On Friday Aug. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on select days for the following five weeks, the public is invited to carve a notch into the Reconciliation Totem Pole being created by shíshálh Master Carver ?antuni Tony Paul. Paul has come up with a densely rich design for the ten-metre pole, depicting the First Nation’s relationship with nature, cultural highlights and icons, and the hardships endured by the shíshálh since colonization. The project is underway in a tent located between Raven’s Cry Theatre and the Big Mac convenience store in Sechelt. Other opportunities to be a part of the carving process, also from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., are coming come up on Aug. 10, 16, 24 and 30, and Sept. 7.
Sunshine Roots
The Sunshine Roots Music Fest runs in Roberts Creek this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3 and 4. It’s an all-ages music and camping event that opens at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
World beats and reggae music selected by a series of DJs starts at 7 p.m. On Sunday, it’s yoga and dance with live music later from reggae bands Dally Mon, Monty Montego and the Rocksteady Crew, and more. Tickets at the gate at Crystal Creek Nature Retreat, 2085 Lockyer Rd. are $50 for the weekend, $30 for a day, teens half price, kids under 12 free, $10 per tent for camping.
The best of VIMFF
The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival exclusively features movies about mountains, and how people live, play and work on them. Some of the 2019 festival’s best films will be screened on Saturday, Aug. 3 at High Beam Dreams in Gibsons, from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets $15.
Pender Harbour Days
Starting Friday Aug. 2 at 5:30 p.m. and running through Sunday afternoon, you can enjoy a celebration of Pender Harbour’s marine heritage, with a boat parade, vintage boat show, food, music and family activities, centred at the marina in Madeira Park, much of it free of charge. (See story on page 31.)
Coffee House music
The Pender Harbour School of Music usually holds its coffee house evenings on the second Friday of the month but has moved it up for August to coincide with Pender Harbour Days. Feature acts include Katrina Bishop, Shine, Ted+Joan, and Simon Paradis, who’ll play some tunes from his new CD, Grooves and Ruts. Enjoy coffee, tea and snacks while you listen. From 8 to 10 p.m., admission is a $10 suggested donation.
More music
There will be free music up and down the Coast again this weekend. There’s Music in the Landing in Gibsons, from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. Check out the lineup on Music in the Landing’s Facebook page.
In Roberts Creek, starting at noon on Aug. 4, at the gazebo behind the library, Slow Sundays in the Creek this week features the Loose Endings Ukulele Ensemble; Dale Stavroff and Al Burns ‘Da’ Blues; and Tube Radio, with Gary McGuire, Simon Paradis, Ken Dalgleish, Boyd Norman, Al Burns, and Ian McLatchie.
And at the noontime Sechelt Summer Music Series on Saturday, Aug. 3, you can catch sets by The Blue Line Duo and The Midds, on the lawn stage by Sechelt Library.
And if the rain holds off, Stratocaster master James Bowers will perform another Sunset Serenade at Roberts Creek Pier, at 8 p.m., Sunday. Aug. 4.
Looking ahead
Soulful tunes and a powerful voice are the hallmarks of singer, songwriter and guitarist Amy Bishop, who will perform at High Beam Dreams in Gibsons on Saturday Aug. 10. Bishop was a finalist on the CTV talent competition-series, The Launch, and if you check her out on YouTube, you’ll hear why. Advance tickets are $20 at outlets around the Coast and at www.share-there.com.
Submissions
If you have an event you’d like considered for Art Beat, please let us know by 11 a.m. Tuesday at [email protected]. Space is limited. Also check Coast Reporter’s Coast Community Calendar for more music and events.
