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Bring your family for a very special candlelit ceremony in Cumberland on the darkest night of the year, Saturday, Dec. 21, to celebrate the winter solstice. This leisurely extravaganza, which runs from 4:30-9 p.m., is modelled after traditional pagan and Celtic winter festivities that deeply honour Nature and community in a way that feels truly magical.

The Comox Valley Art Gallery will host a solstice celebration this Friday, Dec. 20, from noon to 9 p.m. as part of its ROOT LOVE winter program.

Swing Set returns!

The Hornby Island Arts Council is receiving $250,000 for the construction of a new ‘Art Centre’ building.

What signs let you know that the holiday season has truly started?

Music is as central to the Christmas season as food, family and friends.

Art, coffee, creative gifts and warm welcomes are just a few of many highlights at the Tin Town Artists’ 12th annual Open House and Sale, Saturday, Dec. 14.

Gordon Hutchens received a Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art and Design

Familiar faces, and a talented line-up of central Island jazz musicians fill the Avalanche Bar (275 8th St., Courtenay) with great jazz at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, when Greg Bush returns with four favourite accompanists: Alicia Murray, drums; Dan Craven, tenor saxophone; Chad Geekie, drums, and Rob Uffen, bass.

Vancouver Island MusicFest has made its first announcement for the 2020 festival, and artistic director Doug Cox has gone ‘a little bit country’ for his first act.