• Books & Bling

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

    Annual sale of great quality mostly used books and jewellery at the Farmers' Institute. Friday, Nov. 3 through Sunday, Nov. 5. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Funds benefit the Salt Spring Literacy Society.

  • Bach on the Rock: Remembrance 2023

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

    Featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem and other pieces. With guests Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc and baritone Hans Grunwald and the Makana Youth Choir. Preceded by a community singalong of popular songs from the WWI and WWII periods half an hour before the concerts.

  • Bach on the Rock: Remembrance 2023

    ArtSpring

    Featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem and other pieces. With guests Canadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc and baritone Hans Grunwald and the Makana Youth Choir. Preceded by a community singalong of popular songs from the WWI and WWII periods half an hour before the concerts.

  • Garry Oak Meadow Presentation and Planting Workshop

    Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve 265 Blackburn Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Join us for a talk about Garry Oak Ecosystems with Biologist Susan Hannon, followed by a planting in the Garry Oak Demonstration Ecosystem with Ecologist Chris Drake. Registration is required by emailing Debra at debra@saltspringconservancy.ca.

  • Seasons in the Salish Sea

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

    Through a collection of anecdotes and short videos, you will swim through spring, fall, summer and winter around Salt Spring, including areas off Vesuvius, Fulford Harbour, Beddis Beach, Xwaaqw’um (Burgoyne Bay), Churchill Beach and Isabella Point with underwater photographer Ann Donahue and marine biologist Anne Parkinson.

  • Viva Chorale! Concert: Kintsugi

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

    Join Viva Chorale as they explore the art of Japanese Kintsugi through song. Kintsugi is the art of repairing pottery that has broken but instead of trying to hide the flaws, they are celebrated with golden lacquer making the breaks more visible and through the process of mending more beautiful than the original. From this we discover that we are […]

  • Holiday Nature Art

    Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve 265 Blackburn Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Make some nature-inspired holiday crafts to take home, enjoy a warm drink and go for a walk with your family. Free drop-in.

  • Viva Chorale! Concert: Kintsugi

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

    Join Viva Chorale as they explore the art of Japanese Kintsugi through song. Kintsugi is the art of repairing pottery that has broken but instead of trying to hide the flaws, they are celebrated with golden lacquer making the breaks more visible and through the process of mending more beautiful than the original. From this we discover that we are […]

  • ArtSpring Presents: Bouge de là – Through My Eyes

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

    Dance show for all ages at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. https://gulfislandsdriftwood.com/bouge-de-la-for-the-young-and-young-at-heart/

  • Propagation Techniques Workshop 

    Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve 265 Blackburn Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Two sessions: Session 1 from 10am-12pm and Session 2 from 1pm-3pm at Blackburn Lake Nature Reserve. Ecologist Chris Drake will explain the 3-year cycle of plant propagation used in the Conservancy’s native plant nursery and learn about collecting and planting seeds, learning when and how to repot plants, how to transplant suitable trees, other propagation […]

  • Christmas Bazaar

    All Saints By-the-Sea 110 Park Drive, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Baking, needlework, crafts, jewellery, treasures. Delicious lunch served. Come and join us at All Saints church. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

  • Winterfaire

    Salt Spring Island United Church 111 Hereford Ave., Ganges, Salt Spring Island, B.C., Canada
  • Festival of Trees

    Harbour House Hotel 121 Upper Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    View Christmas trees decorated by community groups and businesses and place food bank donations under your favourites. In the Harbour House lobby daily through Jan. 1. Winner to be determined on Jan. 2. Just a few of the decorated trees when set up in the lobby of the Harbour House Hotel at the beginning of […]

  • Christmas Craft Fair

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

    At Lions Hall. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Farm Stand Light Up & Tour

    Visit farm stands and special spots on a self-guided Salt Spring tour! Map available at this link.

  • Festival of Trees

    Harbour House Hotel 121 Upper Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    View Christmas trees decorated by community groups and businesses and place food bank donations under your favourites. In the Harbour House lobby daily through Jan. 1. Winner to be determined on Jan. 2. Just a few of the decorated trees when set up in the lobby of the Harbour House Hotel at the beginning of […]

  • Christmas Craft Fair

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

    At Lions Hall. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Beaver Point Hall Christmas Artisan Fair

    Beaver Point Hall 1365 Beaver Point Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    Annual fair at Beaver Point Hall. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3)

  • Salty German Christmas Market

    Ernst & Elsie Farmworks 271 Furness Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

    Crafts and goods, drinks and baking, farm animals and more. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Photos with Santa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

  • Farm Stand Light Up & Tour

    Visit farm stands and special spots on a self-guided Salt Spring tour! Map available at this link.

  • Festival of Trees

    Harbour House Hotel 121 Upper Ganges Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

    View Christmas trees decorated by community groups and businesses and place food bank donations under your favourites. In the Harbour House lobby daily through Jan. 1. Winner to be determined on Jan. 2. Just a few of the decorated trees when set up in the lobby of the Harbour House Hotel at the beginning of […]