Friday, January 24, 2025
January 24, 2025

Salt Spring Forum: Stephen Maher

Author of The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, Stephen Maher, is the Salt Spring Forum's guest at Mahon Hall.

ArtSpring Presents: Rachel Fenlon

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Soprano and pianist who is finding a unique voice on the classical music stages of the world performs Franz Schubert's Winterreise.

Sailing to the Heart of Japan

Salt Spring Public Library Program Room 129 McPhillips Ave, Salt Spring Island, Canada

Nick Coghlan, author of Sailing to the Heart of Japan: A Cruising Adventure and How-to Guide, recounts his voyage of personal discovery taken with partner Jenny. 

Salt Spring Forum: Saving Gaia: Earth-Space Environmentalism

Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

The Salt Spring Forum’s guest on Sat., Feb. 1 is astrophysicist, TED Fellow and National Geographic Explorer Moriba Jah at an event called Saving Gaia: Earth-Space Environmentalism. Mahon Hall. 3 […]

Salt Spring Film Festival Presents SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Don’t miss this stunningly beautiful film about the centrality of buffalo to Indigenous peoples, from award-winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard, director of NÎPAWISTAMÂSOWIN: WE WILL STAND UP, which screened at […]

ArtSpring Presents: Borealis String Quartet

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

One of the most dynamic and exciting world-class ensembles of its generation, the Borealis String Quartet has received international critical acclaim as an ensemble praised for its fiery performances, passionate […]

Salt Spring Baroque: Love, Hope, and Heaven on Earth

Salt Spring Island United Church 111 Hereford Ave., Ganges, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

German soprano Dorothee Mields and Vancouver harpsichordist Alexander Weimann perform at Salt Spring Island United Church. 7 p.m.

ArtSpring Presents: TOM KEENLYSIDE QUARTET: A Night of Dave Brubeck

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Dave Brubeck’s enduring 1959 album “Time Out” is an American sonic masterpiece and resonates to this day. The shifting time changes and melodic and harmonic beauty of his quartet’s work […]

Sugarbeat CD Release Party

Mateada Lounge 110-150 Fulford-Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island

Island band performs at Mateada. 7 p.m. Admission ($40) includes CD.

ArtSpring Presents: Heirlooms & Baggage

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Playing to rave audience reviews, Heirlooms and Baggage from Vancouver-based theatre company Delta Stageworks features a collection of compelling real-life stories of five culturally diverse mothers’ journeys. Unique and universal life moments from their lives are knit together with personal discoveries as made by their storytellers — their grown children.

Best of the Fests: Fairy Creek

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Salt Spring Film Festival Society presentation which takes viewers  to the tumultuous frontlines of the recent Fairy Creek blockades, where thousands of activists – including many from Salt Spring! – […]

ArtSpring Presents: Remi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Canadian alto jazz saxophonist and educator with 11 jazz albums to his name presents The Great Masters of Jazz concert. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.

Salt Spring Seedy Saturday

Salt Spring Farmers' Institute 351 Rainbow Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

30th annual event at the Farmers Institute. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The main event features local seed and plant producers, fruit and nut tree growers, beekeeping supplies, a seed […]

Seedy Saturday Weekend Workshops

Salt Spring Farmers' Institute 351 Rainbow Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

Simply Seed Saving by Ben Corno & Kaleigh Barton (Heavenly Roots Farm) • Foundations of Soil Management for the Islands Region by DeLisa Lewis (Green Fire Farm & UBC). Pre-registration is […]

Victoria Conservatory of Music: Young Artists Collegium Program

ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

The very best students from Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Young Artists Collegium Program come to ArtSpring for a special chamber music concert. Featuring ensembles of outstanding young talent on strings, […]