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Market Day 2024

Downtown Courtenay

Market Day 2024 in Downtown Courtenay is taking place 9:00 am -5:00 pm July 20th, 2024! Come to the heart of the Comox Valley and take in all the fun Market Day provides. Portions of 5th Street, England Ave, and Duncan Ave will be closed to traffic creating a pedestrian-only zone filled with vendors of […]

Free

Words + Images

Artful the Gallery 526 Cumberland Rd, Courtenay, BC

Join poets/multidisciplinary artists Carys Owen & Diana Kolpak to explore the magical intersection of found poetry and images. Poets and collage artists at all levels of experience are welcome. Bring your own scissors, your imagination and your sense of adventure…all other materials will be supplied for you to create your own frame-worthy collage poem to […]

$25

words + images collage poetry workshop

Artful the Gallery 526 Cumberland Rd, Courtenay, BC

Join poets/multidisciplinary artists Carys Owen & Diana Kolpak to explore the magical intersection of found poetry and images. Poets and collage artists at all levels of experience are welcome.Bring your own scissors, your imagination and your sense of adventure…all other materials will be supplied for you to create your own frame-worthy collage poem to take […]

Mark Bérubé plays Cumberland’s Lower East Side

Cumberland's Lower East Side Cumberland, Canada

Mark Bérubé is one of Canada’s most captivating and unfaltering talents, having devoted himself with the spirit of a craftsman to the art of song. With one foot rooted in the folk music tradition of story-telling, the poetry of spoken-word, and the other planted in a childhood love of South African music, psychedelic folk pop […]

$25

SUMMER 2024 MAKE ART SERIES + DROP-IN MAKE STATIONS

Comox Valley Art Gallery 580 Duncan Avenue, Courtenay, BC

This summer’s Make Art Series and drop-in Make Stations have been developed by CVAG’s summer student interns, who have been inspired by the work presented in the exhibition: Diane Landry: Matière dans le Temps | Matter in Time from June 15 – September 24. Landry is known for her kinetic sculptural works and performances that utilize light, […]

Event Series Pulse on the Plaza

Pulse on the Plaza

Duncan & 6th Duncan Avenue, Courtenay, BC, Canada

SUMMER PULSE ON THE PLAZAHAPPENING ON FRIDAYS THIS SUMMER - JULY 26, AUG 23 AND SEPT 27 Get ready for an exciting summer of creativity and community at “Summer Pulse on the Plaza”. This vibrant arts-based event will take place on the fourth Friday of July, August, and September on the Plaza in front of […]

Free

Salon des Refusés Artist Reception at Artful : The Gallery

Artful the Gallery 526 Cumberland Rd, Courtenay, BC

In 1863 in Paris, France, the jury for the annual Salon rejected two thirds of the painters who had presented work for adjudication into the prestigious Salon. The list of the refused included Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Antoine Chintreuil, James McNeill Whistler, and Johan Jongkind. The rejected artists, their patrons, and supporters protested […]

Free

Sound Art Installation by Daniela O’Fee

The Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park 2750 Shingle Spit Road, Hornby Island, BC, Canada

Sonic Improvisations On The Sculptures Of Jeffrey RubinoffDaniela O’Fee created her Transmissions series as a direct response to the sculptures of Jeffery Rubinoff. Adopting the perspective of intergalactic researchers in this work, O’Fee utilizes distance as a critical tool. Created remotely, these transmissions are the researchers’ attempts to understand Rubinoff’s sculptural forms by activating each […]

Free

Sound Art Installation & Artist Talk By Jess Conn-Potegal

The Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park 2750 Shingle Spit Road, Hornby Island, BC, Canada

Contemplation on Water and Steel Jess Conn Potegal’s 2023 Contemplations on Water and Steel is a sound-based exploration of Jeffery Rubinoff’s sculptures. In collaboration with JRSP Curator Karun Koernig on bass, keys and flute, Conn-Potegal engages with Rubinoff’s work as aural entities in this project: deploying mallets and contact microphones, he effectively plays the sculptures. […]

Free

Madeline Read – Elevate Summer Concert Series

Elevate Summer Concerts continue this Thursday eve at 7 pm with Madelyn Read and special guest Elk! Praised by Americana UK as a “wonderful example of grafting new perspectives onto folk and country roots,” Madelyn Read blends classic country instrumentation with lyrics about growing up in Vancouver, BC to produce a unique alt-country sound. Inspired […]

Event Series Filberg Festival

Filberg Festival

Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park 61 Filberg Road, Comox, BC, Canada

The historic Filberg Park in Comox is gearing up to host the 40th annual Filberg Festival from Friday, August 2nd to Sunday, August 4th, 2024. Tickets for the weekend and single-day experiences are available at www.filbergfestival.com. This year, Filberg Festival continues its tradition of showcasing the finest Canadian & international talent alongside a carefully curated […]