Gabriola Island Events Blog

September Gabriola Events

September 1st, 2010

 

September 2nd – 7:30 at the Agi Hall - Garden Club talk, cob garden structures, green roofs and permaculture.

September 3rd – 1:00-4:00 - Silva Bay Shipyard School Open House

September 4th – Kids Fashion Show at The Roxy

September 10th – 12th - Spiritual Film Festival at The Roxy, tickets at Art Works

September 12th – The Agricultural Fall Fair, 2010 – noon to 3:00 at the Gabriola Commons, displays, animals, food and music, fun for all.

September 18th – Gabriola Museum, 15th anniversary open house

September 25th – 3:30 – 6:30 – 7th Annual Wine Festival at the Surf Lodge

September 26th – Sunday Hocky Charity Challenge at Huxley Park

Every Saturday from 10:00 to Noon – Agi Hall Farmers’ Market

Every Sunday Silva Bay Market

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August Events

August 1st, 2010

 

August 1st – Silva Bay Market, every Sunday all summer, outdoor crafts market at Silva Bay Resort

August 3rd – Spanish Lessons start, a fun interactive class that will change your Latin experience, contact Helen at elena_aqui@yahoo.com or call 250-247-8550

August 5th – 14th annual Concert on the Green featuring The Timebenders, 4 pm at The Gabriola Golf Course, tickets available at the gate.

August 5th – 7 pm at Gabriola Artworks, new works in glass by Tammy Hudgeon

August 7 – the 55th annual Salmon BBQ at The Gabriola Community Hall

August 7 – 2 pm at The Commons, raffle draw. 9-5 Sporting Clays Shooting Competition at the Rod and Gun Club

August 11 – 7:30 pm at The Phoenix Auditorium, Lulu presents A Summer Recital, tickets at the door

Aufust 19th – 80’s Dance Night at Silva Bay Resort

August 20th – 22nd – Gabriola Theatre Festival, three days, twelve theatre shows, kids program, outdoor stage, pancake breakfast, street art, buskers and more, tickets at Artworks coffee bar or online at gabriolatheatrefestival.ca

August 22 – 11:30-2pm, Garage sale and lunch counter at the Agi Hall, a fundraiser for Gabriola Home Support

Also, regular summer events, Saturday Farmers Market 10-12 at the Agi Hall, Dinner and Music at Silva Bay, Raspberries Jazz Cafe, Skol Pub, and the Surf Lodge. Music and entertainment at The Roxy. Fabulous pizza at Woodfire Pizza and Pasta, fine dinning at Roberts Place and the A Frame Restaurant and regular events at The Gabriola Commons.

Enjoy a fantastic summer on Gabriola Island, get out to our many beaches and walk in our parks!

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July Events

July 1st, 2010

July 1 – Canada Day Events take place at numerous locations on Gabriola

Every Saturday – Gabriola Farmers Market at the Agricultural Hall 10 am to noon

July 2,9, 16, 23 and 30- Summer Studio Tour, a self guided tour of several select studios will give you a taste of what is to come on Thanksgiving weekend at the 14th annual Gabriola Studio Tour, featuring 50 artists in 41 studios. Get your full color brochure, Gabriola Arts Council, Folklife Village 1-4.

July 5-9 – Kids Club “Heart of Africa”  for ages 3 through grade 7, 9 am – 11:30 am at the Gabriola Fellowship Church, call Chris 250-247-7971

July 10 – Once Upon a Time Art Extravaganza, an art in the garden event featuring 10 local artists – free family fun – 10 am to 4 pm, 539 Wildwood Cres.

July 10-17 – Shipyard Raid, annual week-long staged rowing and sailing race for traditional small boats. Starts at Silva Bay on Gabriola.

July 17-18 – 22nd Gabriola Men’s Amateur 2010 at the Gabriola Golf Club

July 24 – 11 am – 2 pm, Pie Day at The Commons – Fun, Food and Fundraising – come hungry for sweet or savory pie and donate generously to 3 non profit organizations.

July 25 – Haiku Galore, 10 am to noon at the Commons

July 1 - tickets go on sale for the 2010 Gabriola Thealter Festival which takes place August 20-22. www.gabriolatheatrefestival.ca

Movies at the Roxy on Gabriola www.roxyclassic.com

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June Events

May 25th, 2010

Every Saturday – Gabriola Farmers Market at the Agricultural Hall, 10 am to noon, until October

June 4 – Gabriola Emergency Social Services Team hosts a free workshop at The Rollo Center across from the school at 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, how you can help yourselves and the community in the event of a major disaster and what help you can expect from the Regional District and the Province.

June 6 – Jake’s Gift, 2 pm and 7 pm performances at the Gabriola Theatre Centre. This award winning Canadian play www.juliamackey.com is a fundraiser for the theatre, we have seen it and highly recommend it but take tissues, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Tickets $20 at Artworks and The Island Book Shoppe.

June 7 - June 11, Gabriola Radio Society (GRS) will be hosting the National Campus Community Radio Conference (NCRC) at Camp Miriam. This premium conference, taking place in a beautiful rural island setting, will be open to all NCRA members as well as anyone interested in expanding their radio skills and knowledge. Contact Ken, 250-247-9891

June 13, Heartsong Choir & Naomi Wakan, 7:30 pm – Benefit Concert for Kidzpositive, a program for HIV/AIDS positive kids, their mothers and grandmothers in Capetown South Africa. The accapella harmonies of Heartsong Choir and poetry of Naomi Wakan mixed deliciously and presented for your enjoyment at the Gabriola Theatre Centre.

June 14, Rodrigo Pessoa Golf Classic – fund raiser for the medical clinic, at the Gabriola Golf and Country Club. Two sporting worlds will collide when show jumping’s World and Olympic Champion, Rodrigo Pessoa, comes to Gabriola, accepting an invitation to bring his name to a future signature golf tournament: the “Rodrigo Pessoa Golf Classic”.

June 19, 11am to 4pm, and on June 20, 11am to 2pm – Friends of the Library, Giant Book Sale, Rollo Centre, North Road, a huge variety of books at bargain prices will be sold as a fundraiser for library events. If you have books to donate, please contact Kristin 250-247-7656 or email at kristinmiller@shaw.ca

June 19 – June 20, Silva Bay Fishing Derby, prize for largest Chinook Salmon is $1,000 and there will be 30 other prizes awarded. $1,000 will be donated to the Nanaimo River Hatchery from the proceeds. Tickets are $25 per rod, and can be obtained at Silva Bay Marina, Pages, Village Paint and Hardware, or the Harbour Chandler. Please call Jenny Ireland 250 247-8662, for boat reservations or tickets.

June 19, Summer Solstice at The Gabriola Commons, check www.gabriolacommons.ca for more details

June 24, Himalayan Festival, 6:00 pm at the Community Hall, entrance by donation. This is a fund raiser for eye care in the remote hills of Nepal. 6 pm Nepali meal $10, 7:30 slide show and films (by donation).

June 27, 10 am -5 pm the Gabriola Home and Garden Tour, a self-guided tour of beautiful homes and gardens, sponsored by People for a Healthy Community. Tickets: $20 Available at Lockwood Gardens, Wildrose Garden Centre, Wheelbarrow Nursery and Artworks.

Regular events and programs are held at the many venues throughout Gabriola Island including The Roxy, Raspberries Jazz Cafe, The Phoenix Auditorium, Skol Pub, Silva Bay, the Gabriola Museum, the Public Library, The Commons, the Hope Center (for kids) and the Rollo Center (for seniors)

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May Events

May 8th, 2010

May 7 & 8
Gabriola Players Theatre Society presents two ONE act plays, “Going to the Chapel” and “Banana Man”, at The Centre on Peterson Road. Tickets at Artworks!

May 8

Dinah D’s Contraband Swingclub, dance at Silva Bay, 9pm.

May 9

Gabriola Health Care Foundation – Mothers Day Tea, a fabulous “High Tea in the Grande Style of the Empress” with cakes, cookies, sandwiches, petit fours, regular and specialty teas or coffee presented with white-gloved service. The invitations are printed, and we can send them out to your family and friends, please reserve your tickets by contacting Nancy at nevamore@shaw.ca or call 247-0041– and you can now visit www.ghcf.ca for VISA/PAYPAL ($10.00 by May 1st, $15.00 at the door).

May 9

Mother’s Day Brunch at the Surf Lodge followed by “Shake Your Can” auction.  Come and bid on your favorite can, all money goes to the organization who did the can you bid on!  Starts at 1 pm at the Surf Lodge. For more info email gabriolaartscouncil@shaw.ca

May 10

The newly formed Gabriolan Vegetarian Group is having a panel presentation and discussion at the Roxy, on Monday May 10th from 7 to 9 pm. Admission is free although small donations for organizational expenses are welcome.

May 13

Doris’s Fund Run Day at the Gym@Twin Beaches. 7:00 am – 7:00 pm. Pledge sheets can be picked up at the gym or by phoning Doris 250-247-9747. If you do not want to ‘sweat’ it you are encouraged to drop in, have a muffin and drop your donation in the giant jar! Feel the energy, join the fun! All proceeds go to the Gabriola Health Care Foundation.

May 13

Lulu Performing Arts Society is looking for items for the “Display and Sale” taking place on Thursday, May 13th at the Community Hall before and after the Gabriola premier performance of “Stitch”, an a capella opera performed by three women and three sewing machines. The display and sale will feature everything from machine-sewn fabric art and quilts, to “home-made” clothing, vintage garments, and aprons. Machine-sewn assemblage a la GIRO and vintage sewing tools and memorabilia are welcome!

May 15

The second annual Gabriola’s Got Talent – Junior Edition. On Saturday, May 15th., The Gathering Place together with the PHIT (Peer Helpers In Training) team of 2010, will be hosting a special talent contest in the multi-purpose room at the Gathering Place Youth Centre, at 790 North Road. So if you know of a young person who is gifted in song or dance, tappin’ and a-struttin’, juggling or yodeling, magic or comedy, and more, tell them to come and join in. Contestant Entry Forms can be picked up at The Gathering Place or the Gabriola Elementary School. All entries must be submitted to the Gathering Place by Saturday, May 8th, together with an entry fee of $2 per contestant. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in two age categories: 9 and under, and 10 to 13 years.

May 22

Cowboys for the Clinic – This Pancake Breakfast & Country Hoedown will prove to be the biggest and best public awareness event of the year! With music to chomp too, and cowboy boots to stomp to, the WI plant sale and the opening of the Farmer’s Market all nearby, 9-noon at the new clinic site.

May 30

Lions Foundation of Canada Purina Walk for Dog Guides. 12:30 gather at Gabriola Sands Park

May 30

Tour de Gabriola annual event has 3 road routes for the bicycles, this year we will be adding an “off-road” route for the more adventuresome rider. 8am-1pm. Watch for more details!

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April Gabriola Events

March 26th, 2010

Sorry, we missed March, some how the time got away from me:)

April 2010

Thursday, April 1 – Oh Deer!! All welcome to attend a talk by Liz Ciosia about deer on Gabriola, their habitat and deer resistant landscaping. 7:30 pm @ the Agi Hall

Saturday, April 3 – Get Geared Up – New and Used sports equipment and outdoor recreational equipment sale. All proceeds to the Gabriola Health Care Foundation. Silent Auction and Breakfast available. Agi Hall from 9-noon. For more info call Bob at 247-7886

Tuesday, April 6 – Matt Anderson, Blues sensation is performing at The Roxy at 7:30 pm. Recently featured on Stewart McLean’s Vinyl cafe. Tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased at Artworks. For more info contact Ken Stefanson @ 247-0132

Thursday, April 8 – Friends of the Library host an illustrated presentation and workshop by Valerie Alia, award-winning scholar, journalist and photographer. Free admission to The Roxy 7pm – 9pm.

Saturday, April 10 – Kathy Mac and The Bevy of Boys. The Bevy will fill The Skol with R&B, blues, soul and energy to keep you dancing. Cover is $5 and the show starts at 9:30pm.

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, April 17-19 – The 12th Annual Silva Bay Shipyard School Launch Festival. Enjoyment all weekend for the whole family.

Friday/Saturday, April 23-24 – Sustainable Gabriola’s Earth Day Celebrations. Special guest speakers on Friday evening at The Roxy and a Sustainability fair on Saturday afternoon at the Community Hall. For more information visit the website at www.sustainablegabriola.ca

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February Events on Gabriola

January 25th, 2010

Thursday, February 4th – Seed exchange and Mason Bee presentation courtesy of Gabriola Garden Club. 7pm at the Agi Hall, all welcome.

Saturday, February 6th – “Travels on the Silk Road” Slide show presented by Steve Struthers, Alison Douglas and Pam Asquith. 3:30 pm at the Roxy, free admission.

Sunday, February 7th – Candlemas Celebration, One of the 8 seasonal celebrations, the first after Winter Solstice. 3 pm at Rose Crystal Studio, potluck to follow, all welcome. Call 250-247-9964 for more information.

Friday & Saturday, February 12th & 13th – KMP presents the Tune In and Tune Up Presenters ConcertsDouble bill both nights with tickets available now at Artworks. For more info on the concerts or workshops visit www.keepmusical.com

Sunday, February 14th – The Gabriola Health Care Auxiliary presents “Cupid’s Clinic”, a Valentine’s fundraiser at Dragon’s Lodge. Visit www.ghcs.ca for more information.

Sunday, February 14th – 2pm at The Island Book Shoppe – Love Poems & Chocolate – an alternative to Hallmark! Come and share a love poem or two and some chocolate! The poems can be ones that you wrote or your favourites by another author but they should celebrate – in some way- LOVE in one of its many manifestations: romantic love, love of the natural world, love of one’s children, love of – you name it! Don’t want to read a poem? Then come and be the audience – we need you too. No fee (except poetry and chocolate) but space is limited, so reservations are required. RSVP to Sharon at 250-247-8946

Monday, February 15th – Harmonized Sales Tax Q & A with Jean Crowder, MP. 5:15 pm at the Agi Hall. Call April Gibson at 250-325-7378 for more information.

Thursday February 18th – Vanishing Beacons: BC’s Lightkeepers. 7pm at the Roxy Theatre. Please join maritime historian Ivan Bulic and Entrance Island lightkeepers for a presentation about the lore and romance of BC’s lighthouses and the men and women who keep the beacons lit.

Friday, February 19th – Poetry Gabriola presents Red Chamber, the second performance in the Words and Music 2010 series. In the Phoenix Auditorium at the Haven, 7pm, 240 Davis Rd. Tickets $20, available at Artworks or online at www.poetrygabriola.com.

Saturday, February 20th -Food Forum 2010 at the Gabriola Community Hall from 12 – 4pm. Display tables available at no charge. RSVP to Eric Veale at 250-247-9567.

Saturday, February 20th – The Gabriola Dance School will be having a full scale production at 2 pm at the Haven, dancers range in age from 2 to 16 years. Admission is by donation to PHC food bank. Call Mara Brenner at 250-247-8538 for more info.

Saturday, February 27th – A reading by award winning short story writer Carol Windley at The Roxy at 2 pm. Free Admission.

Saturday, February 27th – Trades and Services Fair from 11am to 2pm at the Commons–A Chamber of Commerce and Gabriola Commons sponsored event. If you work at a trade on Gabriola, this is for you. What will it cost you? Two hours of your time donated, to be silent auctioned as a fund raiser for The Commons. What you get: A table at The Commons to display/advertise what you do and to talk to potential customers, as they come in to bid on the cornucopia of donated trade hours and to learn about what trades have to offer on Gabriola. Call Heide: 250-247-7384

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January Events

December 30th, 2009

January 2010

Friday, January 1st – Gabriola Co-op Radio CKGI presents “Cover The World With Goodness” live at The Haven. A fundraiser for our new community radio station. Doors, 6pm; show, 7-9pm. All ages. Tickets $15 or $25 for both Haven and Surf Lodge show, available at Artworks & Falconer Books Nanaimo.

Friday, January 1st – Gabriola Co-op Radio CKGI presents “Under the Covers”, adult variety show at The Surf. Admission restricted to 19 years or older. Content may not be suitable for all audiences, please use listener discretion. Doors: 9pm. Show: 10pm to midnight. Tickets $15 or with the Haven show $25.

Saturday, January 9th -Day long kickoff of “2010–Year of the Clinic” celebration for islanders of all ages. Put on by the Gabriola Health Care Auxiliary at the Community Hall.

Saturday, January 9th – Poetry Gabriola presents Veda Hille and Her Band: “Do You Want What I Have Got?” This is the first of four performances in the “Words & Music” concert series. In acknowledgment of the tough times we are weathering, Poetry Gabriola is offering each of these concerts for the low ticket price of $20. More information and online ticket sales at www.poetrygabriola.com.

Saturday, Jan. 16th and Sunday, Jan. 17th – Antony Holland in “Tuesdays with Morrie” returns to Western Edge for two shows only. All tickets: $18 before Jan. 1st, $22 starting Jan. 1st. Tickets are available by phone at 250-325-7777 (Nanaimo) or 1-888-320-3343, and at Falconer Books (Port Place Mall) and Gabriola Artworks.

Thursday, January 21st - at The Roxy, The Haints with The Fiddlesniffers. The Haints play old-time stringband music. These are four world-class musicians in this traditional style (Pharis Romero, Jason Romero, Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones). The Fiddlesniffers (Victor Anthony and Alison Humphries) play “hillbilly chamber music” which is traditional fiddle tunes arranged for two acoustic guitars, one fingerpicked and the other flatpicked.

Saturday, January 30th – at The Roxy, Sarah Tradewell with special guest Victor Anthony. Sarah is a dazzling young fiddler from Victoria. She plays traditional Irish tunes (and whatever else strikes her fancy) with a few vocal numbers in the mix as well. Victor will play a short set of trad material to open the show. www.sarahtradewell.com.

Happy New Year, let 2010 be a fabulous year!

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December Events

November 29th, 2009

December 2009

Thursday, Dec. 3 – 101 Solutions for Global Warming. Author Guy Dauncey launching his latest book, The Climate Challenge at The Roxy Theatre on December 3rd at 7pm. Admission by donation, sponsored by New Society Publishers.

Saturday, Dec. 5 – The Canadian Tenors in concert with the Vancouver Island Symphony on Saturday December 5 at 7:30pm and Sunday, December 6, at 2pm at The Port Theatre. A fundraising event in support of the Vancouver Island Symphony’s Youth & Education Program. Tickets: $50 and available through Port Theatre Ticket Centre: 250-754-8550

Sat., Dec. 5 – Friends of the Library Book Sale: Book donations: Good quality books in good condition can be left at the library or delivered to 1800 Whalebone Drive carport anytime. For more information contact Wendy Strachan at 250-247-8392.

Sat., Dec. 5 – Victor Anthony and Friends third annual Concert For The Commons at The Roxy. Tickets will be available at Artworks. Doors open at 7pm, downbeat at 7:30pm.

Wed., Dec. 9 – Taking the Lines of Sea Star 2: A 1934 Matsumoto Troller at 7pm, Silva Bay Shipyard School. Gabriola boatbuilder Tony Grove talks about “Taking the Lines of Sea Star 2: A 1934 Matsumoto Troller”.

Fri., Dec. 11 – October Ferries to Gabriola: A Reading at the Roxy. In 1946 Malcolm and Margerie Lowry caught the Atrevida for Gabriola. Now a modern couple follow in their wake, echoing their search for paradise. Join them at a reading of Charlotte Cameron’s new play. Tickets at Artworks. 7:30pm. Doors open at 7pm.

Fri., Dec. 11 – Jupiter Ranch Art Studio invites you and your well-behaved pets to a festive night of art, baubles and fun. Friday, December 11th, 5pm – 9pm. The art of emerging Pet Portrait Artist, Lesley Harris, will be featured and you’ll be sure to recognize a furry Gabriola face in her work. The various artworks of Jupiter Ranch’s resident artist, Sylvie Milman will also be available for viewing and sale. 2220 Shaw Road, Gabriola, 250-247-2051

Sat., Dec. 12 – Restoring Carlotta, 1899 Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter at 4pm, Silva Bay Shipyard School. Stephen Mohan talks about restoring Carlotta, built in 1899 as a Bristol Channel pilot cutter, and worked for the Cumberland Sea Fisheries before being converted into a yacht in 1907.

Saturday, December 12 – Sheila Norgate’s annual studio sale. 2531 Tyee Drive from 11am – 5 pm 250-247-7308 for more information.

Sat., Dec. 12 – The Grade 7’s invite you to attend their movie fundraiser, No Impact Man, on Saturday, Dec. 12th, matinee and Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7pm. Can you save the planet without driving your family crazy?

Sunday, December 13 & Thursday, December 17 – Radio After Dark presents Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer at the Surf Lodge. Evening performances at 7:30 with Sunday matinee at 2:00. Tickets at Artworks in Folklife Village.

Sun., Dec. 20 – Solstice Celebration at the Commons — details TBA.

Sun., Dec. 27 (24 hours)- Christmas Bird Count 2009. If you can help, no experience is required as you will go with someone who knows the birds. A $5 donation from each person goes to Bird Studies Canada to help cross-Canada analysis. Please call Margaret at 250-247-2025 as soon as possible.

Don’t forget to vote for the Aviva Community Fund everyday from December 2 – 16!!

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November Events

November 12th, 2009

November 12 – 15 – the 6th annual poetry festival at the Surf Lodge, The Roxy and other locations. For tickets please click here, or visit Artworks.

November 14 – The Port Theatre is host to “The Kerplunks” at 2:30 pm. Call 250-754-8550 or visit the Port Theatre box office for tickets.

November 14 – Country Dance! Old style country music with Nathan Tinkham and friends. Community Hall, doors at 7:30 pm with music starting at 8 pm. Tickets are $12 at the door. Call 250-247-8197 for more information.

November 15 – Malapina Choir presents La Diva and Le Choir with guest Natalie Choquette. Show starts at 2 pm at The Port Theatre. Call 250-754-8550 or visit the box office for tickets.

November 18 – What to Archive? Workshop about what to archive and how to keep it safe. Put on by both the Gabriola Museum Society and People for a Healthy Community. 7 – 8 pm at Gabriola Commons in the PHC Offices on the lower floor. RSVP by email to Kathryn or call 250-247-7311.

November 19 – 21 – The Vancouver Island Symphony presents “A Mozart Festival” featuring 2 concerts and the movie “Amadeus – The Director’s Cut”. Festival pass $75.00, single tickets also available. Contact The Port Theatre at 250-754-8550 or visit the box office for more information.

November 21 – Mel Watson at The Roxy. Indie artisit Mel Watson offers her unique musical style with the aid of modern technology and outstanding musical ability. Winner of 19 Australian Music Awards making this a show to not miss! Tickets $15 in advance at Artworks, $18 at the door. Doors open at 7 pm show starts at 7:30 pm.

November 25 – Clothes swap party at the Surf Lodge. Contact Sarah Welsby for more inofrmation or to donate clothes. Cost to attend is $15 per individual and $20 per family with proceeds going to build an orphanage in Cambodia. Starts at 4 pm!

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