The 9th annual Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival will take place from August 15th to August 18th this year and will again feature world-class musicians playing an eclectic programme of chamber music ideally suited to the School of Music in Madeira Park. For more information, visit www.penderharbourmusic.ca.
The 17th Annual Pender Harbour Jazz Festival features our broadest range of generations of performers ever. Dal Richards, who is a young 95, will lead his Orchestra on Saturday at the Jazzapalooza, and the 20-something youngsters of Jackie Treehorn will funk it up at the Grasshopper. Every age in between will be onstage, once again [...]
Far from being just another festival, Synchronicity is a bold experiment in community building that gives us all a glimpse into our future today. Synchronicity is that moment in time when everything just feels connected. And while this feeling can be difficult to capture, the Synchronicity Festival is doing just that. We take the Sunshine [...]
[custom_frame_left][/custom_frame_left] The twentieth anniversary of any arts organization in our day and age is cause to celebrate, and this May the Coast Symphony Orchestra (CSO) plans to celebrate in style with the homecoming of Mark Andrews and Beth Currie-Buono as soloists with the orchestra in a gala matinee concert followed by a reception. The impetus [...]
The Pender Harbour Blues Society is very excited to be presenting the 10th Annual Blues Festival (June 7—9). Slated to be a reunion celebration, this year’s event will see the return of some of the fabulous musicians who have graced past festivals. Performances by legendary bluesman Jim Byrnes, 2013 Maple Blues Award winners Steve Kozak [...]
After 17 years, the Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival (June 14—16) is moving its Saturday main stage to Gower Point Road in the Seaside Village. The businesses in the Landing are thrilled and will celebrate with special Jazz Supporter surprises and street specials. There will be a special stage for kids with the Legion of Flying [...]
[custom_frame_center][/custom_frame_center] Since August, the cast at Coast Community Productions has been working hard rehearsing for its initial offering, “The Man with the Plastic Sandwich,” an entertaining comedy by Roger Karshner. “After being fired from a job of 20 years, Walter Price ponders his future on a park bench, where he meets three wacky characters: Ellie, [...]
[custom_frame_center][/custom_frame_center] The Sunshine Coast Driftwood Players is in the midst of rehearsals for a December production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. The play’s director, Ingrid Bilton is delighted with the talent and enthusiasm of this cast of 25 children between 4 and 14 years of age. In the play, a couple struggling to put [...]
The Pender Harbour Choir, under the direction of Joy McLeod has prepared a varied repertoire of holiday music to usher in Christmas Cheer this festive season. The concert will be held the Music School in Madeira Park on December 10th at 2:00 pm. Tickets are at $15 each and will be available at Bluewaters Books [...]