Jan 1

Annual Polar Bear Swim

Armours Beach, Gibsons: Davis Bay and Seafarers Park, Pender Harbour

11am-1pm. Commemorate the New Year with an icy dip.

Jan 2

Light The Lights

Snickett Park

Trail Ave. and Dolphin St. Sechelt

2 pm.  Songs and hot beverages.

Jan 10

The Universe Yours To Discover

Sechelt Library

5797 Cowrie St., Sechelt 

10 am – 4pm.  Multi-media show, super large telescopes in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy

www.coastastronomy.ca

Jan 23-25

Gibsons Mixed Bonspiel

Gibsons Curling Club

951 Gibsons Way, Gibsons

604-886-7512

Jan 24

Robert Burns Day Dinner

Harmony Hall Seniors Activity Center

686 Harmony Lane, Gibsons

Dinner, fiddlers, bagpipe, dancing and the parade of the haggis.  604-886-9295

Jan 24

Fundraising Dance For Gibsons landing Jazz Festival

Roberts Creek Hall

1309 Roberts Creek rd., Roberts Creek

9 PM.  604-740-5825   www.coastjazz.com

Jan 29

Fundraising Dinner/ Silent Auction for the Sunshine Coast Avalon Recovery Centre

Gumboot Café

1057 Roberts Creek Rd., Robert Creek

6pm, $40.  Fundraiser for the women’s recovery centre. Includes buffet dinner and entertainment by Angie McCauley.  604-885-6650  www.avaloncentres.org

Jan 31

Robert Burns Day Dinner

Pender Harbour Royal Canadian Legion

Celebrates the birth of the bard with traditional food and entertainment.  604-883-2235

Jan 31

Geo-Thermal Sponsor Event

Gibsons Public Art Gallery

287 Gower Point Rd., Gibsons

2 – 4 pm.  Presentation of geo-thermal heating with Arnold Skei.  604-886-0531  www.gibsonspublicartgallery.ca

Jan 31

Author Reading – Sheree Fitch

Sunshine Coast Arts Centre

5714 Medusa St., Sechelt

8 pm.  A reading from her latest novel, Kiss the Joy As It Flies. 604-885-5412  www.writersfestival.ca