Featured Events in Gibsons in July, 2025 (August Updated)

6:30-7:15pm Live music! Ellorie McKnight is a singersongwriter on tour from the Yukon. She will perform a set of her songs accompanied by Chloe Davidson on fiddle and Jill McKenna on upright bass. This will be a sit-down show, dress for the weather. 7:30-9pm Square Dance! With caller Ellorie McKnight and live music from Mark Kilianski, Chloe Davidson, Jill McKenna. Be prepared to move and have fun! No experience necessary, you don't need to come with a partner, and all calling is gender-free. Feel free to come to one or both of these events! Gibsons Farm is graciously hosting this all-ages event. Please respect the farm, all animals, and all staff. There is no smoking permitted, please leave your pets at home, and if you are bringing children, please ensure they are supervised. Bring a cup and donation if you'd like to try a farm-made, refreshing, non-alcoholic beverage. We have set up a tiered ticketing system to make the show more accessible for all - you have the option to select a low-barrier, regular, or feeling-generous ticket price. Kids under 12 are free but plase select a ticket if you are bringing a kiddo so that we can keep track of numbers. Please message us if you have any accessibility questions. Information Source: Ellorie McKnight | eventbrite

About Perre Bensusan: “It’s Like The Guitar Has Been Given Free Reign To Play Itself!” Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album "Encore", voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader’s Poll, winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album, Pierre is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century. If World Music means the fusion of traditional, contemporary, jazz, classical and pop music, then Bensusan is one of the most eloquent World Music musicians of our time. A pianist in his beginnings then self-taught on the guitar, the originality of his style makes him one of today’s greatest guitarists and composers for the instrument. Also called “The Prince of DADGAD”, the Rose d'Or of the Montreux Festival, elected Best Guitarist of World Music by the readers of Guitar Player Magazine! His triple album "Encore" won the Grand Prix of the Independent Music Awards in the category Best Live Album... Since his first performances in 1974 in France, the guitarist has sold half a million albums and given thousands of concerts around the globe, both solo and through numerous collaborations. Pierre Bensusan is an adventurer of unusual lands. His almost “sacred” music is an intimate and orchestral hymn, a solo crossing on a multi-shell Lowden guitar subjected to the natural elements with sound molecules and finger pulp on an ebony fingerboard for open tuning - an unique and transparent technique, under the fingers of an adventurous pilgrim. “Listening to Pierre's music is rejuvenating. Beside his extraordinary touch and tone, the notes and melody appeal directly to the tender side of our human nature” Steve Vai “This is beautiful... Pierre is one of the GREATS!!!” Tommy Emmanuel Cgp. With only his steel-string-acoustic guitar – and sometimes his rich, affecting voice – Mr Bensusan can disassemble your heart and hand it back to you restored and renewed. As he did to mine tonight. A true giant.” James Volpe Rotondi (former senior editor at Guitar Player Magazine) This event is co-presented by Salish Sea Cultural Society. Ticket Policy: Ticket is non-refundable Information Source: High Beam Dreams | eventbrite

Yoga at Sunday Cider Join for a gentle 60min yoga flow on the following Saturdays from 9:30-10:30am: July 5th, 12th, 19th August 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th Class style is a flow practice, emphasizing deep breaths and reconnecting with your body. Open to all abilities, ages and energy levels. Yoga will be held on the grass by the outdoor cider bar + picnic area, surrounded by beautiful tall trees. Your GM Fitness membership is valid on all classes - sign up through the GM Fitness Mindbody App. Drop-in is $20 (cash/etransfer or purchase here online). Enjoy delicious vegan beverages + brunch from Sea Monkey Coffee (open at 9am) or a refreshing drink (including non-alc options) at Sunday Cider (open at 10:45am). Information Source: Chelsey Allen | eventbrite

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Are you ready to: • Learn the fundamentals of shamanic practice and empowerment ? • Create your own Mesa, a sacred altar ground and shamanic tool for engaging enlightened beings and elemental energies ? • Discover the Three Worlds, Five Directions, and a vibrant lineage of ceremony, healing, transformation , and heart-centered community? Join us for a half-day exploration of the expansive heart of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition™. Originated by don Oscar Miro-Quesada, respected Kamasqa curandero and Altomisayoq adept, it is a tradition rooted in Peruvian curanderismo which emphasizes personal and planetary healing. You will have an opportunity to create your own Basic Mesa. A Mesa is a type of altar and sacred medicine ground. The Mesa you will learn about is a synthesis of Peruvian shamanic coastal traditions combined with southeastern Andean Paqokuna practices. It is a powerful resource for supporting you in your journey of spiritual development. What is shamanism? Shamanism, also known as curanderismo in this tradition, is not a religion: it is a spiritual practice grounded in a reverent awareness that the world is animated, conscious, and energetically interdependent. This workshop will offer some foundational teachings in Andean and universal approaches to shamanism. Find out more about the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition at the Heart of the Healer Shamanic Mystery School. Investment This workshop is offered on a sliding scale, from $40-80. If money is a barrier to entry, please let us know: there are other ways to contribute and share in sacred reciprocity. We have 3 ticketing options via Eventbrite. If you would rather e-transfer us or bring cash, and/or select a different price within the sliding scale, please email us at: emissariesofthegoldenage@gmail.com . Advance registration is required to ensure you receive all the information you need as well as how to prepare for creating your own Pachakuti Mesa. What to bring Upon registration, you will be sent a list of items for creating your own Pachakuti Mesa. The workshop will include some standing and some laying down for a shamanic journey. Please bring anything else you may need to be comfortable, such as extra pillows, a yoga mat or blanket, or a folding chair that is closer to the ground (and closer to your mesa!) Location and Schedule The Ritual Cosmos workshops will be held at Chaster House in Bonniebrook, on the Sunshine Coast, BC . We will gather on Sunday, July 20, 2025 from 1:30 pm-5:30 pm . Please arrive between 1:10-1:25 pm to get settled so we can start promptly. About Us Juan and Luna Rojas are apprentices in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Cross-cultural Shamanism, which comes from the North Coast and Andes of Peru. Both have extensive experience with their own paths of healing and awakening, and a strong commitment to supporting personal and planetary healing. Emissaries of the Golden Age is our shared initiative of helping seed and spark the movement toward a more beautiful world through our ceremonial offerings, story-telling, and teaching endeavours. Information Source: Emissaries of the Golden Age | eventbrite