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Vancouver Island Events

Dec 12, 2019
Dec 12, 2019
yoga

Join Tracey Pike at Aurora Wellness Centre, Pville weekly or drop in for this all level Hatha style Yoga practice. You will improve your breathing, balance, strength and flexibility while we mindfully relax.
Category:Workshop
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:7:30pm - 8:30pm
Address:1989 Kaye Rd. Parksville,
Location:Aurora Wellness Centre
Website:Open Site
 
Nov 20, 2019 to Dec 23, 2019
xmas

Shop local this Christmas at Best Coast Pop Up.

Its happening again! We’re back at Woodgrove Centre!

We’re gathering up some exclusive west coast local makers!

Visit us at our new larger location in Woodgrove Centre November 20th to December 23rd at our Pop Up Shop storefront just past the food court, across from the mall entrance to Landmark Cinemas.

Find your favourites and even some new favourites at our upcoming pop up shop at Woodgrove Centre. We have over 125 different brands all local,...more info
Category:Markets
Start:Nov 20, 2019
End:Dec 23, 2019
Time:10:00am - 5:00pm
Address:6631 Island Highway North Nanaimo
Location:Woodgrove Centre
 
Dec 12, 2019
art

Local author, Dianne Burrough, has produced a book of messages from Spirit. It is with great joy that she shares these inspirational words, and hopes they bring comfort, love and healing. Drop by Divine Elements Gift Store in Qualicum Beach to speak with first time author Dianne Burrough and editor Heather Thornton.
Category:Events
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:11:00am - 3:00pm
Address:133 Second Avenue Qualicum Beach
Location:Divine Elements Gift Store
Cost:Free
 
Dec 12, 2019
Local author, Dianne Burrough, has produced a book of messages from Spirit. It is with great joy that she shares these inspirational words, and hopes they bring comfort, love and healing. Drop by Divine Elements Gift Store in Qualicum Beach to speak with first time author Dianne Burrough and editor Heather Thornton
Category:Art
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:11:00am - 3:00pm
Address:133 Second Avenue Qualicum Beach
Location:Divine Elements Gift Store
Cost:Free
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
art

Canvas Art for Kids & Teens 7-15yrs

Jenny Hughes will guide you through how to paint a fantastic yet surprisingly simple acrylic painting. No experience necessary. All supplies are provided. View painting project online.

Fun in the Jungle, ages 7-11yrs on Thursday, November 7 from 4:00-5:30pm at Oceanside Art Studio, cost is $25.

Ocean Sunset, ages 11-15yrs on Thursday, December 12th 4:00-5:30pm at Oceanside Art Studio, cost is $25.

Phone RDN, Recreation and Parks at 250-248-3252 to pre-re...more info
Category:Family
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:4:00pm - 5:30pm
Address:124 Harlech Rd., Qualicum Beach
Location:Oceanside Art Studio
Cost:$25
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
art

Canvas Art for Teens 11-15yrs Jenny Hughes will guide you through how to paint a fantastic yet surprisingly simple acrylic painting. No experience necessary. All supplies are provided. View painting project online. Ocean Sunset, ages 11-15yrs on Thursday December 12th 4:00-5:30pm at Oceanside Art Studio, cost is $25. Phone RDN, Recreation and Parks at 250-248-3252 to pre-register.
Category:Family
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:4:00pm - 5:30pm
Address:#2-702 Memorial Avenue Qualicum Beach
Location:Oceanside Art Studio
Cost:$25
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
cardio

Cardio Dance Club is a follow-along dance fitness workout that fuses athletic dance and fun, high-energy music. It will get you sweating, raise your heart rate, and get your body working and booty shaking. Dance Club is approachable to all people, of all ages and fitness levels and is always easy to follow. The songs include recent hits from the radio, but also some throwback favorites. Classes include hip hop, top 40, R&B, and songs from around the world too (such as K-Pop from Korea, and Latin be...more info
Category:Workshop
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:6:00pm - 7:00pm
Address:1390 Errington Road Errington,
Location:Errington War Memorial Hall
Cost:$48
Phone:(250) 248-5106
Website:Open Site
Email:Send Email
 
Dec 10, 2019 to Dec 24, 2019
TREE

Place a memory card with the name of your loved one on one of our trees
Category:Events
Start:Dec 10, 2019
End:Dec 24, 2019
Time:8:00am - 5:00pm
Address:3200 North Island Highway Nanaimo,
Location:Country Club Centre
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
xmas

We're having our Christmas party at Parksville Chrysler. Just for something totally different! 5:30 to 7:30pm, December 12

Tickets are $25.00 and Include: special draws, appies, dessert and a special cocktail. Live music to enjoy and lots of networking too!

Bring a bottle of wine to enter to win ...what else? The Wall of Wine!

Contest for the Ugly Christmas sweater!

Food bank donation gives you an extra entry into some amazing draws.

Connect for tickets tickets must be purchased in advance...more info
Category:Events
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:5:30 to 7:30pm
Location:Parksville Chrysler
Cost:$25
Phone:250-248-3613
 
Dec 12, 2019
CARD

Drop in Bridge at the Parksville Lawn Bowling Club

It might be rainy and grey outside, but it will be warm and dry on Thursday afternoons at our club. Bridge will be on the agenda and you're invited to be part of the action.
Category:Events
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:1:00pm
Address:149 E. Stanford, Parksville,
Location:Parksville Lawn Bowling Club
Cost:$3.00 per drop in visit
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
CARD

Drop in Bridge at the Parksville Lawn Bowling Club

It might be rainy and grey outside, but it will be warm and dry on Thursday afternoons at our club. Bridge will be on the agenda and you're invited to be part of the action.
Category:Art
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:1:00pm
Address:149 E. Stanford, Parksville
Location:Parksville Lawn Bowling Club
Cost:$3.00 per drop in visit
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 3, 2019 to Dec 21, 2019
Fresh Start: OCAC Members Show

"Looking forward to the new year ahead and new beginnings" is the theme for this OCAC members show. Oceanside Community Arts Council members have submitted a variety of 2D art for this show, including photography and multi-media. Opening reception is Saturday, December 7th from 1-3 pm and the show will be at the MAC until December 21st.
Category:Events
Start:Dec 3, 2019
End:Dec 21, 2019
Time:10:00am - 4:00pm
Address:133 McMillan Street, Parksville
Location:McMillan Arts Centre (The MAC)
 
Dec 10, 2019 to Jan 1, 2020
xmas

Every night, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Visits with Santa: December 7-8; 14-15; 20-21-22-23
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Category:Family
Start:Dec 10, 2019
End:Jan 1, 2020
Time:5:00pm - 9:00pm
Address:6183 Whitaker Road Courtenay,
Location:Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens
 
Nov 15, 2019 to Dec 21, 2019
art

'I Paint With Light Now' Digital Media Exhibition

Artist Statement:
"The intellectual process of painting has not changed for me since I switched to the digital format five years ago. It remains an intuitive, somewhat baffling and always mysterious activity for me. I would not be using digital if that essential part of painting had to be sacrificed. I think it's important for you to know that I first experienced and practiced my craft as a painter for 40 years before I tried this new technology. And I...more info
Category:Events
Start:Nov 15, 2019
End:Dec 21, 2019
Time:10:00am - 4:00pm
Address:133 McMillan Street, Parksville
Location:McMillan Arts Centre
Cost:See Website
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
Hailing from Victoria, British Columbia (Coast Salish Territories), Knacker’s Yard has been arranging and performing traditional Irish, Scottish, English, Australian, and original music since 2013.

Comprised of Bronwyn Churcher (fiddle, vocals), Stephen Johnson (accordion, tin whistle, vocals), Jon MacDonald (guitar, vocals), Cody Baresich (mandolins, vocals), Shaun McConnell (bodhran, bones, chimes), and Dexter Simpson (Irish tenor banjo), the group breathes new life into the Celtic ballad and shanty genres.

The energy of the band’s expansive repertoire ebbs and flows with drive and dyn...more info
Category:Concerts
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:7:00pm - 9:30pm
Address:#8 464 Island Highway East Parksville
Location:Ground Zero Acoustic Lounge
Cost:$20
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
xmas

MLA Michelle Stilwell's Holiday Season Open House

Please join MLA Michelle Stilwell and her Staff for treats & refreshments to celebrate the holiday season.
Category:Events
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:5:00pm - 6:30 pm
Address:9 - 1209 East, Island Hwy E, Parksville
Location:Serious Coffee, Parksville
Cost:Free for Constituents
Email:Send Email
 
Dec 10, 2019 to Dec 14, 2019
rail

When it comes to model trains, most people consider it more of a hobby than an art form but that misconception is about to be debunked at the Winter in Art Show at The Old School House Arts Centre. Come see trains surrounded by real-life and artistic sceneries. This display is sure to wake the inner child in everyone who sees it.
Category:Events
Start:Dec 10, 2019
End:Dec 14, 2019
Time:1:00pm - 3:00pm
Address:112 Fern Road West, Qualicum Beach
Location:The Old School House Gallery
Website:Open Site
 
Nov 27, 2019 to Dec 18, 2019
xmas

North Pole-apalooza 2019

PDBA Celebrates “The Season in the City'! With pop-up rooftop Christmas trees, sparkling white lights on the Alberni Hwy., an all-decked out spruce on Craig St., and a sumptuous draw prize – the members of the Parksville Downtown Business Association are gearing up to celebrate the holiday season.

“North Pole-apalooza” is back for its sixth year. Enter between Nov. 20 and Dec. 18 to win a Gotta Love Downtown gift basket, brimming with treats and surprises from the 25 PDBA ...more info
Category:Events
Start:Nov 27, 2019
End:Dec 18, 2019
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
Fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss…Grab your teacups!

Off-Broadway Comedians and 3-time IMPRESARIO Award-Winners (London) James & Jamesy return with their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy classic O Christmas Tea — an astonishing show that delights thousands of hearts every holiday season.

When catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas tea party, flooding the world with tea, the friends leap into action, finding innovative and hilarious solutions to keep them afloat. Redefining immersive theatre, these masters of physical comedy—with o...more info
Category:Theatre
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:7:30pm
Address:125 Front Street Nanaimo
Location:The Port Theatre
Cost:See Website
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
art

Our Living Languages: First Peoples’ Voices in BC

2019 is the UNESCO International year of Indigenous Languages. Languages are powerful and potent markers of identity and culture, yet many of us cannot even say “hello” in the language of the people on whose traditional territory we live, work and play.

You might just expand your vocabulary—and your appreciation for the Indigenous languages spoken in BC—after visiting the Qualicum Beach Museum to view the travelling exhibition “Our Living Languages: ...more info
Category:Events
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:1:00pm - 4:00pm
Address:587 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach
Location:Qualicum Beach Museum
Cost:See Website
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019
xmas

Echo Players Presents: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Join us this holiday season at the Village Theatre for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!

In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids - some of the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem and the fun when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! This delightful comedy, adapted from the best-selling children's book, h...more info
Category:Theatre
Date:Dec 12, 2019
Time:7:30pm, 2:00pm
Address:110 West 2nd Ave, Qualicum Beach
Location:Village Theatre
Cost:$10, $14, $20, $23
Website:Open Site
 
Dec 12, 2019 to Dec 15, 2019
xmas

Vancouver Island Market presents…

It’s a VIMterful Life!
December 12th-15th, 2019
at Nanaimo North Town Centre (formerly the old Sears Building)

Times:
Thursday, Dec 12 – 4PM-9PM
Friday, Dec 13 – 10AM-7PM
Saturday, Dec 14 – 10AM-6PM
Sunday, Dec 15 – 11AM-5PM

Our much anticipated Winter Market will showcase Vancouver Island’s local handmade artisans. Over 200+ vendors in craft, food, liquor sales, live music, entertainment, and gift shop will provide shoppers a unique opportunity to shop lo...more info
Category:Markets
Start:Dec 12, 2019
End:Dec 15, 2019
Address:4750 Rutherford Road Nanaimo,
Location:Nanaimo North Town Centre
Website:Open Site


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