MUSIC
Vancouver Island Symphony Summer Sizzle Festival presents its Summer Sizzle Festival Pop-up Series at various locations in Nanaimo, Yellow Point, Cedar-by-the-Sea, Parksville and Qualicum Beach from July 9-Aug. 9. Bring your own chair. Exact locations to be provided upon ticket purchase. Tickets $42 at http://vancouverislandsymphony.com.
Son de Metal plays traditional Mexican and rock fusion on July 9 from 6-7 p.m. at Mansfield Park as part of the City of Nanaimo’s Concerts in the Park series. Free.
BF/C – Barish Firatli and Joel Igor Hammad Magnusson aka Californiaman – play the Vault Café on July 9 at 9 p.m.
James Vickers and Carson Maertz play Wesley Square on July 11 at noon as part of the Old City Quarter’s Sounds of Summer concert series. Free.
Cover Girls play covers of a mix of genres at their first club show at the Queen’s Hotel on July 11 at 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Tickets, $10, will be available at the door.
Cultivate performing and arts festival, presented by the Gabriola Arts Council, will be held July 12-13 at Gabriola Commons, Gabriola Arts and Heritage Centre and the Haven. Featuring headliner Joel Plaskett. Visit http://artsgabriola.ca/cultivate-festival.
The Funkyards bring pure hip-hop energy to the Globe Live Studio on July 12 at 7:30 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. With Yukaliptis, Katch 22, Alick Mac. Tickets $20 at the door or $15 in advance at http://theglobelivestudio.com.
Heavy Trip, Burnt Lung and Death Hawk play the Terminal Bar on July 12 at 8 p.m. $15.
Nanaimo Concert Band plays a Canadian-themed outdoor concert July 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Maffeo Sutton Park. Free.
Rite – Zoe Pia and Mats Gustafsson – play the Vault Café on July 15 at 8 p.m. Visit http://eventbrite.ca.
ART
After Wrappers by Big Rock Candy Mountain – Hannah Jickling, Reed H. Reed and guest artists – on at the Nanaimo Art Gallery until July 13.
DANCE
Sid Ryan Eilers’s interdisciplinary solo performance ‘Kiss the Stormy Sky,’ part of the Infringing Dance Festival, will be staged at the Port Theatre on July 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $41.50, available via http://crimsoncoastdance.com.
Alexandra (Spicey) Landé presents ‘Monad’ as part of the Infringing Dance Festival on July 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Theatre. Tickets cost $41.50, available via http://crimsoncoastdance.com.
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