Discover the diversity and uniqueness of the area at one of the very best Farmers’ Markets in the region. With over 200 local growers and artisans, we offer everything from fruit, vegetables, meat, seafood, crafts, art, gourmet foods, wine & spirits, plants, flowers, gifts, and delicious baking. Entertainment and children’s Read more [...]

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 [...]

July 3 to August 28 – R.J. Haney Heritage Village & Museum is Celebrating twenty-six years of Villains and Vittles Dinner Theatre Productions. When Jennie finds herself lost in time and thrown into the middle of a mystery, things get personal. With the help of their friendly neighbourhood Mountie, Monty, Read more [...]

During the months of July and August, you have the opportunity to experience the various dances of the T̕seka performed by the T’sasala Cultural Group. You will see the next generation of Kwakwa̱k̕a̱’wakw sharing our culture to educate the world about our ancient songs, dances, teachings and values. These teachings are Read more [...]

Theatre Under the Stars presents Mamma Mia! and Disney’s Newsies   Audiences will bathe in the warmth of a Greek island and witness a fight for what’s right this summer, when Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) presents Mamma Mia! and Disney’s Newsies, running alternate evenings July 5–August 17, 2019, at Read more [...]

The Parksville Beach Festival Society presents the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition,a world class event for master sand sculptors and official qualifying event for the World Championship of Sand Sculpting. Master sand sculptors travel from all corners of the globe to participate in our remarkable competition in Parksville, Read more [...]

Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art and Design – Elevating function and beauty Nominations open until midnight July 15th 2019 The Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art + Design celebrates British Columbians whose work directly contributes to the cultural and economic fabric of the province. The annual award, run by Read more [...]

Fulmer Award in First Nations Art 2019 – Celebrating artistic excellence Nominations open until midnight July 15th  Launched in 2006 British Columbia’s Fulmer Award in First Nations Art celebrates the space where art and culture intersect, honouring First Nations artistic traditions, and recognizing authentic craftsmanship. The annual award, launched in Read more [...]

A romantic comedy. A complete work of fiction. Mere speculative fantasy… By Peter Anderson with Music by John Millard JULY 16 TO AUGUST 11 WHAT IF? What if the world were running out of water? What if there were only one working well left in existence? What if it happened Read more [...]

Music at Mackie has become a cherished summer tradition for concert-lovers of the Okanagan. The first concert, on July 19, features the Legendary Lake Monsters, a dynamic horn-driven 10-piece band known for packing dance floors and providing infectious rhythms. We’re then joined on August 16 by Chipko Jones, an upbeat Read more [...]

The Christina Lake Arts & Artisans Society (C.L.A.A.S.) is proud to present the 2019 lineup for this years’ Summer Concert Series. As part of their commitment to the performing arts C.L.A.A.S. holds this annual series to provide an opportunity for local and international musicians to showcase their talent. Performances are Read more [...]

Magic! Betrayal! Revenge! Gather the family, pack a picnic and come to The TD Community Plaza at Town Centre Park for our 2019 Summer Teen Theatre Troupe’s lively outdoor performances of The Windsinger, Robert Garfat’s family-friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Admission is FREE. Synopsis The story takes place on an enchanted island Read more [...]

From July 25th to July 28th, 2019 Kamloops welcomes the world to our beautiful downtown! Professional street performers from our region as well as from across Canada, Europe and Australia, will converge for our Second Annual Kamloops International Buskers Festival! Our event is a family oriented, FREE TO ATTEND festival Read more [...]

On Thursday, July 25, 2019, R.J. Haney Heritage Village & Museum in partnership with Wildwood Productions is proud to present Burger….gourmet, with all the fixings, Beer….local craft and a tribute to the legendary folk singer Pete Seeger. Pete Seeger was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on Read more [...]

Fort Langley to swing to sounds of summer jazz Be prepared to take in some of the hottest music around at the second annual Fort Langley Jazz & Arts festival this summer. The festival features two full days of free, non-stop jazz, with 25 different world-class and local jazz acts on Read more [...]

The Sooke Fine Arts Show is Vancouver Island’s longest-running, juried fine art show and one of the region’s premier summer arts events. This 11-day art show and sale transforms Sooke’s SEAPARC arena and leisure centre into a stunning, 17,000-square-foot gallery, bringing artists, volunteers, students, visitors and art patrons together for Read more [...]

The Richmond Maritime Festival is an annual summer for seafarers and landlubbers alike to celebrate Steveston’s waterfront heritage at the spectacular Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site This free family event will feature programming and attracts to appeal to all ages and cultures. Event highlights include: Ship viewing and boarding, Main Read more [...]

ArtsWells Festival is presented by Island Mountain Arts, and we are based out of Wells, BC. Wells has always been a town vibrant of arts and culture.  In the 1930’s, musical acts were enjoyed in the same Community Hall where many of this year’s shows and exhibitions are held.  This 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 [...]

This intimate and laid-back world-class music festival has been hosting big names and newly discovered gems of the music business since 1992. This year, the Kaslo Jazz Etc Festival will once again make use of the astounding acoustics of Kaslo Bay Park to showcase an array of blues, jazz, latin, Read more [...]

The 2nd Annual Skeena Salmon Art Show will be held at the Terrace Art Gallery August 2-30, 2019. Over 60 regional artists will showcase their original art celebrating salmon. Salmon are one of the main reasons many of us are here in the Skeena watershed, and are the foundation for Read more [...]

The Mosaic Arts & Culture festival is a two-day outdoor festival happening on Aug 2 & 3, 2019 at Hope Bay on Pender Island, BC. If you’re an arts lover, you’ll feel right at home at The Mosaic Festival. The festival will feature performances by The Paperboys, Carmanah, Tri-Continental, Ghostly Read more [...]

The Powell Street Festival is the largest event of its kind in Canada and the longest running community arts festival in the Lower Mainland. Inaugurated in 1977, the Powell Street Festival is free to the public. It is held in both outdoor locations and indoor venues around the Powell Street Read more [...]

The Annual Desert Daze Music Festival was conceived in 2010 by the Spences Bridge Community Club to celebrate rural communities and to highlight area arts and culture. The 2-day festival presents activities and entertainment for all ages to enjoy: top-notch musical performances, First Nations demonstrations, educational workshops, local crafts, vendors Read more [...]

Richmond celebrates local food, sustainability and its agricultural past, present and future on Saturday, August 10, 2019 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 [...]

Film lovers will have another place to watch movies this summer – in the open air, under the stars in one of Whistler’s premiere destinations. The Whistler Film Festival in association with Creekside Village present the second annual WFF Summer Cinema Series featuring four, free, family friendly, outdoor movies every 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 [...]

August 16-18 will be a special celebration in Pender Harbour. The Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival is marking their 15th anniversary by commissioning a composition by Toronto musician and composer Graham Campbell; the piece will be premiered during the Saturday afternoon concert, performed by the New Zealand String Quartet, celebrated 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 Ryga Festival is a multi-day arts festival featuring live music, play readings and artistic workshops, symposiums, and more – all with a connection to – or that are inspired by – internationally performed Canadian playwright, novelist, poet, and Summerland resident George Ryga. Considered by contemporary critics to be Canada’s Read more [...]

Close out your summer at one of BC’s biggest dragon boat festivals while enjoying a day on the shores of the Fraser River. Hosted in historic Steveston Village, come check out the neighbourhood’s historic charm and enjoy family-friendly entertainment, dragon boat racing, and unique sights. FREE ADMISSION! Hours of operation: Read more [...]

The Vernon Public Art Gallery presents the 11th Annual Riot on the Roof! On Saturday, August 24, 2019, from 7 p.m to 11 p.m, the Downtown Vernon Parkade will be transformed into an alternative art party, with live music, performance and installation art, dance, and much more! Riot on the Read more [...]

The City of Richmond is inviting the world to the party with its largest multicultural festival. The Richmond World Festival, presented by Coast Capital Savings, celebrates the City’s significant cultural diversity found throughout the local community. This free event features a four stages with a diverse line-up of international and 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 [...]

Join us on a journey through the last 5 decades with iconic food, drink, art and performance in this pop-up retro-style club (located in CityScape Community ArtSpace on September 14th. Tickets will be available July 25th on our website.

Garlic has never been sweeter! Celebrate the stinky rose at the 9th annual Chilliwack Garlic Festival at Fantasy Farms. Music, garlic tasting, goodies and so much more, come enjoy some local craft beer sponsored by old Yale brewing or a glass of Wine In our Community Services wine and beer Read more [...]

Nanaimo International Jazz Festival Association (NIJFA) Get ready for the Third Annual Nanaimo Jazz Festival, happening September 20-September 22. You won’t want to miss this great event! It is Family Friendly and Affordable ~~   * Free outdoor concerts * All in Nanaimo’s easy-walk downtown & stunning waterfront.   * A Read more [...]

Three-time JUNO award winners, Leahy is known world-wide as one of Canada’s most highly-regarded musical treasures. Having defined a uniquely Canadian music genre, and after three albums, three PBS Specials, an Academy Award-winning documentary, and international tours, Leahy builds on their traditional progressive folk-roots foundation with a new feast of  Read more [...]

The Fall Festival at the Haig-Brown House is part artisan market, part community group gathering, part fly fishing celebration all rolled together with an environmental stewardship angle. The main stage will see the City hosting its annual Stewardship Awards as well as live music. Come with an appetite and sample Read more [...]

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 cities and towns during the last weekend of September 2010, Read more [...]

Join us this September for the 9th annual Artists for Conservation Festival presented by RE/MAX – a multi-day art and environmental education event, featuring AFC’s annual show – the world’s top conservation-themed art exhibit and artist expo, benefiting wildlife. Meet leading artists from various countries, buy art, enjoy live music, art Read more [...]

Richmond offers more free, interactive cultural activities over the national Culture Days weekend than any other place in BC. Express your love of culture by participating in one of dozens of activities offered by local artists, designers, crafters, writers and other creative people. Explore Richmond’s heritage sites, learn a new Read more [...]

Bowen Island, British Columbia Visual Arts, Multi/Interdisciplinary — Behind-the-scenes, Talks and Discussion Sun, summer, Bowen, art and artists: sounds like the perfect combination for a sublime weekend! Bowen Island is considered to be one of the most artistic communities in Canada and has an abundance of artists who are willing Read more [...]

Since 1995 The Vancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society has produced Word Vancouver (forrmerly The Word On The Street Vancouver), the primary literary festival for Western Canadian book lovers and literacy enthusiasts. In 2013 the festival rebranded as Word Vancouver. The Vancouver Book and Magazine Fair Society strives to promote Read more [...]

The Sunshine Coast’s leading edge arts festival will be presented this year from October 4 to 20, 2019. The multi-disciplinary Festival features visual art, music, heritage, drama, dance and a variety of workshops hosted at various indoor venues around the District of Sechelt. See secheltartsfestival.com for more event details.

Art After Dark is a soiree style party designed to cultivate the creative community in Vernon. Featuring appetizers, drinks, live music, interactive and collaborative art activities, door prizes, and our current exhibitions all in one evening at Vernon Public Art Gallery. Suggested attire for Art After Dark is cocktail party Read more [...]

Emily Carr University is excited to host Canada’s first and longest-running international art book fair in 2019. For the second-year running, the Vancouver Art Book Fair (VABF) multi-day festival will be held at the new Emily Carr campus, in various locations including the Ron Burnett Library + Learning Commons, the Michael O’Brian Read more [...]

Chutzpah! Festival is an annual performing arts festival committed to bringing world-renowned international dance, music, theatre, and comedy to Vancouver audiences. Led by Mary-Louise Albert, Artistic Managing Director and recipient of the 2011 Canada Council for the Arts John Hobday Award for Excellence in Arts Management, Chutzpah! Festival offers eclectic Read more [...]

Picasso’s birthday,  a day to honor artists and their indisputable contribution to society. International Artist Day (iAD) was launched in 2004 to honor the contribution artists make to society. 100 Braid Street Studios will present a pop-up gallery for IAD to showcase and celebrate regional, local and international artists. Including an anonymous Read more [...]

Experience the power of creativity at Splash – Arts Umbrella’s annual art auction and gala. On Saturday, October 26, 2019, Canada’s leading non-profit arts organization for young people will be hosting an unforgettable art auction and gala featuring close to 100 works by prominent artists from BC and beyond. Arts Umbrella serves more than 24,000 young Read more [...]

Annual Nanaimo Professional Craft Fair Featuring a wide variety of expertly-crafted items by some of BC’s finest artisans, don’t miss this special opportunity to do your Christmas shopping early! With hourly door prizes and a GRAND PRIZE…don’t miss it!

The Christmas holidays begins with the Kris Kringle Craft Market.  Come be part of the merry making at the 26th annual Christmas extravaganza – November Nov. 21, 22, 23, 24 at Beban Park Social Centre. This year, like every year, there will be a wide variety of Artisans to offer – over 150, in fact Read more [...]

North Van Arts’ annual exhibition fundraiser is back for 2019! Support the arts in your community and be the first in line to buy original artwork by emerging and established artists. Choose from over hundreds of pieces by artists who remain anonymous until the artwork has been purchased. All artwork Read more [...]

Join us for one of Vancouver’s most highly anticipated seasonal sales! You’ll find original paintings, drawings, ceramics, and sculpture, along with photographs, prints, wearable works, housewares, greeting cards and more! Best of all, you’ll discover + support the work of emerging designers and artists. Get your holiday shopping sorted while sustaining your local creative Read more [...]

In one of only three professional performances in the Lower Mainland this season, one of the most monumental and inspirational musical works of all time fills The ACT Arts Centre stage. Written in an astonishing 24 days in 1741, Messiah sets text from the King James Bible and other sacred Read more [...]

The Whistler Film Festival Society (WFFS) is a charitable organization dedicated to celebrating and advancing the art of film through the annual Whistler Film Festival and Summit complimented by year-round series of events and programs for film fans and filmmakers that include film screenings and series, socials and fundraisers, and Read more [...]

Shop 50 handmade vendors at the New West Craft Winter Night Market. Enjoy live music and indulge in some delicious food and drinks. This year we have two shopping locations! Hop on the Skytrain and get off at the Braid Street Station. Follow the lights to 100 Braid St Studioswhere Read more [...]

Coldsnap is a unique, annual, nine-day live music festival that draws people together on cold winter nights. Each year musicians from around the world come to Prince George for a week of lively entertainment. Daily concerts feature performers from a wide variety of genres including indie, blues, jazz, Celtic, Canadiana, Read more [...]

In an event celebrating the artistry of some Canada’s finest and best-loved songwriters and performers, multiple JUNO-award winner Shari Ulrich joins fellow musical superstar Bill Henderson for an evening of originals, much-loved hits, and newly-penned songs. Joined by their respective daughters – Bill’s daughters, singers Saffron and Camille Henderson and Read more [...]

The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is Vancouver’s signature, mid-winter cultural event, taking place over three weeks each January in theatres and venues across the city. The PuSh Festival presents groundbreaking, contemporary works of theatre, dance, music, and multimedia by acclaimed local, national, and international artists. the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival 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 [...]

Good things come in threes. Chef Meets BC Grape 3 EVENTS, 3 LOCATIONS, OVER 3 MONTHS Vancouver, Calgary, Okanagan Experience the largest tasting of BC wine and food in Western Canada at this multi-city event series celebrating all things grown, crushed, raised and produced in BC. Join us at the Read more [...]

Founded in 2015 by non-profit Vancouver Visual Art Foundation, Art Vancouver is dedicated to raising awareness of the up and coming art scene in Western Canada. This year we are host to an international art fair in a world class location under the sails of the Vancouver Convention Centre East. Read more [...]

Keeping Ukrainian Culture Alive Our festival includes a dance competition, various displays of Ukrainian arts and crafts including embroidery, pysanka, wheat weaving as well as information on tours to Ukraine. Each year we feature a special display or exhibit relating to Ukrainian culture and heritage. Of course, no festival is Read more [...]

Designed to celebrate the vitality of our hand-crafted world, Crafted Vancouver brings together exceptional local, national & international artisans & designers, studios, galleries and shops making, exhibiting or selling fine craft-based work. Festival events take place at a variety of venues throughout Metro Vancouver over 25 days in May. Our Event Read more [...]

Good things come in threes. Chef Meets BC Grape 3 EVENTS, 3 LOCATIONS, OVER 3 MONTHS Vancouver, Calgary, Okanagan Experience the largest tasting of BC wine and food in Western Canada at this multi-city event series celebrating all things grown, crushed, raised and produced in BC. Join us in the Read more [...]

The Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival is a volunteer run community festival presented by the Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society. It is held the second weekend in June each year. The Festival weekend is preceded by ‘Jazz Week’, a full week of live music in local restaurants and other venues Read more [...]

The Queer Arts Festival (QAF) is an annual artist-run professional multi-disciplinary arts festival at the Roundhouse in Vancouver, BC. Recognized as one of the top 5 festivals of its kind worldwide (Melbourne Sun Herald), QAF produces, presents and exhibits with a curatorial vision favouring challenging, thought-provoking work that pushes boundaries and Read more [...]

In honour of Canada 152, 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.