Festivals

A service of reconciliation and blessing offered by the Anglican Parish of Salt Spring at All Saints By-the-Sea at the beginning of Pride. 5 to 6 p.m.

At the Salt Spring Legion. 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.  Dress up in drag or your alter ego - whatever you dress as, bring your most fabulous self! Hosted in drag by […]

12:30 p.m.: Gather & welcome in front of Salt Spring Island Public Library on McPhillips Ave. 1 p.m.: Non-motorized Pride Parade through Ganges village, ending in Centennial Park. 1:30 to […]

Featuring live music with Ange Hehr and band, Draco & Ginger, Sir Ryan Real + more drag performers! Silent auction fundraiser. Fulford Hall. 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.  Tickets purchased prior $25 […]

Theme is A Message of Love. Salt Spring Seniors Centre. 10:30 a.m. Victoria musician Jill Cooper and Amanda will play the most iconic and stirring songs associated with Pride and the […]

Orca parade and party with Buckman Coe to celebrate Federal Court of Appeal victory and continue actions to protect the Salish Sea. Parade from Centennial Park to the Farmers' Institute […]

19th annual organic apple festival. Self-guided farm and orchard tour, plus displays and more at Fulford Hall.

Salt Spring Japanese Garden Society event is at Heiwa Garden in the Peace Park. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Three-day festival of inter-island small boat service that connects Pender, Saturna, Salt Spring, Galiano and Mayne Islands, plus Sidney. See tourdesiles.ca for schedule and to book trips.

70th annual event on Saturna Island included games and competitions for everyone,  crafts on display and for sale, a well-stocked beer garden and 27 island-raised lamb that are barbecued around […]

19th annual car and motorcycle show and celebration at the Hydro field from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Schedule includes Viva Chorale at 10 a.m., Black Powder Cannons and National […]

Annual Canada Day Fireworks Show gets going at dusk around 10:15 p.m.) in Ganges Harbour.

Interactive experiences, craft demonstrations, great food and music at the Farmers' Institute. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free!

The Chuan Society presents its second annual block party. All Ages, all genres, all day, with art, food and music. Downtown Ganges. 12 noon to 10p.m.

Opening night party, open mic, filmaker chat and visual treats. Beaver Point Hall. 6:30 p.m.

Youth film festival screening at Beaver Pint Hall, with Salt Spring Library Stop Motion films at 5 p.m. and official selection films at 7. Awards presented at 9 p.m.  

Pride festival 2019 opens with LGBTQ2SIA+ lobby art exhibit, silent auction, sign making, community banner making, art jam, and  staged-reading of "An Interrogation Story in One-Act" with talk-back session facilitated by […]

An intimate service of reconciliation and blessing offered out of the Anglican Christian tradition. Participants will reflect on the diversity with which our Creator made us, reject the Church's teaching […]

Peter Freeman is the featured reader at a special Pride-themed session. His book Growth is a collection of poems arranged to illustrate the moulding of one’s personality and motivations from internal and […]