Sechelt

Since 2022, the District has proudly partnered with the shíshálh Nation and the syíyaya Reconciliation Movement to present syiyaya Days, a multi-day cultural celebration that begins on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, and concludes on July 1, Canada Day, with a community parade and outdoor celebration in the park.   The District also supports the Sechelt Arts Festival, which Read more...

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...

Take a walk throughout downtown Sechelt, BC, to discover a variety of colourful murals and locally made sculptures. We recommend you start your walk at the Sechelt Visitor Info Centre, and finish at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre gallery. This guided tour includes highlights of the District of Sechelt’s Public Art Collection as well as murals located on various businesses Read more...

To present a free, high-caliber, community festival focused on art, ecology and climate change. The Sechelt Arts Festival connects art to considerations of climate change and environmental justice. We seek to present a high-level Festival that will place Sechelt as a leader in the regional festival ecology. From music, dance, theater, exhibitions, performances and film screenings, to lectures, discussions and Read more...

Founded in 1966, the mission of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council is to provide arts and culture activities and programs for residents and visitors to the Lower Coast, from Langdale to Egmont. Since 1970, we have operated the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt, which includes four gallery spaces, a music studio, and a visual arts studio-workshop. In 2021 we Read more...

Join Canada’s longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers, featuring established literary stars and exciting, new voices… with opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood’s heritage gardens. The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts is honoured and grateful to carry out its work in the shíshálh swiya, the unceded and traditional homelands of the shíshálh People. We strive to Read more...

We are located uniquely at the centre of the Sunshine Coast.  We are a very proud museum as it is managed by our Shishalh people.  We give a in depth tour, telling our history and culture to all that enter.  The museum artifacts are found in our land, thus giving it the name Tems Swiya which translates to Our World Read more...