We’ve got Spring Break, St. Patrick’s Day, Nowruz celebrations, and so many more events in Vancouver this weekend! Miss604 is proud to sponsor Spring Break at Burnaby Village Museum as well, with free admission until March 24th. Find these fun things to do and many, many more listed below. Have a great weekend!
Events in Vancouver This Weekend March 17-19, 2023
The lineup for the 2023 Laketown Shakedown music festival in the Cowichan Valley has just been released including three days of programming hosted at the 275 acre ranch venue on Vancouver Island. Over the long weekend June 30 to July 2, festivalgoers can hear from Shaggy, Aqua, Portugal the Man, Everlast, Third Eye Blind, Bif Naked, Reignwolf, K’naan, DJ Shub, and more.
Laketown Shakedown – Colin Smith Takes Pics
Laketown Shakedown Lineup 2023
The 2023 Laketown Shakedown will host all of these acts on three stages in a truly spectacular setting, plus a festival village with food and other vendors, activities, multiple full-service bars, a dynamic VIP area, flush toilets, showers and much, much more.
Weekend camping and event tickets will go on sale at 9:00am on Friday, March 27, 2023.
Friday, June 30, 2023 Third Eye Blind Reignwolf Bif Naked SonReal Vinyl Ritchie Blonde Diamond Wet Future Nokturnal Funk DJ Primitive
Saturday, July 1, 2023 Portugal the Man Everlast K’naan Rêve Nicky Genesis The Gaff Pastel Blank DJ All Good Jennay Badger Blase Blase Lost Octave Xavier Quw’utsun’ Tzinquaw Dancers
Sunday, July 2, 2023 Shaggy Aqua Classified DJ Shub The Boom Booms Father Funk Missy D The New Groovement Righteous Rainbows of Togetherness GI Blunt Base Collective Shale
The line up of festival headliners and support artists for the four day Sunfest Country Music Festival taking place in the Cowichan Valley has been released featured Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson, Billy Currington, and more.
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Sunfest 2023 Festival Lineup
When: August 3 to 6, 2023
Where: Laketown Ranch (8811 Youbou Rd #648, Lake Cowichan)
Nashville based singer/songwriter Billy Currington will take the top spot Saturday, August 5th. The CMT Music Award winning Currington has released 7 albums since his self titled debut 2 decades ago, with 18 singles to his name. On Friday August 4th, American chart topper Lainey Wilson will headline. Wilson is the first female to have 2 songs in the country radio top 10 in more than a decade with “Heart Like a Truck”, and “Wait in the Truck”, the latter being a duet with Sunfest alum and fan favourite, HARDY. Thursday August 3rd will start the long weekend with a kick-off party featuring Jade Eagleson, Bobby Wills, Kenny Hess, and more.
Sunfest’s main stage will host country music megastar Blake Shelton on Sunday August 6. Shelton, who is a long-running judge on the popular NBC singing competition series The Voice, will make his highly anticipated Vancouver Island debut.
Following the outstanding success of previous events, Laketown Ranch has solidified its place as the ultimate vacation destination in the Cowichan Valley. Laketown Ranch is a world-class facility, featuring the largest permanent outdoor stage in Western Canada on a 250-acre site only minutes from Cowichan Lake. The 2023 Sunfest Country will host 4 days of live music across 4 stages in a truly spectacular setting, plus a festival village with food and other vendors, activities, a dynamic VIP area, much more.
Download the Laketown Ranch mobile app for more information their 2023 events.
Debuting March 31st, I want to think about feminism but I have to think about climate change is the newest exhibition from Surrey-based artist Alex Sandvoss.
Please note: the Leonore Peyton Salon is a multi-purpose space; therefore, viewing times are limited. Please call (604) 664-1636 for viewing availability prior to your visit.
Just like Sandvoss’s previous exhibitions, her latest will feature works that challenge people to question the world, our reality, and to not remain a passive bystander but to take action. For Sandvoss, using her creativity to question and challenge the status quo is intrinsic to who she is an artist. She said, “There are so many elements of our lives that I want to put under the spotlight including classism, racism, feminism, climate change—all of these and more go under the microscope in this new show. Something I find really messed up is how money and status grants people in power a free pass to do whatever they want.”
Just as Sandvoss strives to highlight injustices in the world through art that tells a story, her own tale of how she came to be an artist is also remarkable. She has no formal art training and is self-taught (although she comes from a family of artists and musicians). She discovered her natural talent for painting while studying for a music degree at McGill University. Initially, Sandvoss used painting as a release from the pressures of school, but quickly discovered painting was the art form she communicated in most honestly.
An appeal to save an arts venue in Vancouver is unfortunately becoming all too common. This time it’s the Beaumont Studios near Mount Pleasant. The future of The Beaumont Studios, a vital creative hub for Vancouver’s arts community, is in jeopardy of closing due to soaring real estate costs and the financial impacts of the pandemic.
Save the Beaumont Studios in Vancouver
The Beaumont was established in 2004 by artist Jude Kusnierz, as an open and supportive environment for a wide variety of creative professionals.
Since 2019, the organization has been facing severe financial challenges, with rent and property tax obligations increasing by an overwhelming 20% in just three years. The pandemic lockdowns exacerbated already difficult financial constraints, leaving The Beaumont Studios with staggering overhead and debt.
To keep its doors open and continue providing vital physical space and community support to thousands of creators, The Beaumont Studios is urgently seeking support from the community. With over 100 full-time professional artists and a diverse range of creators, The Beaumont has become a collaborative mosaic of artists and creators that have become a family.
The organization has developed a comprehensive fundraising strategy, which begins with a GoFundMe campaign aimed at stabilizing its financial situation, creating a safety net, to continue providing a thriving creative space and robust programming in the community.
“The Beaumont Studios is more than just a building; we are a modern-day inclusive community center; a living and breathing entity that once experienced cannot be easily forgotten,” says Jude Kusnierz, founder, executive and creative director of The Beaumont Studios. “We take an incredible amount of pride in the community that we have built together. We urgently seek your support to keep our doors open. Our creative community depends on it, and time is of the essence. We don’t want to become one of the 150 artist buildings lost in the past decade.”
The organization is developing long-term strategic planning that includes a call for partnerships with local donors, contributors, sponsors, developers and engaging with the city council and staff to create sustainable solutions.
