River City Arts Festival
Spirit Square and Shoppers Row V9W 2C5 Campbell River, BC, Canada

The Launch Online Grant program provides funding to B.C.-based business to create an online shop and/or improve their e-commerce experience to attract new local... customers and expand to new markets. The grant will pay for up to 75% of eligible expenses, up to a maximum of $7,500 per business. https://launchonline.ca/

BC emerging artists are invited to apply to the 2021 BC Culture Days Ambassador Program. Five successful applicants will receive an honorarium and production bu...dget totalling $1,000 to present a community-based project for Culture Days 2021. Eligible projects include in-person events*, live-streamed events, digital presentations (pre-recorded), and self-guided activities. Projects will be presented between September 24 and October 24, 2021. https://culturedays.ca/en/bc/en/ambassadors *IMPORTANT TO NOTE: In this context, emerging means Are in the early stages of your career in your art form; Are a creator of new work(s) or a practitioner of an art form; Have demonstrated experience in actively engaging your community through the arts; Devote a minimum of 24 hours per week to your art; Make a financial commitment to your practice and seek your primary income from your artistic work;

Loved #berniesMittens at the Inauguration? Shop his look at our Gift Shop! We have a few Felt & Tweed mittens left in stock - locally made from repurposed textiles

Happy Friday! It’s time for some GOOD NEWS 1. Congratulations - Cheers to the Downtown BIA businesses who have been nominated for the Campbell River & Distric...t Chamber of Commerce Awards: Carol Chapman La Tee Da Lingerie Boutique Photo Tech foto source Island Life Real Estate Group Shoreline Real Estate Team Campbell River Tidemark Theatre Campbell River Coworking Ankor Salon and Spa Session Taproom, Kitchen + Spin The Crooked Spoon 2. Footprints Security - staff were spotted working diligently over the Christmas holidays helping to keep our Downtown clean and safe. 3. Moving - A Cut Above Design Groupwill be moving front and center into the vacant Preston Jewellers in the Coast Discovery Hotel Campbell River 4. Cigarette Butts - Larry Jackson came through again with another two pounds of butts! The Downtown BIA is now registered with Terracycle in North York Ontario and we are officially members of the Cigarette Waste Recycling Program. The butts are recycled and combined with other plastics and used for new plastic products such as ashtrays, shipping pallets or plastic lumber. I just have to figure out a way to dry the butts, they can't be shipped wet. Next! 5. Thankful - We live in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. What are some things that you are thankful for this week?

Merry Christmas from all of us at Destination Campbell River to you! We're wishing you a safe, cozy, and healthy celebration : @photographybysonja_123, IG ... Campbell River is nestled within the traditional territory of the Ligwida’xw people; the We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, and Kwiakah First Nations. We look forward to welcoming you to our corner of the Island when it is safe to do so. Until then we will keep serving you up all the reasons to put us on your list for future travel. #DiscoverCampbellRiver #ExploreBCLocal Stay close to home Follow the latest health recommendations. Now is not the time to travel. Until January 8, all non-essential travel to and within BC should be avoided. Please stay local and support local businesses with just your immediate household or bubble, this holiday season. If we all do our part now, we can explore BC again, soon. Be kind, be calm, be safe and reach out to friends and loved ones now more than ever.

NIC's Artist Talk series is returning for Winter 2021 with a new, digital format. The series kicks off with artist, writer and arts educator Jim Holyoak, Monday..., Jan 25 at 6 pm. His practice is comprised of drawing, ink-painting, artists’ books and room-sized drawing installations. For a full list of speakers and tickets: https://nicart.tickit.ca/ #IamNIC #NICSchoolofFineArt #ArtistTalk #Drawing #Art

Santa stopped by the Museum to visit the Festival of Trees and read a story! Thank you to the wonderful sponsors that supported the 2020 Festival of Trees. R...egretfully we could not open this year due to a public health order, but Santa and everyone at the Museum hope you are finding ways to celebrate the spirit of Christmas this year! 2020 Festival of Trees sponsors: 2Day FM Avenue for the Home & United Floors Berwick by the Sea Broadstreet Properties/Seymour Pacific Thulin Family Cermaq Canada Ltd. Chan Nowosad Boates / SD72 International Students CR Lawyers/Habitat for Humanity Coast Discovery Inn FortisBC Hi-Limit Plumbing & Nika Plumbing Immigrant Welcome Centre IZCO Technology Solutions McDonald's Campbell River Mosaic Forest Management Mowi Canada West Patrons of the Arts/The Arts Council Peak Mortgages Rob Fuccenecco Principals and Vice Principals Assn. Royal LePage BC Oceanfront Real Estate Team Thongs Jewellery & Repair Western Forest Products

Welcome to 2021. We want this new year to be all about intention. We want the Downtown Campbell River pages to be a unique space where you can find and learn ab...out all things in the downtown community. To kick off 2021, we want to hear from you! What do you want this page to look like? What certain posts do you want featured, what do you want to read about, what do you want to see? This community isn’t complete without YOU, so let us know all your ideas and thoughts below. We are excited for what this page can become in this new year.

Mark your calendars! The Big truck Parade is moving online. In a display of ingenuity, the Downtown BIA, the Chamber of Commerce and Shaw Spotlight are compilin...g all the drone coverage as well as videos and pictures from past parades and transforming them into a 2020 Big Truck Parade! It will broadcast on Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. on Shaw Spotlight Channel 4, the Downtown Campbell River BIA Facebook page and you can watch it anytime on our Youtube Channel. Link to our Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com//UCuYaukF7p3bc5E9ZXuQt2WA/featured Please subscribe! Once we reach 100 subscribers we can actually name it after ourselves! Enjoy the show...

Mark your calendars for some cozy nights in with the Tidemark Theatre this December! Tom Jackson: The Huron Carole | Tidemark Theatre - December 5 Cris Derksen | Tidemark Theatre - December 6 Hug in a Box: An Interactive, Community Christmas Celebration - December 20