Local Arts

Also, young talent at BachFest and puzzle swap shelf coming to the Roberts Creek Reading Room

The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts has announced the first 10 names from its 2024 lineup of authors. The annual gathering of Canada’s literary cognoscenti will take place Aug. 15 to 18 at the Rockwood complex in Sechelt.

Fashion, a Complex Relationship and Strata on exhibit until March 10

The Tetrahedron Outdoor Club is gearing up for the best-attended cultural event on the Sunshine Coast. The Banff Mountain Film Festival, hosted annually by the local nonprofit recreation organization, is expected to fill the Elphinstone Secondary School gymnasium on Friday, March 1 with as many as 750 audience members. 

A game invented in China and spread worldwide through multicultural influences is experiencing a surge of popularity on the Sunshine Coast. On Feb.

Also, 'Joan Baez: I am a Noise' coming up for film society and dancers participate in Chilliwack Festival of Music and Dance

This unlikely rom-com isn’t your average boy meets girl story

Of Line and Landscape and Through the Gardens continue at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt until March 9.

On March 8 and 9, the Coast Messiah Choir and Coast Messiah Orchestra will deliver the long-awaited sequel to its inaugural BachFest in 2019. The concerts are being organized and directed by David and Sara Poon, Gibsons residents who are themselves music teachers, soloists and conductors. 

A matchmaking ritual in Gibsons last week resulted in two dozen partnerships that will produce new works in time for the Sunshine Coast Art and Words Festival in August.