Coming up Sept. 1 and 2 on the grounds of the Pender Harbour Golf Club, grab your cowboy hat for the Highway 101 Country and Rock Music Festival.
Saturday features rock 'n roll with headliners Chilliwack and Trama and Sunday is country tunes with The Fleetwood Boys and Tiller's Folly. Local acts like Sinmobile and The Precious Littles are also in the mix. Tickets are on sale now at the golf course, through Mike's Place and Laedeli in Gibsons, Strait Music in Sechelt and Pender Harbour Insurance. For more see: www.hwy101musicfest.com.
Cash tribute
Tonight (Friday) at the Gibsons Legion making a special appearance is Johnny Cash's number one tribute artist Daryl Weyman. He has the look, he has the sound. He loves the pleasure people get from his tribute to Johnny Cash. Members are $8, non-members $12 at the door. Also, on Saturday there will be an evening of Blues with Luci and Larry Cook and the Bluesmasters at 8 p.m. No cover charge.
Dance showcase
A dance showcase takes place tonight (Friday) from 6:45 to 8 p.m. at the Coast Academy of Dance in Sechelt for the public to see the hard work of students from Kathleen and David Holmes' summer workshop.The dancers will be performing some class work and variations from the ballet La Bayadere.
Music in Gibsons
Music in the Landing is winding down for the season, but not before a few more fabulous free and liveperformances.
Tonight (Friday) in the Gazebo, listen to the sweet sounds of violin, guitar and vocals from Michelle Bruce and Mick Bryant.
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pioneer Square is filled with thelarge community group, Soupbean Katie and The Cornponesstrumming and singingtunes. Theannual Youth Showcasefrom 2 to 3:30 in Winegarden Park features new and emerging talent on the Coast.
The last Saturday evening show in Winegarden Parkis a double bill starting at 7 p.m. with the Country Classics featuring Kevin Crofton, Ian McLatchie and Graham Walker followed at 8 bythe beloved Canadicana group, Bits of String.
Sadly days are getting shorter, so bring your blankets with your lawn chairs and enjoy the sunset.
Sunday, the "3Bz" of Berni G, Boyd Norman and Barry Taylor will liven up your morning with keyboard, vocals, bass and drumsfrom 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Pay what you can
The Synchronicity Festival takes place this weekend in Shirley Macey Park in Gibsons. One of its highlights is the Rainforest Circus and organizers recently announced a 'pay what you can show' at 11 a.m. Sunday, a chance for families to comeoutfor affordable live entertainment. Admission to the grounds and exhibits is free.
For Saturday evening's Pecha Kucha presentation, bring your blankets and picnics at 7 show starts at about 8 or 8:15 p.m. The line-up is terrific: Marilyn Browning: Looking for DOG, Louise Lefebvre: The Photiteration of R, Mike Tandy: Hardboiled, Wendy Crumpler: How to be a Shaman, Lee Ann Johnson: Creating Community Glue, Jeremy Valeroite: Healing the Land, Matthew Evans: Quick! Draw! See more at www.synchronicityfestival.ca.
Drink and a book
Get refreshed on the deck at the Gibsons and District Public Library on Saturday between noon and 2:30 p.m., the last lazy summer Saturday in August. Library staff will serve you the latest summer books as well as a refreshing drink while you settle in and savour the view. Come to the library to read, retreat and refresh.
Faces opens
Krista Maurer's exhibit,Faces, Places and the Spaces in Between, opens at Gibsons Public Art Gallery this week and continues to Sept 17.
Manon Staiger's Media Landslide alsoopens the same day and the artists will share a reception this Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.All are welcome to attend.
GPAG summer hours, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. continueto the end of this exhibition. GPAG is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Check out the gallery website at www.gibsonspublicartgallery.ca for more details.
Music at Chasters
Musician and songwriter Charlotte Wrinch performs live at Chasters dining room in Gibsons this Saturday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Reserve your table at 604-886-2887.
Transparent North
The Sunshine Coast Arts Centre is pleased to announce Vickie Newington's exhibition The Transparent North that will open with a reception in the gallery on Wednesday, Aug. 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. All are welcome.
Although fibre art has been created for thousands of years, its qualities have not been appreciated by the public until recently, when galleries have been removing paintings from their walls and replacing them with textile art that is dimensional and demanding to be touched. Add the contrast of shiny, textured glass united with the fibre, complementing the warm tactile fibre by its hard, shiny, and uncompromising surface and adding colour in a new way to the work.
Newington, from Calgary, Alta., has created a body of work that is light-hearted and inspired by her travels in Yukon. Phone 604-885-5412 for hours of opening or see: www.scartscouncil.com.
Tuesday deadline
Send notice of your arts events to [email protected] or phone 604-886-4692 by Tuesday at 5 p.m. for Friday's newspaper. Let me know who, what, where, when, why and ticket info briefly. Because of the volume of submissions, Art Beat covers events one day to one week ahead only.
