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Past Events from January 31 – February 8 – Tourism Nanaimo

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Festivals and events

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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Luminous Paths: Nanaimo’s 150th and Beyond

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And WInter Came – Benefit Concert for the Old City Arts Hub

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Island Roots Farmers’ Market

3 events,

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Nanaimo! The City That Sings – A Choral Kaleidosope

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Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) Hosted by the NMBC

3 events,

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Songs for Nobodies

6 events,

Nanaimo Flea Market 

Trust Fall

Trust Fall

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Songs for Nobodies

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Joe Farnsworth and Sarah Hanahan

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Songs for Nobodies

4 events,

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Film Screening – All we imagine as light

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Film Screening – All we imagine as light

3 events,

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Island Roots Farmers’ Market

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R-RATED | Diversity Hires Stand Up Comedy Tour | NANAIMO

3 events,

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Vancouver Island Symphony presents Whoever Said Opera is Boring?

2 events,

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The Debaters Live

3 events,

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Island Roots Farmers’ Market

5 events,

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Singing Valentines

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Valentine’s Day Printmaking

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Ashley Wey Trio @ The Vault

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Island Roots Farmers’ Market

1 event,

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Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable

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Coldest Night of the Year

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Coldest Night of the Year

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1 event,

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Relation-SHI% Comedy

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Island Roots Farmers’ Market

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1 event,

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19th Annual Naked Bungy for Mental Health

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Tacos and Tunes

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Trust Fall

Nanaimo Art Gallery 150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo

From origami objects that are folded based on remote instructions, to artworks developed through psychic intervention, Trust Fall is an exhibition featuring works by Jon Sasaki and Laura Gildner that celebrates the creative potential of mistakes and miscommunication. Nanaimo Art Gallery offers admission by-donation. Their hours are Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm and Sundays 12 to 5 pm. Visit their website for all details including Friday lunchtime tours of Trust Fall. Image: Jon Sasaki in collaboration with Baco Ohama, Misconstructions, Origami object folded by Jon following verbal instructions sent by Baco, 2022

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Luminous Paths: Nanaimo’s 150th and Beyond

Maffeo Sutton Park 100 Comox Rd,, Nanaimo

The City of Nanaimo invites you to join us for Luminous Paths: Nanaimo’s 150 & Beyond, a winter artfestival that is a celebration of light, art, land, and community. Temporary art installations will illuminatepublic space, transforming a once familiar environment into something new, a place-making experiencethat ignites imagination, inspiring hope and excitement for the future of our community. The festival will open with an event on January 22, 2025, in Maffeo Sutton Park, with live performances,and involvement of local community groups to mark the date of the first Council meeting 150 years agofor the newly incorporated City of Nanaimo. Temporary art installations will be on display in identifiedpublic spaces, encouraging visitors to explore park and community spaces. Musicians and performerswill be engaged in performances over the course of the evening at locations corresponding withtemporary art installations. The central event space in a local waterfront park (Maffeo Sutton Park), willinclude interactive booths, food trucks, City of Nanaimo 150 merchandise, children’s activities, andadditional educational and promotional material. The HMCS Nanaimo plans to visit Nanaimo for severaldays at the beginning of the festival. Culture Staff and the Port of Nanaimo are working together toarrange berth for the vessel. The HMCS Nanaimo intends to offer focused outreach for visitors to viewthe vessel throughout the first weekend of the event.  Artists and cultural community partners will further be highlighted through various public engagementopportunities through the course of the festival, such as artist talks, tours, and educational workshopshosted within a variety of cultural spaces. Temporary public art projects will remain available for viewing until the festival closing event onFebruary 17th (Family Day). The final event will focus on engaging families and youth, withperformances by child-friendly acts and take place in one centralized location (Maffeo Sutton Park). Illuminated Art Installations by Artists:

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Event Series Songs for Nobodies

Songs for Nobodies

Malaspina Theatre VIU Campus, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo

Sharma, who is on stage for 90 minutes accompanied by live musicians, has a miraculous voice shifts from the smoky blues of Billie Holiday to the thrilling soprano of Maria Callas via Garland, Cline and Piaf.  With consummate ease, she breathes new life and deeper meaning into the five legendary performers and the five ordinary women whose lives were changed by their brush with fame. When Sharma’s voice floats out over the audience, she makes countless mysterious connections with the audience members. The singer has her story and the listeners have theirs, and when those stories touch each other, magic will transpire.  Featuring such favourites as “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Crazy,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do,” Songs for Nobodies illuminates the power of song to share a story, heal a heartbreak and inspire a dream. Suitable for adults and older teens.

$35

Nanaimo Flea Market 

Centennial Building 2290 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Beban Park’s Centennial Building will be buzzing this Saturday with Nanaimo’s only year-round flea market! With 25 to 35 vendors under one roof—rain or shine—you’ll find everything from household items, tools, clothing, and electronics to vintage treasures, collectibles like coins, Hot Wheels, and Lego, plus handmade crafts and more. With new vendors each week, there’s always something fresh to discover. Doors open at 9 a.m., and admission is free—don’t miss out!

Event Series Songs for Nobodies

Songs for Nobodies

Malaspina Theatre VIU Campus, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo

Sharma, who is on stage for 90 minutes accompanied by live musicians, has a miraculous voice shifts from the smoky blues of Billie Holiday to the thrilling soprano of Maria Callas via Garland, Cline and Piaf.  With consummate ease, she breathes new life and deeper meaning into the five legendary performers and the five ordinary women whose lives were changed by their brush with fame. When Sharma’s voice floats out over the audience, she makes countless mysterious connections with the audience members. The singer has her story and the listeners have theirs, and when those stories touch each other, magic will transpire.  Featuring such favourites as “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Crazy,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do,” Songs for Nobodies illuminates the power of song to share a story, heal a heartbreak and inspire a dream. Suitable for adults and older teens.

$35

Joe Farnsworth and Sarah Hanahan

The Queens 34 Victoria Crescent,, Nanaimo, BC

The Friends of Nanaimo Jazz Society welcomes the return of the powerhouse duo of Joe Farnsworth and Sarah Hanahan to Nanaimo on Feb. 1. Farnsworth and Hanahan lit up the stage and wowed our audience last year, and had such a great time that they are coming back to Vancouver Island for another rocking good time at The Queen’s. Nanaimo's own, the phenomenal multi-instrumentalist, John Lee will be joining them on bass. This all-ages event supports jazz music education in Nanaimo and features a pre-show set by the Wellington Jazz Academy. Full food and beverage service provided by The Queen's. Doors at 5:30 Wellington Jazz Academy Combos at 6:00 Joe Farnsworth and Sarah Hanahan with John Lee at 7:00 This event is hosted by The Queen’s Nanaimo and would not be possible without the support of The City of Nanaimo, Long and McQuade Nanaimo, and our media sponsor CHLY 101.7 FM.

$25
Event Series Songs for Nobodies

Songs for Nobodies

Malaspina Theatre VIU Campus, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo

Sharma, who is on stage for 90 minutes accompanied by live musicians, has a miraculous voice shifts from the smoky blues of Billie Holiday to the thrilling soprano of Maria Callas via Garland, Cline and Piaf.  With consummate ease, she breathes new life and deeper meaning into the five legendary performers and the five ordinary women whose lives were changed by their brush with fame. When Sharma’s voice floats out over the audience, she makes countless mysterious connections with the audience members. The singer has her story and the listeners have theirs, and when those stories touch each other, magic will transpire.  Featuring such favourites as “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “Crazy,” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do,” Songs for Nobodies illuminates the power of song to share a story, heal a heartbreak and inspire a dream. Suitable for adults and older teens.

$35

Film Screening – All we imagine as light

Shaw Auditorium 80 Commercial Street, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Nanaimo

A movie by Payal Kapadia France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | 2024 | 118m | Malayalam, Hindi All we imagine as light is an exquisitely beautiful and heartfelt film that follow two nurses experiencing personal turning points tinged with the possibility of romance. Moving from urban bustle to seaside idyll, celebrated filmmaker Payal Kapadia locates the beating heart of Mumbai in images as simple as people wending through a crowded marketplace or women retrieving laundry from a rooftop clothesline. As a minor character puts it in a line of poetry, “My dreams are made of everyday things.” Yet for all the rapturous visuals, perhaps the most memorable element is the profound sisterhood at the centre of the film, which emerges slowly and is all the more moving for its measured pace. Winner of the Grand Prix Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (a historic first for an Indian film), All We Imagine as Light is a moving portrait of resistance and camaraderie, a film that finds beauty and solace in the unlikeliest of places.

$15

Film Screening – All we imagine as light

Shaw Auditorium 80 Commercial Street, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Nanaimo

A movie by Payal Kapadia France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg | 2024 | 118m | Malayalam, Hindi All we imagine as light is an exquisitely beautiful and heartfelt film that follow two nurses experiencing personal turning points tinged with the possibility of romance. Moving from urban bustle to seaside idyll, celebrated filmmaker Payal Kapadia locates the beating heart of Mumbai in images as simple as people wending through a crowded marketplace or women retrieving laundry from a rooftop clothesline. As a minor character puts it in a line of poetry, “My dreams are made of everyday things.” Yet for all the rapturous visuals, perhaps the most memorable element is the profound sisterhood at the centre of the film, which emerges slowly and is all the more moving for its measured pace. Winner of the Grand Prix Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (a historic first for an Indian film), All We Imagine as Light is a moving portrait of resistance and camaraderie, a film that finds beauty and solace in the unlikeliest of places.

$15
Event Series Island Roots Farmers’ Market

Island Roots Farmers’ Market

Beban Park 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Join us each Wednesday in Beban Park for a vibrant market where fresh, local products meet community spirit! Explore a delightful array of fruits and vegetables (in season), meat, eggs, preserves, artisanal baking, soaps, and specialty goods from our region's best farmers and artisans. Come and meet your local farmers and producers. Bring your friends and family to enjoy an afternoon filled with delicious flavours, community connections, and a celebration of local agriculture. Support our local economy while savouring the bounty of our region! We are inside the Centennial Building from October 2, 2024 - May 7, 2025. We move outside on May 14 until October. PLUS Special Christmas Farmers' Market on Sunday, December 22 from 10 - 2:30.

Free

R-RATED | Diversity Hires Stand Up Comedy Tour | NANAIMO

Comedians featured on viral sketches - DIVERSITY HIRES & Just for Laughs, CBC, Canada's God Talent, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Asian Comedy Festival, Funny or Die, Sirius XM, and more! If you've been looking for jokes about Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump, Crazy Rent price & Current immigration problems and so on, this is your night! You can check out their viral sketches first, so you know what HOT FIRE they will bring. Viral Sketches Diversity Hires Asian Privilege in Math Population Crisis We're Canadian Therapists from different cultures Canadian Healthcare Koreans in Canada If Canada went to war General Info ℹ️ 📅 Dates: Friday. Feb 7, 2024 ⏰Time: 8:00 to 10:00 PM 📍 Location: The Green Olive by Old City - 150 Skinner St Unit 2, Nanaimo, BC V9R 7A6 Price 🏷 Online: $25 CAD Door: $30 CAD PLEASE ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 7:30 PM TO BE SEATED. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming shows: beacons.ai/bonggunkim01

$25

Vancouver Island Symphony presents Whoever Said Opera is Boring?

Port Theatre 125 Front Street, Nanaimo, BC

Vancouver Island Symphony presents Whoever Said Opera is Boring?Saturday, February 8th, 2025 | 7:30 PerformanceThe Port Theatre Guest Conductor: Janna SailorGuest Artist: Natalie Choquette Embrued with humour and sensitivity, this entertaining show perfectly reflects the creative madness of Natalie Choquette, a diva-actress who doesn’t think of herself as… a diva! We are delighted to have Natalie return to perform with the VIS. Enjoy the music of Webber, Rogers and Hammerstein, Bernstein, Bizet, Offenbach, Piaf, Rossini and Puccini. A night of musical comedy to be remembered!

$28.50 – $63.50