Local Arts

The Sunshine Coast arts and entertainment scene enjoyed a banner year in 2018, with another string of successful festivals, fairs, shows and exhibitions.

The Sunshine Coast Arts Council (SCAC) starts off the New Year with their annual Friends of the Gallery (FOG) exhibit running Jan. 3 to Feb. 3, 2019.

Not every musician has a handy venue just down the road from home where they can play a show for hundreds of people, but veteran singer and guitarist Daniel Wesley does.

A Dickens Christmas at the Sechelt Library spreads Christmas cheer. Ninety nine people enjoyed live harp music, a reading of A Christmas Carol and carol singing. The event raised $326 and 100 pounds of donated food for the Food Bank.

Two programs organized by the Sunshine Coast Arts Council are helping demonstrate that there is no shortage of promising young visual artists in this community. Receptions and awards ceremonies were held Saturday, Dec.

The Coast Messiah choir invites you to sing along with one of the most popular pieces of classical music ever composed, Handel’s Messiah.

The Nutcracker’s seventh season has been another success for dozens of local dancers, the stars who played the top roles and the production company, Coasting Along Theatre Society.

“I would never throw my mama from a boat,” says PJ Reece, referring to the title of his just-published book of short stories, Throw Mama from the Boat and Other Ferry Tales.

Local bands Half Cut and the Slackers and Playback are set to rock in the New Year on Monday, Dec. 31 at the Gibsons Legion #109.

With social media driving locals to shop closer to home, the Coast Messiah Choir invites you to consider supporting local talent this holiday season by taking in the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah – an ongoing tradition on the Coast since 2013