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Cumberland's Corre Alice Gallery is hosting an avant-garde art event Saturday.

For the month of July, the Comox Valley Art Gallery welcomes artist Perrin Sparks from Quadra Island.

When the Vancouver Island Music Awards came out of retirement last week, they did so in Courtenay — and it was two Courtenay singers who received some of the most high-profile awards.

Discover the pleasure of singing and dancing without restraint in a creative voice and movement workshop on Monday, July 4 at Deer Heart Sanctuary on Hornby Island.

There’s a rockin’ new band in town called Tin Town, which will be the featured act at the next 1st Tuesday Fundraiser at the Mex Pub on July 5.

“Mbira music and dance is a life-affirming gift,” say members of the Zimbabwe-based band, dzeMuninga.

As a teen, he bused tables in a coffeehouse and sometimes sang harmony with the musicians performing there. When he was 19, his brother gave him a guitar.

Vancouver Island MusicFest organizers are kicking into high gear in the final days leading up to the 17th anniversary of the festival and the big deadlines are fast approaching.

Courtenay singers Helen Austin and Emily Spiller were recognized with some of the top awards at the seventh annual Vancouver Island Music Awards.

Before they even left Courtenay, Edmonton-based folk rock band Owls by Nature was able to apply a lesson they learned at the Vancouver Island Music Business Conference (VIMBC).