Wellington Secondary School and St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Host West Coast Jazz Festival April 30-May 2
The West Coast Jazz Festival is gearing up for its annual weekend of music in Nanaimo April 30th to May
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Arts & Culture
US Bands Saoirse Dream & Kittens Lol Sell Out Globe Show in Nanaimo
On February 6th, 2025 two American hyperpop bands, Saoirse Dream and Kittens Lol, played a sold out all-ages show at The Globe Live Studio
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Laughter is the Best Medicine: Jokers Canada Plays Nanaimo’s Port Theatre March 11th
On March 11th, 2026 Nanaimo’s Port Theatre hosted Jokers Canada’s first stop of a multi-city Vancouver Island tour to Courtenay, Duncan and Campbell
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Actors Collective Theatre Stages The Cold House at Nanaimo’s Bethlehem Centre March 6
On March 6, 2025, the 2-person play The Cold House, written by Mary Humphrey-Baldridge, debuted in Nanaimo at the Bethlehem Centre on Westwood
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CHLY Launches Literary Show Likely Story
When Elke Sorensen first started volunteering at CHLY 101.7 FM, she noticed the Nanaimo campus-community radio station had shows covering
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A Square House’s Grub Street Reading Series at The Vault Draws Local Poets
On April 3rd from 6-8 pm The Vault Cafe, 499 Wallace St in Nanaimo, hosted the Grub Street Reading Series sponsored by
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Shq’apthut Hosts Ribbon Skirt and Dream Catcher Workshops April 2 and 10
Shq’apthut (The Gathering Place) on Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Nanaimo campus is hosting a Ribbon Skirt and Ribbon Shirt Workshop
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Lighting a Path First Nations Installation at Sway-a-Lana Park February 16 – March 16
Nanaimo’s Parks, Recreation, and Culture (NPRC) launched Lighting a Path, a month-long First Nations public art installation February 16th until
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Cyrano’s Poetic Wordplay and Swordplay at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre March 5-14
A new performance of Cyrano at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Malaspina Theatre brought the classic comedy of love and mistaken identity by Edmond
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VIU Graphic Design and Media Students Challenge AI “Art”
Some Vancouver Island University Graphic Design students are boycotting AI-generated art, arguing that the new technological capacity to assemble art
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