The Sanderson Centre brings comedy, music, dance and more to Laurier Brantford for the 2025-26 season
The Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts, a great spot for the Golden Hawks. A theatre right in the core of the Laurier Brantford campus, located between One Market and the Odeon building.
Every year, the Sanderson Centre sets out with a goal “to try and serve as much of the community as much as possible” looking to ensure that all community members of Brantford have “something in our programming that everyone can choose from and enjoy,” Glenn Brown, the manager, said.
This year, there are many exciting performances and events in-store for the Brantford community, including Canada’s own stand-up comedian, Howie Mandel; a long-time judge on America’s Got Talent and other well-known performances like Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars presented by Classical Arts Entertainment.
Sanderson will also feature other outstanding performers such as Canada’s Global Orchestra, KUNÉ, “Which is a world music group based out of Toronto,” Brown said. Made up of a group of 11 musicians: ten being immigrant Canadians and one Métis-Canadian, that “have brought their culture, music, traditions, and everything together, into a celebration of music around the world,” Brown explained.
Another exciting performance coming to Brantford is UPU – A Journey Through the Heartbeat of Pacific Poetry which “celebrates poetry from the Island Pacific,” Brown said, looking forward to having an international group that one wouldn’t normally get to see in Canada.
The Sanderson Centre has a program geared towards Laurier students called the Hawk Masquerade program, to encourage and engage students to come together and enjoy the various performing arts. There are three shows in the program, one including KUNÉ. Along with Kellylee Evans, who will be performing around Valentine’s Day. A performance filled with “very romantic songs in her unique, jazz and blues style” Brown said, who states these events are “kind of fun ones that I think are really good for the Laurier community.”
For those who are unfamiliar with the Sanderson Centre, Brown describes it as: “Brantford’s only performing arts center…. We are a beautiful heritage designated building over a hundred years old. We bring in a number of performances and events with a great variety of shows offered throughout the years.”
With so many performances in place for this 2025-26 year, filled with a variety of themes, stories, and emotions. Be sure to check out Brantford’s one and only Sanderson Centre.
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