Sunshine Coast BC Canada - Visitor Information for Powell River and area

Festivals & Events on the Sunshine Coast

Live music at SeaFair
Entertaining the crowd at Seafair

MAJOR FESTIVAL LISTINGS
for more listings, visit the Suncoast Arts Calendar

MAIN EVENTS - 2010:

FEBRUARY
Feb 3 & 4	Olympic Torch Relay, Powell River, Sechelt, Gibsons
Feb 5	Festival of Wind, Gibsons - Heritage Playhouse
Feb 15-28	Performing Arts Festival Various venues, Powell River
Feb 18-21	Powell River Film Festival Evergreen Hall
MARCH
March 6th	Sunshine Coast Health Festival Gibsons
March 27-28	Powell River Writers Conference Dwight Hall
APRIL
April 11th	Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run Gibsons to Sechelt run
April 19 - May 16	Performing Arts Festival Sechelt to Gibsons
April 23-24	Vocal Summit, Powell River Various venues.
April 24	8th Annual April Tools Wooden Boat Challenge, Millenium Park, Madeira Park
April 24*	Earth Day Roberts Creek Mandala. *date to be confirmed
MAY
May 22	May Day Parade & Fair Downtown Madeira Park Pender Harbour
May 21-24	8th Annual Attack of Danger Bay - Longboard Race, Francis Peninsula Pender Harbour
May 29-31	Lund Shellfish Festival
May to October	Farmers Market Ravens Cry Theatre every Saturday, 8:30 am - 1 pm
JUNE
June 4-6	7th Annual Pender Harbour Blues Festival
June TBA	Egmont Day - Annual festival, dance, and kids stuff
June 5-10	Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival Festival Week
June 11-13	Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival
JULY
July TBA	18th Annual Malaspina Regatta Madeira Park
July 1	Gibsons Canada Day Celebrations
July 1	Sechelt Canada Day Celebrations
July 5-9	Coast String Fiddlers 2010 Celtic School of Music
July 6-10	International Choral Kathaumixw Powell River
July 9-11	Annual Howe Sound Outrigger Races The Races are back! 11th International event.
July TBA	Community Mandala Painting, Roberts Creek
July 10-11	Texada Island Sandcastle Competition Don't be late... Gillies Bay/Shelter Point
July 9-12	Diversity Festival, Texada Island Gillies Bay
July TBA	44th Annual Halfmoon Bay Country Fair, Coopers Green
July 23-25	Gibsons Annual Sea Cavalcade Fireworks, parade, street dance, craft fairs, logger sports, games, prizes and lots of free outdoor performances - great for the entire family.
July 23-24	Powell River Sea Fair One of Powell River's Best Annual Festivals
July 25	Texada Island Annual Fly-In
July TBA	Wooden Boat Festival Pender Harbour - Madeira Park Wharf
July TBA	Bonfire Music Festival
July 30-Aug 7	Sechelt Arts Festival
AUGUST
Aug TBA	Commotion on the Ocean - Gambier
Aug 1	Powell River Townsite Centennial Celebration
Aug. 6-8	Festival of the Rolling Arts: Sleepy Hollow Rod Run and Show & Shine, Sechelt
Aug. 12-15	28th Annual Festival of the Written Arts Rockwood/Sechelt
Aug. 14-15	Annual Hackett Park Juried Craft Fair
Aug 14-21	Powell River Blackberry Festival
Aug TBA	Davis Bay Sandcastle Competition
Aug. 18-21	Annual Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival
Aug. 21-23	6th Annual Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival
Aug. 21-22	Arts Alive In The Park, Powell River Willingdon Beach
Aug. TBA	Roberts Creek Daze
Aug. 28-29	Powell River Studio Tour Powell River to Lund
Aug. TBA	Astronomy in the Park Porpoise Bay Park, Sechelt
SEPTEMBER
September TBA	Gambier Island Craft Fair Various venues
September 4-5	Sunshine Music Festival Powell River, Palm Beach Park
September TBA	Gibsons Landing Salmon Festival
Sept. 17-19	Pender Harbour Jazz Festival
September TBA	New Moon Festival Gibsons Dougall Park
OCTOBER
October TBA	10th Annual Pender Fall Faire
October TBA	Apple Festival Halfmoon Bay Coopers Green
October TBA	Sunshine Coast Mushroom Festival Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre, Madeira Pk
NOVEMBER
Nov. 11	Remembrance Day Services, Coast-wide
Nov. TBA	Annual Roberts Creek Christmas Craft Fair Roberts Creek Hall
DECEMBER
Dec. TBA	Annual Pender Harbour Bird Count
Dec. TBA	Light the Lights at Rockwood Center, Sechelt, 6:30 pm
Dec. TBA	Light up the Harbour various locations, Pender Harbour
Dec. TBA	Annual Arts Council Christmas Craft Fair Seaside Center, Teredo St. Sechelt