Enjoy 10% off dinner at The Surf with a festival pass! (Food only. If you would like to reserve please call 250-247-9231)
Elements in Motion
an Evening of Dance Performances
7:30pm, Phoenix Auditorium
Gabriola’s dance community is as eclectic as its population. These amazing performers will lead you through many different styles of dance - with a demonstration of NIA with Missy Nobels, Contact Dance with Mary-Jo Fulmer and Duncan Fraser, Argentinian Tango with Jared and Lucille Hooper, Salsa Dancing with Gwen Spinks. Other performers include Valerie Mermet, Joke Mensink, and guest pianist, Leah Hokanson. Then stay to learn some dance moves of your own!
Many thanks to Tsiporah Grignon and Valerie Mermet for organizing this special event.
Tickets available at the door: Adults $10.; Youth (18 and under) $5. (free with a festival pass. Pass holders please arrive by 7:15)
Homemade Jam
9pm, Surf Pub
The Wednesday night Surf jam is an institution on Gabriola, and a great place to step out with something new, or to simply play with other local and visiting musicians. Join hosts Tony Gradanti and Brad Shipley, bring your homemade instruments, original songs, and any other nifty inventions, and enjoy a blackberry (in season!) drink special.
Enjoy 10% off dinner at Suzy's with a festival pass! (Food only. If you would like to reserve please call 250-247-2010)
Art Opening:
Wax and Wool by Jeff Molloy
7pm, Artworks
In a time of turbulence and a need for simplicity, Jeff Molloy chooses to paint the sheep that quietly graze in the pastures near his studio. Most of the art in Wax & Wool are encaustic executed on felted wool blanket demonstrating Jeff’s desire to explore and connect the materials to the subject matter.
High–T at the Lunar Lounge
hosted by Brady Marks
8pm, the Roxy
The Lunar Lounge is all about the ambient and the ambiance. Slouch into a red velvet chair and chill out with artists and friends for a few hours. Listen to ambient beats and lovely old lounge tunes, while VJ Brady Marks mixes video projections of some of natures more sensuous elements. Saunter over after dinner at Suzie's, or amble over after the Artwork’s opening but don’t miss this one of a kind event.
Tickets available at the door: $5. (free with a festival pass)
Raptor Rhapsody
hosted by GROWLS (weather permitting)
10pm, the Commons
Join GROWLS (Gabriola Rescue of Wildlife Society) in an evening meditation where recorded owl sounds from around North America combine in lilting musical conversation with our own Deborah Vitek on oboe. Bring a blanket to sit on (some chairs will be provided) and gather under the stars.
Please note: for more information, please contact Liz Ciocea at 250-247-8805. Donations to GROWLS are happily accepted.
Enjoy 10% off dinner at Silva Bay with a festival pass! (Food only. If you would like to reserve please call 250-247-8662)
Beach Gamelan
7:30pm, Drumbeg Park
There is a reason it's called Drumbeg: Come listen to the sounds that a sandstone beach can make with driftwood, rocks, water, wind, and a number of simple, home-built devices (including thoobs and ploppers, puddlepaddles and at least one pheep). You’ll hear an "elemental" percussion orchestra that plays some real rock music. It's time to hit the beach!
Please register if you would like to be part of the workshop (which starts at 6:30pm) Otherwise, join us at 7:30pm to listen and enjoy.
An Avian Apparition
8:30pm, Degnen Bay
Degnen Bay - an enviro-acoustic wonderland in true surround sound - is also home to an incredible variety of birds. An Avian Apparition is a performance piece conceived by Dinah D and Deborah Dallyn (both residents of Degnen Bay) specifically for the bay. The piece has two components: the launch of a hundred lantern replicas of local birds into the bay; and birdsong and other “found” sounds from around the bay performed by host of humans.
Please note: performers for this event are part of the Bird Sound and Lantern Making workshops. This event is free to pass holders, and donations are happily accepted.
An Après-Avian Soiree
9:30pm, Net Loft, 1960 Murray Road, Degnen Bay
Please bring your own beverage and an hors d'euvre (munchy) to share.
Community Potluck
5pm, The Commons
Bring your favourite dish to share, and bring everything else too! (i.e. plate, knife, fork, beverage, fish story etc.)Tables, chairs, and plenty of grass (to sit on) provided.
Afriola and Community Drum and Percussion Jam!
7pm, the Commons
Afriola! Gabriola’s very own Drum and Dance Ensemble, will perform traditional songs and dances from West Africa, then we will open it up to a community drum jam! The ensemble includes drummers Rose Topp, Timothy Maika, and Howie Stiff on dunduns; Steve Jackson on accompanying djembe; Voodoo Dave McGrath on lead djembe; and dancers Jennifer Payne, Esther Moncrieff and Valerie Mermet.
