Local Entertainment

Nanaimo’s Summertime Blues festival returns to Maffeo Sutton Park

This year’s event will be heavy on local talent, including guitarist Mark Crissinger

Submissions are open for Nanaimo’s 2019 Vancouver Island Short Film Festival

Vancouver Island filmmakers may submit their work free of charge at yearly event

One officer’s RCMP musical ride of a lifetime

RCMP officer Rusty Olsen shares experience with famed Musical Ride

BLUES BASH: Help celebrate silver anniversary at Ship Point

Legendary guitarist Tinsley Ellis, Davina and the Vagabonds headline weekend shows

  • Aug 11th, 2018

Sonic the Hedgehog movie casting call in Ladysmith next week

Film to hire 100 people as extra to play role of ‘townsfolk’

Celebrate local food with Feast of Fields in North Saanich

21st Feast of Fields on Vancouver Island is at Kildara Farms on Aug. 26 from 1 to 4 p.m.

  • Aug 10th, 2018
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So You Think You Can Dance Canada winner to teach local youth

Elevate Dance Centre hosts classes taught by Tara-Jean Popowich

Victoria’s Embrace Arts Foundation’s accessible dance camp makes Nanaimo debut

Dance in Your Freedom Adaptive Dance Camp designed with all levels of ability in mind

Cowichan dancer headed to international street dance world cup in China

$750,000 in cash awaits the winning team.

Victoria-based carver receives Order of B.C.

Carey Newman created Witness Blanket that travelled the nation

Port Alberni’s Five Acre Shaker is more than a music festival

2018 event at McLean Mill Historic Park will be open to families

LANG AND STAPLES: Plenty of soul on stage in Victoria this Sept. 25

Onetime blues guitar wunderkind Jonny Lang joins legendary vocalist Mavis Staples in concert

Huge crowd celebrates Sunfest opening night with Canyon, Pritchett in Lake Cowichan

Plenty to enjoy as Sunfest Country Music Festival opened, and lots of folks came out to do so

Navy band to perform at Sooke RCMP Musical Ride

Mounties perform ride Aug 18 and 19

WATCH: Drone footage of humpbacks, orcas, and Vancouver Island’s wild Pacific Rim

German tourist captures beauty of Canada’s West Coast.

SYMPHONY SPLASH: Movie music keeps things fun at Splash

Victoria Symphony event is far more than just a classical music concert

Society rolling out the red carpet for the arts in Sooke

Sooke Fine Arts Show offers a juried selection of pieces sure to stimulate the imagination

  • Jul 21st, 2018

Inside the music: step behind the curtain at the venerable Vancouver Island Music Festival

Big Read: VIMF in the Comox Valley exemplifies the spirit of an Island summer music festival

DJ Pauly D adds second show after first Victoria date sells out in less than two hours

Some tickets still available after second date added

THE FIERY FLAMENCO: Annual festival set to heat up Victoria

Performances free and ticketed, plus workshops, highlight celebration of the dance

  • Jul 18th, 2018