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Jul 13, 2026
to Aug 14, 2026
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Buskers are a diverse cross section of Vancouver Island musicians who perform daily during the Parksville Beach Festival, at the beachfront gazebo adjacent to the sand sculpting exhibition.
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| Category: | Events |
| Start: | Jul 13, 2026 |
| End: | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Time: | Daily 11 am - 1 pm & 2 pm - 4 pm |
| Cost: | See Website |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Since 1973, the Errington Farmers’ Market has served the communities of Errington, Coombs, Hilliers, Whiskey Creek and Parksville.
“Make it, Bake it, Grow it, Raise or Forage it!” is the basic tenet of our farmers’ market. This means that in order to sell at the market, each vendor has to be directly involved in the making, baking or growing of their product! Customers are encouraged to ask questions of the farmers, food producers and artisans to receive knowledgeable, accurate answers.
Wide variety of vendors including produce, chicken, cheese, eggs, jams, honey, meat, baked goods, beau...more info
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| Category: | Farmers Market |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
| Address: | 1390 Errington Road Errington, |
| Location: | Errington Community Park |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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VIVA Canada Exhibition features the work of pastel artist, Joan Larson, who has created a series of artwork depicting her train journey across Canada. These artworks will be imbedded in a life-size VIA train image, which will stretch around the walls of the Concert Gallery. A realistic set featuring a ticket window, historic posters of train travel across the country, luggage racks, and local train memorabilia will invite the summer visitors to 'experience' a journey across Canada in situ. Playback Theatre group will also be presenting a series of innovative and participatory sketches of trave...more info
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| Category: | Art |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 11am to 3pm |
| Address: | See Website |
| Location: | The MAC - McMillan Arts Centre |
| Cost: | See Website |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Come try out a yoga class at Fairwinds Wellness Club for free! Join us on our private lawn area for a serene morning yoga experience.
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| Category: | Events |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM |
| Address: | 3455 Fairwinds Drive Nanoose Bay |
| Location: | Fairwinds Wellness Club |
| Cost: | Free |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Echo Players Presents: Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). A play by Ann-Marie MacDonald directed by Brian Mather
Constance Ledbelly falls down a rabbit hole. In this exuberant comedy, a drab and dusty academic deciphers a cryptic manuscript she believes to be the original source of Othello and Romeo & Juliet and soon crashes down into the plays themselves. Constance visits Juliet and Desdemona, helps save their lives, and finds out exactly what these women are about!
In true Shakespearean spirit, Constance plunders the plays, all the while engaging in a personal voyage of sel...more info
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| Category: | Theatre |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM |
| Address: | 110 West 2nd Avenue Qualicum Beach |
| Location: | Village Theatre |
| Cost: | $28 Adults/ $25 Seniors/ $17 Students |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Live Music at The Bayside
Join us for live music every weekend. Friday and Saturday evenings, music from 5:30-8:30 pm and Sunday mornings 11am-2pm. Visit our website for musician line-up.
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| Category: | Events |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 5:30-8:30 pm |
| Address: | 240 Dogwood Street Parksville |
| Location: | Bayside Restaurant & Lounge |
| Cost: | Free |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Wide Hammered Ring Set Workshop
Create a wide hammered sterling silver ring set in this relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop.
You’ll be guided step by step in a supportive setting as you form, solder, texture, and polish your rings.
No experience is required — just curiosity and a willingness to work with your hands. You’ll leave with a finished sterling silver ring set you made yourself.
All tools and materials are included.
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| Category: | Workshop |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM |
| Address: | 141 Fourth Avenue East, Qualicum Beach |
| Location: | Evenflow Studio |
| Cost: | $150 |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Nanoose Bay Cafe Weekend Brunch
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| Category: | Events |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | Saturday & Sunday Until 3pm |
| Address: | 3521 Dolphin Dr Nanoose Bay |
| Location: | Nanoose Bay Cafe |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 11, 2026
to Aug 17, 2026
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Known to locals as Beach Fest, this 5 ½ week long family-oriented festival runs from July 11 to August 17. Not only does it include the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition & Exhibition; the public can also learn to sculpt like a professional; enjoy weekend concerts, daily buskers on the boardwalk; a weekend Artisan Market and two evenings where the sculptures are illuminated for late night viewing.
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| Category: | Events |
| Start: | Jul 11, 2026 |
| End: | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Time: | Various |
| Address: | Corfield Road, just off Highway 19A (Exit 46). |
| Location: | Parksville Community Park |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Visit Qualicum Beach Farmers Market every Saturday from 8:30am-12pm, Year Round and enjoy an incredible selection of fresh produce and locally produced goods. Our vendors make, bake, or grow the products they offer for sale.
Get to know who produces your food. Discover the wealth of mid-Island production from a wide variety of local home and commercial providers. Learn from them in person the joys and challenges of delivering quality fruits, vegetables and berries, maintaining heritage varieties and assuring the freshest and best flavoured homemade products.
We love your fur babies too, ...more info
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| Category: | Markets |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 8:30am-12pm, Year Round |
| Address: | 644 Veterans Way Qualicum Beach |
| Location: | Qualicum Beach Community Hall |
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Jul 13, 2026
to Aug 16, 2026
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The competition begins with “pound up” on Thursday, July 9 when the sculptors build and fill their forms. Once their forms are filled and the sculptor feels they are solidly packed, they may remove their forms and begin to carve.
Gates open to the public to watch the sculptors carving starting Friday, July 10, at 2:00pm.
Judging will take place on Sunday, July 12, from 3:00-4:30pm and the winners will be announced on-site at approximately 5:00pm.
Missed the competition? No need to worry! You can visit the exhibition from July 13 through to August 16, 2026. Gate is open from 9:30am...more info
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| Category: | Events |
| Start: | Jul 13, 2026 |
| End: | Aug 16, 2026 |
| Time: | 9:30am to 8:30pm daily |
| Location: | Parksville Community Park |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 2, 2026
to Sep 30, 2026
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Silver Meadows Farm is a local business located in Errington. We strive to provide fresh produce, meat, eggs, baked goods, and local hand made crafts. We are best known for amazing fresh corn and strawberries.
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| Category: | Farmers Market |
| Start: | Jul 2, 2026 |
| End: | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Time: | Open Daily 9:30-5:30 |
| Address: | 1019 Errington Rd Errington |
| Location: | Silver Meadows Farm Market |
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Jul 18, 2026
to Jul 19, 2026
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Artists in Parksville and Qualicum Beach are opening up their studios for two days to allow you the opportunity to visit with them and see their newest works of art. There are a few locations where you can tour the artist's property and visit multiple artists in one go .
This year we have 31 artists at 22 locations eagerly awaiting you to visit. Spoil yourself or start your seasonal shopping early. You will find paintings, drawings, pottery, sculpture, woodwork, crafts and other great artwork.
There will also be a Silent Auction located at 856 Terrien Way where the participating artists ...more info
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| Category: | Events |
| Start: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| End: | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Time: | 10 am - 5 pm daily |
| Address: | 856 TERRIEN WAY Parksville |
| Location: | 20 locations throughout PQB |
| Cost: | Free |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
to Jul 19, 2026
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Summer Breeze Studio Tour, July 18 & 19, 2026, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
The Summer Breeze Studio Tour invites the public into working studios throughout Nanoose Bay for a self-guided cultural experience and finding that unique piece of art, sculpture, jewelry to clothing!
With music bands at our local restaurant sponsors planned on Friday and Saturday along with discounted accommodations make a great way to make this a weekend event!
Visitors travel scenic rural routes to meet artists in their creative spaces, observe works in progress, and purchase original art directly from the source.
...more info
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| Category: | Events |
| Start: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| End: | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Time: | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Location: | All of Nanoose Bay |
| Cost: | Free |
| Phone: | (250) 327-3552 |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Watch as Parksville Downtown transforms into a live outdoor art gallery during the Amazing Arts Race! Stroll Memorial Avenue and Memorial Plaza to discover 25+ artists, and 25 classic cars, as they compete in a fast-paced, time-limited challenge to create their masterpiece before racing it back to The MAC for the judges' decision.
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| Category: | Events |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
| Address: | Memorial Plaza Parksville |
| Location: | Memorial Plaza |
| Cost: | Free |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 18, 2026
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Locals and visitors alike look forward to the ever popular FREE Tim Hortons Summer Concert Series Friday and Saturday evenings from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Parksville Outdoor Theatre in the Community Park. Concert dates are: July 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, Aug 1, 14, 15, 2026.
2026 Schedule:
July 17 – The Rockin’ Crew (Yacht Rock)
July 18 – Wunderbread (70s)
July 24 – LJ Mounteney (Rhythm & Blues)
July 25 – Sunset Strip (80s)
July 31 – Mid Island Blues Allstars (Blues)
Aug 1 – Maxwell Smart (Classic Rock)
Aug 14 – Apollos (Variety)
Aug 15 – Whiskey Business (Country)
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| Category: | Concerts |
| Date: | Jul 18, 2026 |
| Time: | Friday and Saturday evenings from 6:30pm-8:30pm |
| Address: | Parksville Community Park |
| Location: | Parksville Outdoor Theatre |
| Cost: | Free |
| Website: | Open Site |
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