Featured Events in Salt Spring Island in June, 2025 (August Updated)

Since 2006 here in Cowichan, Elders have been sharing their stories, their history and their healing following the values of nuts'amaat shqaluwun, people working together with one heart, one mind, one spirit. They remind us that the longest journey is from our head to our hearts. We each have much to learn along the way as we learn forgiveness, and practice the values found in kindness, expressed through love and guided by respect. Join Quw’utsun’ Elders who will take you on a journey through time with stories of pre-contact village life, the arrival of settlers, the development of colonies and policies of colonization. Sit inside western systems and indigenous ways of being, to experience the impacts, effects and changes brought about by colonization. Explore the questions of where and how we go from here and join thousands of people who have participated and are committed to walking the road of Q'shintul - walking this journey together. Information Source: Social Planning Cowichan | eventbrite

Join beloved Canadian singer-songwriter Coco Love Alcorn on Salt Spring Island for a playful soulful singing workshop - all voices welcome! In this workshop Coco Love Alcorn will lead us through some simple call and response singing, some harmonies and rhythms and also tickle our playful sides by wee forays into the world of vocal improvisation. Coco’s workshops create a space safe for challenging our comfort zones and enjoying a truly uplifting and connected experience through singing. Together we will enjoy an evening of joyful and soulful singing. With easy-to-learn songs and harmonies, this workshop is for anyone who loves to sing. The workshop will take place in the beautiful Beaver Point Hall on the sweet and funky south end of Salt Spring Island. Please bring water to stay hydrated. Coco will also be in Nanaimo on Tuesday, June 24. More info at www.cocolovealcorn.com/tour or www.sylviahumble.ca/events Presented by Nanaimo songleader, Sylvia Humble, with help from the local Salt Spring singing community to spread the word! Questions? Please email sylvia@sylviahumble.ca Information Source: Sylvia Humble, Community Song Leader | eventbrite

This Summer Solstice weekend (June 20-22) on Salt Spring hosted by Lori Snyder, Laura (Unfolding Senderos) and Samay Cuji and Anna Marie Fitzgerald.. Over the weekend, we'll sit together in sacred tobacco medicine, learn conscious dreaming, spend time communing in nature and foraging, create with plants, practice morning yoga, sing medicine songs, share food, play and take rest. 'This is an invitation to re-learn our relations within the elements. To open ourselves up to Mother Earth's teachings about our own spontaneous, wild, co-operative, and generous energy. To go back to our water-fluidity, to our fire-capacity of doing, to our wind - to listen to the voice of our heart. To re-create our relations with everything that exists. We intend to co-create a space to strengthen our relations in our living world. An invitation to explore wild, native, and medicinal plants; to play medicine music; to practice contemplation within nature, and to dream together. We will immerse in the art of making medicines, enhance our dreaming practice, and watch the night sky. Together we will share food, remember some stories, sit in silence and co-create community. Within the love of Mother Earth, and witnessed by the Spirit of the Mountains and Grandfather Sky, our human nature will be restored.' For more details on the retreat and on the sliding scale payment option of $290-$390, or to book, please email Laura at unfoldingsenderos@gmail.com or DM Lori on Instagram @earthandcompany. Information Source: Earth and Company | eventbrite

Join us for a free tour of Fulford Cemetery Our tours are free to the public, but if you would like to support us then please consider donating to our charity The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation (CWGF). https://foundation.cwgc.org/donate/ MEETING POINT is at cemetery entrance. The cavalry barracks and military hospital at Fulford were both in use during the First World War. During the Second World War, Fulford fell within the military area of the City of York, the headquarters of Northern Command. Fulford Cemetery contains 104 First World War burials and 115 from the Second World War. Burials from both wars form a war graves plot, the rest of the graves are scattered. There are also 15 war graves of other nationalities within the war graves plot. The graves of more than 50 German servicemen, most of whom died in the No. 162 Prisoner of War Hospital at nearby Naburn, were later removed to the German cemetery at Cannock Chas. Parking available on site and nearby; no on-site facilities and toilets; level ground;wheelchair access. Please dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear. The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation (CWGF) aims to actively engage all communities with the work of the CWGC by telling the inspiring stories through education and outreach projects. The CWGF is an independent charity registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (1171947) and Scotland (SC051982). Information Source: Commonwealth War Graves | eventbrite

Solstice Breathwork Journey: A Sacred Portal of Light and Transformation Step into the stillness and power of the solstice—where the veil between light and shadow grows thin, and transformation awaits. This immersive breathwork journey invites you to honor the turning of the wheel, awakening your inner fire as we gather in sacred space to breathe with intention, depth, and presence. Guided by the rhythm of your breath and the wisdom of the natural cycles, you will be gently led into an expanded state of awareness—where emotional alchemy, deep release, and soul remembrance unfold. As the sun reaches its deepest point, you’ll align with its energy to ignite clarity, courage, and renewal from within. Set upon the threshold of seasonal change, this experience is more than a practice—it is a ceremony. A return to essence. A reclaiming of your power, breath by breath. Join us! Sliding scale $30-$40 cash at the door What to Bring: Please dress warm and in layers. Breathwork can be very cooling Yoga mats and a blanket will be provided but you may want bring extra cushion for the floor as well as a cozy blanket and pillow Water bottle Journal (optional) An open and willing heart! *Best not to eat for at least 2 hours before the session What are the benefits of Breathwork? Improves one’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. One of the most powerful practices in decreasing levels of stress and anxiety Increases energy levels and boosts the immune system Brings in more oxygen which fuels the cells, detoxes the body, alkalizes the blood's PH level, making Breathwork anti-aging and an anti-cancer practice. Has been proven to greatly improve blood pressure, and blood circulation. Can improve digestive problems- including constipation, diarrhea and IBS Can help manage PTSD Can improve chronic lung conditions, like COPD and asthma Can contribute to a positive change in mood, feeling happier, more joy and gratitude and help us feel better about the way we see ourselves Breathwork is also big among artists and other professionals for its ability to help them create. Clarity and Insight are almost guaranteed! Breathwork Contraindications: *Breathwork may not be for you if you have severe cardiovascular disorders such as uncontrolled high blood pressure/hypertension, aneurysms, history of heart attacks, myocarditis, atrial fibrillation, advanced kidney disease and diabetes, contagious respiratory diseases, severe psychological imbalances like schizophrenia, psychotic breaks or severs PTSD, detached retina and glaucoma. Facilitated by Amber and Jesse Blue -Amber has spent almost 20 years immersed in the practice of Breathwork. She is a Certified Shamanic Minister, and is trained in many Breathwork modalities. Dedicated to sharing the profound medicine of Breathwork with those willing to undertake the courageous journey of self-discovery, she brings her experience of ceremony and sacred medicine circle to her services. Amber also offers 1 to 1 private sessions for individuals, couples and groups. Jesse Blue -"I consider myself a student even when I am teaching." After discovering Breathwork he quickly fell in love with this potent healing modality. His passion lies in gathering people together in circles where they are inspired to focus on authenticity and strengthening the warrior's heart." "I have done years of talk therapy - years - Breathwork with Amber is a lifetime of talk therapy in one session! I can't express how important this work is. I was transported to childhood, through past traumas, into outer space, but most importantly, I became incredibly present! I felt such immense power fill my body! Amber's facilitation is wonderfully intuitive and nurturing. She creates and holds a deep, powerful, beautiful safe space which allows one to delve deep into the self" Mickey Sumner - Actor "With your innate ability to hold the most incredible safe space, you allowed me to finally see me, for who I truly am. You guided me, held me and allowed all of the angry, pent-up, wounded parts of myself, to surface and be released. Under your enveloping care, acceptance and deeply rooted knowing, you enabled me to transform. It was an experience I never could have expected or imagined and I will be forever honoured to have experienced my true self for the first time, with you. I am a changed Woman. You are a life-altering Being, offering a life-altering process. Thank you Amber, for holding that space. Thank you for showing me the way. Thank you for embodying all of you, so I could embody all of me." E.L. https://ancientfire.ca Information Source: Ancient Fire | eventbrite

In its continued endeavour to connect nature and technology, Groundwaves is excited to welcome the ambient electronic label Hotham Sound Recordings to the Salty Pear on Salt Spring Island. This unique concert experience celebrating Hotham Sound's 10th anniversary, underneath the canopy of a maple tree, features artists KR75, Midi Janitor, Playback Head, Dove Magic, and Sean Evans. -- Hotham Sound Recordings is located in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Their primary focus is on experimental electronic artists from the Pacific Northwest. There is a deep connection to Salt Spring within the label, which makes this anniversary celebration extra special. Click here to listen to Hotham Sound's more recent releases. -- The event will occur on the grounds at the Salty Pear. Guests are invited to join us at 4:00 pm for a wine bar pop-up serving A Sunday In August will be on site. The show begins a short walk away, under the large maple tree at 5:00 pm, with 20 - 25 minute showcase sets by the Hotham Sound label artists. We encourage guests to bring a blanket and a jacket to sit on in case of a colder June solstice. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door (cash only). Kids under 16 attend for free. If you would like to attend but can't swing it financially, please email us at groundwaves.ssi@gmail.com We're grateful to collaborate, create, and present on the shared, stolen, unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwitslum and other Hul’qumi’num speaking peoples, as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. -- KR75 Kristen Roos (half of KR75) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose practice includes a wide range of mediums, including electronic music composition , sound design , sound installation , radio and transmission art , animation , printmaking , textiles , and media archaeology Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krsevenfive/ Music: https://kristenroos.ca/work/kr75 Midi Janitor Using only a scavenged MIDI keyboard and sounds plundered from a wide swath of archaic media (90’s sampler CDs, 80s VHS docs, 70s student films), musician Jonathan Orr creates startlingly accomplished slabs of thick, lo-fi electro that shimmer and pounce like nothing else on the Vancouver scene. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midi_janitor/ Music: https://linktr.ee/MIDI_Janitor Playback Head Since migrating to Canada in 2008, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Alexandre Klinke has remained largely focused on the traditions of his home country, making music that blends folk rhythms with rock, pop, and electronic elements. Thirteen years later, the scope of his practice has expanded to include original soundtracks, field recordings, and sound & video art. With the birth of his two sons, his Canadian roots have grown deeper, and a new approach to music making has appeared - this time privileging timbre and sonic texture over melodic and harmonic development. Still utilizing his traditional instruments (piano, acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, viola caipira), Klinke began recording a series of minimal improvisations onto magnetic tape (both reel-to-reel and cassette) in late 2020. The sounds of the artist's home surroundings (birds outside the window, his children playing) seep continuously into the mix, as well as field recordings taken in his travels in Canada and Brazil. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandreklinke/ Music: https://linktr.ee/alexandreklinke Dove Magic Lorri Rae Clark is a multidisciplinary artist and sound practitioner creating immersive sonic experiences through crystal singing bowls, vocals and synthesized tones. Her music serves as a meditative journey—one that blurs the boundaries between body, space, and sound Through intuition and energetic sensitivity, Lorri’s compositions act as portals to altered states of perception. Layered frequencies, drones, and harmonic overtones invite listeners into a deep state of presence, where inner landscapes expand and time begins to dissolve. Whether performed live or experienced in a spatialized audio environment, her work is designed to hold space for personal transformation, collective stillness and connection beyond the physical. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorrirae_/ Music: https://dovemagic.bandcamp.com/ Sean Evans Sean Evans is a Composer and Sound Design Artist based out of Vancouver, B.C. While he loves to make all types of music, his current practice finds him working in long-form ambient and drone pieces. Sean is always looking for that trance-like state right before you’re about to doze off, and see how long he can ride that out through texture and repetition. Having released music on Canadian labels Deep Sea Mining Syndicate and Hotham Sound, his latest release ‘Movements’ is currently in stores and online. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sssseeeeeaaaannn/ Music: https://sean-evans.bandcamp.com/album/movements About Groundwaves: Groundwaves creates a new appreciation for nature by bringing unique concert experiences and art performances to the diverse natural landscapes of Salt Spring Island. Groundwaves is the live experience side of Groundworks SSI — a non-profit focused on fostering a dialogue between technology and nature through the curation and programming of emerging art works, experiences, education, and cultural exchange. -- Brought to you by: Groundwaves : https://groundwaves.live/ Salty Pear : https://www.saltypear.ca/ Information Source: Groundwaves | eventbrite

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In its continued endeavour to connect nature and technology, Groundwaves is excited to welcome the ambient electronic label Hotham Sound Recordings to the Salty Pear on Salt Spring Island. This unique concert experience celebrating Hotham Sound's 10th anniversary, underneath the canopy of a maple tree, features artists KR75, Midi Janitor, Playback Head, Dove Magic, and Sean Evans. -- Hotham Sound Recordings is located in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Their primary focus is on experimental electronic artists from the Pacific Northwest. There is a deep connection to Salt Spring within the label, which makes this anniversary celebration extra special. Click here to listen to Hotham Sound's more recent releases. -- The event will occur on the grounds at the Salty Pear. Guests are invited to join us at 4:00 pm for a wine bar pop-up serving A Sunday In August will be on site. The show begins a short walk away, under the large maple tree at 5:00 pm, with 20 - 25 minute showcase sets by the Hotham Sound label artists. We encourage guests to bring a blanket and a jacket to sit on in case of a colder June solstice. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door (cash only). Kids under 16 attend for free. If you would like to attend but can't swing it financially, please email us at groundwaves.ssi@gmail.com We're grateful to collaborate, create, and present on the shared, stolen, unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwitslum and other Hul’qumi’num speaking peoples, as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. -- KR75 Kristen Roos (half of KR75) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose practice includes a wide range of mediums, including electronic music composition, sound design, sound installation, radio and transmission art, animation, printmaking, textiles, and media archaeology Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krsevenfive/ Music: https://kristenroos.ca/work/kr75 Midi Janitor Using only a scavenged MIDI keyboard and sounds plundered from a wide swath of archaic media (90’s sampler CDs, 80s VHS docs, 70s student films), musician Jonathan Orr creates startlingly accomplished slabs of thick, lo-fi electro that shimmer and pounce like nothing else on the Vancouver scene. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midi_janitor/ Music: https://linktr.ee/MIDI_Janitor Playback Head Since migrating to Canada in 2008, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Alexandre Klinke has remained largely focused on the traditions of his home country, making music that blends folk rhythms with rock, pop, and electronic elements. Thirteen years later, the scope of his practice has expanded to include original soundtracks, field recordings, and sound & video art. With the birth of his two sons, his Canadian roots have grown deeper, and a new approach to music making has appeared - this time privileging timbre and sonic texture over melodic and harmonic development. Still utilizing his traditional instruments (piano, acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, viola caipira), Klinke began recording a series of minimal improvisations onto magnetic tape (both reel-to-reel and cassette) in late 2020. The sounds of the artist's home surroundings (birds outside the window, his children playing) seep continuously into the mix, as well as field recordings taken in his travels in Canada and Brazil. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandreklinke/ Music: https://linktr.ee/alexandreklinke Dove Magic Lorri Rae Clark is a multidisciplinary artist and sound practitioner creating immersive sonic experiences through crystal singing bowls, vocals and synthesized tones. Her music serves as a meditative journey—one that blurs the boundaries between body, space, and sound Through intuition and energetic sensitivity, Lorri’s compositions act as portals to altered states of perception. Layered frequencies, drones, and harmonic overtones invite listeners into a deep state of presence, where inner landscapes expand and time begins to dissolve. Whether performed live or experienced in a spatialized audio environment, her work is designed to hold space for personal transformation, collective stillness and connection beyond the physical. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorrirae_/ Music: https://dovemagic.bandcamp.com/ Sean Evans Sean Evans is a Composer and Sound Design Artist based out of Vancouver, B.C. While he loves to make all types of music, his current practice finds him working in long-form ambient and drone pieces. Sean is always looking for that trance-like state right before you’re about to doze off, and see how long he can ride that out through texture and repetition. Having released music on Canadian labels Deep Sea Mining Syndicate and Hotham Sound, his latest release ‘Movements’ is currently in stores and online. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sssseeeeeaaaannn/ Music: https://sean-evans.bandcamp.com/album/movements About Groundwaves: Groundwaves creates a new appreciation for nature by bringing unique concert experiences and art performances to the diverse natural landscapes of Salt Spring Island. Groundwaves is the live experience side of Groundworks SSI — a non-profit focused on fostering a dialogue between technology and nature through the curation and programming of emerging art works, experiences, education, and cultural exchange. -- Brought to you by: Groundwaves : https://groundwaves.live/ Salty Pear : https://www.saltypear.ca/ Information Source: Groundwaves | eventbrite

Join beloved Canadian singer-songwriter Coco Love Alcorn on Salt Spring Island for a playful soulful singing workshop - all voices welcome! In this workshop Coco Love Alcorn will lead us through some simple call and response singing, some harmonies and rhythms and also tickle our playful sides by wee forays into the world of vocal improvisation. Coco’s workshops create a space safe for challenging our comfort zones and enjoying a truly uplifting and connected experience through singing. Together we will enjoy an evening of joyful and soulful singing. With easy-to-learn songs and harmonies, this workshop is for anyone who loves to sing. The workshop will take place in the beautiful Beaver Point Hall on the sweet and funky south end of Salt Spring Island. Please bring water to stay hydrated. Coco will also be in Nanaimo on Tuesday, June 24. More info at www.cocolovealcorn.com/tour or www.sylviahumble.ca/events Presented by Nanaimo songleader, Sylvia Humble, with help from the local Salt Spring singing community to spread the word! Questions? Please email sylvia@sylviahumble.ca Information Source: Sylvia Humble, Community Song Leader | eventbrite

Welcome to the Whitney The Greatest Voice Of All Tribute event! Come join us for a night of unforgettable music and delicious food at the York Pavilion Hotel. Get ready to be serenaded by talented performers paying tribute to the one and only Whitney Houston, the greatest voice of all time. Start your evening with a mouth-watering two-course meal and a complimentary drink as you enjoy the soulful sounds of Whitney's biggest hits. Sing along, dance, and celebrate the legacy of this iconic artist. This in-person event will take place on Fri Jun 27 2025 at 19:00 in the heart of York. Don't miss out on this incredible tribute to a music legend! Information Source: York Pavilion Hotel | eventbrite

Singer, songwriter and musician SARITAH is on a worldwide musical mission to uplift, inspire and activate healing with her uniquely feminine blend of evolutionary reggae and acoustic soul flavours, conscious lyrics and live performances that are a reverent celebration of life. Saritah's heartful songs illuminate truths, singing in a better world and reminding us of who we really are.  Born in Seoul, South Korea, raised in (and recently relocated home to) Boorloo (Perth), Australia, Saritah is headed to North America this Spring/Summer for a run of shows to celebrate the release of GIFTS, her 4th full-length album. Featuring collaborations with producers in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, Portland, Oregon as well as Finland, Spain, France, Nigeria and Australia, GIFTS is a diverse and fresh collection of songs to lift up our hearts and minds.  The title track, which opens the album, is a call-to-action, encouraging each of us to cultivate and share our unique gifts with a world that desperately needs them. Lyrically, the album journeys on through themes of finding peace, joy, giving thanks for life, slowing down, having faith, overcoming, and cultivating a sense of self-trust along the way. GIFTS is a colourful body of work that will brighten your day, leaving you feeling uplifted, reassured, more hopeful, and less alone.  “A soulful and joyous triumph. I can hear the sun shining through my speakers.” - Alex Kortt, The A&R Department. Opening act is the legendary Logan Staats: Logan Staats hails from Six Nations of the Grand River, and has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s cultural tastemakers, a land defender and one of our premiere storytellers. As an artist, he pairs gritty and compelling songwriting with raw, authentic and high energy performances that electrify the audience. Weaving his way through the sounds of Folk, Rock, Roots and Americana music, Staats powerful voice has become a fan favorite across Canada, and around the world. Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm.  70 capacity, 45 seats: first come, first serve Meat and veggie pizza served by the slice Information Source: MATEADA | eventbrite

Led by Stamford Bridge Singers' Musical Director Dr Sarah-Jane Gibson, rehearsals will take place from 10:00 till 15:30, with a break for lunch. At 16:00 there will be a performance of the two works to mark the 80th anniversary of the ending of The Second World War. There will be readings of poems and prayers. There is no charge for the audience, but there will be a retiring collection for 'Help for Heroes'. Our accompanist is Shaun Turnbull. All music will be provided. We are very grateful to Leeds Music Library for the hire of the music . Information Source: Stamford Bridge Singers | eventbrite