Vancouver Island MUSICFEST 2023 is one of Canada's premier Roots, Folk and Global Music Festivals featuring 5 to 6 stages at the Courtenay Exhibition Grounds. Each stage has its own unique personality.

The 2023 Musicfest Performers include: Sarah McLachlan, Rickie Lee Jones, Galactic, Al Qahwa, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with the Guilty Ones, AV & Inner City, Awakeneers, Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers, Blackburn Brothers, Blue and Gold, Bryan Bowers, Bros Landreth, The Brother Brothers, Nora Brown with Stephanie Coleman, Burnstick, Daryl Chonka, Roy Forbes, Curtis Clear Sky & the Constellationz, Scott Cook, JD Crosstown, Nikki D & the Sisters of Thunder, Liam Docherty, Dongyang Gozupa with Mei Han, Ecoute Pour Voir, Angelique Francis, Jemma Hicken, Tennyson King, LappElectro, Barbra Lica, Crys Matthews, Kristina Olsen and Michael Dunn, Jim Page, The Paperboys, Polky, Tissa Rahim, Jack Semple, Naomi Shore, Sinha Danse: Out of Bark and Bone, Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling, Sprig of That, Storry, Steven Taetz, Under the Surface, Luke Wallace, Warp Trio.

Information on the performance scheduling over the weekend can be found on the website below.

TICKETS
Are available from the website there are Day Passes and Weekend Passes:

Day Passes
Friday - July 14 $129
Saturday - July 15 $139
Sunday - July 16 $139

Weekend Passes
Adult $240
Senior (65+) $230
Youth (13-18) $150
Kids 12 & Under Free (Tickets must be ordered in advance)

Please note that for all the ticket prices listed above there will be added additional tax and Service Fee.

CAMPING
One of the best ways to experience Vancouver Island Musicfest is to fully immerse in the weekend through camping on-site. Families and friends flock from the local community and far away for an annual reunion of camping and festival fun. There are camping opportunities for RV's, campers and camper vans and tents. Regular camping fees will apply depending on the options selected.

You must have a weekend pass to camp.

Parking
Parking is available at the Comox Presbyterian Church 725 Aspen Rd. Comox BC
and Driftwood Mall (Lower parking lot off of Cliff Ave)

and a shuttle bus will be running all weekend in a perpetual 25-minute loop from the parking above to the festival grounds. There is a fee of $5 per/person-per ride kids under 12 are free.

The Word On The Street is a national celebration of literacy and Canadian writing. Every year we host hundreds of author readings for visitors of all ages and a vibrant marketplace featuring the best selection of books and magazines in Canada.

Since its inception, WOTS has grown from a fledgling festival of 40,000 booklovers to become Canada’s largest annual book and magazine festival: a weekend-long bookworm bonanza, attracting more than 200,000 visitors each year.

Join us (for free!) as we celebrate the stories that connect us.

WELCOME TO THE 9TH ANNUAL WEST COAST SUP SYMPOSIUM IN TOFINO BC

This is the West Coast's Annual Stand-Up Paddleboarding Adventure Weekend.
Beach Camping and Two Days of SUP Surfing and Touring in Tofino BC

There is also a Paddle Canada Certification Maintenance Clinic for Paddle Canada Instructors.

This is a fantastic opportunity to meet other paddlers, expand paddling skills, and experience the best paddling on the West Coast!

PLEASE NOTE that this event is open to all Paddle Canada instructors and other stand-up paddleboard enthusiasts (participants should have Paddle Canada Advanced Flatwater Sup Skills accreditation or equivalent experience and knowledge).

PACKAGE
The full package is $425/person+GST+tribal park fee. This includes 2 nights beachfront camping at Bella Pacifica, 2 days of paddling clinics and Saturday evening social event. Spaces are limited so please pre-register online.

Location: Bella Pacifica Campground and Swell Tofino at Mackenzie Beach: https://g.page/r/CUL7oOMU5tzLEAE

Not included: Gear and Food. There is the option to add rental gear for the event through the online booking checkout process (such as SUPs, wetsuits, and PFD's).

Again, please make sure you have the prerequisite skills to get the most out of this event and be able to paddle forward efficiently in choppy or windy conditions, this is not a beginner event.

The 2023 5K Foam Fest: Walk It. Charge It. Run it. Fun It.

This is the World's #1 Fun Run for ages 7 & up. Family Friendly with 2.5 Million Cubic Feet of Foam!

Sign up on the website below, for any of the 5K Foam Fest event's being held across Canada this summer:
Nanaimo, BC (June 3rd), Sun Peaks, BC (June 10th), Vancouver, BC (June 17th), Calgary, AB (June 24), Edmonton/Leduc, AB (July 8), Regina, SK, (July 15), Barrie, ON (July 22), London ON (July 29th), Kitchener/Waterloo, ON (August 12), Ottawa, ON, (August 19th), Toronto, ON, (August 26), Toronto, ON, (August 27).

5K Foam Fest has 22 of some of the best and most exciting obstacles in the world including the world's largest inflatable waterslide, slip and slides, and mucky mud pits! Combine these with 2.5 million cubic feet of foam that is pumped out at each event, and you are destined to have an awesome day!

Some of the events include: a foamy start, hurdles, lily pads, mega slide, chamber of foam, cargo climb, body washer, spider web forest, walls, foam zone, mud crawl, slip n slide, log roll, mud pit, rope climb, foamy finish, tire hop, splash n' dash.

Sun Peaks Pricing:
To participate in the Sun Peaks event, the current price is $69.99 (full price is $119.99), registration can be made from the website and there will also be limited tickets available at the gate.
Spectators are FREE!

What's included for participants: string bag, 5K Foam Buff, temporary tattoo, finishers medal, ice cream, free photos, 22+ obstacles, 2.5 million cubic feet of foam, water stations, kids free fun zone, festival & Vendor village, live DJ, Gear Check ($5 donation), giving to a good cause (Make-A-Wish Canada), showers, and going green!

The 5K Foam Fest is not a hardcore run it is a FUNCORE run. Walk it, charge it, run it, fun it! Lots of walking groups have a blast at Foam Fest and it is all for a good cause!

FOLKTORIA: a Multicultural Celebration will be held at Centennial Square in Victoria BC on Saturday, June 3, 2023, (noon to 8 PM), and Sunday, June 4 (noon to 7 PM), -- celebrating 6 years!

There will be Dance, Performing Arts, Ethnic Foods, Art & Crafts, Games!

Admission is FREE!

This event is produced by the Greater Victoria Folk Festival Society.