Indigenous Peoples Weekend

Exhibition of work by Indigenous artists in ArtSpring's gallery and lobby. Open to public through July 3 with extended hours and meet-the-artists events during IPW weekend.

Four-day festival featuring Indigenous music, dance, ceremony, and cultural gathering. Programming includes performances by headliners Ed Peekeekoot and Wesley Hardisty, workshops, exhibits, elders circles, and community potluck feast. All events alcohol- and substance-free.

Immersive exhibit by Quw'utsun' Cultural Connections Society exploring truth, reconciliation, and generational journeys, including local Salt Spring Island history.

Immersive exhibit by Quw'utsun' Cultural Connections Society exploring truth, reconciliation, and generational journey, including local Salt Spring Island history. Running throughout IPW weekend.

Immersive exhibit by Quw'utsun' Cultural Connections Society exploring truth, reconciliation, and generational journeys, including local Salt Spring Island history.

Visiting Indigenous artists demonstrating and selling work. Friday features Howard LaFortune Sr. (wood carving) and Tuesday LaFortune (beading); Saturday features Katie Phillips (beading) and Margaret August (painting, drawing, carving).

Visiting Indigenous artists demonstrate and sell their work. Friday: Howard LaFortune Sr. (Tsawout, wood carving) and Tuesday LaFortune (Nuu-chah-nulth, beading). Saturday: Katie Phillips (Quw'utsun', beading) and Margaret August (shíshálh, painting, drawing & carving).

Welcome ceremony for elders held at the Farmers Institute.

Movement workshop with facilitators Seónagh Kummer and Robbyn Scott exploring reconciliation through movement and body language.

Mi'kmaq musician Edgar Hann performs foot-stomping, button-box-driven roots music on button accordion.

Community potluck feast featuring performer Kai Barrette, honouring elders.

High-energy classic rock and blues performance by Salt Spring Island's Local Motion, featuring eight seasoned professionals and three powerhouse lead vocalists. Free admission.

Immersive exhibit by Quw'utsun' Cultural Connections Society exploring truth, reconciliation, and generational journeys, including local Salt Spring Island history.

Visiting Indigenous artists demonstrating and selling work. Friday features Howard LaFortune Sr. (wood carving) and Tuesday LaFortune (beading); Saturday features Katie Phillips (beading) and Margaret August (painting, drawing, carving).

Visiting Indigenous artists demonstrate and sell their work. Friday: Howard LaFortune Sr. (Tsawout, wood carving) and Tuesday LaFortune (Nuu-chah-nulth, beading). Saturday: Katie Phillips (Quw'utsun', beading) and Margaret August (shíshálh, painting, drawing & carving).

Welcome ceremony for elders held at the Farmers Institute.

Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and storyteller Ed Peekeekoot performs Cree music on guitar, fiddle, and Native flute.

Talk by Dr. Dave Schaepe of Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre on Stó:lō Nation's investigations of Indian Residential Schools and Hospital in the Fraser Valley. Presented with Salt Spring Island Public Library.

Powerhouse rhythm & blues, soul, swing and roots music performance by veteran bluesman Big Hank Lionhart and The Smokin' Hot Toasters.

Storyteller and historian Kate Roland and family perform traditional storytelling and music highlighting the integral role of Native Hawaiians in shaping the Pacific Northwest.

Ukulele workshop led by Kai Tocher.

Dene fiddler Wesley Hardisty performs dynamic festival-stage fiddle music.

Indigenous and queer-identifying folk, roots, and old country musicians perform with powerful female voices and deep harmonies.

Hawaiian Indigenous music with ukulele and island harmonies led by Maka Gallinger.

Immersive exhibit by Quw'utsun' Cultural Connections Society exploring truth, reconciliation, and generational journeys, including local Salt Spring Island history.

Welcome ceremony for elders held at the Farmers Institute.

Traditional dance and ceremony performance by Elder Qwiyawultu-hw and the Tzinquaw Dancers.

Book launch for Sherry Leigh Williams' new Michif-language children's book Papaashi Bufloo — The Buffalo Who Raced Horses. Reading and book giveaway. Funded by Métis Nation British Columbia.

Blues, soul, R&B, jazz, and funk performance by Vancouver Island band Auntie Kate & The Uncles.

Performance by local Indigenous musicians Tonya Horoky Cooper, Laura Mulks Elworthy, and Sacheen Paul.

Métis and Irish step dance performance by Danielle Enblom with Pierre Schreyer (fiddle) and Adam Dobres (guitar).

Talk presented by SS Forum featuring Adam Olsen on Indigenous rights and law (DRIPA - Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act).