This year’s 7th Annual Sunshine Coast Mushroom Festival will be held October 16, 17 and 18, with events up and down the Sunshine Coast. Hosted by the Society for the Hunting, Recognition and Observation of Mushrooms (SHROOM), it promises to be another biologically diverse and fascinating event for both locals and visitors. From mushroom identification [...]
Sunshine Coast artists selected for the 2015 curated Sechelt Arts Festival Exhibition were asked, “What does cedar mean to you?” That began their “art as process” journey as they thoughtfully considered the impact of the cedar tree on our communities and in their individual lives. The results will be presented at the Art and the [...]
A new section highlights noteworthy events on the Sunshine Coast. Radar is your guide on what to do, where to go, and who to see on the Coast!
What is under my feet? Layers of soil, rocks, roots, earthworms; fallen leaves, new grass, seaweed; tiles, shoes, Lego (as suggested by a new mom). What provides our foundation as we move through our days? Artists were invited to share their stories and their art—and the jury committee took on the difficult task of selecting [...]
Pender Harbour was packed to capacity September 19–21, 2014, for the 18th Annual Pender Harbour Jazz Festival. Attendance this year broke all previous records, and the organizers once again find themselves in the delicious predicament of finding how to top it next year. The Pender Harbour Jazz Festival started showcasing different styles of jazz seven [...]
The sixth annual Sunshine Coast Mushroom Festival saw the Pender Harbour Community Hall once again packed to capacity as people from up and down the Coast and beyond gathered to admire the vast variety of fungi that thrive in our rainforest paradise. And that wasn’t all. Savoury aromas enticed people to the gourmet cooking corner, [...]
The Pender Harbour Jazz Festival was started in 1996 by a group of musicians and board members of the Pender Harbour Music Society. Their mandate was: to lengthen the tourist season to help local businesses; to feature all styles of jazz from varied countries and cultures; to attract a new audience to the music and [...]
OUR FOREST brings together some of the most recognized artists and artisans on the Sunshine Coast. The participating artists work in a variety of media, styles, and themes, presenting a range of interpretations and provoking discussion around the forest that surrounds and sustains us. For artists and performers, it is an opportunity to highlight their [...]
Join friends and take a scenic coastal tour of 135+ galleries and artist studios. Enjoy events, demos and meet the artists. For more information on the 2014 Sunshine Coast Art Crawl, visit sunshinecoastartcrawl.com.
More than a decade ago, a group of music enthusiasts dreamed of a summer chamber music festival in their community, the pretty village of Madeira Park on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast. They had the venue—a restored government Forestry building housing the Pender Harbour School of Music, surrounded by tall firs, its generous windows overlooking the lively [...]