A Curator’s View: Ian Thom Selects unites historical and contemporary works as selected by Ian M. Thom, former Senior Curator–Historical, from the permanent collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Over his thirty-year tenure at the Gallery as Senior Curator, Thom has curated more than eighty exhibitions and stewarded hundreds of Read more [...]
White Rock Library, 15342 Buena Vista Ave. White Rock BC presents a display of acrylic and watercolour paintings by Yvonne Maximchuk for the month of February 2019. Yvonne’s first exhibition of her paintings was hosted by the White Rock Library in 1979; this exhibit bookends her forty year career as Read more [...]
A combination of photographs, watercolours, AstroTurf collages and a site-specific installation. | at Audain Art Museum Joseph Tisiga was born in 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta and is a member of the Kaska Dene Nation. He is currently based in Whitehorse, Yukon. He studied at Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design Read more [...]
Held every February at Beban Auditorium, 2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo Celebrate Good Times at the Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable! Join in the joie de vivre and indulge in an annual February weekend of food, fun, and music at Nanaimo’s Beban Auditorium! Decadent toffy on snow, delicious French Canadian Read more [...]
Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 pm | The Rex Hall, 417 Seymour Street, Kamloops BC The next concert in the Kamloops Symphony’s Chamber Music at The Rex series is Contrasts on Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 pm in The Rex Hall, featuring Kamloops’ own Sun Rivers Trio. In this musical Read more [...]
Click Here to Download the PDF Map! The North Shore Art Crawl is a free community arts event that celebrates the creative energy of our local artists and enables cultural vitality. The objective is to feature artists in approachable and accessible art venues that encourage the community to connect and Read more [...]
An Ageless Favourite JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Lyrics by Tim Rice | Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber | March 22 & 23, 26 – 30, 2019 @ 7:30 PM | Matinees: March 23 & 30 @ 2:00 PM | Abbotsford Arts Centre, 2329 Crescent Way, Abbotsford This favourite musical extravaganza Read more [...]
If you’d like to taste the very best of what Salt Spring has to offer, nothing compares to the mix of creativity, hand-made art and world-class craftsmanship that you can enjoy on the island’s famous Studio Tour. The Studio Tour makes it possible for you to watch artists while they Read more [...]
Sculpture Capital of Canada™ Castlegar Sculpturewalk is a annual rotating exhibition showcasing over thirty outdoor sculptures, from national and international artists, in Castlegar’s downtown core. From May to October the public can vote on their favourite piece via ballot, and the winner of this People’s Choice Award is purchased by Read more [...]
easoned plein air painters & novice artists who love the great outdoors. Groups of friends looking for a creative activity & families celebrating spring a painting picnic. You are all invited to the 7th annual Opus Outdoor Painting Challenge on Sunday, May 6, 2018! Let’s Get This Whole Province Painting! Read more [...]
EXPERIENCE 25 DAYS OF EXCEPTIONALLY MADE GOODS. Crafted Vancouver showcases a thoughtful selection of the best in local, national and international craft. Through a wide array of self-guided events: demonstrations, exhibitions, film festival, craft talk series, craft bus tour, studio tours and dining and tasting events, we celebrate unique pieces in Read more [...]
Bring the whole family to discover Canada’s history through the eyes of Richmond youth. See how Richmond students interpret Canada’s past through Heritage Fair projects that tell stories about Canadian heroes and milestones, places and events. Then take part in exciting crafts and games that inspire a deeper appreciation and Read more [...]
Adventure Begins Here! Click here to download your Pemberton Cultural Crawl for this summer!
The Central Island Studio Tour is held on the last weekend of May each year. Studio artists include both established and well-known artists – folks who sell their work around the world and are collected in public and private galleries – as well as emerging and experimenting artists who have Read more [...]
Art in the Garden is a unique fusion of visual artists and musicians in extraordinary gardens. Experience a weekend celebrating the creative skill and imagination of our community during the 19th edition of this self-guided tour. Art in the Garden is a truly unique weekend of artistry in natural spaces. The 2018 tour Read more [...]
Explore the eclectic and exciting blend of heritage sites, museums, places of worship, green spaces, specialty businesses, art galleries, and artist studios offered during Doors Open Richmond. Held annually during the first full weekend in June, Doors Open provides FREE access to over 30 public and private sites across Richmond. Read more [...]
In honour of Canada 150, Richmond Canada Day will be the ultimate birthday bash with a street festival in Steveston Village incorporating the much beloved Steveston Salmon Festival, ship boarding, free concerts, food trucks and a brilliant fireworks display to light up the night.
Theatre Under the Stars presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella and 42nd Street: July 4 – August 18, 2018 Theatre Under the Stars invites audiences to have a ball this summer with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella and 42nd Street, July 4 – August 18, 2018 (performances alternate evenings) at Stanley Park’s picturesque Malkin Bowl. A beloved Vancouver Read more [...]
WORLD MUSIC & ART: SMALL TOWN ROOTS For over 4 decades the Harrison Festival of the Arts has presented the best in Canadian and International performing and visual arts in a setting free of large crowds, long lineups and high ticket prices. The Festival is an event the whole family Read more [...]
The Agassiz Farms Cycle Tour takes place July 21, 2018 from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, registration is at 6800 Pioneer Avenue, Agassiz BC. The Agassiz Farms Cycle Tour is a self-guided tour that takes cyclists through the heart of the Fraser Valley, sampling and learning about sustainable agriculture in Read more [...]
Adventure to the end of the Sunshine Coast and on over to Texada Island for the 2018 bi-annual Artist Studio Tour. Visit the 21 island artists in their 13 studio and public space locations as they showcase their work, demonstrate their techniques and expound on their inspiration. See the works Read more [...]
One of the key events of the City of Richmond’s Canada 150 celebrations will be the Ships to Shore King of the Sea festival at Garry Point Park featuring the Kaiwo Maru. Known as the ‘King of the Sea’, the Kaiwo Maru is a four-masted, 361 ft. long, 182 ft. Read more [...]
Set among the stately trees and gardens of the Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park in Comox on the east coast of Vancouver Island the Filberg Festival is truly a unique event. Wander through the grounds surrounded by beautiful gardens, rustic out-buildings and magnificent views of Comox Harbour and the Beaufort Read more [...]
Harmony Arts Festival | August 2-11, 2018| West Vancouver Waterfront The Harmony Arts Festival is the North Shore’s premiere summer event – visit the various seaside venues and experience the sights and sounds and of this award-winning 9-day festival, celebrating its 28th season. This festival is a celebration of music, Read more [...]
Changing the way art is seen in our city. | August 5, 2018 – August 10, 2018 Vancouver Mural Festival is organized by Create Vancouver Society, a Registered Non-Profit dedicated to artistic and cultural development in the Lower Mainland. Through the creation of permanent large-scale public murals, we provide a Read more [...]
2019: August, 10th & 11th | 2020: August 8th & 9th The New West Cultural Crawl is a two-day visual arts and cultural festival that celebrates and presents New Westminster’s creative character and diversity. A cultural experience that exists throughout the city’s neighbourhoods. Discover our historical heritage and the ‘New’ Read more [...]
Richmond celebrates local food, sustainability and its agricultural past, present and future on Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 10am – 3 pm at Farm Fest at Garden City Lands. The festival will be held on the spectacular Garden City Lands, an amazing 136.5 acre park in the heart of Richmond. Read more [...]
Explore artists’ studios, museums, art galleries and heritage sites through this free, self-guided tour within the Columbia Basin. Meet the artists, shop for fine art and craft, view demonstrations, special exhibitions, interpretive displays or chat with local historians during this day long cultural celebration! The following communities are participating: Grand Read more [...]
The Salmon Arm ROOTS & BLUES Festival is the #1 outdoor music event in the BC Interior. Best known for presenting one of the most eclectic of musical line-ups in the country. The event features 4 outdoor stages, 40+ bands plus off-stage performers, a dance stage, the Family Fun Zone, Read more [...]
Our thirteenth year finds us celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday by featuring Canadian composers and Canadian artists. The 2017 three-day ticketed concert series presents a chance to hear outstanding Chamber Music in an intimate ocean side venue. Our audience favourites, internationally known Canadian artists James Campbell and The Gryphon Trio are Read more [...]
Robson Valley Music Festival is a 3 day family oriented celebration on music, art and community. Artists from all over B.C., Canada and the World are presented in this diverse and culturally rich event. Held in the heart of the Robson Valley, Dunster, Valemount and on the banks of the Read more [...]
The Vancouver Fringe Festival is an annual celebration of Theatre for Everyone! In 2019 we’ll feature more than 700 performances by over 90 artists over 11 days from September 5 – 15. The Festival employs an “everyone welcome” selection technique—the Mainstage shows are literally drawn out of a hat, giving all Read more [...]
Welcome to Lake Country ArtWalk The Interior’s Largest Arts Festival September 7 & 8, 2019 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For two days every September, the Lake Country Community Complex transforms into a festival of creativity. ArtWalk attracts over 7000+ attendees and features displays of visual and performing arts from 200+ Okanagan Read more [...]
For a comprehensive list of upcoming events, please click here. Culture Days is a collaborative, Canada-wide volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. The first annual Culture Days event swept across more than 700 Canadian Read more [...]
This year the Sunshine Coast’s leading edge arts and cultural festival celebrates fifteen years with Homegrown. Featuring fifteen events over fifteen days, the festival will honour over 85 local Sunshine Coast artists and performers, presenting four major performance events, an “EarthArt” curated art exhibition, a “Homegrown Heroes” heritage exhibit, plus a Read more [...]
The Sunshine Coast Art Crawl is a self directed art adventure held over 3 days, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.. Travel along the entire Sunshine Coast Highway from Langdale to Earls Cove or Earls Cove to Langdale. It is a chance to meet the artists in their studios and experience Read more [...]
Celebrating 26 Years ! The Christmas holidays begins with the Kris Kringle Craft Market. Come be part of the merry making at the 26th annual Christmas extravaganza – November 14,15, 16 and 17 at Beban Park Social Centre. This year, like every year, there will be a wide variety of Artisans to offer – over Read more [...]
Since 1999, the Downtown Nanaimo Artwalk has been an exciting cultural event for visual artists to display works of art for sale. This is a self-guided tour through artists studios and host locations, featuring a great variety of art with something for everybody’s budget.
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival’s 30th Season runs from June 5 to Sept 21, 2019 in modern theatre tents in a spectacular waterfront setting in Vancouver’s Vanier Park. On the BMO Mainstage, it’s The Taming of the Shrew, inspired by Bard’s 2007 Wild West production, a hilarious runaway hit; Read more [...]
