The Bard 鈥榦鈥� Scotland will be honoured at the Robbie Burns Contra Dance on Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Big Yellow Merville Hall (1245 Fenwick Rd., Merville).

The Comox Valley Pipe Band Society is celebrating Robbie Burns on Jan. 26 with their 6th Annual Burns Dinner fundraiser in the Upper Lounge of the Royal Canadian Legion Comox Branch 160.

The Comox Valley Art Gallery enters the new year with a new look inside and out, new thematic programming and new community engagement opportunities.

鈥淭he Joe Cocker Experience鈥� was an idea that came together with a passion after hearing Dan sing on stage one night a few years ago.

鈥淲ho wouldn鈥檛 fight if there were laws for the safety of the miner and they were not enforced? How鈥檚 you like to go into the bowels of the earth if you wasn鈥檛 sure at what minute an explosion might come?鈥� (Anonymous, Vancouver Morning Sun, 12 Feb 1913).

Adam Bailie is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter. He crafts an acoustic contemporary sound (Bob Marley, Eddie Vedder, Beck). His experimentation and fearless production techniques in the studio has allowed his sound to evolve and even translate into his live show where he offers an array of modern effects (vocoder, loop pedal) to give the set more character and variety.

Last week, jazz enthusiasts at the Avalanche Bar &Grill were wowed by a brilliant guitarist.

Internationally renown Canadian artist speaks at Stan Hagen Theatre

The Comox Valley Art Gallery screens the critically-acclaimed film, Shoplifters, Sunday, Jan. 20, and again Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Landmark Cinemas in Courtenay, as its next Winter Film Series presentation.

First event of 2019 happens Jan. 26