Summer Music Series

12:30 p.m. | The Coco Project

What happens when put together seasoned musicians that has performed all over Asia, The Middle - East, UK and North America? A band that gets people dancing, grooving, singing and having F - U - N. Powerhouse vocalists and accomplished musicians makes their music genre limitless. The Coco Project, the first all - Filipino member band puts a brand new twist to Canada's Music world with it's Show Band Flare and Asian influence repertoire and style.  

https://www.instagram.com/cocoprojectband/?hl=en

1:30 p.m. | Story Theatre

Also known as the Driftwood Players, this group has continued to support the development and accessibility on the Sunshine Coast for all ages for over forty years. The Driftwood Players' Storytime Theatre is an outdoor theatre troupe touring over the summer. The branches occasionally overlap for special pop-up event in the local community.

 https://driftwoodplayers.ca

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Celso Machado & Josh Searles

Virtuoso Brazilian guitarist, Percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, Celso Machado, is considered on of the most versatile musicians and composers of Brazilian music around today. He is renowned as an imaginative and expressive performer of Brazilian folkloric and popular styles, interpreted with a range of his own influences - he's especially fascinated by other world music traditions. Celso incorporates these variations into his own sound; his own unique contribution to the ongoing evolution of Brazilian music.

Josh J. Searles has spent a lifetime honing his craft across various genres and instruments. An acclaimed and award winning classical guitarist, composer, and DJ. His dynamic range has taken him across Canada, the US, the UK, and Spain, including collaborations with renowned Brazilian guitarist and percussionist Celso Machado.

https://www.vancouverguitar.org/events/2025/11/22/celso-machado-josh-searles

The Mother Pluckers

The Mother Pluckers, led by Lynne Dickson, are an absolute delight to watch and listen to. Combining, great fun, impressive technique, and wonderful harmonies, this talented ukulele group creates an entertaining musical experience for audiences of all ages. Their lively performances are filled with familiar songs that everyone knows and loves, making it impossible not to sing along, smile, and enjoy the fantastic atmosphere they bring to every performance. 

BUGS

The Beachcombers Ukulele Group (BUGS), have been meeting weekly for 16 years, sharing songs and friendship. It's been a drop-in community group all that time. No agenda except to show up, learn as you go, and have fun. The joyful enthusiasm of the BUGS has a charm of its own. In the spirit of Aloha, everyone is welcome. And when we play in public, audiences soon start singing along too!

Mitch Lazer Group

The Mitch Lazer Group plays classic jazz standards with seasoned musicians featuring Budge Schacte-guitar, James Hill-sax, Mitch Lazer-drums and Bill Barclay-keyboards.

Whirlwind

Whirlwind was formed over 15 years ago to play and explore repertoire written and arranged for woodwind ensemble. They have performed at concerts, coffee houses and outdoor summer events as a quintet, quartet and trio. This summer they will be performing as a trio and quartet, presenting a varied program of classical and popular music. 

Ebb Tide

Ebbtide Strings is a string ensemble on the lower Sunshine Coast comprised of members from the Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra string section (Violin, Viola, Cello). They play primarily classical music but also arrangements of Pop, Folk and Classic Rock music as a String Quartet or larger string ensemble and occasionally with piano, brass or woodwind players - performing at receptions, weddings, fundraisers and community events.

The Georgia Fats

Joel Fafard - lead vocals, harmonica

Joe Stanton - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars

Boyd Norman - Upright and electric bass, BG Vocals

Barry Taylor - Drums

In a Georgia Fats setlist you're likely to hear Little Walter meet Hank Williams, John Lee Hooker, JJ Cale mix it up with some traditional gospel, rock and roll, and whatever they can get their hands on, including original songs from Fafard and Stanton.

The founding members of the Georgia Fats trio were rhythm section Boyd Norman and Barry Taylor supporting international touring artist Joel Fafard's greasy slide guitar. In 2023 Joel suffered a stroke that left him unable to play guitar, so he worked on his harmonica playing during recovery.

Aline Deeana Trio

Aline aims to capture the present moment with poeticism and humor all wrapped up in a bow of timeless country melodies. She is original and cunning in her songwriting and lends a nod to ever inspiring songwriters such as John Hartford and Lucinda Williams. Drawing you in with her candid lyrics and pure country croon she can tell an entire story in one sentence with her unique voice. Inspired by the likes of Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch the spirit of old time country/western music rings loud in her music and is uplifted with a modern dose of Americana.

Solo Artist Feature

Michelle Morand

Michelle Morand plays the kind of music that pairs well with good wine, long drives, and questionable life decisions. Blending easy listening, pop, rock, country, and folk favourites with a few originals, she brings guitar, piano, vocals, and just enough sass to keep things interesting.

Norine Braun

Norine Braun is an award-winning Métis and Two Spirit singer-songwriter from Vancouver, known for her soulful voice and genre-blending mix of roots, blues, jazz and folk. With 15 acclaimed albums, she creates emotionally rich music exploring identity, healing, and transformation. Her latest album, A Hero In The Wind (2025), features includes a deeply personal title track written by her birth father. Braun's earlier concept album Journey Toward Wholeness (2024) chronicled her reunion with her Métis family echoing Braun's lived experience as an adoptee embracing her Métis heritage, and earned support from the Peoples' Cultural Council. Her environmentally themed songs For Trees (2022) was named one of Vancouver Sun's "5 Albums You Need to Hear." Braun's work has earned national recognition, chart placements, and praise for its heartfelt storytelling. 

Janet Panic

Janet Panic is an award-winning Bohemian-Métis folk-pop singer-songwriter from Sechelt, BC. Renowned for her raw storytelling and soulful, captivating melodies, she has released five solo albums - including her recent projects A Mighty Rip Through the Page of My Life and the 2026 EP I'm Not OK. A JUNO nominee and APCMA Best Folk Album winner, Janet's powerful solo and band performances have been broadcast nationally on CTV, Global, and APTN.

Djambouti

Djambouti Is a 6 piece band playing all original music. 

Together for the last 2 years the members are all Sunshine Coasters. 

Playing a diverse mix of soul, funk, R&B and even some rap, its a musical melting pot.

Hershel Frimer - Guitar and Vocals

Jeremy Forst - Guitar, vocals, sax

Susan Box - Flute, vocals

Wayne Slingerland - Keyboards

Regan Haydu - Drums, percussion

Mike West - Bass

Kiki and the Apostles

Kiki Connelly swings with the voice of an angel and the soul of a back-alley prophet. When she takes the mic, the air crackles with revelation. And when the Apostles lay down the groove - a raw fusion of Sunday-morning gospel, Saturday-night Soul, and sweat-soaked R&B - the floorboards shake and the spirit moves.

They don't just perform; the testify. Every chord is a prayer, every beat a heartbeat, and Kiki's soaring vocals are the light breaking through. It's soulful. It's high-voltage. It's a revival where the only commandment is to feel it deep in your bones. 

Come for the music. Stay for the salvation.

Kiki & the Apostles. Raise the roof, and raise your soul, every time.