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Air tours

The Sunshine Coast plane is waiting to take you on a spectacular flight seeing adventure....
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Nanaimo Museums

Vancouver Island Military Museum- Click Here More than 25 exhibits and displays showcasing Canada’s proud...
Nanaimo Breweries

Breweries

White Sails Brewing- Click Here Brewery and Taproom located in downtown Nanaimo. Clean, crisp, award...

Nanaimo EVENTS

Give Birth Love Tooth

Nanaimo Art Gallery 150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC

Give Birth Love Tooth is a collaborative multimedia exhibition by Nanaimo-based collective Art Action Earwig, composed of Minah Lee, Wryly Andherson, and Tadafumi Tamura. The project started with a story […]

By Donation

stem ‘alu ‘u’ ni xe’xe What is Sacred?

Nanaimo Museum 100 Museum Way, Nanaimo, BC

Nanaimo Museum Feature Exhibit: Coast Salish art is a distinct style among the art of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest. What is Sacred? explores the past, present and […]

By donation

Salt Spring Studio Tour

Runs year round self driven tour of various studios on Salt Spring Island Pick up a map on the ferry and follow the blue and white sheep signs

Free
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Sounds of Summer in the OCQ

Old City Quarter 281 Fraser Street, Nanaimo, BC

Free live music in the Old City Quarter in Nanaimo, every Friday 12-1pm beginning Friday June 2nd and running until Friday September 15th. The musical variety is pronounced and the […]

Free
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Needle Felted Animal

Lost Arts Club 2358 Wild Dove Road, Nanaimo, BC

We have many colors of wool roving to choose from to make your own unique needle felted animal. If there is a certain animal that you want to make please […]

$20

Mermaid Wine

Piper's Pub 4700 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo

Join us to make a beautiful Mermaid Wine mixed media painting! The wine glass will be affixed to your canvas, paint wash your canvas fun then decorate with crushed glass, […]

$30

Mermaid Wine

Piper's Pub 4700 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo

Join us to make a beautiful Mermaid Wine mixed media painting! The wine glass will be affixed to your canvas, paint wash your canvas fun then decorate with crushed glass, […]

$30

Drawn to the Abstract

Paying attention to elements like balance, pattern, rhythm, contrast, and movement, learn to peel away at the distracting details to work in the abstract. Learn to play with the fundamentals […]

$55
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Tie Dye Soaps

Lost Arts Club 2358 Wild Dove Road, Nanaimo, BC

Make 4 x 3.75 oz. bars of soap; additional soaps can be made if time allows for $4 each bar. You can choose from glycerin or goat's milk melt and […]

$18
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Teen Art Drop-In

Nanaimo Art Gallery 150 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC

Drop-in on Wednesdays to the Nanaimo Art Gallery and make art in a fun and relaxed environment, experiment with a variety of materials, and be a part of a creative […]

$5
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Island Roots Farmers’ Market

Beban Park 2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC

Farmers' market at Beban Park. Wednesdays all year from 3-6PM. We are a make it, bake it, grow it market. Everything is local. We have music in the summer, tables […]

Free