Local Arts

The shores of the Sunshine Coast are teeming with marine plant and animal life, and if you’ve ever strolled along an area beach, looked down and asked, “What is that?” there’s a freshly updated and locally published guidebook with the answers.

The first Night Market of the summer season took place at Gibsons Public Market June 28 to kick off the Canada Day weekend.

The Festival of the Written Arts’ Fund Development Committee gathered recently to receive a contribution of $5,000 from Sunshine Coast Credit Union representative Janice Webb.

Hot local teen band FIR performed at Hackett Park on Canada Day (from left): James Allcock, Ryan McLeod, Greg Allcock.

Double Juno-Award winning guitarist Oscar Lopez is bringing his high-energy Latin soul music back to Sechelt’s Rockwood Pavilion this weekend and he couldn’t be happier about it. “I’ve been there a couple of times.

The Gibsons summertime free music program Music in the Landing has been going since 2003, and it’s back.

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Creative in the Creek

Musicians and audiences had a blast at the 24th annual musical weekend gathering in Lower Gibsons. Saturday afternoon opened with Coast singer Katherine Penfold and her new band, with Vince Mai on trumpet and Jon Bentley on sax.

Sechelt’s annual Canada Day Parade starts at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 1 along Cowrie Street. That’s just the beginning of a day of downtown activities, with two music stages, beer gardens and food vendors.