The 2024 Laketown Shakedown lineup is here! Join Gwen Stefani, Busta Rhymes and more over Canada Day Long Weekend in the Cowichan Valley

The Laketown Shakedown lineup for June 30 to July 2, 2023 in the Cowichan Valley has been released! Featuring Shaggy, Aqua, Portugal the Man and many more

The lineup for Cowichan Valley’s Country Music Festival Sunfest from August 3 to 6, 2023 has been announced

Cowichan Valley Laketown Shakedown June 30-July 1, 2022. Headliners include Arkells and LIGHTS on Thursday, Wu-Tang Clan and Sugar Ray on Friday, The Glorious Sons and Big Boi on Saturday

The Laketown Shakedown 2020 lineup is here, announcing that Wu-Tang Clan, Ludacris, Third Eye Blind and Nelly will be headlining the 3-day festival taking place at Laketown Ranch in the Cowichan Valley on June 26, 27 and 28.

Laketown Shakedown with Snoop Dogg, Incubus and Sublime with Rome at Laketown Ranch in the Cowichan Valley on June 28, 29 & 30, 2019.

Since its inception in 1995, BC Youth Week has grown to include over 30 municipalities and non-profit organizations throughout the province. This internationally celebrated event aims to recognize the positive contributions youth make in our communities and to celebrate the valuable work youth and youth organizations do all year round. The BC Youth Week Committee […]

Pinot Noir grapes are mainly associated with Burgundy but Andy Johnston of Averill Creek Winery on Vancouver Island are putting Duncan on the global Pinot map. Averill Creek is the largest estate grown vineyard and winery on Vancouver Island and they’re producing everything from Pinot Gris and Gewurtztraminer to a Foch Cab. “I’m a grape […]

A trip to Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley isn’t complete without heading over to Cobble Hill and visiting Merridale Estate Cidery. View Larger Map Back in 2000, Janet Docherty and Rick Pipes purchased Merridale and its 20 acres of cider apples from its founder who started it the cidery in 1990. Today, Merridale is a full-experience […]

Situated in the bountiful Cowichan Valley (Cowichan Bay being North America’s first Cittaslow designated region) Duncan is at the epicentre of farm-to-table goods on Vancouver Island and Chef Daniel Hudson is definitely taking advantage with his new restaurant Hudson’s on First. Fresh off an appearance on Top Chef Canada where he competed for five weeks, […]