IN DAYS GONE BY, visitors flocked
to Gibsons Landing for regatta races, summer camp, and cottage
weekends, surrounded by the sparkling sea and snow-capped peaks of Howe
Sound.
TODAY, you'll discover that Gibsons Landing is still a special place for special events (calendar here).
IN THE SPRING AND FALL enjoy a full range of arts, culture and leisure learning programs through the Coast Cultural Alliance. www.suncoastarts.com
IN APRIL, join 500+ runners and walkers on the historic course from Gibsons to Sechelt in the Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run. www.foolsrun.com
JUNE'S MAIN EVENT is the Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival, where tradition and innovation meet in Dougall Park. www.coastjazz.com
JULY BRINGS world-class paddlers to the Howe Sound Ironman Outrigger Canoe Races—excitement on land and sea. www.clippercanoes.com/outriggerrace.htm. This race is also the Canadian Nationals and everyone is invited.
IN SEPTEMBER, the Gibsons Landing Business Association will be sponsoring the third annual Salmon Festival in the Landing.
IN AUGUST, the Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival & Workshops is a seaside spectacle of colour and texture, featuring quilting, spinning and weaving, woodworking, rug hooking, papermaking, needle arts, and other fine crafts. www.gibsonslandingfibrearts.com
COME, EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF—the friendly atmosphere, fabulous scenery, and genuine hospitality of our picturesque seaside village, and be a part of a century-old tradition of Gibsons Landing special events.
EVENTS 2008
| Feb 7 | Chinese New Year Celebration/Gibsons Rotary at CTK the Club |
| Feb 8–16 | Spirit of BC Week |
| April 6 | April Fool's Run Half-Marathon |
| May 4 | Kids Help Phone Walk |
| May 24 | George & Charlotte Gibson Day |
| May-Sep | Music in the Landing |
| May-Oct | Gibsons Landing Sunday Market |
| Jun 1 | Coastal Homes & Gardens Tour |
| Jun 9-13 | Jazz Week |
| Jun 13-15 | Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival |
| Jun 21 | Duck Pluck Family Day at Dougall Park |
| Jul 1 | Canada Day Celebrations |
| Jul 11-13 | International Outrigger Canoe Races |
| July-Aug | Gibsons School of the Arts |
| Jul 25-27 | Sea Cavalcade |
| Jul 25-27 | Gibsons Yacht Club Regatta |
| Aug 20-23 | Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival, 604-740-1229 |
| Sep 6 | Gibsons Landing Salmon Festival |
| Sep TBA | New Moon Festival |
| Nov-Dec | Arts & Craft Fairs |
| Dec 12 | Christmas in the Landing |
Other Notable Sunshine Coast Events 2008
| Aug 8-10 | Coasters Car Club Sleepy Hollow Rod Run and Show 'n Shine—Sechelt |
| Aug 14-17 | Festival of the Written Arts—Sechelt |
| Aug TBA | Hackett Park Craft Fair—Sechelt |
| Sep 19-21 | Pender Harbour Jazz Festival |