Welland-Port Colborne Concert Association

Welland-Port Colborne Concert Association A musical association that produces six professional and cultural concerts per year. Artists were chosen from a list presented by Columbia.

For more than half a century, our Association has enriched the cultural life of our communities. We have presented musicians who have interpreted works of the great composers, while others have performed jazz, popular or folk music. In addition, we have presented both Canadian and internationally acclaimed ballet and dance troupes that have consistently been favourites of our members. In 1947, a s

mall group of local citizens met and decided to bring professional concerts to Welland. From that beginning was born the Welland-Port Colborne Community Concert Association, which was in effect a licensee of Columbia Artists, a New York based corporation. In 1982, a decision was made to become independent of Columbia. This was done to enable us to have a wider choice of artists with a special emphasis on Canadian content and to have more control over programs at more reasonable rates. Our name was changed to Welland-Port Colborne Concert Association, and our programming changed to a wider spectrum ranging from jazz to classical music. We have become one of the great success stories on the Canadian musical scene. A number of concert associations have ceased to exist and the surviving ones envy our success. Not only do we have a “sell out” every year, over 90% of our members renew their memberships. In addition, we have consistently maintained a long waiting list of prospective members. Our membership is principally drawn from the southern tier of the Niagara Peninsula including a number of smaller communities in addition to the larger centres of Welland and Port Colborne. We have in the past presented four concerts, but since our fiftieth season (1996-1997), the number was increased to five, and currently six concerts are presented. All of our work is done by conscientious and hard-working volunteers in a non-profit and member-owned organization and we take our hats off to each and every one of them. Each Spring a brief campaign promotes the sale of subscriptions. This entitles each member to 6 concerts. Traditionally, we sell out quickly year after year. Renewals must reach us no later than Mid-April.

As many patrons have noticed, our website is down. Technicians are working on it. Hopefully it will be back up in a day...
05/14/2026

As many patrons have noticed, our website is down. Technicians are working on it. Hopefully it will be back up in a day or two.
Thank you for alerting us and for your patience.

The 2026-2027 Series is here! Early Bird pricing ($160 for the series) is available online from May 1st, 2026 until Ju...
04/29/2026

The 2026-2027 Series is here! Early Bird pricing ($160 for the series) is available online from May 1st, 2026 until June 30th.
Regular pricing begins July 1st, 2026. Individual tickets are available from May 1st ongoing.
Visit www.wpccaconcert.org to purchase your tickets.
If you need assistance, contact Anne Milliken at 289-783-1320 after Monday, May 4th.

Our first concert of the series on October 24th, 2026 is one of our audience's favourites, Sonic Escape. Tickets, both t...
04/25/2026

Our first concert of the series on October 24th, 2026 is one of our audience's favourites, Sonic Escape. Tickets, both the series and single tickets go on sale May 1st, 2026. Hope to see you at Centennial for the concert and to enjoy all the new features of the auditorium.

04/25/2026

We're back with an exceptional series starting October 24th 2026! All tickets go on sale May 1st 2026.
Stay tune for more information about our performers.

Congratulations to Mila Bolgar!In spite of the 2025-2026 hiatus, WPCCA is pleased to announce we have doubled the moneta...
07/17/2025

Congratulations to Mila Bolgar!

In spite of the 2025-2026 hiatus, WPCCA is pleased to announce we have doubled the monetary value of the student Scholarship to $1000 awarded to a graduating student from Centennial Secondary School who is pursuing further studies in the performing arts or hospitality.

Mila is an outstanding student who over the years has successfully balanced her Karate commitments, part-time job, and academic studies with her unwavering devotion to building culture through the Arts at Welland Centennial. Mila has spent countless hours rehearsing and performing on the stage at Centennial: from numerous school concerts and assemblies, to starring in 3 major school productions. In 2025 Mila played the lead role of Kady Heron in this year's musical Mean Girls.

We congratulate Mila as the recipient of the Welland Port Colborne Concert Association Student Scholarship award and wish her future success as she pursues a Bachelor of Music program at Humber College.

Although we must take a season off while renovations take place at Centennial Secondary School, we are always working on planning future seasons. We try to attend concerts of performers we are interested in for our series and Ros is constantly in touch with agents who are promoting future concerts.
We have no news of the renovations right now but we are hopeful that they will proceed on time without any glitches. We will keep you posted on any news.

04/11/2025
04/11/2025

Harry Manx in Welland last night at The Bank - Art House. We were there...great concert!

Sugan Aglukark in Welland March 8thSusan Aglukark is Canada’s first Inuk artist to win a Juno, now she has four, a Gove...
02/24/2025

Sugan Aglukark in Welland March 8th
Susan Aglukark is Canada’s first Inuk artist to win a Juno, now she has four, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement, and she is an officer of the Order of Canada and much more. 09 FEB 2025 As a singer-songwriter beginning in the early 1990’s, Susan discovered the platform of learning, sharing and healing, that inspired her major label début album This Child, released in January 1995. She has since written and recorded 10 albums, founded the Arctic Rose Foundation, authored two children’s books and has a personal memoir in the works. The 30th Anniversary of This Child Tour with special guest Angela Amarualik, is a celebration of Susan’s call to action as an artist and her Inuk self.
Tickets- adult $40 student $15 www.wpccaconcert.org or at the door

01/25/2025

Let Joyride brighten up your Weekend! Sunday, February 9th at 2:00 pm
Colin Maier (oboe, saw, vocals, from Quartetto Gelato) & Mark Camilleri (pianist and music director for The Tenors) are “Joyride”, a fun show of Latin jazz, klezmer, ragtime, pop jazz, bebop and more. JoyRide has performed at the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre, the Collingwood Festival, Hamilton’s Westdale Theatre, the Burlington Performing Arts Centre, and at regional theatres in Deep River, Cornwall and Bobcaygeon. Their CD “JoyRide” has received radio play on jazz stations around the world: “Ridiculous, virtuosic, outside-the-box fun … It takes a lot of nerve to make music as amusing as JoyRide’s.” (New York Music Daily)
Tickets are $40 for adults and $15 for students -Available at www.wpcaconcert.org or at the door -DR JM Ennis Auditorium, Centennial Secondary School, Thorold Road, Welland

A musical association that produces six professional and cultural concerts per year.

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01/18/2025

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Welland, ON
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