The longest-running festival on the Sunshine Coast will observe its 50th anniversary this month. The Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts was founded in 1973 by the Gibsons Kiwanis Club and organized its first adjudicated performances for young artists in 1974.
Also, February is Black History Month, and the Gibsons Public Art Gallery is featuring Lower Mainland artist Teri Ejere on behalf of the Sunshine Coast Black History Month Collective.