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Gibsons Library: The Great Gibsons Cookie Competition

Calling bakers of all ages! Enter your best cookie and show off your baking skills!

How it works:
Enter your cookies to our online form no later than Monday Nov 17th. Bakers may enter one cookie in one age category:
Kids 11 & under (caregivers are of course welcome to help them)
Ages 12+

Drop-off: Registered cookies must be brought to the library on Saturday, November 22nd, between 10:00–10:30 am.

A panel of local judges will sample all the entries live, and award the winners. Prizes will be awarded in each age category, and all participants will receive recognition for their efforts.

It’s not just up to the judges — the audience gets a say too! Everyone attending will have the chance to taste cookies and vote for the coveted People’s Choice Award!

xwesam-Roberts Creek Community Hall: Santa in the Creek 2025

Santa is back at the xwesam-Roberts Creek Community Hall on Sunday, November 30th from 1-4pm for photos!
Sensory-Friendly Photos – 1-1:15pm
Family Photos – 1:15-3:30pm
Pet Family Photos – 3:30-4pm
Digital Picture $10
Hot chocolate and apple cider by donation.
Food Bank donations welcomed!
Volunteer opportunities at volunteersignup.org/W4MJ8 or
email hallmanager@robertscreekcommunity.ca
Happy Holidays from the xwesam-Roberts Creek Community Association!

RC Community Hall: Eek the Creek 2025

Eek the creek is back at the Roberts Creek Hall! Brought to you by the @robertscreekgeneralstore and the xRCCA on Friday, October 31st from 2-5pm. Recommended for ages 0-10 but all are welcome! No cover!

Art Exhibition: SC Arts Centre – Lori Goldberg

to Nov 8th. The exhibition “Poetics of the Discarded” is a series of paintings and multi-media installations that explore the relationship between material consumption and natural existence, breathing new life into abandoned objects and daily waste by intertwining them with natural elements like forests, rivers, mountains, and oceans.

Art Exhibition: SC Arts Centre – Eldon Underhill

to Nov 8th. The exhibition “Unseen Forces” is a series of paintings that reflect the idea of the unseen forces that often serve as unconscious catalysts to the creative process when working in the abstract, using a mix of standard, non-standard, and recycled substrates including canvas, upholstery fabric, burlap and construction building paper, as a reflection of the artist’s anxieties about the non-sustainable practices involved in the fine art industry.

Family Halloween Concert

The Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra Association presents its annual Halloween concert with a wide variety of instrumental music provided by the Suncoast Concert Band and SC Community Orchestra joined by student guest musicians and dance artist Emilie Bland.
Wear your costume – there will be a costume parade with recognition in assorted categories.
2:30 pm – Saturday October 25 – Roberts Creek Elementary Gym
Adults $15 at the door (cash only) Children/Students to Grade 12 Free

SC Arts Centre: Sechelt Arts Festival: Processional Flag Workshop

Banner Making Workshop Sept 19 from 2 to 5pm

Celebrate the Equinox and honour the Salish Sea through your creativity!

Come make silk-screened banners for the SINKU Procession on September 20th. Learn the process of silk-screening with stencil artist Hazel Bell-Koski. Original stencils, cloth, paints, and bamboo poles will be provided.

Maximum 12 participants.

Sechelt Arts Festival: Festival Procession: Equinox Raven

In collaboration with Rogue Arts Society, the Sechelt Arts Festival invites you to a celebration of Sinku, the deep waters of the Salish Sea, its ocean inhabitants, its underwater currents, its stories of travel and exchange, and its vitalness to our communities. Sechelt, as the land between two waters, has been shaped by the Salish Sea.

To honour of this magical moment, we will gather at 5:30pm on Ocean Ave for a procession along the waterfront guided by musicians, drummers, dancers and puppets – all celebrating the creatures of the sea. Weaving shíshálh drumming, song and storytelling, with the power of taiko and the beauty of the shakuhachi flute, the procession unfolds stories of the sea on the Fall Equinox.

SC Arts Centre:Sechelt Arts Festival: An Evening of Climate Change Theatre Action

Free, Max 50, Registration required (a few tickets will be held at the door)

We invite you to an evening of short play readings. The collection of plays explores stories about climate, ecology, and the environment, told through the perspectives of animals in our midst, as they contemplate the impact of pollution, climate change, and human ignorance on their habitat and the ecosystem.

SC Arts Centre:Sechelt Arts Festival: Closing Celebration: Nature Girl Screening

Max 50, Registration required (a few tickets will be held at the door)

Celebrate the closing of the Festival with Candace Campo and Trent Maynard as they present their film Nature Girl. After the screening, Candace and Trent will engage in a discussion.

Filmmaking duo Trent Maynard and Candace Campo spent five years documenting the surprising species living in a small wetland in the shíshálh Nation swiya. Using poetry and motion sensor cameras, this short film documents the intergenerational bear families using a multi-species scratching post and watering hole, alongside newts, frogs, elk, owls and bats.

Sunday Cider: Tintype photography pop-up

Join us at Sunday Cider for timeless tintype portraits and country tunes!

Folklore Photography is rolling in from 11am to 7pm with their legendary tintype photo booth – serving up one-of-a-kind, heirloom portraits with old-school flair.

Book your session in advance at folklorestudio.co/tintype – these portraits are pure magic.

PLUS Ben Arsenault will be live on the grass from 6pm-8pm. No Cover.

Opportunity: Hackett Park Artisan Fair Call for Volunteers

Looking for a fun way to get involved in the arts community on the coast? Join us for the Hackett Park Artisan Fair! Featuring 60+ artisan and food vendors, as well as live music with Rogue Fest.
This is a great opportunity to engage with your community, build up your resume, learn about arts & culture and event production, and get behind the scenes of a large local event while supporting your community.
Snacks and soft drinks will be provided!
Volunteer days include Aug 15-17th. Shifts are 3 hours, but you can sign up for as many as you would like.

More info and sign up here.

Halfmoon Bay Community Fair

Fun and Sun at Coopers Green by the Beach, the most beautiful park for miles around. This is the 57th edition of this super popular family tradition. All the usual fun and entertainment for everyone. Live music on stage from noon to 8pm by Belt, Monty Montego and Brothers in Farms. Story Theatre too. Beverage garden with beer, wine and cider. A variety of great food options. The Kids Zone runs noon to 3pm with Crafts and Games, and a Bouncy Castle! Our Marketplace with 44 vendors runs from noon to 5pm. Free shuttle bus from Welcome Woods and the HmB Firehall on Redrooffs Road from 11.30am to 7.30pm. Not to be missed!

Coopers Green: Halfmoon Bay Lazy Daze

Afternoon of live music in the Park (Coopers Green Park). You’ll find lots to eat and drink while you relax (and hopefully dance) with friends and neighbours and enjoy terrific live local music by Spindrift Street and Them Ordinary Things.

Details here.

Creek Daze 2025

xRCCA is excited to invite you to CREEK DAZE 2025!
Join us this year as we kick off the festivities at Roberts Creek School, gathering for the lively Higgledy Piggledy Parade leading down to the Pier! Get creative with your costumes straight from the tickle trunk! Meet at 10:45am, parade at 11:11am!
Explore a diverse array of vendors offering information, crafts, delicious food, and engaging activities for everyone to enjoy. Kids will love the KidZone featuring face painting, games, and playful activities.
Don’t miss the vibrant music performances at the mandala stage from 11:30am-6pm and the Slow Sundays Stage at Library Park from noon-3:30pm. Be sure to browse through the renowned Library Book Sale from noon-3pm—it’s a can’t-miss event!
Stay tuned for more details about the stage line-up

Trash to Treasure Community Art Event

Do you re-purpose your daily trash in any way?

Come experience our creative workstations and make your own practical or decorative pieces to take home.
And/or take part in the communal art piece of an Orca whale to be displayed locally, throughout the year.
Learn and share information about reducing landfill use and saving money in our households through practicing ‘re-think and re-use’ strategies.

All are welcome for this free event and light refreshments.
Aqui Es Mexico Food Truck will also be on site.

SCAC: Orange Heart Days

Come paint and inscribe orange hearts at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre and inscribe them with your personal message of care. Take these home and place them in your community to bring awareness or save them to hang at the next Truth and Reconciliation march. All supplies provided. Registration not required.

Kaleidoscope – A Canadian Multicultural Day Celebration

A joyful celebration of Canadian Multiculturalism Day featuring music, dancers and food from around the world. This free, family-friendly event brings together community, culture, and creativity in the heart of the Creek.
Live performances by:
Celso Machado
Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos
Khyah
Punjabi Folk Dancer
Randeesh
shíshálh Youth Dance Group
simbi + the witness
Sunshine Coast Filipino-Canadian Association
Opening by Kwamanchi Alfonso (aka Sito Salinas) of the shíshálh Nation
Delicious food available from:
Jerk Pan Man
Jind’s Rasoi
Kitchen Classics (Filipino)
Organic Bannock
Hosted by Scott Collison
All are welcome. Come celebrate the diverse cultures that make up our community!
Funded by the Government of Canada.

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