Patsy Gallant wraps tour celebrating 70 years in Moncton: ‘there is just no place like it’

The Queen of Disco Patsy Gallant returns home to New Brunswick for a special show at the Capital Theatre.

If you ask Patsy Gallant when it all started, she would tell you she was three-years old but she didn’t start counting her 70 years in show business until she turned six.

“I’m just so privileged to still be singing, having my voice and my health and the energy to do that because I do two hour shows and I stay with the people after,” said Gallant.

The New Brunswick native started her career alongside her sisters before going solo. She appeared on multiple television shows before getting her own – The Patsy Gallant Show, which aired on CTV in the late 70’s. Gallant also starred in musicals, including an eight-year tenure on stage in Paris, France in the French rock opera, “Starmania” during the 1990’s.

More recently, Gallant published her biography in French and produced her own album.

“I always try to learn new things and better myself,” she said.

“Nobody knew I was a writer. I’ve been writing for 40 years. The album that I wrote is called To Exist and Be Heard and there’s a reason behind that, I wanted to prove that I was something else other than just Sugar Daddy and a Disco Queen because I’ve done it all.”

For the first time in close to 30 years, Gallant is stepping back on stage Friday night at Moncton’s Capitol Theatre as part of a tour celebrating her 70-year career.

“She’s an incredibly important artist, originating from the region… and she’s had an incredible international career really,” said Capitol Theatre’s managing director, Kim Rayworth. “I think she keeps renewing herself. […] I think people will see some new material for sure, but I know she’ll bring the greatest hits and the crowd and fan favourites.”

Gallant said the show caters to the Moncton crowd with a performance in both French and English and she’s excited to perform for her family.

“They all bought their tickets and I said ‘I could have given you tickets,’ but they all bought their tickets. They’re so sweet,” she said.

Gallant said she’ll spend Saturday catching up with her family and rediscovering what Moncton has to offer, including the smell of the ocean, fiddleheads and lobster.

“There is just no place like it. There is no place like it and then when I hear that accent, you can imagine, it brings me back to my childhood.”

This is one of the last shows of the current season for the Capitol Theatre. Rayworth said next week they will announce about 50 artists for next year.

Tickets to see Patsy Gallant in Moncton can still be purchased online or at the door.

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