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• 51st Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts
• April 8 to 25, 2025 (Adjudications) and May 10 (Highlights Concert)
• Open to amateur performers of all ages and abilities

Festival Schedule

• Piano – April 8, 9, 10 – St. Hilda’s Anglican Church
• Folk Instrumental – April 11 – St. Hilda’s Anglican Church
• Dance – April 12, 13 – Heritage Playhouse
• Bowed Strings – April 14, 15 – St. Hilda’s Anglican Church
• Voice/Choir – April 23 – St. Hilda’s Anglican Church
• Woodwinds & Brass, Band & Percussion – April 24 – Chatelech High School
• Speech & Dramatic Arts – April 25 – St. Hilda’s Anglican Church

Highlights Concert

• Saturday, May 10, 2025
• Featuring the top performers
• Heritage Playhouse (Gibsons)

Fiddle Concert

Mike Sanyshyn and the Coast String Fiddlers Harmony Hall Fiddlers and Friends
Friday, April 11, 2025, 7pm–8:30pm
Admission by donation (click here) or at the door
Davis Bay Community Hall, Whitaker Park, 5123 Davis Bay Road

Folk Instrumental Workshop

Mike Sanyshyn, Folk Instrumental Adjudicator
Saturday, April 12, 2025, 10:30am–Noon
Click here to pre-register by April 4
$20 then $15 per family member; All invited from age 10 and up
Davis Bay Community Hall, Whitaker Park, 5123 Davis Bay Road

Orchestra Workshop

Coast Messiah Orchestra with Arthur Arnold
Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Pacific Region International Summer Music Association (PRISMA Festival & Academy) and 2025 Festival Adjudicator.
Open to members of the CMO. Public invited to observe, by donation.
Monday, April 14, 2025, 5:30pm to 7pm
St. Hilda’s Anglican Church, Sechelt

Speech & Dramatic Arts Workshop

Led by Luisa Jojic, Performer, Coach and Teaching Artist, and 2025 Festival Adjudicator.
Open to all. 2025 Festival performers, complimentary. By donation for non-Festival performers.
Friday, April 25, 1pm (post adjudications) – time to be confirmed
St. Hilda’s Anglican Church, Sechelt

2025 BC Young Artist Concert Tour

Hamilton Lau, piano
Tickets $20/$10 students 19 and under.
Cash at the door or etransfer:
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 2:30pm
Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt

Thank you to our generous sponsors and donors – we are most grateful!

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Would you like to be part of a dynamic, innovative, and professionally run volunteer team working to make a difference in the lives of amateurs in the performing arts of all ages and abilities on the Sunshine Coast? Email Sarah Lowis, President at to express your interest and/or find out more.

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