R19A Events

Saturday, September 7, 2024 (2)

Sep 7, 2024
September 7, 2024
Saturday

  • Party on the Plaza

  • Sep 7, 2024 from 11:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location: Memorial Plaza, Memorial Ave, Parksville FREE
  • Description:
    Bring your kids for a free family event featuring young musicians who are happy to entertain you with talent and energy. 
     

    James Vickers Band 

    On the cusp of a professional career as a blues rock performer, 14-year old James is already writing his own material and has played in Nashville. He also plays solo and regularly performs with his band at venues like the Duncan Showroom and Nanaimo's Queens Hotel. The maturity of his guitar playing and voice are far beyond his years. James is clearly a rising star!

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    Malakai

    Malakai is a folk-pop based artist based in Duncan. At age 15 he is already a seasoned performer and a skilled multi-instrumentalist having opened for many well-known artists including Lynn Miles, Valdy, Norman Foote and Daniel Champagne. Appearances include the Port Theatre, the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, the Cowichan Folk Guild, the Filberg Festival, and the Nanaimo Blues Festival. 

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    DJ Connor   

    11-year old Connor Smyth was first inspired to perform at dan

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  • Once Upon a Fiddle

  • Sep 7, 2024 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Location: McMillan Arts Centre, 133 McMillan St, Parksville $30
  • Description:

    Weaving words and music, local storyteller Rachel Dunstan Muller and violinist Nicholas Ross travel across five centuries to bring some of the violin’s most extraordinary stories to life. This is history like you’ve never heard it: a folk tune caught on the wind of a lonely Irish island, a heroic string quartet in a city under siege, the brilliant solos of one of the world’s most unlikely virtuosas – and more. Join us for an event that celebrates the power of music and the indomitability of the human spirit.

    Rachel Dunstan Muller 

    Rachel is an active member of Nanaimo's Around Town Tellers, a past participant of Canadian Children's Book Week, and a Canada Council of the Arts grant recipient. She’s told stories on the east coast and the west coast, in kindergarten classes and retirement homes, bars and churches, living rooms and theatres, a decommissioned milking parlour, and a city council chamber. A published author, she spends as much time as she can exploring the wild spaces around

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