Legendary Canadian pop-punk pioneer.
$35
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06
Mar
19:30 21:30
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko
Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko takes the stage
$15-$72
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08
Mar
14:30
Masterworks Six - Beethoven & Brahms: Kingston Symphony Orchestra
Presented by Kingston Symphony Association.
$10-$53
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13
Mar
20:00 22:00
Foster, Shea & Sudac
Friday Nights in the Recital Hall with Foster, Shea & Sudac
$25
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15
Mar
14:30
The Journey
Presented by The Isabel Voices
$15-$34
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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20
Mar
19:30 21:30
Israeli Chamber Project
Spanning Beethoven's Eroica Symphony to Alfred Hitchcock film scores
$15-$72
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22
Mar
14:30 16:30
Marc-André Hamelin & Charles Richard-Hamelin
Two renowned Canadian pianists perform a repertoire for two pianos
$15-$72
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28
Mar
14:30
FAMILY2: Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Family Two. Presented by the Kingston Symphony Association.
$10-$20
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10
Apr
19:30 21:30
Amir Amiri Ensemble
Experience the mesmerizing sounds of Persian music
$15-$72
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18
Apr
19:30 21:30
Kuné World: The Missing
An eleven-piece collective made up of musicians from all over the world
$15-$72
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26
Apr
14:30
Mahler - Symphony No. 5: Kingston Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks Seven. Presented by the Kingston Symphony Association
$10-$53
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01
May
19:30 21:30
James Ehnes: Violinist
A rare blend of stunning virtuosity, serene lyricism, and unfaltering musicality
$15-$72
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02
May
14:30
A Night on Broadway
Presented by The Isabel Voices
$15-$34
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Past Events

25
Jan
14:30 16:30
Out of the Deep: Joanna Huszcza, Jonathon Adams
A program is inspired by Bruhns’s lament, De Profundis
$15-$50
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18
Jan
14:30 16:30
Tom Allen and Friends: J.S. Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow
Walk with Bach on a 400 km journey through the German winter.
$15-$30
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11
Jan
14:30
MW4: Mendelssohn & Kalinnikov
Kingston Symphony Masterworks Series
$10-$53
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19
Dec
2025
20:00
The Good Lovelies
Annual Christmas Concert is back, brighter than ever.
$25-$50
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07
Dec
2025
14:30
Masterworks 3: Handel's Messiah
Jacqueline Woodley, Soprano Adanya Dunn, Mezzo Soprano Scott Rumble, Tenor Da...
$25-$53
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29
Nov
2025
14:30
A Festive Celebration
Presented by the Isabel Voices
$15-$34
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27
Nov
2025
20:00 22:00
The Roaring Twenty Cabaret
From Blondie to Blue Skies, Piaf songs to parlour songs, come take a trip...
Free
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27
Nov
2025
19:30 21:30
Vocal Jazz & Opera Ensemble
An evening of Vocal Jazz standards and Opera excerpts
$7.50-$22
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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20
Nov
2025
12:00 12:45
Percussion Ensemble Concert
Provided by the Dan School of Drama and Music, Queen's University
Free
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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14
Nov
2025
19:30 21:30
Elmer Iseler Singers
Marking their 47th Concert Season in 2025-2026.
$15-$72
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12
Nov
2025
19:30 21:30
Aiyun Huang & Mark Fewer: Mystery of Clock
This project examines how clocks respond to one another, time, stress & emotion.
$15-$72
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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26
Oct
2025
14:30
MW2: Mozart & Schubert
Soar through heights of achievement of 4 masterful composers at their peak.
$10-$53
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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19
Oct
2025
14:30 15:30
Schoolyard Carmen
Shoestring Opera brings the glory and magic of opera to children and families.
$15
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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05
Oct
2025
14:30 16:30
Elinor Frey and Accademia de’ Dissonanti
Leading American-Canadian cellist, gambist, and researcher
$15-$50
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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03
Oct
2025
20:00 22:00
Oakridge Ave
Kingston band quickly becoming one of the region’s hottest emerging acts
$25
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
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28
Sep
2025
14:30
MW1 - Bruckner Festival
Masterworks One
$10-$53
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Abby Stewart brings country-pop charm to ‘Friday Nights in the Recital Hall’ series
Last week, the Isabel Bader Centre welcomed the country singer back to her hometown stage
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Author: Margaret Young
Published by: The Queen's Journal
Applications open for the IMAGINE Arts Incubator at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen’s University is reminding artists that applications for the IMAGINE Arts Incubator program close on Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
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Author: Alyssa de Hoop

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