• Historical Charcoal Kilns Project Talk

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

    Speakers are Munehiko Iwaya, an executive with the Japan Charcoal Promotion Society; Steve Nemtin, a local historical kiln expert based on Galiano; and Brian Smallshaw, a historian whose focus is on the Japanese Canadian history. Salt Spring Library Program Room. 2 to 3:30 p.m.

  • Family Movie Matinee

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

    Fridays at 2:30, for families with kids ages six and up. Kids under 10 must be signed in and out. Oct. 20: The Muppets (2011) CANCELLED: Oct 27: The Dark Crystal CANCELLED: Nov. 3: Jumanji Nov. 10: Oz the Great and Powerful Nov. 17: Labyrinth Nov. 24: Enchanted Dec. 1: The Nightmare Before Christmas

  • Celebration of the Arts

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

    Two-day extravaganza of Salt Spring artists in all genres at ArtSpring. Displays and demonstrations will be open to the public from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. Continues Saturday.

  • Salt Spring Trail & Nature Club

    Lions Hall 103 Bonnet Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Salt Spring Trail & Nature Club welcomes Daniel Donneke,from Saanich, who is Salt Spring’s contact for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count. His presentation is called “Enjoying the Birds on Foot and by Boat - Are Hiking and Bird watching compatible?”

  • Satsang with Desthein

    Salt Spring Centre of Yoga

    Inviting inquiry into the nature of the self. Salt Spring Centre of Yoga. 7 to 9 p.m.  Contact Marcelle 250-538-8557 or email theteachings@desthein.com

  • Joël Fafard House Concert

    Award-winning guitarist Joel Fafard performs Southern roots and blues classics with the soul of a purist and the showmanship of a seasoned entertainer. Doors open at 7 p.m, 7:30 show. Info: Dave Vollrath, 250-537-0188.

  • Everyday People

    Moby's Pub 124 Upper Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Live roots band at Moby's. 9 p.m.

  • Celebration of the Arts

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

    Two-day extravaganza of Salt Spring arts. Displays and demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; children's workshops from 10 a.m. to 12 noon; Artists' Mash-up from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

  • CFUW Meeting: Guest Speaker Harry Swain

    Salt Spring Baptist Church Basement 520 Lower Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    Harry Swain was deputy minister of Indian and Northern affairs at the time of the Oka Crisis, and also the deputy in charge of creating Nunavut. At the SS Baptist Church basement. 10 a.m. Public welcome. 

  • SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)

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

    Our Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.

  • Open House at The Root

    The Root 189 Beddis Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Learn about The Root - Salt Spring's future food storage and processing facility at 189 Beddis Rd. from 12 to 4 p.m. Speakers include building designer Donald Gunn (at 12:30 and 2 p.m.), seed-saving expert Dan Jason (at 1 p.m.), and Erinanne Harper, who gives a permaculture presentation at 1:30 and 3 p.m.

  • Star of the Sea Open House

    Star of the Sea Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice 2600 Fulford-Ganges Rd, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    See the space and meet the development team for Star of the Sea - Centre for Spiritual Living and Practice, a place for various faith groups to share spiritual practices and ideas, at St. Mary's Anglican Church in Fulford. 2 to 4 p.m. 

  • Halloween Sock Hop

    Fulford Community Hall

    Bop to the oldies with a mystery DJ at Fulford Hall. 7 p.m. Prizes for best retro outfit. A copper Kettle benefit. Be there or be square. $10 at the door.

  • SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)

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

    Our Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.

  • Salt Spring Forum Presents Mark Kingwell

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

    Mark Kingwell, University of Toronto philosophy professor and author of several bestselling books, leads a discussion titled Why Philosophy Still Matters at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. We live in unsettling times, when a climate crisis looms and Donald Trump rules. Is philosophy relevant to our daily lives—and if so, how? From politics to architecture, fishing to […]

  • SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)

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

    Our Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.

  • SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)

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

    Our Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.

  • Have Fun Learning Squash!

    Salt Spring Squash Court 805D Lower Ganges Rd., Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada

    Drop-in introductory sessions at the new squash court at the Golf Club. 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Bring clean non-marking shoes. First time free, and $5 per session thereafter.

  • Halloween Spook House

    Ganges Fire Hall 105 Lower Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Haunted House created by GISS improv students runs at the Ganges Fire Hall this year. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. It will close for the fireworks, and then be open again for 40 minutes afterwards.

  • Halloween Fireworks

    Salt Spring Fire-Rescue offers display from Ganges Harbour, followed by hotdogs and hot chocolate outside the fire hall. After dark - around 7:30 p.m.

  • Screening: Dracula Lord of the Damned

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

    Screening of film by Salt Spring's Theodore Trout with director in attendance, plus Andy Meyers reading from his book Vlad. Salt Spring Public Library. 8 p.m. (Note the time has been changed from previous 7 p.m. listing)

  • SSI Painters Guild Exhibit: Our Best Work (So Far)

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

    Our Best Work (So Far) marks the guild's 45th anniversary with a retrospective of work by current and former guild members. Plus a Reunion Room with photos and memory-sharing, and a display of work by workshop instructors. Mahon Hall. Show opens with a reception on Sat., Oct. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m.