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Tuesday 10am - 2pm Wednesday 10am - 2pm Thursday 10am - 2pm Friday 10am - 2pm

ArtSpring

Name: ArtSpring
Address: 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K2V8, CA
Telephone: +12505372102
Price range: $
Rating: 4.5

259-seat theatre, galleries, artist workspace
Box Office: 250.537.2102 | [email protected]

ArtSpring is a 259-seat theatre, multiple gallery, display and workshop space. World-class performing arts, visual and creative arts and crafts by artists of British Columbia, Canada, and beyond grace the ArtSpring facility.

12/13/2025

Art lovers, we need you! There is still time to donate to our Annual Appeal before year's end. Your gift — no matter the size — ensures that ArtSpring can continue to enrich our community through the arts.

ArtSpring is booked over 300 days a year, yet receives less than 10% of its funding from government. Donations from people like you represent nearly 40% of our annual budget — you keep the lights on, the doors open, and the magic alive.

To learn how to support this year's Annual Appeal, visit artspring.ca/donate/.

NOTE: To receive a 2025 tax receipt, we must receive your donation by December 31st. We will be unable to accept in-person or phone donations after December 19th, as we will be closed for the holidays until January 4th. Donors giving by mailed cheque can receive a 2025 tax receipt as long as the cheque is dated 2025.

12/09/2025

An overwhelming standing ovation for Bear Grease last night. A handful of seats left for tonight. I was drawn into not only the fun factor, it also was a very poignant statement of the road to reconciliation. Bravo and thank you to the creators of Bear Grease.

12/08/2025

Bear Grease is in the house. This is going to be fun. Two shows only.

11/30/2025

Trying to decide who to support this ? Consider becoming a Theatre Angel! We want our community theatre space to include everyone, so we created the Theatre Angel program to make ArtSpring more accessible to art lovers facing financial barriers. This program makes twenty $15 tickets available for every ArtSpring Presents show on a first-come, first-served basis.

To join our incredible community of supporters, visit https://artspring.ca/event/giving-tuesday/.

11/28/2025

Jeffrey Renn has been hard at work in his residency, and the time has come to share the results with the community! This Saturday, November 29th, join us at ArtSpring at 2:00pm to see a staged reading of "King Dump." Entrance is free.

"King Dump" description from the artist:

1896 - Paris

Alfred Jarry’s play, UBU ROI, (the English translation of this French play is often King Turd) opens and closes on its first night. A single performance left the audience dumbfounded by its obscenity. Theatre of the Absurd was born and modernism kicked the door in. It was beyond even South Park for its day! Brutal in its vulgarity and scatology. 120 years later plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Now, KING DUMP is a tale for our time.

Warnings: Vulgar language, sexually explicit content, p**p jokes, offensive content, please prepare to be offended, that’s the point.

*It should be noted that none of the characters portrayed in this play are meant to represent any real persons living or dead.

11/21/2025

A standing ovation for the "Take This Waltz" team! Their multidisciplinary masterpiece sold out for a reason. The ArtSpring audiences didn't just attend—we were captivated. It's safe to say that we'll take that waltz any time.

11/18/2025

Take This Waltz: A Celebration of Leonard Cohen hits the ArtSpring stage tomorrow night! Get ready for a revolutionary operatic dance experience as celebrated Canadian bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch joins a classical ensemble and dancer/accordionist Ted Littlemore to bring Leonard Cohen’s classics to life. This completely SOLD OUT event is a multidisciplinary masterpiece, blending stunning dance, visual art, and playful instrumentation for dramatic new takes on beloved songs like “Hallelujah” and “Dance Me to the End of Love.”

For those of you with tickets, prepare to be moved! For those who missed out, the ArtSpring Presents season is still packed with exciting shows ahead! Visit https://purchase.artspring.ca/Events to be sure not to miss out.

11/15/2025

We are unbelievably excited to welcome Jeremy Dutcher to ArtSpring for a sold-out show this weekend. Jeremy is a Two-Spirit song carrier, activist, ethnomusicologist, and classically trained operatic tenor with powerhouse vocals. Jeremy launched onto the scene with the album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which is sung entirely in Wolastoqey, his ancestral language. This album won Jeremy his first Polaris Music Prize. With his second album, Motewolonuwok, he became the only person ever to win the prize twice.

With so much acclaim, it comes as little surprise that Dutcher’s ArtSpring performance sold out nearly immediately. Missed your chance to buy tickets? The 2025/2026 ArtSpring Presents season is our biggest yet, and there are still plenty of exciting performances ahead. To make sure that you don’t miss them, subscribe to our newsletter at https://artspring.ca/newsletter-signup/.

11/11/2025

What an honour to present Alan Bibby’s commemorative concert of What These Eyes Have Seen. Beautiful and touching films of our Salt Spring Veterans and a specially written song and performance from Valdy.

11/07/2025

Thank you Chris Arnett for his personal storytelling of his Grandfather and Grandmother’s time in the First World War and for sharing his deep knowledge of Salt Springers in war time. Alan Bibby’s lovely exhibition, What These Eyes Have Seen, is a wonderfully curated telling of the personal stories of our Community veterans.

Address

100 Jackson Avenue
Salt Spring Island, BC
V8K2V8

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 2pm
Wednesday	10am - 2pm
Thursday	10am - 2pm
Friday	10am - 2pm

Telephone

+12505372102

Website

https://artspring.ca/

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Our Story

ArtSpring is an 11,800 square-foot, two-level heavy timber structure boasting a 5,200-square-foot exhibition/ multi- purpose area and a 6,600-square-foot, 265-seat theatre.

ArtSpring’s activities are primarily associated with rentals by local professionals, semi-professionals, amateurs, school groups, guilds, and visual artists. Events presented by ArtSpring are chosen to complement, enhance, and diversify what is already available through local arts organizations. The building was officially opened by artists Birgit and Robert Bateman in April 1999. Photo by Ale Mendoza.