Entertainment Alternatives in St. Catharines, ON

St. Catharines has a rich and expanding cultural base. The Carousel Players and Garden City Productions provide live theatre and the Niagara Symphony Orchestra is now the orchestra-in-residence at Brock University. Chorus Niagara, formerly part of the symphony, has since 1963 provided a varied classical choral repertoire. Rodman Hall Arts Centre has a vast collection of local and international works. In order to protect the facility and its collection, the board voted to dissolve and be taken over by Brock University in 2003. The St Catharines Craft Guild is a focal point for local artists, and new Arts Council is attempting to coordinate and promote the arts in the city. The Niagara Grape and Wine Festival celebrates the harvest of Niagara grapes, although in order to promote world-class wines and distance itself from a less salubrious past, the Grape part has been dropped from the title and there are more year-round events.

There is a daily newspaper, The Standard, radio stations and cable TV, but no Niagara-based TV station. A full range of indoor and outdoor sports is highlighted by the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, which has been held at Port Dalhousie since 1903.