The Bronson Centre is a community facility in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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, Canada, which provides office and meeting facilities for
non-profit organization
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s. It is located at 211
Bronson Avenue
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, on the western edge of the city's downtown core.
The building was the original site of
Immaculata High School, which was originally constructed in 1928 and expanded several times until the school relocated in 1994. The Grey Sisters religious order, owners of the building, spent
CA$
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400,000 to transform the building into office space and other community facilities. The facility reopened as the Bronson Centre in 1996, operating under a non-profit administration.
Theatre
The main theatre facility has a capacity of 900 seats and has featured concerts by musicians such as
Jello Biafra
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Init ...
,
Matthew Good
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,
Emily Haines
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Melanie C
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Sarah Harmer
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Early life
Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musical lifestyle as a teenager, when her older s ...
,
Lady Gaga
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,
Tory Lanez
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, and
Sigur Rós
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.
References
External links
Bronson Centre official site*
Buildings and structures in Ottawa
Music venues in Ottawa
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