Since its inception in 1982, the Hornby Festival Society has earned a national reputation for artistic excellence and adventurous programming. In its early years, the Festival focused primarily on the classical genre, and has evolved to include jazz, world & traditional music, modern dance, and spoken word. Many of Canada's foremost artists have performed here including Gratien Gelinas, Jane Coop, Loreena McKennitt, Maureen Forrester, Peggy Baker, Richard Margison, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, André Laplante, Michael Kaeshammer, The Puentes Brothers, Gary Comeau, Rick Mercer, the Canadian Opera Children's Chorus, Peggy Baker, Swamperella, Angela Hewitt, Pied Pumkin, Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, Andrea Nann, Jasper Wood, Jim Byrnes, Zubot & Dawson, the Sharon Minemoto Quintet, The Bills, Sara Marreiros, Caravan, Miles Black, Scott White, the Jacques Thibaud Trio, Heather Schmidt, and Andrea Nann & Sarah Chase.
Based in North America's premier mountain resort just two hours north of Vancouver, British Columbia, the Whistler Film Festival Society (WFFS) is a charitable cultural organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler.
Photos copyright by Teddy McCrea, Ladysmith photographer . Please ask for permission before use.A Little HistoryThe early focus of the Festival was to decorate just the downtown core but this was soon changed to include Coronation Mall and then to expand to the blocks surrounding the downtown area. The past couple of years has seen a great physical change to Ladysmith's downtown, which has created many new opportunities for the Festival of Lights volunteers to create and add new lights and decorations.Ladysmith & District Credit Union fireworksWe acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia but probably the biggest 'sponsors', though, are the residents of Ladysmith. Over the years the ever increasing core of volunteers has gone the longest way in helping to make Ladysmith famous for its annual Light Up and its community spirit and to also make people aware of what they had in their own downtown and to shop local.For all of this assistance, the Festival of Lights is extremely grateful
A world-renowned festival of performing arts for young audiences, the Vancouver International Children's Festival has been educating, entertaining and inspiring young audiences since 1978.
The Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a not-for-profit cultural organization that operates the internationally acclaimed Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), the annual Film & Television Forum and the year-round programming of the Vancity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre.