Local Arts

Fancy a Lord of the Rings themed wedding, or a recreation of the lavish over-the-top wedding from The Wedding Planner? Then La Vonne Girard, who has designed wedding sets for films like The Wedding Planner Mystery, Stop the Wedding, and Love Again, is just the person you need.

Freshwater and tidewater flow through a new exhibition of paintings at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, which opened with a public reception on Aug. 3 at the gallery’s downtown space.

A concert of art songs and arias well over half a decade in the making will take place in Davis Bay later this month, as a globetrotting professional soprano now living on the Coast raises her voice again after a five-year hiatus.

A pair of local tour guides with history of their own will guide excursions into the past of Howe Sound’s western shore during the month of August, with help from a partnership brokered by the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives.

Also, Legendary Canadian children’s entertainer (and Sechelt resident) Charlotte Diamond is due to perform a free concert on the lawn of the Sechelt Public Library on Aug. 17, alongside her son Matt Diamond.

A newly opened teen facility at the Gibsons Public Library earned immediate approval from its target demographic.

The Soil to Stage Finale — scheduled for Aug. 18 — is the culminating event in a series of workshops coordinated by The Only Animal, a Vancouver-based theatre company headed by Roberts Creek resident Barbara Adler. As the arts council’s artist in residence, The Only Animal is hosting soil-to-stage 'production parties' from July through August. 

Commotion on the Ocean sets sail Aug. 3

A Chicago-based performer who got his start in Parksville will bring his acclaimed Buddy Holly tribute concert to Sechelt’s Rockwood Pavilion this month. Zachary Stevenson launches a B.C. summer performance tour with his Aug.

A Sunshine Coast arts organization is redefining the big top, with circus-style performances due to take place in a soaring evergreen grove instead of a canvas-walled canopy.