Local Arts

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. 

Book awards that debuted last year on the Sunshine Coast have announced finalists for 2024 prizes.

Painting of the 27th annual Roberts Creek community mandala reached its finish on Sunday, July 21. On Tuesday, contributors gathered at the Roberts Creek waterfront to inaugurate the new year’s design by dancing atop it.

Musical Theatre Intensive's Songs from the Underworld plays at the Heritage Playhouse on July 26 and 27, featuring over a dozen singers, dancers and actors.

Paintings by a self-taught student of West Coast landscapes radiate with supernal luminescence in a new exhibition at the Gumboot Café in Roberts Creek.

Two years ago, Simon Cameron launched a website where he has since posted nearly 200 exhaustive album reviews, ranging from Harry Styles’s Harry’s House to Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter.