Candy Palmater selfie before the live show on Monday August 17th/ 2015
Good morning folks! Sorry for our long absence it has been quite the summer. After having moved from Halifax Nova Scotia to Toronto Ontario, we are still working hard to bring more Candy to you all across the nation and globe. Today and all this week, week two, Candy is guest hosting q on CBC radio, be sure to tune in for exciting interviews executed by Candy Palmater.
MORE Upcoming events:
– Candy will be working with development people at CBC Radio for her own show
– Candy is heading to Vancouver in September for a corporate event that she will be speaking to hundreds of participants
– Candy Palmater will be the Host/ Sole Presenter and Script Writer for 2015 ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival Annual Awards Show being held at TIFF Bell Lightbox October 17th, 2015 in Toronto
– Candy is writing some development and involved in a NEW National Television series on APTN titled: Sex & Candy – stay tuned for more….
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Hope your summer is safe, fun, and everything you want it to be so far. We are gearing up to move to Toronto in two weeks from today, and we are in full swing of packing, working and Candy is flying to Toronto to perform Comedy at the PAN AM GAMES, how exciting. When she returns to Halifax, we will then drive to Ontario, Candy, me and our three little puppies. We plan to vlog the entire affair, so be sure to tune into our Youtube channel: TheCandyShow (link for our Youtube channel is above this post), so you can catch all the travels as we drive across 4 provinces in Canada.
THE CANDY SHOW (national award winning TV series on APTN), is nominated for another Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award. Please help us WIN by voting from anywhere in the world. It’s FREE and easy, and takes only a couple minutes. Link is above.
STEPS: click on link. Register or sign in (for many who supported us last year and still have an account). Then, scroll through to BEST TV SHOW category in the 2015 nominees list on the home page. CLICK THE CANDY SHOW. Click the dot and submit. It’s that easy and quick. Thank you so much.
Enjoy your summer. Be safe. Be kind. Love yourself.
The Candy Show Team: Candy Palmater and Denise Tompkins
The Candy Show mascots: Chopper, Bruiser and Pearl
Good morning, afternoon and evening to all of you,
We would like to take the time to thank you every one of our subscribers, fans, supporters and friends who have unconditionally been there for Candy and The Candy Show brand. A massive Thank you for all your voting on awards, emails and tweets of love and kindness and the intense passion you have for our brand. The Candy Show has 5 seasons of phenomenal variety Television supporting and promoting Canadian Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Music to the globe. The award winning Television series has completed its Production, with 5 full seasons that run on APTN prime time watching.
The next leg of the journey for Candy Palmater is beginning and with this is a transition from National television to National Radio. Candy has guest hosted Studio Q with Candy Palmater being one of the short listed hopefuls to take over the chair. Decision comes soon, and we would love to ask for your love and kindness once more, by emailing CBC and tweeting CBC Q your incredible support for Candy as the prime choice for the seat. Here is how you can help:
EMAIL: Q@CBC.CA – email your positive love, vibes
TWITTER: Using hashtag #QTHEFUTURE in the text, also incude @TheCandyShow (Candy’s handle) and CBC’s handle @CBCradioQ (optional) – the most important tweet is using the hashtag #QTHEFUTURE
THE CANDY SHOW
This week on The Candy Show, another new episode of Season 5, Candy will dance some flamenco with the incomparable Maria Osende of Halifax. Flamenco dancer extraordinaire. We hear the tunes of Aboriginal singer/song writer Tracy Bone and of course we always begin our episode with the hilarious comedy of Candy Palmater. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24th, 2015 9:30PM EST on APTN and APTN HD Channels and this episode will repeat the following week, but 30 minutes earlier, along with another new episode – for one hour of pure Canadian Entertainment. The Candy Show was created/ written/ Hosted by Executive Producer Candy Palmater and was filmed in front of a live studio audience in Halifax, NS.
Happy Thursday wonderful people. We have some momentous News for you in this short blog. Short and sweet, just how we like to provide news to you. Get right to the point . Here we go:
Candy and Rich Aucoin
Candy and Rich
Rich Aucoin
Rich Aucoin
Susan Aglukark
Candy Palmater
Candy and Susan
Rich – doing his thing!
Big News in Canada.
Candy Palmater of the award winning national TV show, The Candy Show, and comedian, will be Guest hosting on CBC Radio One Q – week of January 19th, 2015. Candy is in the running for the permanent seat as well, please feel free to (hashtag) #Qthefuture and tweet @TheCandyShow along with your support to @CBCRadioQ or, email: Q@CBC.ca in support of Candy. Here is the link to the CBC Radio Website: Candy on Q
Television NEWS: THE CANDY SHOW
The Candy Show Season 5 ( #TCSS5) or (#TheCandyShow) airs TUESDAY nights 9:30PM EST on APTN & APTN HD Channels. Tune in 30 minutes earlier to catch the episode from the week before, then right after a brand NEW episode will air. This week on award winning TV Show: Follow Candy Palmater on Twitter: @theCandyShow
Comedian/ Host: Candy Palmater
MUSIC Guests: Susan Aglukark and Rich Aucoin – TUESDAY JANUARY 20th, 2015 on APTN & APTN HD Channels
Ultimate in Entertainment, Native Awesome Candy Palmater is getting ready for filming Season 5 of the hit National TV show, The Candy Show end of April/ May first week. FREE tickets to be in the audience for all nights of taping. The day time filming is off limits, but we would love to welcome you on set in the evening, full of magic, entertainment, some of the TOP Musicians, Performers in the Country will be on Season 5. Juno Award winners, International Superstars that are Canadian and The funniest Aboriginal Comedian in the country, will have you in stitches and sore facial muscles by the time you are leaving. FREE can you believe the price! FREE, ticket requests HERE The COMPLETE Guest list lineup will be posted to this website soon…. be sure to subscribe and be the FIRST to see the list when it is posted right here!
THIS WEEK ON The Candy Show S4 – (Episodes of last season are airing now on APTN): WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 10pm EST/ 11pm AST
MUSIC by: Death Valley Driver – mixture of First Nation/ Inuit talent our of Prince Edward Island, heavy, awesome, and Talented!
PERFORMANCE by: Caitlan Anthony – she wears many athletically performance hats, this week she is on the TRAPEEZ!! Performing aerials on set of The Candy Show….
HOST/ COMEDIAN: Candy Palmater – She is Canada’s ONLY First Nation (Mi’Kmaq) Lesbian, bold, ex-lawyer funny woman with her own hit NATIONAL TV show. Hilarious… not censored, brash, honest and lovable.
The Candy Show Season 4, small part of the set where Candy interviews her Music guests. This is a replica of her high school bedroom, where she dreamed of having musicians hang with her and talk about music.
Candy Palmater has been very busy lately, working on many National Television projects that include: The Candy Show – National Variety Television series Created by and 100% written by, Candy Palmater. The Candy Show filmed it’s 4th season in Halifax spring 2013 at the Olympic Gardens, where we transform the large building into a giant filming studio. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 can currently be viewed every Wednesday night on APTN and APTN HD Channels. ( Check your service provider for exact airing times in your time zone). Season 4 is currently in Post Production, but be sure to subscribe to our website to not miss out on the FREE news updates.
OTHER Television NEWS:
Candy Palmater has acted on Call Me Fitz, Season 4, as Cholita, opposite Jason Priestly, for HBO Canada.
Candy in her character role as an ex-con named Cholita on Season 4 of Call Me Fitz.
She has acted in Thom Fitzgerald’s NEW series Sex & Violence, Season 1, as Louella opposite Olympia Dukakis for OUTtv.
Candy has a NEW role in Thom Fitgerald,s NEW series, Forgive Me, Season 1, as Agnes, for Super Channel. ( Currently filming)
Watch for another NEW National Television series, Created by Candy Palmater, and she has hired another know Canadian writer, Drew Hayden Taylor, to write with her, called Pink Indian. Candy has a development deal with APTN, and is currently working away writing and developing her Pilot and a few episodes, hoping to begin filming in 2014.
When Candy is not filming, writing of performing her Stand up comedy, she is on the road traveling all over the country delivering her stellar keynote speeches, to thousands of participants at various events, gigs and Education seminars. As an International Speaker, Candy is consistently traveling to where she is needed to deliver her powerful messages. Candy delivers many messages in her speeches, and you will never find her speeches video recorded, or on line and not for sale. In order to hear Candy speak,and inquire about speaking rates, you can book her for your event here.
Some topics: Aboriginal/ First Nation Rights, Power of Language, Education, Motivational/ Inspirational topics, Women’s Rights, Gay/ Lesbian Rights, Anti-Bullying, One Love, Inclusion, just to name a few.
Candy at Cape Breton University delivering a powerful keynote speech. You can here a pin drop drop when Candy is at the podium.
We apologize for not having many updates on this official Candy Show website and blog at the moment. We currently do not have a fixed address until June 1, when we move into our new place, when our office will be back up and running. We like to thank you for your patience. There is a lot of new swag that will be loaded up to the Candy Store page shortly after June 1, plus some changes are coming to our blog on the front of the website, with daily updates! Many upcoming ventures for Candy will be updated in the calendar, many exciting gigs, TV appearances and so on. We will ensure that you, the fans, will know everything that we know, so you are kept in the loop.
Thank you so much for your continued support… watch for our new subscription for the website as well, as Candy will be blogging: YouTube videos, rants, book reviews, shows, comedy and much more…
Please feel free to email me, Denise Tompkins, if you have any questions. You can go the contact page and submit all your email questions and comments, and I will reply to each one of you.
Season 3 - The Candy Show - on set May 2012
Candy sends her love to all of you.
If you have suggestions of what you would like Candy to blog about, again, send me an email. All emails are read, we love to hear from you.
Fans of The Candy Show are buying the $10 tee’s and sporting the shirts where ever they travel all over the world. Visit The Candy Show fan site on Face book to see the entire album and the countries the shirt has been! There are some exciting photos in this album.
Check out these new ones from Florida!
For tickets to Season 2 Production, please email: info@thecandyshow.com
*The tickets are complimentary- BUT Candy would love for each ticket holder to bring non-perishable food times to the night you are attending, for those who are able to help. The food is for the Metro Food Bank, to help feed Nova Scotia.
Ticket list for each night is filling up fast! The tickets will be ready for pick up in a week or two. For those who have already emailed their ticket requests, Denise will be in touch with you to let you know when and where to pick up your tickets.
Please note: Tickets will not be mailed. Tickets are pick up only. First come first serve via email: info@thecandyshow.com Must be 19 years or older.
No price on tickets – Candy asks for everyone to bring two non-perishable food items, for the Metro Food Bank, to the night of the taping you are attending.
