Catered event with No Host Bar -- Doors open at 7 pm. Entertainment begins at 8 pm and includes:

Tickets: $20.00

Doors open at 7:00 PM; Performance 8:00 PM

July 3  -- Joe Stanton  

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Joe’s philosophy of “playing wherever they’ll listen” has taken him on a 30 year journey from the Canadian West coast, with stops for a hot air balloon concert over the Swiss Alps, to the Kerrville Texas Folk festival, and the world fingerpicking championships in Winfield Kansas. His acoustic guitar style has been likened to, Leo Kottke, Bruce Cockburn. Joe will be sharing songs and stories from all his recordings in a special solo performance at Gibson’s Heritage playhouse. With “Lyrics from life” and virtuoso acoustic fingerstyle guitar, in Joe Stanton’s songs you “ taste the prarie dust, you laugh and shed a tear.” Carol Upton - Coast Reporter

Tickets: $15.00

Doors open at 7:30 PM; Performance 8:00 PM

Tickets: $15.00

Doors open @ 7:30; Performance 8:00 PM

July 5 -- Nikki Weber: The "Now" Generation 2009

Metamorphasis Isabell Boese Madi Weber Courtney Lizee       Fathers and Daughters Madi and Mike Weber; Courtney and Gedeon Lizee

Presented by :

Tickets: $15.00

Doors open @ 7:30; Performance 8:00 PM

July 9 -- C.E. Productions: Comic Readings 

The Last Tango in Gibsons and other comedy readings.

Tickets: $10.00

Doors open @ 7:30; Performance 8:00 PM

July10 -- Film Night 

France 2007, 120 minutes, drama anthology Celebrated directors from around the world came together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined. Contributors as cosmopolitan as the city itself (including the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Walter Sales, Alexander Payne and Oliver Assayas) each tell a story of an unusual encounter in one of the city's neighbourhoods. The vignettes go beyond a 'postcard' view of Paris to portray aspects of the city rarely seen on the big screen. The outstanding host of actors includes Natalie Portman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Fanny Ardant, Elijah Wood, Nick Nolte, Bob Hoskins, Juliette Binoche, Emily Mortimer, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Rufus Sewell, Barbet Schroeder, Ludivine Sagnier, Gena Rowlands, Miranda Richardson and Steve Buscemi. A connoisseur's delight: two hours of short films celebrating the most romantic city in the world -- Alan Morrison, Empire Magazine

Tickets: $10.00

Doors open @ 7:30; Performance 8:00 PM

July 11 -- The Sunshine Coast School of Celtic Music 

This will be an evening of Traditional Music blended  with Jazz Fusion and Rock played in a Big Band setting. Played by some of the top young musician from the Sunshine Coast, Canada, America and  Scotland. Lead by two of the top music teachers from Scotland. Iain Fraser (Fiddle) and Harris Playfair(Piano).

The Sunshine Coast School of Celtic Music has been offering  a chance for advanced youth musicians (age 14 -25) an opportunity to work with 2 top musicians in the Traditional and Jazz music scene from Scotland. Now in our third year Iain Fraser and Harris Playfair have worked together with the group to arrange some unique interpretations to Scottish Traditional music with a Jazz influence. Players from across Canada, Scotland, USA and the Sunshine Coast join together for a  week of rehearsals and a final performance. Their sound comes from fiddles, piano, guitar, a full brass section and percussion blending together to offer ancient traditional tunes  with a modern jazz fusion. This concert should not be missed. Put on your dancing shoes as last year they were dancing in the isles to the great big sound of some of  the worlds top musicians.

Website: www.coaststringfiddlers.com

Tickets: $15.00

Doors open @ 7:30; Performance 8:00 PM

July 12 --  Oli's Birthday

Gerardo Avila with Naomi Kajiwara, Eien Hunter-Ishikawa and Bonnie Soon.

This show is a family mask, music and magic/comedy presentation for family with children 5 and over. Oli is a character that does not have friends; he imagines a birthday with lots of presents. Throughout the show he will learn that his imagination is his best friend and his best gift.

Gerardo Avila

Gerardo has been performing professionally since 1974 as a solo clown, mime, magician and story teller. He has been Co Director, writer and performer for groups like Oh Sweet Clown, Electro Tecno-Teatro, Ephemeral, La Ratatouille and Snake in The Grass Moving Theatre. He has performed original sketches for Cirque du Soleil, Uzume Taiko and Katari Taiko among others. Gerardo performed in major festivals in Canada and Mexico like the Vancouver Children´s Festival, Yukon and Vancouver Story telling Festivals, Winnipeg Clown Festival, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Festival du Baie San Paul, Festival de Ete du Quebec, and Expo 86.


Bonnie Soon

Bonnie is an artist with an active history in many aspects of the art world. She began her performing career as a professional dancer touring with numerous companies including: the Paula Ross Modern Dance Company, Kokoro Dance, and Snake in the Grass Moving Theatre. Bonnie has professional credits in stage management and has worked in all aspects of media production from graphic design to video production.

Bonnie joined Uzume Taiko in 1991 as a core drummer and has toured regularly nationally and internationally since. She has served as artistic director since 1999, initiating new collaboration concerts with musicians, dancers and storytellers. Bonnie also works as an artistic educator with the UBC HeART cohort and in Lower Mainland school districts through Artist-in-Residence programs.

Bonnie studied taiko drumming with John Greenaway, Eileen Kage and Leslie Komori in Vancouver and in workshops with members of Kodo, Seiichi Tanaka and Tiffany Tamarabuchi at various North American taiko gatherings. She studied hand drumming at the SFU World Music Percussion Intensive with Sal Ferreras, Glen Velez, Trichy Sankaran and Modesto Amegago.

Eien Hunter-Ishikawa

Eien is a drummer, percussionist, and taiko player who has lived in Japan, Michigan, and Hawaii. Born in Japan, his passion for drumming started at an early age as a member of a youth taiko ensemble directed by Yutaka Ishizuka of the highly influential group Sukeroku Daiko. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree at Central Michigan University, where he toured and recorded with the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, and received his Master of Music degree in Percussion Performance at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. During his seven years in Hawaii, Eien performed and toured extensively as a member of the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble and was an instructor at the Taiko Center of the Pacific; a school for traditional and contemporary taiko. He is currently performing and teaching taiko, drums, and percussion in the Vancouver, BC area.

Naomi Kajiwara

In 2003 Naomi began performing with Uzume Taiko and since then has enjoyed reaching out to different audiences, from local elementary schools to international festivals. Naomi has had the privilege of attending various taiko conferences and workshops where she has had the opportunity to learn from other taiko professionals like Kenny Endo, Tiffany Tamaribuchi, Michelle Fujii, and percussionist Boris Sichon.

Born and raised in Burnaby, British Columbia, Naomi has been passionately involved in arts and performance where she has over 25 years experience in dance including: jazz, tap, hip-hop, Hawaiian and Polynesian. She has also studied and is passionate about music, photography and visual arts and received a Bachelor of Human Kinetics degree from UBC. She currently teaches taiko music and dance to people of all ages. Naomi would like to thank Bonnie Soon, Boyd Seichi Grealy, and Jason Overy for their mentorship and taiko guidance.
 

Tickets: $10.00 Adults; $5.00 Child

Doors open @ 12:30 PM; Performance 1:00 PM

July 16 -- Poetry Reading

Susan Telfer's poems have been published in literary journals from coast to coast in Canada. She teaches high school and lives in Gibsons, B.C. with her husband and three children. Susan is the recipient of the Sunshine Coast Arts Council Gillian Lowndes Award which is for a community artist who has demonstrated long-standing achievement and growth. House Beneath is her first book.

Tickets:

Doors open @ 7:30PM; Performance 8:00 PM

July 17 -- Celso Machado

Brazilian guitarist, composer, singer and percussionist.

Tickets: $18.00

Doors open @ 7:30PM; Performance 8:00 PM

Website: www.celsomachado.com

July 18 -- Berni G and Frenz

Fabulous 40's - 50's Fun!

Presented by :

Dr. Janet Webb

Tickets: $15.00

Doors open @ 7:30PM; Performance 8:00 PM