SECHELT FARMER & ARTISAN MARKET FUN Our friend Dean Brooks (we call him MathGuy as he is a prodigious intellect in this field) is up visiting for the weekend, on his first holiday in seven years. We decided he needed a REAL getaway, so we’ve been getting him out doing things ever since we got [...]
The Gambier Community Centre Society is proud to announce the Arts and Ideas Series at the Gambier Community Centre, beginning March 6 2010 and continuing until August 7, 2010. Inspired and orchestrated by Gambier’s Geoffrey Smedley, the Arts and Ideas Series promises to bring something to everyone. Participating in this exciting series are artists well [...]
picture live from Garden Bay PENDER HARBOUR – I’m not one who regularly goes out for live music, not liking too-loud anything, crowds, bars… but my friend Mark Vance of the Pender Harbour Blues Festival Society gave me such an energy boost just talking about this year’s festival that I threw inhibition to the wind [...]
Jazzz…oh yaa It’s that time of year again. Time to lay back and enjoy some of the finest that our incredibly talented and connected Jazz Society will be laying out for us in restaurants and other local venues during Jazz Week, and right through to Sunday afternoon of the 14th Annual Gibsons Landing Jazz [...]
Mark your calendars for the kickoff to the Sunshine Coast’s summer music festival season. The Pender Harbour Blues Festival is produced by the Pender Harbour Blues Society, a not for profit organization committed to preserving, nurturing and promoting B.C.’s blues in all its forms. Don’t miss the great acts booked for this year, all playing [...]
You know how sometimes there’s incredible things happening right under your nose in your community and you realize most people are totally oblivious, including yourself? Well that happened to me at the recent District of Sechelt Arts, Cultural & Heritage Advisory Committee meeting, where I occupy a seat with great interest. A delegation from the [...]
Next up for summer fun the weekend of August 22nd: The Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival, various venues, Gibsons The Powell River Annual Blackberry Festival and Street Party Roberts Creek Daze (11-2 August 23rd) The incredible Bonfire Music Festival (F/S/S) Pender Lions Park Wow. A smashingly successful Sechelt Arts Festival that’s proving out to be [...]
The 5th Annual Sechelt Arts Festival began tonight with an Opening Night soiree at the Seaside Building in Sechelt. Celebrating the artists, volunteers and sponsors of the event, the wine and appetizer evening was well-attended and enjoyed by all. The Festival runs from August 1 through 11, and offers multi-disciplinary workshops in dance, theatre, music, [...]