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Jul 24, 2026
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Arbutus Meadows Barn Dance Featuring Twin Fiddles!
Come join us for an unforgettable summer evening filled with live fiddle music, guided dancing, laughter, and old-fashioned country hospitality. Award-winning Canadian fiddlers JJ Guy and Gordon Stobbe will provide the music while an experienced caller leads every dance, making it easy and enjoyable for everyone.
Whether you’ve danced for years or are stepping onto the dance floor for the very first time, this evening is for you! Every dance is taught before it begins, so all ages and experience levels are welcome!
Enjoy an evening of...more info
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| Category: | Events |
| Date: | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Time: | 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM |
| Address: | 1515 Island Hwy E Nanoose Bay |
| Location: | Arbutus Meadows Farm |
| Cost: | $17 |
| Website: | Open Site |
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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 24, 2026
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Come for just the day!
Now in both garden and studio we are set for a super creative time. Our talented and patient instructor Kat Cearns will guide you through art projects, creativity boosters and games. Gain confidence and learn art skills and techniques while trying new mediums. As well as all the art there will be camp games, beach walks and popsicles.
Examples of art projects include: Comics, drawing, zines, portraits, acrylic painting, mosaics, paper mache, art boxes, rock painting, collage and more.
Maximum number of participants: 12
About the instructor:
Kat Cearns is...more info
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| Category: | Family |
| Date: | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Time: | 10am-3pm |
| Address: | 133 McMillan Street, Parksville |
| Location: | McMillan Arts Centre |
| Cost: | See Website |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2026
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When we think of a teacup, we think of "containment"—of warmth, memories, and the hands that have held it before us. In Luminous Trinity, we know that sometimes our internal parts feel like a well-loved saucer: beautiful, but perhaps slightly chipped or separated from the whole. In this Workshop you will be using vintage teacups and saucers to create a high-relief, circular wreath—a physical "mandala" of your internal family.
Meet Your Guide:
Led by Sheena Tiicham Muir, a Certified Therapeutic Arts and Somatic/IFS Practitioner and M.A. Candidate in Counselling Psychology, this workshop i...more info
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| Category: | Events |
| Date: | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Time: | 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM |
| Address: | 223 Mills St Parksville |
| Location: | Parksville Community Centre |
| Cost: | $125 |
| Website: | Open Site |
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Jul 24, 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 24, 2026 |
| Time: | 5:30-8:30 pm |
| Address: | 240 Dogwood Street Parksville |
| Location: | Bayside Restaurant & Lounge |
| Cost: | Free |
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Jul 24, 2026
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Music Trivia Every Friday at 6:00 PM! Think you know your tunes? Test your music knowledge every Friday night at the Shady Rest Pub! From classics to current hits, it's the perfect way to kick off the weekend.
Plus — we give out prizes! Bring your friends, grab a drink, and see who’s the true music master of the group.
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| Category: | Events |
| Date: | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Time: | Every Friday at 6:00 PM |
| Location: | Shady Rest Pub |
| 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 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 24, 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 24, 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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