Local Arts

The Pender Harbour Blues Society is thrilled to host its fifth annual Halloween Howl dance and costume extravaganza this Saturday, Oct. 26. Great non-stop dance music courtesy of the ever popular Dr.

Once a perennial favourite, Alpha Yaya Diallo is coming back to the Roberts Creek Hall next Saturday, Nov. 2. And he's bringing the whole show, including a dancer in this Live Music and Dakota Ridge societies fundraiser.

An Order of Canada-winning sculptor and his Juno-nominated musician son are currently on tour, presenting a unique combination concert and visual art show, rolled into one.

The current Sechelt Arts Festival contemporary exhibition, Here and Now, at the Seaside Centre brings the cachet of London's Tate Modern gallery to the Sunshine Coast.

The monthly Artesia Coffeehouse is being held tonight, Friday, Oct. 25 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt at 8 p.m. with doors at 7.

This Saturday, Oct. 19 celebrate National Library Month at the Gibsons and District Public Library with an afternoon event held in the main open area.

The New Orford String Quartet (NOSQ) makes its Coast Recital Society debut this Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20 at 2:30 p.m. at the Raven's Cry Theatre in Sechelt. There will be a pre-concert chat at 1:30 p.m.

The Sechelt Arts Festival, under the direction of Nancy Cottingham-Powell, becomes more creative with each passing year. This year's 10th anniversary event takes place from Oct.

Sarah de Leeuw will bring a bold new voice to the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in on Tuesday, Oct. 22. She has just won the Dorothy Livesay Prize at the B.C.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Sechelt Arts Festival, an annual tapestry of music, visual and performance art held in various venues in Sechelt.