Category: A & E

Six weeks ago, David Hickey embarked on the 2019 Cosmic Sound Canada Wide Tour with his family. At the end of August, he will begin performing Crystal Journey shows in venues all around Vancouver Island, including the Comox Valley. The intent of the music is to create expansive and relaxing music, to awaken consciousness and to provide a Cosmic Musical Journey into the Unknown.

Gardeners Green Folk Club in Merville is thrilled to welcome back our very favourite performer Jocelyn Pettit for a Summertime house concert at 7 pm on Sunday August 18th. This time she’ll be sharing the stage with Ellen Gira on cello.

The Pearl Ellis Gallery is pleased to present its members’ anniversary show from August 6th-24th. A wide variety of styles and themes will be displayed and available for purchase.

This Thursday is concert #5 in the NEW Elevate Summer Concert Series taking place each and every Thursday night right in the heart of the Village of Cumberland! And this week is shaping up to be a wildly fun ride with musical guests Entangados!

Mostly Watercolours, showcasing local artists Trisha Scarlett Milne and Heather Wilkinson, runs July 16-August 3 at the Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox. The artists are friends with much in common: both are excited by watercolour, have traveled widely, live in the Comox Valley and winter in La Manzanilla, Mexico.

The McLoughlin Gardens Society is pleased to welcome poet and scholar Maleea Acker as our 2019 Writer-in-Residence. Like previous writers at the McLoughlin Gardens, Anne Simpson and Arleen Paré, Maleea’s work reveals a profound attentiveness to the natural world. As a teacher and scholar, she invites her students to explore their own relationship to place.

Join us on the CVAG plaza tomorrow, Wednesday July 10th from 3 pm to 7 pm, for a “Tiny Homes” Community Make Art Project led by artist D Gillian Turner. Everyone is welcome to this all-ages event, where the artist will lead participants in the construction of small ceramic homes. Admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted.

Bring a blanket, a festival chair and a picnic and head down for the 2nd concert in the FREE Elevate Summer Concert Series right in the heart of Cumberland. 7 pm till 9:30 pm every Thursday July 4th through to August 15th. The July 11th event features The Aerialists with special guests!

This Thursday July 4th is the first event in the new Elevate Summer Concert Series bringing FREE community music nights right to the heart of Cumberland! Every Thursday from July 4 to August 15th the community is invited to Village Square for warm summer evenings filled with exceptional music from visiting and local artists. The Elevate Summer Concert Series is a project of the Elevate Consortium with in partnership with Cumberland Village Works, The Waverley Hotel and the Village of Cumberland.

Local author Anny Scoones will be at the Laughing Oyster Bookshop on Saturday, July 13th with her new book Island Home, Out and About on Vancouver Island, a humorous collection of essays about the island’s unique quirks.