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BC’s Best Festivals & Events

Discover the local culture makers at festivals happening throughout the year across BC’s Creative Communities. Visit exhibitions and the work of contemporary Canadian artists at local galleries, or stop by an art studio for an intimate experience. In town for a short time? Plan a self guided one-day art walk!
Our list of festivals and events are your gateway to an immersive cultural deep dive into the inner workings of the culture keepers and culture makers of the West Coast. Experience performance, dance, film festivals, studio tours, farm tours, visual arts, and music of all genres, all while exploring some of the most beautiful landscapes the world has to offer in every region of the province.
Art-BC.com is your source for all of the best BC festivals and events in the province!
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Becoming Not a Mother

City of Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge
Date:
March 20, 2027
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A solo exhibition by Jackie Dives March 20 – May 1, 2027 Becoming Not a Mother is a photo-based series about the artist’s choice to not have children, originating from an artist residency at Burrard Arts Foundation in 2020. Working with analog photography techniques, the series has expanded to include textiles and short films alongside photographs reflecting a new chapter in Read more...
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Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour
Maple Ridge
Date:
May 8, 2027
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May 9, 2027
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Our 26th annual tour promises to be a unique experience with over 80 local and visiting artists in 26 locations. The tour winds through urban neighbourhoods and rural landscapes nestled against the Golden Ears Mountains. Enjoy a variety of art mediums including stained glass, photography, sculpture, pottery, painting, textiles, woodwork, and jewellery. Below you will find links to our artists’ information Read more...
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Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage | Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 
Victoria
Date:
May 29, 2027, 10:00 am
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October 10, 2027, 6:00 pm
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Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage is a major retrospective exhibition celebrating one of Canada’s most influential painters, Takao Tanabe. Marking the artist’s centennial, the exhibition brings together over sixty works created across more than seven decades, offering a comprehensive look at his evolving artistic practice. Spanning abstract compositions, prairie scenes, and iconic West Coast landscapes, Inside Passage highlights Tanabe’s ability to Read more...
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Creative Chaos

Tourism Vernon
Vernon
Date:
June 4, 2027
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June 6, 2027
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We are so excited to present the 52st annual Creative Chaos Festival. As always it will be taking place the first full weekend of June 2027. Please check through this website and our Facebook page for all the info. Thank you for your patience and ongoing support! We are pleased to announce that the Creative Chaos Festival will be located Read more...
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Arts club Theatre Company | Summer Musical

Arts club Theatre
Vancouver
Date:
June 24, 2027, 10:00 am
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August 22, 2027, 6:00 pm
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Arts Club Theatre Company has unveiled its highly anticipated 2026–2027 season finale: a brand-new production of Les Misérables, running June 24 to August 22, 2027, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Directed by Artistic Director Ashlie Corcoran, this reimagined staging of the iconic musical promises a fresh creative vision, with entirely new sets, costumes, and design elements. Widely regarded as Read more...
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Starbelly Jam Music Festival

Starbelly Jam Music Festival
Crawford Bay
Date:
July 9, 2027
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July 11, 2027
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We did it! Another epic chapter of the Starbelly Jam has been written and the legend lives on!! It takes a huge crew of dedicated and hardworking people to bring this together ever year, and we’d like to say a massive THANK YOU to all the volunteers, staff, managers, and directors who make the magic happen. Thank you to our Read more...
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Sunshine Coast Purple Banner Studio Tour

Sunshine Coast Purple Banner Studio Tour
Sechelt
Date:
October 31, 2027
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December 31, 2027
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EXPLORE THE ARTS + CULTURE LANDSCAPE OF THE SUNSHINE COAST The Coast Cultural Alliance’s role is to enhance arts and cultural tourism on the Sunshine Coast and to project a single, strong voice for local culture. The Alliance includes groups and individuals from the visual, performing, literary, and media arts on the Sunshine Coast. ARTS & CULTURE EVENTS ON THE Read more...

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Kaaganhlxa—Home Safe | Haida Gwaii Museum

Haida Gwaii Museum
Skidegate
Date:
May 1, 2026
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May 31, 2027
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Curated by Gid Kuuyas Collison-Robertson and Kaw Kay James Williams, KaaGanhlxa, or Home Safe, features a selection of Haida cultural belongings repatriated since 2020, on display in the museum’s Sky Gallery. It comes on the heels of the museum’s partnership with the Haida Repatriation Committee to host a two-day reburial for the remains of repatriated Ancestors in January. The community also held Read more...
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Sacred in All Forms | Campbell River Art Gallery

Campbell River Art Gallery
Campbell River
Date:
May 7, 2026, 12:00 am
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August 8, 2026, 12:00 am
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Sacred in All Forms at the Campbell River Art Gallery is a contemporary exhibition exploring the sacred as something plural, embodied, and relational rather than fixed within traditional patriarchal ideas of divinity. Featuring artists Sandeep Johal, Xiaojing Yan, Kourtney Jackson, and Aaron McIntosh, the exhibition examines themes of gender, spirituality, identity, motherhood, queer experience, ancestry, and connection to land and Read more...
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Lumby & District Public Market

Lumby & District Public Market
Lumby
Date:
May 9, 2026
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September 19, 2026
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Our Public Market in Lumby welcomes you to come see the Local farm produce available , Wonderful talented Artists, Musicians , Home base businesses and local Entrepreneurs. Seasonally Open from Saturday  until September 2026. We are Proud to say that we are home to the B.C Butter tart Festival once a year in September. Read more...
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Vistas: From Takao Tanabe’s Travels | Audain Art Gallery

Audain Art Museum
Whistler
Date:
May 16, 2026
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September 21, 2026
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Takao Tanabe’s fascination with landscapes comes vividly to life through his travels across British Columbia, North America, the Arctic, and Europe. With his camera always at hand, he journeyed widely to explore the wonders of places that sparked his curiosity and creative drive. Tanabe captured their geographical features and unique atmosphere, translating them into paintings in his studio that balance Read more...
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Giants at Work: Big Jobs, Bigger Machines | Britannia Mine Museum

Britannia Mine Museum
Britannia Beach
Date:
May 16, 2026
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September 7, 2026
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May 16 – September 7, 2026 | Temporary Summer Exhibit Step into the world of giant machines at Britannia Mine Museum in Britannia Beach, BC. This 2026 summer exhibit explores the powerful equipment that makes modern mining possible, from towering mining trucks to massive loaders and drills designed to handle enormous tasks safely and efficiently. At Giants at Work: Big Jobs, Bigger Machines, visitors will explore the Read more...
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I Use My Haida Eyes | MOA

MOA | Museum of Anthropology
University Endowment Lands
Date:
May 19, 2026
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October 12, 2026
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I Use My Haida Eyes: The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson explores a singular body of work by the late Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson (1941–2016), a Haida artist who dedicated her life to Haida cultural work. Between 2005 and 2006, Wilson created a powerful, untitled series of 51 “history robes,” which recount specific episodes of Haida history in stunning detail—from a Haida perspective. Wilson’s Read more...
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Min Joyce Abraham: Spirit of Spring | Place Des Arts

Place des Arts
Coquitlam
Date:
May 29, 2026
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August 12, 2026
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Spirit of Spring takes the audience on a journey through a garden of blooming flowers along with big and small creatures who might call the garden home. The viewer might imagine the fragrances given off by this floral display… After all, who doesn’t enjoy a leisurely spring stroll through a flower garden in full bloom? From my first brushstroke to the Read more...
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Jim Lambie: Zobop (Colour-Chrome)

Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver
Date:
June 1, 2026
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October 12, 2026
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Jim Lambie transforms everyday architectural spaces into immersive, energetic experiences through his vibrant vinyl tape installations. These site-specific works are an extension of his acclaimed Zobop series, which uses brightly coloured strips of industrial vinyl tape to contour the architectural space, wrapping its form in optical rhythm and vivid saturation. Lambie is a Glasgow–based artist, DJ and musician. His practice Read more...
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