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Apr 30, 2010 - Sep 5, 2010
The Banff Summer Arts Festival
The Banff Summer Arts Festival is The Banff Centre's annual feast of performing, visual, and literary arts, mountain culture, and leadership exploration. The 2010 Festival features more than 150 public events from May through August showcasing exceptional artists from around the world.
Join us for jazz, orchestra and chamber music concerts, opera, contemporary and classical dance, visual arts exhibitions, literary readings, mountain films, new media, and more.
Photo Credit(rotating banner):
The Cunning Little Vixen - Betty Allison, JP Decosse, Meeta Raval and Shirin Eskandani in The Cunning Little Vixen
at The Banff Centre. Photo: Donald Lee, courtesy of The Banff Centre.
Tiffany Bilodeau and Julien Gagnon in Sabrina Matthews' losing ground. Photo Donald Lee. Courtesy of The Banff Centre.
The 2007 Banff Summer Arts Festival Presented by The Banff Centre. Photo: Don Lee, courtesy of The Banff Centre
BANFF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Banff Center Venues
| CLB The Club, Theatre Complex | GH Glyde Hall |
| M&S Music & SoundBuilding Patio | MBA Max Bell Auditorium |
| WPG Walter Phillips Galleryfdf | JPL Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building |
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RRH
Rolston Recital Hall, Music & Sound Building |
TS
Telus Studio, Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Building |
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MGT
Margaret Greenham Theatre, Theatre Complex |
EHT
Eric Harvie Theatre, Theatre Complex |
OFF-SITE VENUES
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CSC
Canmore Seniors Centre (Creekside Hall), Canmore |
ST.G
St. Georges-in-the- Pines Anglican Church, Downtown Banff |
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WM
Whyte Museum, Downtown Banff |
CTC
Communitea Cafe, downtown Canmore |
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LUX
Lux Cinema, downtown Banff |
WFB
Wild Flour Bakery, downtown Banff |
MAY 2010 -BANFF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL - May | June | July | August | September | back to top | Go To Banff Centre Home Page for More Information
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SATURDAY Live Lit Warren Cariou 7:30 pm CLB Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Breaking Barriers 7:30 pm TCPL Donation |
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SATURDAY Live Lit Stephanie Bolster 8 pm CLB Donation |
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SUNDAY Opus Arte La Traviata 10 am LUX $19.95 | $16.95 Tickets at Lux |
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WEDNESDAY Silke Otto-Knapp Artist Talk 4 pm JPL 204 Free |
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THURSDAY Live Lit Lee Henderson 7:30 pm WFB Donation Ron Terada Artist Talk 8 pm TS Free |
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FRIDAY Ron Terada Who I think I am Exhibition Opening 7 pm WPG Free |
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SATURDAY Bow Valley Chorus 7:30 pm EHT Adult $25 | Child $15 |
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WEDNESDAY Jazz High Noon 12 pm M&S Free Speaker Series Pico Iyer 7:30 pm MBA $12 Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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THURSDAY Live Lit Don McKay 7:30 pm WPG Donation Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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FRIDAY The Tooth Fairy 4 pm MGT Adult $13 | Child$10 Family $42 Prices increase DOP Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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SATURDAY The Tooth Fairy 4 pm MGT See May 21 for prices Jazz Explosion 7:30 pm EHT $20 | $15 | $9 Late Night Jazz 10:30 pm CLB $10 |
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SUNDAY The Tooth Fairy 4 pm MGT See May 21 for prices |
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MONDAY Victoria Day Holiday |
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TUESDAY Mountain Film Fest Summer Screening 7:30 pm MBA $12 Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Jazz High Noon 12 pm M&S Free Jazz + Live Lit 7:30 pm CLB Donation |
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THURSDAY Meet Me in the Woods Clintberg Artist Talk 5 pm JPL 204 Free Meet Me in the Woods Opening Reception 7:30 pm WPG Free Live Lit Greg Hollingshead 7:30 pm RRH Donation Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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FRIDAY Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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SATURDAY Book Discussion Robert Sawyer 1 pm RRH Free Jazz Spotlight Dave Douglas 7:30 pm MGT $20 | $15 | $9 Late Night Jazz 10:30 pm CLB $10 |
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SUNDAY Xavier Rudd 7:30 pm EHT $37 |
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MONDAY Xavier Rudd 7:30 pm EHT $37 |
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JUNE 2010 - BANFF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL - May | June | July | August | September | back to top | Go To Banff Centre Home Page for More Information
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TUESDAY Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Jazz High Noon 12 pm M&S Free Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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THURSDAY Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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FRIDAY Wen Wei Dance and the Beijing Modern Dance Company 7:30 pm EHT $10 | ª Jazz Club 8 pm CLB Donation |
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SATURDAY Ravi Coltrane Quartet 7:30 pm EHT $40-25|$36-23|$20-13| ª$25 Late Night Jazz 10:30 pm CLB $10 | ª |
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THURSDAY Eivor Cabaret 9 pm CLB $10 | ª |
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FRIDAY Visual Arts Open Studios 3-6 pm GH + JPL Free Music Summer Evening 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 | ª |
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SATURDAY Marilyn, The Opera Gavin Bryars 7:30 pm MGT $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Music Summer Evening 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Playwrights Speakeasy 10 pm CLB $10 | ª |
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MONDAY Mountain Film Fest Summer Screening 7:30 pm MBA $12 | ª |
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TUESDAY Serenade at St Georges 7:30 pm STG Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Lawrence Hill 7:30 pm RRH $15 | ª |
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FRIDAY Music Summer Evening 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Kisageetin Cabaret Tomson Highway 9 pm CLB $10 | ª |
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SATURDAY Music Summer Evening 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Kisageetin Cabaret Tomson Highway 9 pm CLB $10 | ª |
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SUNDAY Raven Stole The Sun Red Sky Performance 4 pm MGT Adult $13 | Child $10 | Family $42 |
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TUESDAY Serenade at St Georges 7:30 pm STG Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Live Lit Susan Ouriou 7:30 pm RRH Donation |
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THURSDAY Music Summer Evening Weilerstein Duo 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 | ª |
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FRIDAY Music Summer Evening 7:30 pm MGT $25 | $20 | $15 |
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SATURDAY Alpha Yaya Diallo 8:30 pm CLB $16 | $14 | ª $12 |
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SUNDAY Opus Arte The Barber of Seville 8:30 pm LUX $19.95 | $16.95 Tickets at the Lux Alpha Yaya Diallo 8:30 pm CLB $16 | $14 | $12 |
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TUESDAY Serenade at St Georges 7:30 pm STG Donation |
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JULY 2010 - BANFF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL - May | June | July | August | September | back to top | Go To Banff Centre Home Page for More Information
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THURSDAY Canada Day Holiday! Music Summer Evening Andrés Díaz 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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F R I D AY An Evening with John Adams 7:30 pm RRH $35 | $30 | $20 |
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S ATURDAY Music Summer Evening Beethoven/Brahms 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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SUNDAY Music in the Gallery Paul Edmund-Davies 4 pm WM Donation |
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MONDAY Canmore Concert 7:30 pm CSC Donation |
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TUESDAY Olivia Plender Artist Talk 4 pm TS Free Serenade at St Georges 7:30 pm STG Donation |
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THURSDAY Music Summer Evening Brahms and Kodaly 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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FRIDAY Casual Afternoon Recital 4:30 pm RRH Donation Music Summer Evening Debussy 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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SATURDAY Music Summer Evening Colin Carr 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 Quintron and Miss Pussycat 10 pm CLB $10 |
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SUNDAY Music in the Gallery 4 pm WM Donation |
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MONDAY Canmore Concert 7:30 pm CSC Donation Mountain Film Fest Summer Screenings 7:30 pm MBA $12 |
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TUESDAY Serenade at St Georges 7:30 pm STG Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Literary Primetime Ian Brown 7:30 pm RRH $15 |
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THURSDAY Music Summer Evening Dvorák’s Viola Quintet 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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FRIDAY Casual Afternoon Recital 4:30 pm RRH Donation Diverse as This Land 7:30 pm MGT $20 | $15 | $9 Music Summer Evening Vivaldi’s Four Seasons 7:30 pm RRH $35 | $30 | $20 |
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SATURDAY Diverse as This Land 7:30 pm MGT $20 | $15 | $9 Fluttertongue Cabaret 10 pm CLB $10 |
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SUNDAY Opus Arte Romeo & Juliet 10 am LUX $19.95 | $16.95 Tickets at Lux Music in the Gallery 4 pm WM Donation |
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MONDAY Canmore Concert 7:30 pm CSC Donation |
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TUESDAY Unnar Om Artist Talk 4 pm TS Free Dance Masters 7:30 pm EHT $20 | $15 | $9 Serenade at St Georges 7:30 pm STG Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Dance Masters 7:30 pm EHT $20 | $15 | $9 Literary Primetime Paul Tough 7:30 pm RRH $15 |
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THURSDAY Dance Masters 7:30 pm EHT $20 | $15 | $9 Music Summer Evening Piano Masterworks 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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FRIDAY Casual Afternoon Recital 4:30 pm RRH Donation Dance Masters 7:30 pm EHT $20 | $15 | $9 Music Summer Evening Chopin Celebration 1 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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SATURDAY Dance Masters 2 pm EHT $20 | $15 | $9 Music Summer Evening Piano Masterworks 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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SUNDAY Banff Festival Orchestra James Ehnes 4 pm EHT $40-25 | $36-23 | $20-13 Music in the Gallery 4 pm WM Donation |
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MONDAY Music Summer Evening Special Brass Concert 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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TUESDAY Serenade at St Georges 7:30 pm STG Donation |
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WEDNESDAY Literary Primetime Ashenberg, Brown, Gillmor 7:30 pm CTC $12 Tickets at CTC Adrian Thompson An evening of Opera 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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THURSDAY Music Summer Evening Jupiter Quartet/Schumann 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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FRIDAY Casual Afternoon Recital 4:30 pm RRH Donation Music Summer Evening Brass Extravaganza 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 |
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SATURDAY Music Summer Evening Jupiter Quartet/Brahms 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 Brass Cabaret 10 pm CLB $10 |
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AUGUST 2010 - BANFF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL - May | June | July | August | September | back to top | Go To Banff Centre Home Page for More Information
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SUNDAY Music in the Gallery 4 pm WM Donation |
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MONDAY Heritage Day Holiday |
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TUESDAY Melanie Gilligan Artist Talk 4 pm TS Free |
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WEDNESDAY Little Women 7:30 pm EHT $25 | $20 | $15 | ª |
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THURSDAY The Turn of the Screw 7:30 pm EHT $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Music Summer Evening Piano Masterworks 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 | ª |
6 FRIDAY Visual Arts Open Studios 3 – 6 pm GH + JPL Free Little Women 7:30 pm EHT $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Music Summer Evening Chopin Celebration 2 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 | ª |
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SATURDAY The Turn of the Screw 7:30 pm EHT $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Cinema Club Jock Soto 8 pm CLB $10 | ª |
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SUNDAY Little Women 2 pm EHT $25 | $20 | $15 | ª Cinema Club Neil Ieremia 8 pm CLB $10 | ª |
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TUESDAY Sarah Harmer 8 pm EHT $30 | $27 | ª $27 |
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WEDNESDAY Visual Arts Open Studios 3-6 pm GH + JPL Free Jay Ingram Primetime 7:30 pm MGT $15 | ª |
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THURSDAY Music Summer Evening Harp Concert 7:30 pm RRH $25 | $20 | $15 ª |
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FRIDAY Melanie Gilligan Popular Unrest Opening Reception 7 pm WPG Free Arigato, Tokyo 7:30 pm MGT $10 |
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SATURDAY Arigato, Tokyo 2 pm MGT $10 Banff Festival Orchestra Jens Lindemann 7:30 pm EHT $40-25 | $36-23 | $20-13 |
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SUNDAY Opus Arte Swan Lake 10 am LUX $19.95 | $16.95 Tickets at Lux |
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FRIDAY Mixed Tape 10 pm CLB $10 |
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SATURDAY Indigenous Territories 7:30 pm MGT $20 | $15 | $9 |
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SUNDAY Indigenous Territories 2 pm MGT $20 | $15 | $9 |
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MONDAY BISQC Recital Round 2 & 7:30 pm EHT $28-25 | $25-23 | ª $25-23 |
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TUESDAY BISQC Recital Round, con’t 10:30 am, 2 & 7:30 pm EHT $28-25 | $25-23 | ª $25-23 |
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SEPTEMBER 2010 - BANFF SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL - May | June | July | August | September | back to top | Go To Banff Centre Home Page for More Information
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WEDNESDAY BISQC Romantic Round 10:30 am, 2 & 7:30 pm EHT $28-25 | $25-23 | ª $25-23 |
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FRIDAY BISQC Canadian Commission Round 2 pm EHT $28-25 | $25-23 | ª $25-23 BISQC Alumni Gala 7:30 pm EHT $50-45 | $45-42 | ª $45-42 |
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SATURDAY BISQC Beethoven / Schubert Round 10:30 am & 2 pm EHT $38-35 | $35-32 | $35-32 BISQC Beethoven / Schubert Round 7:30 pm EHT $50-45 | $45-42 | ª $45-42 |
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SUNDAY BISQC Finals & Gala Celebration 2 pm EHT All tickets $75-65 |
