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Embrace the eclectic energy of Nanaimo at our Bathtub Races, a thrilling tribute to our marine heritage, or get lost in the magic of our Lantern Festival, join the city in colour for our Pride Festival, Jazz fest and more. Every season brings something new and exciting, ensuring that no two visits to Nanaimo are ever the same.

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Vancouver Island Symphony presents Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

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PaperWorks: Printmakers of the Salish Sea

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Nanaimo Artwalk 2024

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One in Spirit Festival

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Vancouver Island Symphony presents Reindeer Games… The Sequel

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shnu’a’th, ᐊᑳᒥᕽ akâmihk, the other side

Nanaimo Art Gallery 150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo

shnu’a’th, ᐊᑳᒥᕽ akâmihk, the other side is an exhibition of new photo-based artworks by Michelle Sound and Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun. The title of this exhibition, set in Hul’qumi’num, Cree, and English, suggests both geographical proximity (the other side of the river) and spiritual proximity (the afterlife). Works in the exhibition consider relations with land, family, and ancestors through interventions in the medium of photography. In our daily scroll through digital images, it is easy to forget that pictures can be tangible objects with weight and texture. When we encounter printed snapshots, we can hold them and ask: Who is this person? Where are they standing? How are we related? Who took this photo? then flip them to look for handwritten notes on the other side. Photographs of all types can spark stories, but photographs as objects can carry unique traces of the people or places they represent. Sound and White-Hill begin with this understanding, and employ sculpture and installation to bring new life to photographic images. Through cyanotypes printed on elk hide drums, torn prints that have been repaired and adorned, drawings of spirits layered on top of archival images, and spindle whorl patterns cut out from historical landscape photographs, the artists work to enact care for their families, and communities, here and on the other side. shnu’a’th, ᐊᑳᒥᕽ akâmihk, the other side is the third exhibition through which Nanaimo Art Gallery asks the question: How can we work together? Image: Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun, Squpastul (Gathering), Detail of digitally altered historical photograph, 2024

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Nanaimo Wine Festival

We have resurrected Nanaimo's signature wine festival as we have not hosted this event since 2019.  This annual wine festival hosted by The Grand Hotel Nanaimo brings over 200 wines from around the world and BC. Live music, appetizers, a Grand Prize compliments of Save On Foods, and a pop-up onsite store by the amazing Yo from The Landing Liquor Store.  Purchase your tickets in advance at The Grand Hotel front desk or reserve your tickets via telephone 250-758-3000.  This year we are raising funds for the Nanaimo District Hospital Foundation.  This event is possible with our generous sponsors: Nanaimo Hospitality Association, Save On Foods, Harbourview Volkswagen, Hullo Ferries, The Landing Liquor Store, The Wave 102.3, and Tourism Nanaimo.  We are thrilled to have the Winemaker Series again with our partner restaurants: Black Rabbit Kitchen, Melange, Mahle House, and Camas.  Please support the dinners by contacting the restaurants directly and booking your table. We continue to support small restauranteurs and their brilliant creativity.  

$125

Ballet Victoria’s Production of Frankenstein

Port Theatre 125 Front Street, Nanaimo

A Port Theatre Spotlight Series Presentation An original zombie ballet — where Frankenstein’s “creature” meets Giselle’s “willies.” Destrooper’s interpretation brings to the stage an alchemy of horror, romance, humour, and science fiction driven by a score boasting Verdi, Shostakovich, Dukas, Catalani and Adam. Let unbridled passions set your heart ablaze! Inspired by the romantic classical ballet, Giselle, this ballet blends the dark elements of the gothic tale of eternal life and resurrection with the beauty and tragedy of a love story born in death. “It’s going to be fun. It’s a great story and exciting to do ballets that are a little bit unexpected,” says Paul Destrooper. PLUS… Enter our Port Theatre Costume Contest! All patrons (with tickets to this event) are invited to attend Frankenstein in costume! At intermission, parade across the stage and showcase your creative attire. Our celebrity judges will select four winners and the top prize includes 2 Helijet passes. Categories include: Best costume | Best homemade costume | Scariest costume | Most adorable costume

$29 – $59