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August 17
RCMP community appreciation BBQ, with public safety groups, kids crafts, hot dogs and refreshments, behind the detachment, Sechelt, noon-3pm, presentation by Bill Good and RCMP at 2pm, free
August 17
Fiddleworks Camp gala concert, Roberts Creek Hall, 7pm, $5 or $15 per family
August 17-20
35th Annual Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, Rockwood Gardens, Sechelt, writersfestival.ca
August 18
Charlotte Wrinch plays while you shop, Gibsons Public Market, 12:30-2pm
August 18
Nine, dine and dance, SC Golf and Country Club, Roberts Creek, golf at 4:30pm, dine at 7pm, dance on the clubhouse deck with Creek Big Band, members $33, non-members $48 or dinner and dance only $33
August 18
Music in the Landing presents Celso Machado, gazebo on Gibsons wharf, 7-8pm
August 18-20
The Power of Paint exhibition with 11 artists, Seaside Centre, Sechelt, Fri. opening reception 5-9pm, with music by Joe Stanton and Simon Paradis, Sat. 10am-6pm, Sun. 10am-5pm, free
August 18-20
Annual Pender Harbour chamber music festival, School of Music, Madeira Park, penderharbourmusic.ca
August 19
Historical walking tour of Lower Gibsons with Dale Peterson, Pioneer Park, 10am, by donation
August 19
Music in the Landing presents Bellows and Bows with Anna Lumiere & Noah Ord, Pioneer Square, 11am-1pm
August 19
Sechelt Summer Music presents Charlotte Wrinch & Celso Machado, and The Organics, library lawn, Sechelt, noon-2pm
August 19
Music in the Landing presents Bonar Harris, below the “pink house”, 1:30-3:30pm
August 19
Repair cafe, Maker volunteers repair small appliances or instruments, Gibsons Public Library, 12:30-4:30pm, free
August 19
Beer Farm Fest, with music, food and beer garden, Brothers Park (rec centre), Gibsons, 5-11pm, $15, eventbrite.ca
August 19
Music in The Landing presents the Walter Martella Band, Winegarden Park, 7-8:45pm
August 19
Monty Montego, Gumboot Cafe, Roberts Creek, 8pm, $10
August 19
Trudi Diening and Miles Black, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm, $20, share-there.com
August 19
Jim Foster Band, Gibsons Legion, 8pm, members $5, guests $10
August 19-20
Arts and crafts fair, Hackett Park, Sechelt, Sat.10am-5pm, Sun. 10am-4pm, $3
August 19-20
Greg Willy and Steve Band, Garden Bay Pub, Sat. 8pm, Sun. 2pm and 8pm
August 20
Historical walking tour of Lower Gibsons with Dale Peterson, Pioneer Park, 10am, by donation
August 20
5-dollar 5K run or walk, PaceSetter Athletic, Gibsons, 10am, $5
August 20
Music in the Landing presents John ‘Ten Bear’ Thompson, sun dial stage, 11am-1pm
August 20
Dragonfly walk with local experts Rand Rudland and Tony Greenfield, Botanical Garden, West Sechelt, 1pm, by donation
August 20
Slow Sundays in the Creek features Bellows and Bows with Anna Lumiere & Noah Ord, and “fun and fabulous rising stars”, behind the library, Roberts Creek, 2-3:30pm, open mic at noon
August 20
Ron Campbell, Persephone Brewery, Gibsons, 2-4pm
August 20
Tough Kegger race, 7k carrying a 20-litre keg, Persephone Brewery, 2-7pm, Gibsons, $225 team of four, eventbrite.ca
August 20
The Dawn, Filipino rock band, Roberts Creek Hall, 7pm, $40, 604-741-7880
August 21
Viewing of solar eclipse with solar scopes, Davis Bay, 8am, www.coastastronomy.ca
August 25
Argentine tango singer María Volonté and California harmonica player Kevin Carrel Footer, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 8pm, $20
August 25-27
Rogue arts festival, 1802 Tyson Rd., Sechelt, Fri. 5-11pm, Sat. 10am-11pm, Sun. 10am-5pm, weekend $50 adults, $30 senior/student, daily $35 adults, $25 senior/student, roguefest.ca
August 26
SC Rod & Gun Club family day, 4384 Parkway Dr. (off Field Rd.) Wilson Creek, 10am-2pm, under 14 must be accompanied by adult, bring non-perishable item for the food bank
August 26
Sechelt Summer Music presents The Jazz Group of Seven and Wanda Nowicki Quartet, library lawn, Sechelt, noon-2pm
August 26
The great British car boot sale and tea, fundraiser for Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons, 1-4pm
August 26
Reception for opening of exhibition of drawings by R.B. Wainwright, Arts Centre, Sechelt, 2-4pm
August 26
Summer reading club wrap-up celebration, Gibsons Public Library, 2-4pm
