• Christmas With Scrooge

    Fulford Community Hall

    Newman Family Productions musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Tickets $30 (cash only) at Salt Spring Books.

  • SOLD OUT: Christmas With Scrooge

    Fulford Community Hall

    Newman Family Productions musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Tickets $30 (cash only) at Salt Spring Books.

  • Polar Bear Swim

    Vesuvius Beach Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada

    Vesuvius Beach. 12 noon.

  • Christmas Tree Chipping Event

    Central Fire Hall 110 Vesuvius Bay Road, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    Trees chipped on site. Organized by Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue at Central Hall. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. By donation ($10 suggested).

  • GISS Dance Presents Spectral

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

    Term-end dance show from Gulf Islands Secondary School performers.

  • GISS Dance Presents Spectral

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

    Term-end dance show from Gulf Islands Secondary School performers.

  • ArtSpring Presents: Victoria Baroque

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

    Renowned Baroque violinist and Cape Breton fiddler David Greenberg leads Victoria Baroque in a program exploring sweet sleep, dreams, and the things that go bump in the night. The Phantasm program will include selections from Purcell’s incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vivaldi’s flute concerto called “La Notte,” arrangements of Celtic folk songs, and […]

  • Robbie Burns Night

    Fulford Community Hall

    With a scrumptious dinner by Chef Brody, a traditional bagpipe address to the haggis, a special guest appearance by Viva Chorale, some wonderful live music by two talented Vancouver Island musicians Mary Ross and Janette Polson and some inclusive fun dancing, it’s sure to be a great night.  Purchase tickets in advance by contacting treasurer […]

  • GISS Senior Girls Basketball Game

    Gulf Islands Secondary School 232 Rainbow Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    GISS hosts Mark Isfeld Secondary team from Comox. At the GISS gym. 4:45 p.m. Spectators encouraged! 

  • GISS Senior Boys Basketball Game

    Gulf Islands Secondary School 232 Rainbow Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    GISS hosts Brentwood. GISS gym. 6:15 p.m. Spectators encouraged!

  • Salt Spring Film Festival Presents Blue Rodeo: Lost Together

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

    With the unmistakable voices of Jim Cuddy & Greg Keelor guiding the way, this engaging dive into the world of one of Canada’s most beloved bands – which made its World Premiere at the Whistler Film Festival in December – takes you behind the scenes of their incredible 40-year adventure.

  • 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 Community 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 p.m.

  • 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 in 2019.

  • 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 style, and refined, musical interpretation. Keen to stretch the boundaries of the chamber music concert experience, Borealis often includes popular music for younger generations, videos […]

  • 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 sound as fresh today as they did then. Paul Desmond’s poetic alto saxophone is iconic. Blended together with Brubeck’s muscular piano playing and the driving […]

  • 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.

  • Valentine’s Dance

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

    Bandemonium Music Society presents Swing Shift jazz band with special guest Valdy. Mahon Hall. Concession and cash bar. Tickets at Mondo & Co. $25 for adults/$5 students

  • Alvaro Sanchez & the Chamigos

    Royal Canadian Legion Branch 92 120 Blain Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Romantic music from South America, fitting for Valentine's Day. Legion. 7:30 p.m. 

  • Celebrating Ometepe Coffee & Culture

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

    Nicaraguan pottery sale, talk on the Saturday School in Nicaragua, info on Ometepe Coffee and how to be a volunteer, AGM.

  • 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! – bravely put their bodies on the line in a last-ditch effort to save Vancouver Island’s pristine Ada’itsx Valley in the largest act of civil disobedience […]