Gibsons Public Art Gallery is pleased to present Canadian recording artist Jenica Rayne on Aug. 20 who will be opening GPAG’s ninth year of presenting Art Stroll in the Landing. The art stroll runs from Aug. 21 to 23 with plein air painting, art draws and music. Rayne is a passionate singer, a diverse gifted songwriter, accomplished guitarist and dynamic performer. Her songs are personal as well as socially conscious, are beautifully crafted, and offer sophisticated music that is easy to listen to but invites close attention. The title track from Rayne’s latest album, Hit the Ground Running, could be her theme song. And to put it another way, she says, “Just do something – you have to make life happen.” The opening concert is on Aug. 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery. Admission is by donation.
Music in the Landing
Music in the Landing this weekend brings back young guitarist/singers Axel Loitz and Connor Lindsay to the Gibsons Public Market on Friday, Aug. 14 from 4 to 6 p.m. Then from 7 to 8 p.m. take a stroll to the gazebo at the end of Gibsons wharf for Potpourri, a group with rich vocal harmonies of familiar tunes from Doug Campbell, Andy and Bronwyn Amanovich, Ken Shearsmith and Billy and Brian Corbett. Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. a community group, Soupbean Katie and the Cornpones, will create down-home music in Pioneer Square with “lots of strings and things.” On Saturday starting at 7 p.m. enjoy a double bill in Winegarden Waterfront Park with Calm as a Bomb with Mike Tandy and Dave Christensen plus the Blue Line Trio with Gary Gilbert, Tim Enns and Christopher Jordan Knox. On Sunday, come down to the Gibsons Sunday Market from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sun Dial Stage to enjoy singer-songwriter Keely Halward perform, and in the second set, she is joined by Mike Clarke for Kee and Me.
Sechelt music
The Sechelt Summer Music series continues with “songwriter day” at the Library Garden stage Saturday, Aug. 15. In honour of the Festival of the Written Arts weekend, the Sechelt series presents three B.C. songwriters who will each play a set of their own music, followed by a “songwriter in the round” concert when they will tell the stories behind their songs.
Lowry Olafson, Susan Ssun, and Chris Ronald will be at the Garden Stage at noon. On Sunday, Aug. 16 at the new downtown location at the Old Catholic church square on Cowrie Street, Butler in the Hey! from Roberts Creek play their own brand of original and cover songs from noon to 2 p.m.
Festival weekend
This is the busiest weekend of the cultural year with the Festival of the Written Arts in Sechelt, the Chamber Music Festival in Madeira Park, the Arts Council’s Hackett Park Art and Craft Fair on Saturday and Sunday and the Power of Paint exhibition on the weekend. If you’re not too dazed by all these selections, try Creek Daze on Saturday in Roberts Creek with a dance at the RC Hall at 9 p.m. featuring Roots Roundup.
Dine and dance
The Creek Big Band with vocalist Lynne Dickson will again be playing some of your favourite oldies at the Sunshine Coast Golf & Country Club’s annual Dine and Dance Under the Stars on Saturday, Aug. 22. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $40/person. Reservations and further information at the Golf & Country Club; phone 604-885-9212.
Corvus & Wolf
Lee Roberts of Goldmoss Gallery holds his first solo show in Vancouver with an opening night reception on Aug. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition, Corvus & Wolf, will run until Sept. 6 at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. See www.leerobertsart.com for more.
Keep me posted
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