Arts & Entertainment Archives - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Salt Spring performers wanted for Showcase

Contributed Article - January 28, 2026

BY MEGAN WARREN FOR ARTSPRING Following the vibrant success of ArtSpring’s 25th-anniversary celebration in 2024, a new island tradition is taking root. The ArtSpring RoundTable has officially...

Concert, film, workshop form unique experience

Contributed Article - January 21, 2026

BY MEGAN WARREN FOR ARTSPRING ArtSpring is set to host a profound immersive experience this month, welcoming multi-hyphenate extraordinaire Corey Payette for a weekend of film,...

Candy Roberts shares lovable hoser Larry in comedy show

Robb Magley - January 14, 2026

Everyone has a “Larry,” agreed Candy Roberts; hers dropped by one day down from Campbell River, put his feet up, made himself at home...

Victoria Baroque and The Fretless on tap

Contributed Article - January 13, 2026

SUBMITTED BY ARTSPRING ArtSpring’s January lineup is all about breathing new life into classic musical traditions, and Victoria Baroque and The Fretless are kicking off...

Appeasing a mountain in Everest Dark

Contributed Article - January 13, 2026

BY STEVE MARTINDALE Salt Spring Film Festival Society Salt Spring Search and Rescue joins the Salt Spring Film Festival at ArtSpring on Wednesday, Jan. 21 to...

Peter Pan set to fly with GISS

Driftwood Staff - January 7, 2026

Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) 2nd Story Theatre students are in full production-prep mode after returning to school after the holiday break. Peter Pan is...

Cornerstone of bel canto repertoire performed

Contributed Article - January 6, 2026

SUBMITTED BY ARTSPRING On New Year’s Eve, the Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on its first new production of Vincenzo Bellini’s I Puritani in nearly 50 years....

Canadian Christmas thrills the crowds

Gail Sjuberg - December 16, 2025

Salt Spring Singers community choir went (almost) all Canadian for its holiday concert this year, compiling an astonishing 95.8 per cent of content from...

Raffi sings for protection of democracy

Gail Sjuberg - December 9, 2025

For Raffi Cavoukian, the internationally known children’s entertainer and Salt Spring Island resident, seeing recent chaos and erosion of freedom in the U.S. has...

Carol sing event at All Saints

Contributed Article - December 9, 2025

By LOLLA DEVINDISCH for Anglican Parish of Salt Spring Island Carols for Christmastide, the annual community carol sing held in All Saints by-the-Sea, hosted by the...

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