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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 04:03:00

Built in 1906 as the Walker Theatre and designed by Howard C. Stone in the Beaux-Arts style, the Burton Cummings Theatre at 364 Smith Street in downtown Winnipeg is one of the finest surviving examples of grand early-20th-century theatre architecture in western Canada. The 1,579-seat venue was renamed in 2002 for Burton Cummings, the Winnipeg-born lead vocalist of The Guess Who. The theatre's interior features ornate plasterwork, a sweeping balcony, crystal chandeliers, and a proscenium arch st...