8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

TRANSITIONS: National Mosaics Conference 2023: We are so thrilled to be hosting this National Mosaics Conference at the MAC this summer! We will be welcoming Mosaic artists from across Canada, who will be hosting a wonderful series of Artist Talks, Workshops & Classes AND a community mosaics project, for all of our summer visitors to participate in! Bring your summer visitors and come and be a part of this exciting, innovative, educational, juried exhibition.

Running July 1- August 27, 2023. Opening Celebrations: July 1st, 1-3pm. Check out the MOSAICS Artist Talks and Classes and be a part of the wonderful activities this summer at the MAC!

More details HERE

Join us for a summer of fun in our Community Art Garden!
We have nine new classes for Creative Kids ages 8-12.  Our instructors Shania Frampton and Alex Carr will be here to lead the way!

Classes run Tuesdays through Thursdays from July 11- 27 and repeat from August 1 – 17.
Choose between am (10-12) and pm (1-3) classes so you can hit the beach before or after your class.

For details and registration information on these fun and new class offerings click HERE

Sign Up HERE

The Play that Goes Wrong

Wednesday, July 12, 20237:30 PM 
Sunday, July 30, 20232:00 PM

By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields

Directed by Gary Brown

The smash hit farce!  On the opening night of "Murder at Haversham Manor'", things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.  This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show – an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines).  Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences.  Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award-winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.

More Details HERE

Parksville Beach Festival

For more details click HERE

Each Thursday night in July and August the Uptown Market will be taking place from 6pm to 9 pm on Second Avenue West, from Memorial Avenue to Primrose Street.

Each Thursday, starting July 6 and ending August 31

Support Local! Support Live Music! Spend those beautiful, sunny summer days on the Qualicum Beach Cafe patio with some of Vancouver Island's best musicians to serenade you!

Yellow Point • Cedar by the Sea • Nanaimo • Parksville • Comox

Expect the unexpected with the return of the Vancouver Island Symphony’s  popular Summer Pop Up Concert Series featuring 3 VIS Ensembles performing exciting, entertaining and enchanting live concerts. These 3 concerts take place in beautiful garden settings from Yellowpoint to the Comox Valley.

FULL DETAILS HERE

Kat Cearns is an emerging artist and illustrator based in Coombs here on Vancouver Island. Her practice is ever-growing and evolving, driven by daily inspiration and a fundamental need to create. She works in a wide range of mediums including ink, watercolour, acrylic, block printing, oil, encaustic, and more. Art has always been a way for Kat to communicate with people. As a shy individual, expressing her inner self through an art practice has been a wonderful and fulfilling way to open up to new relationships and connections. Her subjects are often animals, both in natural states and settings, as well as whimsical and fantastical scenarios. Kat aims to depict and express her feelings of awe and gratitude for the minute, often overlooked moments in life that, when added up, make every day beautiful.

MORE DETAILS HERE

Sheryl Sawchuk Artist Statement

I love to paint! Since I was a child who could barely hold a crayon until today I have never lost the fascination and enjoyment of using colours and lines to represent the people and things in the world around me.

I moved to Vancouver Island in 2003 and leapt into the challenge of becoming a full time artist, for subject matter I simply look around, living on Vancouver Island there is almost always something beautiful to see at every turn. It doesn’t matter if I’m on the beach, hiking in the woods, or in my garden, I like to examine things up close so I can explore the details and really appreciate the intricacies that I see.

I hope that when people view my art they can sense and share in the amazement and appreciation that I have for
the subject that I am so happy to experience and paint!

MORE DETAILS HERE

THURSDAYS - 3PM to 6PM

What's your jam? Join us for open jam afternoons on Memorial Plaza.

Come with your band members, perform solo, sit in with other musicians, or be part of the audience. Everyone welcome!

Musicians, bring your own equipment (power is available).

This workshop has been offered every summer since 2010. Some past workshops have included Little Mermaid Jr., Aladdin Jr., Guys & Dolls Jr., Beauty and the Beast Jr., Godspell Jr., to name a few. Numerous teens have taken the workshop summer-after-summer. Many have (subsequently) taken post-secondary studies in music / theatre / dance. And a few have become professionals in the performing arts.

Over the 3-week period, and under the tutelage / direction of experienced professionals, led by Hilary Whelton and Miranda Murphy, participants will undertake to audition, prepare, rehearse and perform this lively, beloved, teen-adapted musical classic .

The purpose of the program is to provide an opportunity for youth to participate in a stimulating, high-calibre, performing arts experience during the summer months.  Participants receive instruction / training from superbly-qualified professionals in a friendly, supportive, purposeful environment.

Through the program

- participants will develop and

Nanoose Place opened in 1992 under the leadership of the Nanoose Bay Lions with support from the community.

The non-profit, Nanoose Bay Activities and Recreation Society (NBARS) operates Nanoose Place.

Eswyn's Alpine & Rock Garden was established in the fall of 2009 by a group of dedicated volunteers. 

Activities can be found HERE.

Events can be found HERE and HERE

The Errington Hall serves as the creative hub of our community located in Area F of the Nanaimo Regional District

We foster arts and culture through our events and programs and also support the arts-based activities of non-profit community groups and organizations.

For a complete list of events click HERE