In the early 1950’s the Butchart Gardens started hosting evening concerts.

Here is a July 1955 newspaper advertisement for Butchart Gardens concerts on 14 July 1955 and 21 July 1955 featuring Canadian Opera Company singer Bernard Turgeon (1931-2016). This concert was also the first time the Victoria Symphony Orchestra performed at Butchart Gardens.

Newspaper advertisement for Butchart Gardens Concert featuring Bernard Turgeon, July 1955
Newspaper advertisement for Butchart Gardens Concert featuring Bernard Turgeon, July 1955

Here are links to more information on Bernard Turgeon:

Here are some videos of Bernard Turgeon performances:

Louis Riel (1969)


Christmas Concert (2010)

It Ain’t Necessarily So – George Gershwin (2019)

So In Love – Cole Porter (2011)

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