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)

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!